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Ancient literature shows that Laozi (Lao Tzu, 老子) served as the Keeper of the Imperial Archives of the Eastern Zhou court (东周, 770 – 258BCE). He must have greatly benefited from the perk of the job – the easy access …
Laozi (Lao Tzu) 老子is a great ancient Chinese thinker, to whom a five-thousand-character book ‘Dao de jing 道德经’, or The Scripture of the Way and Virtue, has been attributed. He is regarded as the founder of philosophical Daoism (Taoism), daojia …
Laozi (Lao Tzu) 老子, literally ‘old teacher or master’, is the well-known name for a great ancient Chinese thinker, to whom a five-thousand-character book ‘Dao de jing 道德经’, or The Scripture of the Way and Virtue, has been attributed. He …
In the 14th-century historical novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義), the generals in the Dongwu (东吴) kingdom conspired to murder Liu Bei (刘备), head of the Shu Han (蜀汉) kingdom, by inviting him to their territory with the promise …
Lü Bu (吕布, died 199 CE) is known as an almost unchallenged fighter in the period of the Three Kingdoms (三国, 220 – 280 CE) in Chinese history. The scene on the vase depicts a crucial moment when Lü Bu’s …
According to the Account of Wu (吴志) in The Records of the Three Kingdoms (三国志), Lu Ji (陆绩), was a native of Wu. At the age of six, he had an opportunity to meet Yuan Shu (袁术), who at the …
This is a story of a righteous woman. As the army of the state of Qi (齐国) launched an invasion against the state of Lu (鲁国), soldiers approaching a Lu suburb saw a woman struggling along the road with two …
The story scene is originated from an anecdote dating back to the Tang dynasty (618 – 907). Cui Rong (崔戎, 780 – 835) is a statesman who is important enough to have a position in the ‘Biographies’ section in the …
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Story from the Romance of the Western Chamber– a famous Chinese play written in Yuan dynasty (1271- 1368): On his way to the capital to take civil-service exams, Scholar Zhang (张生) fell in love with the beautiful Cui Yingying (崔莺莺), …
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A scholar official Sima You (司马槱) dreamed of a beautiful girl presenting a song to him. The girl was none other than a famous courtesan Su Xiaoxiao ( 苏小小) who lived by the Qiantang River and was in the local …
