SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

jinshi degree

  • Jiaona

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    Ana

    Scholar Kong Xueli, a descendent of the sage, Confucius, was a man of forbearance and well-versed in poetry. His good friend, a magistrate of Tiantai County in Zhejiang Province, wrote to him, inviting him to be his guest.

  • Historical Prototype of Lord Yin in The Foxes’ Wedding

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    Ana

    In Strange Tales from Liaozhai: The Foxes’ Wedding, the protagonist “Lord Yin” lacks explicit historical documentation. However, according to Yin Guanghe (18th-generation descendant of Yin Shidan), Pu Songling’s character refers precisely to this Ming Dynasty figure, Yin Shidan.