SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Wuchang

  • Prelude to Water Melody – Swimming [Mao’s Poems]

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    Ana

    -Mao Zedong – June 1956 Just drunk of Changsha’s spring,Now taste Wuchang’s fish bring.Across Long River’s wide stretch I swing,Sky o’er Chu lands so vast and clear to sing.Let wind blow hard, waves wildly fling –Better than calm stroll in garden’s ring!Today my heart finds ease, light wing.Once by the stream, the Sage did…

  • Jin Conquered Wu and the Unification of the Three Kingdoms [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    The Sima Ascendancy and the Fall of Wei After decades of consolidating power, Sima Zhao – de facto ruler of Cao Wei – was enfeoffed as King of Jin and appointed Chancellor. Though courtiers urged him to usurp the throne, he declined, instead appointing his son Sima Yan as Deputy Chancellor, a clear signal…

  • The enigmatic scholar Yu De

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    Ana

    In Strange Tales from Liaozhai: Yu De, Yin Tunan of Wuchang rents his vacation home to a young, elegant scholar named Yu De. Yu lives shrouded in mystery: his exceptional cultural refinement and lavishly decorated residence — featuring mirror-smooth walls, golden lion censers burning rare incense, jade vases filled with phoenix and peacock feathers,…

  • Yu De

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    Ana

    Yin Tunan of Wuchang had a second house, just outside his own residence. The house had been rented by a scholar. Yin had not bothered to see the house or his tenet for the last six months.