“Zhang Fei San Chuang Yuanmen” [Three Kingdoms, 張飛三闖轅門 Zhang Fei Thrice Breaks Through the Gate]
Tang Gengliang
Straight Storytelling
Story Summary
This episode is a brilliant psychological description of what is going on in the impetuous Zhang Fei’s mind after he has misbehaved and is rejected by his sworn brother: through subtle understatement, it describes the humiliated Zhang, who keeps hoping that his brothers will forgive him and take him back.
