Reading Part B: China: The Three Evils

This story was really interesting to me.  I thought it was a good take on how children and young adults misbehave and weren’t really punished for it back in the day.  Even though this story is set in a time long ago it still has an impact today.  What I got out of this story is that no matter all the good you do in the world, eventually your time will come.  We will all have to pay for the sins that we have committed and as long as we try to be better from the moment, we have been evil only then will we get a chance at redemption. This is seen throughout this story. Dschou Tschu was a spoiled young man who that since he had special gifts, he would be able to get away with anything he wanted.  Not only that but people did not try to punish him because he was not an ordinary man.  What was great about this story is when they had the mandarin come in and tell him that he is one of the three evils that is plaguing the land.  I feel that telling him that instantly made him realize that he had been living a life for his own self gain.  Even though the ending isn’t that lolng it is clear that the mandarin had a profound impact on Dschou.  Since he kills the other two evils it is assumed that as he goes about his life he changes and only does good deeds.  This is seen by the way he offers his head up to repent for the sins that he had committed during his life.  I would like to believe that he was a changed man and that he died with honor restored to him.

The Three Evils. (1887)

Hampden, DuBose. Source: Wikicommons

Bibliography: Gibbs, Laura. China: The Three Evils. China:The Three Evils