Seven Worthies

Seven Worthies

Seven Worthies

of the bamboo grove

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12 Beauties of Jinling

One of the titles considered for the Hong Lou Meng (Dream of Red Mansions), "The 12 Beauties of Jinling" refers to twelve principal female characters in the novel. In an early dream sequence, the male protaganist Baoyu is shown poetic records of the twelve in question via a registry, with their fates foreshadowed in riddle form.

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3 Sworn Brothers of the Peach Garden

The Han Empire is dying, beset by insurrection from marauding Yellow Turbans. Three noble men meet by chance and find common purpose in resisting the threat of tyranny and ruin. Amidst peach trees, the men swear an oath to unite unto death in the service of the downtrodden. So begins the celebrated Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the fictionalised account of the real life founder and generals of the Shu Kingdom.

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