Three Kingdoms 365
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 168] Ten Days, a Hundred Thousand — Zhou Yu and Kongming discuss tomorrow dawn’s fog, a predicted river mist
It was the evening two days later. Zhou Yu (周瑜) came up before the door of Kongming's (孔明) room. News of yesterday morning's erasure of the two names of Cai Mao (蔡瑁) and Zhang Yun (張允) had already crossed from the other side of the…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 168] Ten Days, a Hundred Thousand — Zhou Yu and Kongming discuss tomorrow dawn’s fog, a predicted river mist](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261109201008-fw0le9-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 167] The Morning Two Names Vanished — Cao Cao strikes Cai Mao and Zhang Yun from his fleet’s roster after a forged letter.
Dawn at Cao Cao's (曹操) camp. On the northern bank of the river, several hundred ships lay anchored, and upon the hill behind them stood the general's tent. Jiang Gan (蔣幹) dismounted from his horse and walked, step by step, toward the f…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 167] The Morning Two Names Vanished — Cao Cao strikes Cai Mao and Zhang Yun from his fleet’s roster after a forged letter.](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261108201007-no00za-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 166] The Page Beside the Pillow — Zhou Yu lets Jiang Gan carry a forged letter to Cao Cao, framing Cai and Zhang
The night at the pavilion deepened. After several cups had gone round, Zhou Yu (周瑜), as if drunk, threw his arm around Jiang Gan's (蔣幹) shoulder and stepped, one pace at a time, toward the bed prepared in the next room of the pavilion.…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 166] The Page Beside the Pillow — Zhou Yu lets Jiang Gan carry a forged letter to Cao Cao, framing Cai and Zhang](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261107201009-a29nux-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 165] An Invitation with a Riddle — Zhou Yu hosts his old friend Jiang Gan at a pavilion banquet.
It was three days later. An envoy came from Cao Cao's (曹操) camp to the main body of Zhou Yu (周瑜). The envoy's name was Jiang Gan (蔣幹). He was an old friend of Zhou Yu, and in their young days a fellow student of the same school. In J…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 165] An Invitation with a Riddle — Zhou Yu hosts his old friend Jiang Gan at a pavilion banquet.](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261106201010-ca0vz7-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 164] The One Who Does Not Lose — Zhou Yu wavers on the riverbank between admiring and distrusting Zhuge Liang
That same evening, Zhou Yu (周瑜) stood alone at the riverside. The sound of the water was as it had been in the morning. Only the color had shifted, from the silver of morning to the gold of evening. In Zhou Yu's left hand rested a sword.…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 164] The One Who Does Not Lose — Zhou Yu wavers on the riverbank between admiring and distrusting Zhuge Liang](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261105201108-xh7gat-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 163] The Price of Borrowed Arrows — Zhuge Liang promises 100,000 arrows in three days
At dawn of the next day, Zhou Yu (周瑜) brought a line to Kongming (孔明). "Sir. Our navy needs one hundred thousand arrows within ten days. You shall oversee the making." Kongming lifted his fan. The tip touched the dawn's air. "Commander…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 163] The Price of Borrowed Arrows — Zhuge Liang promises 100,000 arrows in three days](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261104201012-lfvfdw-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 162] First Night of Two Minds — Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang meet for the first time at a riverside pavilion in Xiangsang, sharing wine.
It was the evening after the morning on which Sun Quan (孫權) struck the table. At a pavilion by the river at Chaisang (柴桑), the first face-to-face meeting of two minds was held. Zhou Yu (周瑜) arrived at the pavilion first. It had four …
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 162] First Night of Two Minds — Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang meet for the first time at a riverside pavilion in Xiangsang, sharing wine.](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261103201010-3s0e5x-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 161] The Hand That Struck the Table — Sun Quan slashes the table with his sword and resolves to resist Cao Cao
It was the dawn of the next day. Sun Quan (孫權) sat again upon the high seat of the hall. The night before had been long. He had held a council with his mother, Lady Wu (吳太夫人). "The decision of a sovereign is made together with the we…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 161] The Hand That Struck the Table — Sun Quan slashes the table with his sword and resolves to resist Cao Cao](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261102201007-p3cnce-200x300.png)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 160] The Scholar’s Blade — Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang meet; decision deferred to morning
Sun Quan (孫權), who had been listening to the morning's tongue battle from a room outside the hall, at last opened the door and entered. His steps were quiet — the kind that do not sound upon the wooden floor. The eleven officials bowed t…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 160] The Scholar’s Blade — Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang meet; decision deferred to morning](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/kt20261101201008-lvkmdn-200x300.png?v=b1102)
- Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 159] Words That Seated Eleven — Zhuge Liang debates eleven officials at the hall
Of the eleven civil officials, Zhang Zhao (張昭), at the foremost seat, spoke first toward Kongming (孔明). "Wolong Sir, your name has long been heard by rumor. What meaning has the step you have carried this time into the east, into Jiang…
![[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 159] Words That Seated Eleven — Zhuge Liang debates eleven officials at the hall](https://www.thekorean.today/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/kt20261031201008-mvcvvv-200x300.png?v=b1102)
