Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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A Sudden Death and a Stolen Throne In 125 CE, Emperor An of Han fell gravely ill while on a pleasure tour. He died en route – “a fool to the end,” as later historians would say. His wife, Empress Yan, burst into tears, but her brother Yan Xian and eunuchs Jiang Jing and…
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Wu Chengxiu of Shengyang liked to make friends. Many of them were celebrities. One night, he dreamed someone said to him: “You have made lots of friends across the land. But you make friends without discrimination. Now there is a man with whom you can share weal and woe. Why don’t you make him…