Three Kingdoms 365

Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 152] Alone Through Seventy Rings — Zhao Yun breaks through Cao Cao’s encirclement carrying the infant A-dou.
At that very hour of the same evening, Zhao Yun's (趙雲) horse had already entered Cao Cao's (曹操) encirclement of five thousand cavalry. In his breast, Liu Bei's (劉備) infant son Adou (阿斗) lay sleeping. How had he come to be inside? Z…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/24 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 151] Seventy Rings of Siege (Book 5 *The Third Door* Finale) — At Changban, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang await Zhao Yun’s return
The afternoon at Changban (長坂) was drawing toward evening. The column of twenty-four thousand, thanks to the rear-guard of Guan Yu (關羽) and Zhang Fei (張飛), had come fifteen li further south on this afternoon alone. And yet, the diffe…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/23 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 150] One Man and Ten Thousand Followers — Liu Bei chooses to hold the rear at Changban, with 1,000 cavalry against 5,000
On the afternoon of the fourth day, the column of twenty-four thousand reached a hill before Dangyang (當陽). The name of the hill was Changban (長坂): long, flat hill. Unlike its name, the distance from one end to the other ran twenty li.…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/22 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 149] A Bundle Carried by the Crowd — Liu Bei takes an old man’s bundle as the column moves south
On the afternoon after the river-crossing, the column of twenty-four thousand moved slowly down the southern road. The column's pace was slow. The old and frail walked in front, the middle in the middle, and the able-bodied at the rear. Th…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/21 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 148] The River-Crossers — Liu Bei crosses the river with 20,000 people, heading south
At dawn on the last of the three days during which twenty-four thousand had crossed the river, Liu Bei (劉備) dismounted at the shallow waters of the southern bank. His horse's four hooves sank into the mud. The water rose to the belly of …
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/20 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 147] The Fire You Leave Behind — Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang burn Xinye’s offices and flee south
On the night of the third day, the twenty-four thousand people of Xinye (新野) at last crossed the southern river. At the hour when the last person stepped upon the far bank, the oil lamp in the west room of the magistrate's office at Xiny…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/19 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 146] The Emptied City — Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei empty Xinye, moving the people south over three days
A month had passed since Kongming (孔明) took his seat upon the cushion at Xinye (新野); it was early autumn. In the seventh month of the autumn of Jian'an 13 (208 CE), the great army of Cao Cao (曹操) in the north at last began to move so…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/18 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 145] A Greeting Beneath the Banner — Zhuge Liang arrives at Xinye and greets Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei under the banner
Three days after the fire at Bowang had died out, Kongming (孔明) arrived for the first time at the magistrate's office at Xinye (新野). The afternoon sun had just begun to tilt west. Beneath the banner before the north gate of the office,…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/17 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 144] Fire in the Reed Forest — Zhuge Liang’s note guides Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to burn Cao Ren’s army at Bowang
A month and a half later, on an afternoon in the late summer of Jian'an 13 (208 CE). The reed forest north of Bowangpo (博望坡) was already turning yellow. The forest Guan Yu (關羽) had inspected a month earlier had proven thicker than exp…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/16 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 143] The First Plan Shared — Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei act on Zhuge Liang’s three-line note
On returning from Wolonggang (臥龍崗), Liu Bei (劉備) that very night hung the map on the wall of the west room in the magistrate's office at Xinye (新野). The map was five chi wide. Hung at the center of the wall, it brought the room's ai…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/15 20:10

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Three Kingdoms 365

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 152] Alone Through Seventy Rings — Zhao Yun breaks through Cao Cao’s encirclement carrying the infant A-dou.

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 151] Seventy Rings of Siege (Book 5 The Third Door Finale) — At Changban, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang await Zhao Yun’s return

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 150] One Man and Ten Thousand Followers — Liu Bei chooses to hold the rear at Changban, with 1,000 cavalry against 5,000

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 149] A Bundle Carried by the Crowd — Liu Bei takes an old man’s bundle as the column moves south

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 148] The River-Crossers — Liu Bei crosses the river with 20,000 people, heading south

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 147] The Fire You Leave Behind — Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang burn Xinye’s offices and flee south

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 146] The Emptied City — Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei empty Xinye, moving the people south over three days

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 145] A Greeting Beneath the Banner — Zhuge Liang arrives at Xinye and greets Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei under the banner

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 144] Fire in the Reed Forest — Zhuge Liang’s note guides Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to burn Cao Ren’s army at Bowang

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 143] The First Plan Shared — Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei act on Zhuge Liang’s three-line note

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 152] Alone Through Seventy Rings — Zhao Yun breaks through Cao Cao’s encirclement carrying the infant A-dou.

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 151] Seventy Rings of Siege (Book 5 *The Third Door* Finale) — At Changban, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang await Zhao Yun’s return

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 150] One Man and Ten Thousand Followers — Liu Bei chooses to hold the rear at Changban, with 1,000 cavalry against 5,000

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 149] A Bundle Carried by the Crowd — Liu Bei takes an old man’s bundle as the column moves south

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 148] The River-Crossers — Liu Bei crosses the river with 20,000 people, heading south

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 147] The Fire You Leave Behind — Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang burn Xinye’s offices and flee south

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 146] The Emptied City — Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei empty Xinye, moving the people south over three days

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 145] A Greeting Beneath the Banner — Zhuge Liang arrives at Xinye and greets Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei under the banner

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 144] Fire in the Reed Forest — Zhuge Liang’s note guides Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to burn Cao Ren’s army at Bowang

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 143] The First Plan Shared — Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei act on Zhuge Liang’s three-line note

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 151] Seventy Rings of Siege (Book 5 The Third Door Finale) — At Changban, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang await Zhao Yun’s return