SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

human world

  • Sand-Sifting Waves – Beidaihe [Mao’s Poems]

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    Ana

    –Mao Zedong, Summer 1954 Great rain pours on Youyan’s ancient land;White waves surge high to touch the sky’s broad span.Beyond Qinhuangdao, fishing boats once planned –Now lost in one vast wild and watery band.Where can they be, in this unending stand?

  • The Golden Cicada [Journey to the West]

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    Juan

    The Golden Cicada (Jin Chanzi) was the second disciple of the Buddha Sakyamuni and the previous incarnation of Tang Sanzang (Xuanzang) in Journey to the West. In a past life, the Golden Cicada formed a karmic connection with Zhenyuanzi during the Ullambana Assembly (Lanpen Hui), where he personally served tea to Zhenyuanzi as a…

  • Lian Suo

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    Ana

    Yang Yuwei had moved to a house by the bank of the Sishui River. His study faced an open wilderness. Outside the wall were many ancient tombs. At night, winds blew through white poplar trees, setting them to roaring like sea waves.

  • Protected: Huang Jiulang

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    Ana

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  • Li Boyan, the temporary Yama

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    Ana

    A scholar named Li Boyan, from Xishui, Shandong, was a straightforward, upright and brave man. Suddenly he collapsed with some kind of acute illness.

  • Protected: Fourth Sister Hu

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    Ana

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  • Nie Xiaoqian

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    Ana

    Ning Caichen, a native of Zhejiang Province, was noted for his galantry, integrity and upright character. He often used to say, “In my whole life, I’ve only had my wife and never another woman.”