SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

true love

  • The fox spirit’s redemption in “Yatou”

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    Ana

    “Fox Spirit – Yatou” from Strange Tales from Liaozhai, a Chinese Studio, (Liaozhai Zhiyi) is a story centered around a “human-fox romance,” interwoven with themes of resistance by marginalized women, the duality of human nature, and the capriciousness of fate.

  • Love beyond life and status in “Lian Cheng”

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    Ana

    Strange Tales from Liaozhai (a Chinese Studio): Lian Cheng tells a poignant love story between the talented scholar Qiao and the wealthy maiden Lian Cheng. Though Lian Cheng admires Qiao’s brilliance, her father, Shi Xiaolian, rejects their union due to Qiao’s poverty, instead betrothing her to Wang Huacheng, son of a rich salt merchant.