SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • Pian Pian

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    Ana

    Luo Zifu was from Fenzhou in Shaanxi Province. His parents died early and he had to go to live with his uncle Luo Daye when he was only eight years old. The uncle was an official and was rich, but had no son. So he loved Zifu very much like a natural son.

  • Protected: Huang Jiulang

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    Ana

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • Precious (Ah-Bao)

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    Ana

    Sun Zichu, a celebrated man of letters of Guangxi, had a sixth finger growing on one of his hands. He was unrealistic by nature, halting in speech and inclined to accept the deceitful words of others at face value.

  • Imperial examinations and Spiritual desolation in Shanxiao

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    Ana

    Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio features numerous tales of scholars and imperial examinations. Though plots vary, they consistently orbit the core theme of “scholars’ fraught destinies under the examination system,” refracting the psychological and existential crises of ancient literati beneath its crushing weight.

  • Why the old turtle flipped Tang monk?

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    Juan

    At the Heavenly River(Heaven-Reaching River), the ancient turtle entrusted Tang Monk to ask Tathagata when it could “shed its shell and attain human form,” but Tang Monk ultimately failed/forgot to inquire.

  • Is That So?

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    Ana

    Chan Master Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769 CE) was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism, renowned for revitalizing the tradition during the Edo period. His teachings and practices have profoundly impacted Zen Buddhism, not only in Japan but also around the world.