Behold, Vast Heaven

I gaze up at Heaven, yet it shows me no favor. My heart is filled with anguish, and this great calamity has descended.

Vast and high is Heaven, yet nothing is beyond its power. Bring no shame upon your imperial ancestors; save those who come after you.

It began with trash talk and ended with a bet.

Really, I just wanted to write a story about Daiyu-like characters with swords resting across their knees.

[Time] Fifth month of the sixth year of Yongjia, Emperor Huai of Jin

[Setting] Jianye, the office of the General Who Guards the East / Wang Dao's private residence in Wuyi Lane

[Narrator] Wei Jie, former Crown Prince's Gentleman of the Palace

[Host] Wang Dao, Assistant to the General Who Guards the East, Governor of Danyang, and General of the Distant Peace

[Participants] Zhuge Hui, former Registrar of the General Who Guards the East and current Record Keeper and Secretary, concurrently Magistrate of Jiangning; Zhang Yu, heir to the Duke of Zhuangwu; Du Yi, heir to the Marquis of Dangyang

[Minutes] Gan Bao

[Title Sources]

[Main title] Book of Songs, Major Court Hymns: Zhan Yang

[Chapter One] Book of Songs, Odes of Wei: Shuo Ren [Chapter Two] Book of Songs, Odes of Qi: Yi Jie

[Chapter Three] Book of Songs, Odes of Bei: Bai Zhou [Chapter Four] Book of Songs, Odes of Yong: Zai Chi

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