SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Gongsun Du

  • Guan Ning [Biographies of Noble Scholars]

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    Fleeing Han chaos, scholar Guan Ning took refuge in Liaodong. Foreseeing Gongsun Yuan’s revolt, he returned home and declined ten imperial summons. For fifty-five years, he maintained proper sitting manners, wearing plain clothes and revered as a sage by locals.

  • The final folly of Yuan Tan (205 CE) [Three Kingdoms]

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    Even as Cao Cao consolidated control over northern China in 204 CE, Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao, remained fixated not on survival – but on destroying his younger brother, Yuan Shang.

  • The collapse of Gongsun Zan [Three Kingdoms]

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    While Yuan Shu expanded his power in the south, Gongsun Zan, to the north, was spiraling into disaster. After the brutal execution of Liu Yu in 193 AD, Gongsun Zan believed he had finally secured complete control over You Province(Youzhou), free from any rival authority. Yet he fatally underestimated one crucial force: the will…

  • Liu Yu vs. the two Gongsuns [Three Kingdoms]

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    In the tumultuous era depicted in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Yu, the governor of You Province(Youzhou), found himself squeezed between two formidable warlords—Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du. While Liu Yu was a man of virtue, his tenure as governor was marred by the relentless encroachments of these two ambitious men.