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Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Yu Ji

  • Wuhan Duck Neck

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    Ana

    In the bustling river city of Wuhan, where the Yangtze and Han rivers converge and neon lights flicker over night markets, there is a snack that has become synonymous with the city itself. It is not a refined delicacy served on porcelain plates, nor is it a dish that requires elaborate preparation. It is…

  • Why Sun Ce should not kill Yu Ji? [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    Sun Ce’s execution of the revered Daoist healer Yu Ji is often remembered in Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a tale of supernatural retribution—but historically, it was a grave political miscalculation rooted in impulsiveness, insecurity, and a failure to understand soft power. Far from eliminating a threat, Sun Ce’s public killing of Yu…

  • Why did Sun Ce execute Yu Ji? [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    The execution of Yu Ji, the so-called “living immortal” of Jiangdong, by the young warlord Sun Ce stands as one of the most enigmatic and symbolically rich episodes in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. While the novel dramatizes the event with supernatural overtones—ghostly apparitions, cursed mirrors, and divine retribution—the historical roots reveal a more…

  • Chapter 29. The fall of a Young Warlord – Sun Ce [Three Kingdoms]

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    Rob

    Compared to Records of the Three Kingdoms, the vivid and dramatic episodes in Romance of the Three Kingdoms are often more story-driven, legendary, and may even carry a touch of myth.