SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

refugee crisis

  • The Red Eyebrows Rise [Eastern Han]

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    Juan

    In Haiqu County of Langya Commandery (modern-day Rizhao, Shandong), a low-ranking bailiff named Lü Yu refused to beat impoverished villagers who could not pay their taxes. For this act of compassion, the county magistrate accused him of colluding with “troublemakers” and executed him. His death ignited public outrage.

  • Liu Yu vs. the two Gongsuns [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    In the tumultuous era depicted in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Yu, the governor of You Province(Youzhou), found himself squeezed between two formidable warlords—Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du. While Liu Yu was a man of virtue, his tenure as governor was marred by the relentless encroachments of these two ambitious men.