SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

exile to Shuofang

  • Cai Yong

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    Cai Yong (133–192 CE) was a renowned literary scholar, calligrapher, and musician of the Eastern Han dynasty, and the father of the famous poet and composer Cai Wenji. His courtesy name was Bojie, and he was a native of Yu in Chenliu Commandery (modern-day Qixian, Henan).

  • The Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Fall of the Han [Eastern Han]

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    An Omen in the Palace In 178 CE, a strange event shook the imperial court: a hen in the palace grew a towering comb and crowed like a rooster. Though modern science would call it a hormonal anomaly, ancient Han cosmology saw it as a dire omen – yin usurping yang, disorder overtaking order.