SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Liu Xiang

  • From Court Chaos to the Lü Clan Purge in Early Han [Western Han]

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    Juan

    Chaos in the Imperial Court After founding the Han dynasty, Emperor Gaozu (Liu Bang) faced a new kind of disorder – not from enemies, but from his own comrades. His earliest followers from Pei and Feng counties were rough soldiers, not courtiers. At banquets in the palace, they boasted of wartime exploits, argued loudly,…

  • Cao Cao repelled Yuan Shu’s assault [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    After the death of his most capable general, Sun Jian, during the campaign against Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Yuan Shu found himself in a dire strategic position. Sun Jian had been the shield of Yuan Shu’s northern frontier, holding Yuzhou and defending against threats from Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. With Sun Jian gone,…