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Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • The First Figure of the Song: Fan Zhongyan [Song & Yuan]

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    Juan

    Introduction: This article profiles Fan Zhongyan, hailed as the paramount figure of the Song Dynasty. It chronicles his life as a model official who prioritized the people, from building the “Fan Gong Dike” seawall to confronting the Empress Dowager for the Emperor. The narrative details his military success against Western Xia, his appointment as…

  • Lü Dongbin

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    Ana

    Lü Dongbin was a Daoist figure traditionally associated with the late Tang dynasty. He is best known as one of the legendary Eight Immortals Baxian) in Chinese folk religion and Daoist hagiography. His given name was Lü Yan (also written as “Yan”), courtesy name Dongbin, and sobriquet Chunyang Zi (“Master Pure Yang”). In the…

  • Mencius – Chapter 2.4 Shared Joy, Shared Sorrow

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    Ana

    King Xuan of Qi received Mencius in the Snow Palace and asked, “Does a virtuous man also enjoy such a thing as this palace?”

  • Yueyang Pavilion

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    Ana

    -by Fan Zhongyan [Song dynasty], translated by Yang Xianyi, Gladys B.Tayler (Gladys Yang) In the spring of the fourth year of the reign of Qingli, Teng Zijing was banished from the capital to be governor of Baling Prefecture. After he had governed the district for a year, the administration became efficient, the people became…