1. Oath in the Peach Garden

Chapter summary

In the final years of the Eastern Han, the court was rotten and the people were left destitute. Zhang Jiao raised rebellion in Julu. After Liu Bei lost his post while trying to save the people of Anxi County, he wandered through Youzhou, was later appointed magistrate of Pingyuan, then furiously beat a corrupt imperial inspector who demanded bribes and abandoned his office. Holding fast to his resolve to aid the endangered and relieve the distressed, Liu Bei finally swore brotherhood with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the peach garden.