SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Kuaiji

  • The rise of Sun Ce [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    After Sun Jian drove Dong Zhuo from Luoyang, he turned south to attack Liu Biao in Jing Province – but was ambushed and killed by Huang Zu, one of Liu Biao’s generals. His eldest son, Sun Ce, buried his father and traveled alone to Shouchun to seek help from Yuan Shu.

  • Why Sun Ce broke with Yuan Shu? [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    In the turbulent years of the late Eastern Han dynasty, alliances were fragile, and loyalty was often a transaction. Nowhere is this more evident than in the dramatic rupture between Sun Ce and Yuan Shu in 197 AD. What began as a patron-client relationship—born from the legacy of Sun Ce’s father, the famed general…

  • The holy fish prank

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    Ana

    At Stone Pavilion Dam in Kuaiji there stands a great maple tree.