SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

lifespan extension

  • Power of good deeds in “The Cloth Merchant”

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    Strange Tales from Liaozhai’s “The Cloth Merchant”(or “The Cloth Dealer”) tells a peculiar yet touching story about a cloth merchant and a ghost.

  • The Cloth Dealer

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    A man from Changqing County, Shandong, lived by selling cloth. While he was in Taian, Jiangsu, he heard there was a very good fortune teller, so he asked the man to forecast his future. The fortune teller told him:”You’re in trouble. Hurry home.”

  • The authority and flexibility of longevity management by Underworld

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    In the story “The Examination for the City God”(Candidate for the City God) from Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio, the protagonist Song Tao gains sympathy and assistance from Yama King (King of Hell) due to his elderly mother having no one to care for her.