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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

    Brief: This article recounts how the Jin Dynasty conquered Eastern Wu and reunified China. After Sima Yan founded Jin, he waited patiently while Wu declined under tyrant Sun Hao. Using moral persuasion and clever naval tactics, Jin’s seven armies defeated Wu in 280 CE, ending the Three Kingdoms era.

  • 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.