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• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 138] Three Men Turning Back

  It was the evening after Zhang Fei's (張飛) first complaint had been laid down in the back yard. The three men sat side by side upon a stone. Liu Bei (劉備) in the middle, Guan Yu (關羽) on the left, Zhang Fei on the right. The sun had lea…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/10 20:10

  
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  [Day 137] Zhang Fei

  It was the afternoon of the fifth day after they had returned from the second stride that had come to nothing. In the back yard of the magistrate's office at Xinye (新野), Liu Bei (劉備) was walking his round, as on any afternoon. Guan Yu …

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/09 20:10

  
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  [Day 136] Twice the Road for Nothing

  Four months had passed since the frost of the first visit melted. An autumn wind had come and gone, and the three characters above the brushwood gate of Wolonggang (臥龍崗) hung where they had hung before. On an early morning in the late a…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/08 20:10

  
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  [Day 135] Footprints on the First Snow

  Ten months after Xu Shu (徐庶) had left, it was an early morning at the threshold of the early summer of Jian'an 13 (208 CE). The season for first snow in the back yard of Xinye (新野) had already passed. But a late-spring rain that came u…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/07 20:10

  
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  [Day 134] He Leaves One Word Behind

  At dawn the next morning, at the center of the guest hall at Xinye (新野), Xu Shu (徐庶) stood with his hands clasped before Liu Bei (劉備). Behind them, Guan Yu (關羽) and Zhang Fei (張飛) had already taken their places. Sleep had not yet…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/06 20:10

  
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  [Day 133] Letters She Did Not Write

  The two letters reached the guest hall at Xinye (新野) on the same evening because Cheng Yu's (程昱) two messengers had, by chance, ridden at matching speeds. That evening, Xu Shu (徐庶) went alone into a small inner room and laid the two …

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/05 20:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 132] A Mother

  Several days after the fire at Bowang had died out, Cheng Yu (程昱) of Xudu (許都) placed a single envelope upon his desk. The outer face of the envelope was blank. Neither recipient nor sender had yet been written. Inside it lay a single …

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/04 20:10

  
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  [Day 131] The First Fire at Bowang

  On an evening in the early spring of Jian'an 13 (208 CE), the wind behind the western hill of Bowangpo (博望坡) blew backward. The small dot of red ink that Shanfu (單福) had pressed onto the map two days before, and the single character …

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/03 20:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 130] The Day a Friend Arrived

  On the dawn after Shanfu (單福) had taken the seat of Liu Bei's (劉備) Commander-Counselor (軍師). In the back yard at Xinye (新野), as on any morning, Liu Bei began to walk his round. Guan Yu (關羽), in the western corner, began his morni…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/02 20:10

  
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  [Day 129] A Name Called Shanfu

  At the end of the winter of Jian'an 12 (207 CE), Liu Bei's (劉備) Dilu (的盧) was passing before a small marketplace in Xinye (新野). The market was small. A dozen or so traders were packing up their stalls under the fading sunlight. Among…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/10/01 20:10