SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

disaster

  • Earthquake

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    Ana

    On the seventeenth day of the sixth lunar month in the seventh year of the Kangxi reign period (1668) between seven and nine in the evening, there was a great earthquake.

  • The wild goose sentry

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    Ana

    The smallest and the most alert of a flock of wild geese is often chosen to keep vigil for the others during the night. At the slightest untoward sound it raises the alarm and the flock start from their sleep and make off.

  • The Chu hunter’s bamboo flute

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    Ana

    The deer is afraid of the wolf; the wolf of the tiger; and the tiger of the wild bear, the most ferocious and powerful of all animals, walking erect, with long hair hanging from its head.

  • Bend the chimney flue, remove the firewood

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    Ana

    A man went to visit his friend. He noticed that the kitchen chimney was straight, and a pile of fuel was stacked beside the stove.