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Three Kingdoms 365

Three Kingdoms 365
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 133] Letters She Did Not Write — Xu Shu weighs two letters, one from his mother and one forged.
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
[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 132] A Mother — Cheng Yu sends a forged letter imitating Xu Shu’s mother’s hand
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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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 131] The First Fire at Bowang — Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang burn the Lu brothers’ army 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
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 130] The Day a Friend Arrived — Xu Shu becomes Liu Bei’s strategist and names Zhuge Liang on the map.
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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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 129] A Name Called Shanfu — Dan Fu meets Liu Bei and agrees to serve as his strategist
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
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 128] Wolong — Liu Bei, after hearing ‘sleeping dragon’ from Sima Hui, resolves to take first step toward Wolong Ridge
Leaving the hall of Master Water Mirror (水鏡先生), Liu Bei (劉備) came down the mountain path at dawn. The dawn air entered his lungs, cold. Yesterday's dust upon his brow he had washed off in the yard of the thatched hall. But the two ep…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/30 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 127] A Zither Outside the Gate — Liu Bei hears two epithets, Wolong and Fengchu, from the Sage of Water Mirror
After crossing Tanxi (檀溪), Dilu (的盧) turned at once into a southwestern mountain path. For a long while, Liu Bei (劉備) could only catch his breath on the horse's back. The cold sweat upon his brow chilled in the autumn wind. The reins…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/29 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 126] The Horse That Crossed First — Liu Bei’s horse leaps the Danxi; he escapes Xiangyang
In the autumn of the year the ten slips hung in a single line on Cao Cao's (曹操) wall at Xudu (許都), we turn our gaze south. On an autumn evening of that same year, the water of Tanxi (檀溪), west of Xiangyang (襄陽), shone black under t…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/28 20:10
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[Three Kingdoms 365 · Day 125] Ten Sheets of a Last Letter — Ten last letters: Cao Cao keeps Guo Jia’s notes
Up through the seventh slip, it was foresight. From the eighth onward, it was resolve. In the late winter of Jian'an 11 (206 CE), Cao Cao's (曹操) column passed the last stretch of its northward road, a year after Ye (鄴城) had fallen. The…
Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/27 20:10
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[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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