Three Kingdoms 365
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[Day 13] The Horse Called Red Hare
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read On the day after Yuan Shao folded the banquet and left, Dong Zhuo quietly emptied a cup inside his own camp tent. Even after the cup was drained, he did not set it down. He knew well that Yuan Sh…
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[Day 12] The Night the Emperor Became Two
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read Several days had passed since Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang. In that interval, the inside of the palace was quiet. Yet it was a quietness that pulled at the back of one's neck. In the streets beyond …
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[Day 11] Footsteps from Xiliang
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read Emperor Shao (少帝), Bian (辯), and the Prince of Chenliu (陳留王), Xie (協), the two young princes, sat upon a broad rock on the slope of a hill north of Luoyang, their hands clasped together. T…
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[Day 10] The First to Die
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read Before the summer of the Court of Ten Flies had ended, the Emperor passed away. It was the evening of the eleventh day of the fourth month, 189 CE. The eunuch Jian Shuo (蹇碩) moved first to set …
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[Day 9] The Flies of Luoyang
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read Five years had passed since the seat of the prefect of Pingyuan. It was the Luoyang (洛陽) of 189 CE. The Han capital was still the largest in all under heaven. Yet in its deepest place — within …
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[Day 8] The Three Empty Seats at Once
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read After the evening of Gwae-in, the three walked quietly up along a country road to the north. Horses and steps mingled; some twenty close followers came behind them. In case a warrant from the cou…
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[Day 7] The Commissioner’s Lash
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read Four months of the appointment had passed. At the end of a summer, a large carriage reached the gate of the Anxi office. Inside sat a commissioner (督郵) sent down from the court. From within his…
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[Day 6] A Small Post in a Small Town
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read That year was drawing to its close. After the first battle beneath Daxing Mountain, the three brothers had not halted their step. They went to relieve a city of Qingzhou (靑州); on the way back, …
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[Day 5] A Deed with No Name
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read Twenty days had passed since the three cups in the peach garden. In those twenty days, a weapon came into the hands of each of the three. In Liu Bei's hand lay the twin-hilt blade Shuanggujian (…
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[Day 4] Three Cups in the Peach Garden
January · *Stars Gather* | about 3 min read Through the night, two more peach blossoms had opened. At the hour of dawn, while the dark still covered half the road, Liu Bei walked out earliest. After giving his mother one spoonful more than…
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