SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Hou Cheng

  • The Arrow at the Gate [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    Yuan Shu wanted to seize Jingzhou, which was under Liu Bei’s control, but he was concerned that Lu Bu nearby might interfere. So he wrote to Lu Bu, proposing to join forces to attack Liu Bei.

  • Chapter 19. The Fall of Lü Bu [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    Chapter 19 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms delivers one of the most dramatic and symbolically rich episodes in the entire saga—the fall of Lü Bu, the peerless warrior whose unmatched martial prowess was ultimately undone by personal flaws, betrayal, and superior strategy. As Cao Cao closes in on his most dangerous rival, the…

  • The Fall of Lü Bu [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    In the year 198 AD, the turbulent struggle for dominance in central China reached a critical juncture with the collapse of Lü Bu’s short-lived power in Xuzhou (Xu Province). Once a feared warrior who had twice driven Liu Bei from Xuzhou and nearly toppled Cao Cao in Yan Province, Lü Bu now faced the…