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Yuan Fang, the original character seems to be based on description of a Poem from Tang dynasty, perhaps Du Fu or other (Meng Haoran or anyone else, forget) but surely not Li Bai. this was once discussed.
and Chen Mou decision to give the merit to Yang Xiu is not really wrong in my opinion, did we all forgot about Yang Biao? in Ravages, he was barely mentioned, but in ROTK, he was the mastermind who create the rift between Li Jue and Guo Si. so of course Yuan Clan Four Generation of Minister and Yang Clan Four Generation of Grand Commandant is fitting for the foreshadowing of this situation. Did not Ma Teng and the other Ma clan are the descendant of Ma Yuan, the famed general of Emperor Guangwu of Han ?
Sima Yi or Zhongda using the Ma clan as their buffer and sacrificial lamb, hiding the obscure meaning of Three Horse(马） eating the same Grass （曹） of the dream, Master Chen really loves a good joke.
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