- Dschou Tschu
- Very strong and often got into fights due to his personality and lack of discipline
- Elders did not punish him
- Fear, or knew that he didn't intend to cause trouble?
- New mandarin arrived and listened to people's complaints
- Learned of three great evils
- Evil dragon at the bridge
- Tiger with white forehead in the hills
- Dschou Tschu
- New mandarin went to Dschou Tschu's door, clothed in poor garments
- Dschou Tschu laughed at the idea of people being distressed
- Revolt happening in country around, but the village is doing well and is peaceful
- Mandarin agrees but points out that people still complain about three great evils
- Mandarin tells Dschou Tschu that he wishes to ask him to dispose of the first two, but hints that he should keep the third hidden from Dschou Tschu
- Dschou Tschu falls for bait, asks to hear all three
- He is ashamed to hear that he is considered one of the great evils and tells the mandarin to return home
- Goes and kills the tiger and dragon, reports to the mandarin
- Tells the mandarin that he will leave and that the elders no longer need to be sorrowful about him
- Enlists as a soldier and makes a name for himself until he faces unbeatable odds, and then allows himself to die
Bibliography: The Three Evils from The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens
Image: Dragon vs Tiger by David Davis on flickr
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