Culture

• Three Baby Swallows and Mr. Zhou’s Three Sons

  2005-05-31
  "The baby swallows would open their big mouths and ate everything the mother swallow brought them. I watched the mother swallow feeding her babies every day. One day I put one of my fingers into the nest, and the baby swallows tried to eat my finger. I took three large thorny seeds and gave each baby swallow a thorny seed. They died shortly afterwards. When the mother swallow returned and saw her dead babies, she wailed sadly and flew away. To this day, every time I think of it, I still regret killing the three baby swallows.”
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• Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety: Huang Xiang Fanned the Pillow and Warmed the Bed for His Father

  2005-05-23
  Stories about exemplary filial conduct abound in Chinese history. The Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety were chosen and compiled by Guo Jujing from the Fujian Province during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368 CE) while he was mourning the death of his father. He recounted the feats of filial children towards their parents from the age of the primordial Emperor Shun down to his own era.
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• Acupuncture – Therapy without Modern Instruments

  2005-05-22
  Pang Anchang said: “The baby had already come out of the placenta, but one of his hands mistakenly held onto the intestine and wouldn’t let go. Therefore, no medicine would do the trick. I only applied the needle on his Hukou point through her belly. The baby felt pain and drew the hand back, so he was born. There was no other special trick.”
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• Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety: Meng Zong’s Tears Brought Bamboo Shoots from the Frozen Earth

  2005-05-22
  In the thicket he found only frosted leaves and green stalks coated with snowflakes and ice. Look as he might, there were simply no fresh shoots growing in the winter. The thought of his poor mother lying sick on her bed, waiting for bamboo shoot broth, made his heart ache. Uncontrollably, tears began to fall in rivers to the ground beneath the tall, emerald canes. Even now, as his tears flowed down, he kept a light of faith in his heart. If he was truly sincere in his search, perhaps....
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• Stories from Ancient China: “My Knees Are Made of Steel”

  2005-05-19
  The Emperor sent Li Qi as Ambassador to Zhang Shicheng to call for his surrender. Zhang Shicheng didn’t follow the common courtesy between battling armies of not harming the messenger from the opposing army and incarcerated Li Qi. Soon after, the Emperor’s army resumed its attack on Zhang’s army of rebels. Zhang Shicheng was outraged. He took Li Qi out of the prison and ordered him to kneel down. Li Qi declared, “My knees are made of steel! They won’t bend for any bandit!”
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• Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety: Lao Laizi Playing the Fool to Amuse His Parents

  2005-05-18
  One day Old Master Lai overheard his parents lamenting, “Look at our son, he’s already in his dotage! Surely our own days must be drawing to a close!” When he heard that, his heart could not endure the helpless feelings that arose. “I must find a way to lighten their hearts!” he vowed. Determined to keep his parents from lamenting over their increasing years, he hit upon a plan.
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• Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety: Yu Qianlou Tasting His Father’s Stool out of Grave Concern for His Health

  2005-05-10
  Stories about exemplary filial conduct abound in Chinese history. The Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety were chosen and compiled by Guo Jujing from the Fujian Province during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368 CE) while he was mourning the death of his father. He recounted the feats of filial children towards their parents from the age of the primordial Emperor Shun down to his own era. Even today, these stories form an important part of orthodox Chinese virtue.
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• An Ancient Chinese Story Regarding Tolerance: Wang Wenzheng

  2005-05-06
  While one of Wang’s neighbours rebuilt his home, he laid a large pile of building material in front of the main entrance of Wang Wenzheng’s home. As a result, Wang was unable to use the main entrance. He had to use a smaller side door that required him to lower his head when passing the door. However, Wang never made any complaint to his neighbour or anyone else. It was not until his neighbour finished the work that Wang Wenzheng and his family could finally use the main entrance again. Wang Wenzheng acted as if nothing had ever happened. He simply started using the main entrance again.
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• Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety (7): Tan Zi Brings Deer’s Milk to His Ailing Parents

  2005-04-28
  When Tan was quite young, both his parents came down with an eye disease that the doctors said could only be cured by giving them deer’s milk to drink. As the family was very poor and deer milk was both rare and expensive, the young boy was upset and worried that he wouldn’t be able to provide the medicine that could cure his mother and father.
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• Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety(11): Wu Meng Attracts Mosquitoes to Drink His Blood

  2005-04-27
  In the Jin Dynasty (265-420 A.D.), a respectful eight-year-old boy named Wu Meng served his parents with devoted compliance. His family was extremely poor and could not afford to install any mosquito netting. On hot summer nights the mosquitoes would come swarming in as thick as smoke. The little boy would remove his shirt and let the insects land on his bare skin. He would watch then drink their fill of his blood, and fly away without raising a hand to shoo them off, no matter how painfully they stung him. Wu Meng wasn’t a fool, but why didn’t he brush the bugs away?
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• A Chinese Story: A Virtuous Deed Extends a Man’s Life

  2005-04-14
  On Lan Sun’s wedding night, Liu Hongjing had a dream where a man in civilian clothes carrying a scroll knelt down to him from a distance. The man said with tears, “I am Lan Sun’s father. I wanted to thank you for your good deed, but I had nothing to offer. I heard you have a short life span, so I decided that I must go see the King of Heaven and ask him to consider extending your life span. I am here to tell you that I am going to see the King of Heaven.”
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• Examples of Filial Piety: Min Ziqian Freezes in a Grass-Padded Coat Obeying His Stepmother

  2005-04-05
  Stories about exemplary filial conduct abound in Chinese history. Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety were chosen and compiled by Guo Jujing from the Fujian Province during the Yuan Dynasty while he was mourning the death of his father. He recounted the feats of filial children towards their parents from the age of the primordial Emperor Shun down to his own era.
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• Reconsidering Pre-historic Culture Based on Giant Figures and Other Historical Sites Unearthed in Peru

  2005-04-03
  In the 17th Century, a Spanish missionary discovered an underground tunnel in Guatemala, Central America. It extends about 1000 kilometres under the Andes Mountains. In order to protect the tunnel so that it will be excavated only when humankind has mastered enough science and technology, the entrance of the tunnel has been sealed by the Peruvian government and is tightly guarded. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has listed this tunnel as a world cultural relic.
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• Stories from Ancient China: Why Zengzi Cooked the Pig

  2005-02-26
  When she came back, she found Zengzi preparing to slaughter a pig. She hurriedly stopped him: "I said that just to comfort him." Zengzi said, "You cannot lie to a child. Since they are young and have no social experience, they follow what their parents tell them. If you lied to him today, you would actually be teaching him to lie to others like that. If a mother lies to her child, the child won't listen to her. Is this a good way to teach children?"
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• Moral Education in Ancient China: Kong Rong Offering Pears

  2005-02-24
  There is a story recorded in the Three-Character Primer entitled, "Four-year-old Kong Rong offering pears." This is a textbook for children, said to have been compiled by Wang Yinglin in the Southern Song Dynasty. The story tells about the kind and generous nature of Kong Rong, who was born in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
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