SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

seduction

  • Chapter 8. Wang Yun’s Chain of Deceit [Three Kingdoms]

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    In the turbulent twilight of the Eastern Han dynasty, power was not won by virtue, but by cunning, force, and betrayal. Chapter 8 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms unveils one of the most iconic political intrigues in Chinese history: Wang Yun’s Chain Strategy—a meticulously crafted plot that exploited the volatile relationship between the…

  • Protected: Huang Jiulang

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  • Fourth Lady Lin

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    Chen Baoyue, a native of Fujian Province, was the chief executive of Qinzhou dao (Trans. Note: Dao in ancient China was an administrative division under the province).

  • Protected: Qiaoniang

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  • Protected: Fourth Sister Hu

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  • Prince of the Sea

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    On Guji Island in the East Sea, there grew a flower called the naidonghua ( or the flower that fears not winter). Its blossoms came in all colors and they never faded, whatever the season. No one lived on that island and few outsiders ever went there.

  • Nie Xiaoqian

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    Ning Caichen, a native of Zhejiang Province, was noted for his galantry, integrity and upright character. He often used to say, “In my whole life, I’ve only had my wife and never another woman.”

  • Scholar Dong and the Fox Spirit: A cautionary tale of temptation

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    “Dong Sheng” (Scholar Dong), from Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from Liaozhai, follows scholar Dong Xiasi living on the western frontier of Qingzhou, Shandong.

  • Scholar Dong

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    The scholar Dong, who styled himself Xiasi, lived in the western border region of Qingzhou, Shandong Province.