SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Huan Tui

  • Self-Elegy

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    The year is Dingmao (丁卯), and the month corresponds to Wushe (无射, the ninth lunar month). The weather is cold, the nights are long, and the wind is bleak and desolate. The wild geese are migrating, and the grass and trees have turned yellow and shed their leaves. I, Master Tao, am about to…

  • Why did Huan Tui want to Kill Confucius?

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    This article explores three theories why Song Minister Huan Tui tried to kill Confucius: political rivalry, Confucius’ harsh criticism of his extravagant coffin, and conflicting Yin-Shang stances. Though Confucius claimed heavenly virtue protected him, he fled Song disguised in plain clothes.

  • The Analects – Chapter 171 (7.23). Confucius’ defiance of political power

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    7.23 The Master said,”Heaven begat the power (virtue) that is in me. What have I to fear from such a one as Huan Tui?”