#12—The Journey Actually Starts

We finally hit the road!

This episode features death prominently and the suicide mentioned in the previous chapter continues to be central plot for this chapter. Corporeal punishment is also mentioned at about 14:20.

Links:

• “Fu Yi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Yi

• “Xiaou Yu” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_Yu

• “Wu Daozi” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Daozi

• “Daxiangguo Temple” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daxiangguo_Temple

• Episode artwork is a painting of Guanyin by Wu Daozi: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wu Daozi - Guanyin_and_Child - 20.1038 - Rhode Island School of Design Museum.jpg

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