SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

moral lesson

  • Chapter 16. Lü Bu’s Arrow and Cao Cao’s Desire [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    Chapter 16 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms presents two pivotal events that profoundly altered the balance of power during the late Eastern Han dynasty. One showcases military brilliance and political cunning, while the other reveals the peril of personal indulgence and strategic overreach.

  • The Taoist Priest of Laoshan

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    Ana

    There used to live in the county a scholar named Wang who was the seventh child in an official’s family. Ever since he was a boy, he’d had great admiration for the miracles Taoist priests perform. When he heard there were many immortals up on Laoshan Mountain, he shouldered his book bag and off…