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East Asia

“The arrogant do not long endure: / They are like a dream one night in spring. / The bold and brave perish in the end: They are as dust before the wind.” 

The Tale of the Heike (trans. Royall Tyler)

 

Epic of King Gesar

Epic of King Gesar

Ancient World, East Asia, India and Southeast Asia, Location, Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries, Time Period, Western/Central Asia

The Legend of Darkness

The Legend of Darkness

Ancient World, East Asia, Location, Time Period

Tale of the Heike

Tale of the Heike

East Asia, Location, Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries, Time Period

Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi)

Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi)

East Asia, Location, Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries, The Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, Time Period

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