SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Wang Chang

  • The Partisan Prohibitions: the Fall of the Han Scholar-Gentry [Eastern Han]

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    Juan

    A Brief Thaw: The Rise of the “Three Gentlemen” After years of eunuch tyranny, Emperor Huan of Han, wary of student unrest following earlier protests, made a tactical concession. He appointed three men deeply admired by the Imperial Academy scholars:

  • The Rise of Liu Brothers [Eastern Han]

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    Juan

    The Liu Brothers of Chongling In Chongling County, Nanyang (modern Henan), lived Liu Qin – a distant descendant of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang. He was the eighth-generation grandson of the Han founder, and his three sons – Liu Yan (eldest), Liu Zhong (second), and Liu Xiu (youngest) – were ninth-generation heirs of…

  • The Cao Quan Stele [Chinese calligraphy]

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    Juan

    The Cao Quan Stele, formally titled “The Stele of Cao Quan, Magistrate of Heyang in the Han Dynasty,” was erected in 185 CE during the Eastern Han Dynasty by Wang Chang and others to commemorate the achievements and virtues of Cao Quan, who served as the magistrate of Heyang. The inscription on the stele…

  • A Xia

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    Ana

    Scholar Jing of Wendeng County, Shandong Province, had already won great fame when he was still young. He was a neighbor of scholar Cheng Sheng. Their studies were separated only by a low wall.