SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Huai River

  • Unyielding Spirits: The Resistance Against the Qing [Ming]

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    This article recounts the Southern Ming resistance against the Qing. The Hongguang regime in Nanjing fell due to internal strife; Shi Kefa died defending Yangzhou. The Qing’s queue order sparked fierce uprisings in Jiangyin and Jiading. Heroes like Xia Wanchun chose martyrdom, yet royal factionalism doomed the loyalist cause.

  • Yuan Shu’s invasion of Chen State [Three Kingdoms]

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    In the year 197 AD, Yuan Shu, having declared himself Emperor of the short-lived Zhong dynasty, found his ambitions crumbling under a cascade of military defeats, diplomatic failures, and internal decay. Once a powerful warlord controlling the fertile lands of Huai River region, Yuan Shu’s realm rapidly contracted due to betrayals, strategic miscalculations, and…

  • The Humiliation of Yuan Shu [Three Kingdoms]

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    In the turbulent final years of the Eastern Han dynasty, ambition often outpaced legitimacy. Nowhere was this more evident than in 197 AD, when the warlord Yuan Shu declared himself emperor in Shouchun, shattering any pretense of loyalty to the Han throne.

  • Liu Bei’s darkest hour: the campaign against Yuan Shu [Three Kingdoms]

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    In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, few figures embody the resilience of the human spirit more than Liu Bei. Though destined to become one of the Three Sovereigns, his path was paved with defeat, betrayal, and near annihilation.

  • Journey to the West – Episode 120 – Picture story

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    Sun Wukong managed to save his life thanks to a tremendous leap that carried him directly to the Ninth Heaven. As soon as he saw the demons leaving the battlefield with their banners lowered, he realized that his companions had been captured once again.