Three Kingdoms 365
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[Day 100] A Second Step of the Three Visits (Midway Peak of 365)
In the winter after the plum petals of the first visit had settled upon the ground, deep snow lay before the thatched hall (草廬) of Longzhong (隆中). Liu Bei's (劉備) second step fell upon that snow. The morning was cold and the wind shar…
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[Day 99] A First Step of the Three Visits
A few days after receiving from Xu Shu (徐庶) the name Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮), Liu Bei (劉備) set his first step before the thatched hall (草廬) of Longzhong (隆中). Longzhong was a small valley among the mountain skirts southwest of Xiangya…
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[Day 98] A Single Mother of Xu Shu
Cheng Yu (程昱) of Xudu (許都) brought the old mother (老母) of Xu Shu (徐庶) from Yingchuan (潁川) to Xudu. Soon after, a forged writing (僞書) was delivered into Xu Shu's hand at Xinye (新野). The first line of the forgery read: "To my s…
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[Day 97] A Single Name of Xu Shu
A few days after Liu Bei (劉備) had lodged a night at Master Shuijing's (水鏡) hall and returned to Xinye (新野), a young scholar stood before the gate of Xinye. The scholar wore a black kerchief upon his head and held a long staff in one …
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[Day 96] The Lute of Master Shuijing
Having leapt across the river of Tan Creek (檀溪), Liu Bei (劉備) walked step by step along a mountain path. Midway along the path, from inside a small thatched hall (草堂), the sound of a lute (琴) flowed low. Liu Bei paused. The lute's n…
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[Day 95] A Leap at Tan Creek
One spring morning, a year after Dilu (的盧) had come beneath Liu Bei (劉備), the horse leapt across Tan Creek (檀溪) by a plan of Cai Mao (蔡瑁). The circumstance of that spring was this. Liu Biao (劉表) held a great feast at the Xiangyan…
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[Day 94] The Name of Dilu the Horse
Inside the walls of Xinye (新野), a white horse entered. Its name was Dilu (的盧). Dilu was a horse of white coat; at the center of his forehead, a white point was set like an eye. That point was called dilu (的盧, the white point of the f…
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[Day 93] A First Seat at Xinye
On the morning after the welcome beneath the lamp of Jingzhou's (荊州) main hall, the three men — Liu Bei (劉備), Guan Yu (關羽), and Zhang Fei (張飛) — first set foot upon the small walled city of Xinye (新野). Xinye was small. Its walls …
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[Day 92] Lord Jingsheng
At the end of the southern road of two thousand li, inside the gate of Jingzhou (荊州), Liu Biao (劉表) took Liu Bei's (劉備) hand in both of his own. Liu Biao's given name was Biao; his style, Jingsheng (景升); a man of Gaoping in Shanyan…
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[Day 91] A Single Step to Jingzhou (First Morning of Book 4)
The first morning of Book 4 opened quietly upon the southern step of three men: Liu Bei (劉備), Guan Yu (關羽), and Zhang Fei (張飛). After the autumn when the fire of Wuchao (烏巢) scattered Yuan Shao's (袁紹) seven hundred thousand, Liu …
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