The Three Evils
The Chinese Fairy Book by R. Wilhelm and Frederick H. Martens
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Plot Points
- A new mandarin came to a district in which lived a man named Dschou Tschu
- Dschou was a young man, gifted in the art of the sword and was a wild, rowdy boy
- The new mandarin came to the district and sought to know what troubles ailed the district
- He asked the elders of the region what ailed them and they told him of three evils which plagued the people
- Upon hearing them, the mandarin came to the house of Dschou one night after the boy had been out drinking
- He confronted Dschou about the evils, of which Dschou claimed there were none
- Then the mandarin told Dschou that the people though he was one of the three evils
- The realization struck Dschou in that moment how he had been living a selfish life and he committed to ridding the region of all three evils
- That very night, Dschou ran into the forest and killed the tiger which had been preying upon the travelers on the roads
- After slaying the monstrous beast, he dove into the river and struck the head from the dragon which caused the river to flood the bridges
- Gathering the two carcasses, he brought them to the mandarin as a gift and then told the mandarin he would be ridding the region of the third evil by leaving in the morning and joining the army
- Dschou left the next morning and committed himself to many years in faithful service to the army
- In one battle with brigands, Dschou was outnumbered severely and lost his life trying to defend his region
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