SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

illusion of control

  • Kingfisher moves its nest

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    Ana

    The kingfisher is a timid bird. It always builds its nest high up in the tree as a protection against danger.

  • The Chu hunter’s bamboo flute

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    Ana

    The deer is afraid of the wolf; the wolf of the tiger; and the tiger of the wild bear, the most ferocious and powerful of all animals, walking erect, with long hair hanging from its head.

  • Punishing the horse

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    Ana

    Because his horse refused to advance, a traveller in the state of Song drove it into a stream, then mounted to set off again. Still the horse refused to go, and he punished it once more in the same way. This happened three times in all.