SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Langya

  • Wang Xizhi

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    Ana

    Wang Xizhi (303–361) was a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin dynasty. His courtesy name was Yishao, and he was from Langya Linyi (in present-day Shandong Province). Born into an aristocratic family, he rose to the rank of General of the Right Army, earning him the popular title “Wang Youjun” (Wang of the Right Army).

  • Unraveling the mystery behind Cao Cao’s father’s death [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    The death of Cao Song, father of the famed warlord Cao Cao, remains one of the most debated and ambiguous episodes in late Eastern Han history.

  • The Fall of Lü Bu [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    In the year 198 AD, the turbulent struggle for dominance in central China reached a critical juncture with the collapse of Lü Bu’s short-lived power in Xuzhou (Xu Province). Once a feared warrior who had twice driven Liu Bei from Xuzhou and nearly toppled Cao Cao in Yan Province, Lü Bu now faced the…