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The story of the Three Kingdoms is the story of countless acts of bravery, but it is also the story of countless acts of reckless bravado, the kind of unnecessary flaunting that can cost land and lives. If pride is the greatest character flaw among many of the story's greatest tragic figures, bravado is the way that pride shows itself - it can take the form of bragging in front of allies, taunting adversaries, or ignoring those people one considers to be beneath him.
Western Shu stands. Now Liu Bei reaches for Hanzhong, the keystone between empires. Zhang Fei wins in the passes; Zhuge Liang seeks a commander who can finish the work. Up steps Huang Zhong--gray-browed, unbent, asking not for honor but for the hardest fight.
In Wei, Cao Cao crowns himself King of Wei and sets Cao Pi as heir. As pageantry swells, reports from the front sour the wine: Huang Zhong wins vistory after victory. Sima Yi and Cao Pi advise caution; Cao Cao rides anyway.
In Wu, Lu Su dies, and Lv Meng rises--only to point beyond himself, toward the future in Lu Xun. Knives flash; the succssion is secured.
The story of the Three Kingdoms is the story of countless acts of bravery, but it is also the story of countless acts of reckless bravado, the kind of unnecessary flaunting that can cost land and lives. If pride is the greatest character flaw among many of the story's greatest tragic figures, bra...
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