SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Dilu horse

  • On Horses

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    Juan

    by Han Yu (Tang Dynasty) In the world, only after there is a Bo Le can there be a “thousand-li horse” (a steed capable of running a thousand li in a day, see the story to pay thousand gold for a deed horse). Such exceptional horses are always present – but true judges like…

  • Chapter 34. The leap across Tan Stream: Liu Bei’s narrow escape [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    Following Cao Cao’s consolidation of northern China, the balance of power in the late Eastern Han dynasty shifted dramatically. As chronicled in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 34, and corroborated in key historical texts such as the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) by Chen Shou, Liu Bei’s precarious refuge in Jing Province…