This Daoist‑style parable recounts how frightened Mao mistakes a fellow traveler for a ghost and pushes him into a river. They later meet and discover fear, not spirits, created their shared terrifying illusion.
Like duckweed drifting, you suddenly entered my humble gate,Coming and going in such haste, there was no time for warmth to stay.Fate was too shallow to keep the shadow of your yellow feathers,Leaving only my longing tied to the mossy traces you left behind.Master Tao long ago understood the cycle of life and death,Yet…
In 189 AD, Dong Zhuo, the Governor of Bing Province, accepted the invitation of He Jin and Yuan Shao, and marched from Chang’an to Luoyang to eliminate the powerful eunuch faction known as the Ten Attendants. He Jin and Yuan Shao had schemed meticulously, intending to use Dong Zhuo as a tiger to devour…
The seizure of Ji Province (Jizhou) by Yuan Shao in 191 AD is one of the most pivotal yet morally ambiguous events in the collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty.
The story “Wild Dogs” from Strange Tales from Liaozhai is set against the backdrop of a rebellion led by Yu Qi in Qixia County, Shandong Province.
The kingfisher is a timid bird. It always builds its nest high up in the tree as a protection against danger.