Three Kingdoms 365

Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 124] The Young Strategist — Guo Jia’s prophecy note on Yuan brothers’ fate, Cao Cao’s reaction
On the dawn after the first of the ten slips reached Cao Cao's (曹操) desk, the second slip arrived. The second slip was shorter than the first. At its head, three characters stood. 遼東候 (Await Liaodong). Beneath them, six lines were wri…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/26 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 123] The Winter Going North — Guo Jia hands Cao Cao his strategy notes on the winter march north
A year after Yuan Tan (袁譚) had opened a door toward Cao Cao (曹操), the winter of Jian'an 9 (204 CE) arrived. Cao Cao's column was leaving Xudu (許都), climbing slowly north. The banners of the heralds went ahead. Behind them came Xu Chu…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/25 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 122] Spears of Two Sons — Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang clash at Pingyuan
After the evening at Ye (鄴城) had passed, the next spring came. In the third month of Jian'an 8 (203 CE), upon the plain of Pingyuan (平原) in the south of Jizhou (冀州), the spear-points of two camps pointed, for the first time, in two d…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/24 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 121] A City of Warring Brothers — Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang quarrel over succession at Ye
From the spring when Liu Bei (劉備) first heard in the Xinye (新野) market the sentence "there is a man in the south," we turn our gaze back north. And turning, we find a quarrel that had already been unfinished there for several years. In…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/23 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 120] A Word: There Is One Such Man (Book 4 *The Night of All Losses* Finale) — Liu Bei hears rumors of a man in the south at market
It was an afternoon exactly a month after the gathering beyond the bamboo grove. Market day had come to the small market at Xinye (新野). After a long while, Liu Bei (劉備) went out alone. Zhang Fei (張飛) had gone hunting that morning; Gu…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/22 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 119] Beyond the Bamboo Grove — Liu Bei and Kongming: a night gathering at a hermit’s hut beyond the bamboo grove
Half a day south of Xiangyang (襄陽), a clear brook flowed, and beyond the brook lay a green grove of bamboo. Beyond the bamboo grove, upon a hill, stood a small thatched hall (草堂). The master of the hall was a quiet man. His name was no…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/21 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 118] The Gaze of Cai Mao — Cai Mao, suspicious of Liu Bei, orders him watched and isolated
In a room in the western annex of the Inspector's residence (刺史府) at Xiangyang (襄陽), Cai Mao (蔡瑁) sat long into the night. Two letters lay unfolded upon the desk. To the left, a letter from a kinsman at Xudu (許都). To the right, a …
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/21 17:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 117] The Flesh That Grew Back (髀肉復生) — Liu Bei sees his thigh regaining flesh and talks with Guan Yu.
It was the morning of the fourth day since his return from the banquet at Xiangyang (襄陽). Liu Bei (劉備) went out to the well behind the magistrate's office to wash his face. He splashed a dipper of cold water across his face, and the he…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/20 17:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 116] The Edge of the Seat — Liu Bei is seated at the lowest place in Liu Biao’s banquet
The letter of invitation from Xiangyang (襄陽) reached the magistrate's office at Xinye (新野) three days after Liu Bei (劉備) opened the dawn of his forty-seventh year. The letter was courteous. Liu Biao (劉表), Inspector of Jingzhou, was…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/19 17:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 115] Dawn at Xinye — Liu Bei and his brothers, at dawn in Xinye, sense what the coming spring will bring.
Within the small walled town of Xinye (新野), in the back courtyard of Liu Bei's (劉備) magistrate's hall, the rooster was crowing its second call this dawn as well. At the western corner of the yard, a few bundles of firewood that Guan Yu…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/18 17:10

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Three Kingdoms 365

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 124] The Young Strategist — Guo Jia’s prophecy note on Yuan brothers’ fate, Cao Cao’s reaction

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 123] The Winter Going North — Guo Jia hands Cao Cao his strategy notes on the winter march north

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 122] Spears of Two Sons — Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang clash at Pingyuan

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 121] A City of Warring Brothers — Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang quarrel over succession at Ye

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 120] A Word: There Is One Such Man (Book 4 The Night of All Losses Finale) — Liu Bei hears rumors of a man in the south at market

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 119] Beyond the Bamboo Grove — Liu Bei and Kongming: a night gathering at a hermit’s hut beyond the bamboo grove

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 118] The Gaze of Cai Mao — Cai Mao, suspicious of Liu Bei, orders him watched and isolated

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 117] The Flesh That Grew Back (髀肉復生) — Liu Bei sees his thigh regaining flesh and talks with Guan Yu.

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 116] The Edge of the Seat — Liu Bei is seated at the lowest place in Liu Biao’s banquet

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 115] Dawn at Xinye — Liu Bei and his brothers, at dawn in Xinye, sense what the coming spring will bring.

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 124] The Young Strategist — Guo Jia’s prophecy note on Yuan brothers’ fate, Cao Cao’s reaction

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 123] The Winter Going North — Guo Jia hands Cao Cao his strategy notes on the winter march north

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 122] Spears of Two Sons — Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang clash at Pingyuan

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 121] A City of Warring Brothers — Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang quarrel over succession at Ye

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 120] A Word: There Is One Such Man (Book 4 *The Night of All Losses* Finale) — Liu Bei hears rumors of a man in the south at market

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 119] Beyond the Bamboo Grove — Liu Bei and Kongming: a night gathering at a hermit’s hut beyond the bamboo grove

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 118] The Gaze of Cai Mao — Cai Mao, suspicious of Liu Bei, orders him watched and isolated

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 117] The Flesh That Grew Back (髀肉復生) — Liu Bei sees his thigh regaining flesh and talks with Guan Yu.

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 116] The Edge of the Seat — Liu Bei is seated at the lowest place in Liu Biao’s banquet

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 115] Dawn at Xinye — Liu Bei and his brothers, at dawn in Xinye, sense what the coming spring will bring.

[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 120] A Word: There Is One Such Man (Book 4 The Night of All Losses Finale) — Liu Bei hears rumors of a man in the south at market