In 1896, at the age of 59, Wu Xun fell ill. This beggar, whose fame had already spread far and wide, continued to think day and night about raising money to establish even more free schools. Unwilling to spend money on medicine, he succumbed to his illness. He passed away in one of the very ...
During the Cultural Revolution, Wu Xun was labeled as a “traitor of the working people.” In the summer of 1966, Red Guards in Guan County, Shandong, smashed open Wu Xun’s tomb, destroyed his statue, and paraded his coffin through the streets. His bones were shattered by hammers and, along with the coffin, were ultimately burned ...
After dinner one evening, my father took me on a walk to the park. Little did I realize that he would teach me about love and respect that evening. On passing a street corner, I saw a middle-aged man in rags sitting on the side of the road playing the erhu, music that could be ...
In the time of the Qing Dynasty, east of the Yangtze River, there lived a man named Yuan Xujun. Xujun knew traditional Chinese medicine and decided to open a shop near the Guanhe River. There were many willow trees along the river, and one very tall group of willows provided a good amount of shade, ...
I was embarrassed to tell people that my father-in-law was a beggar. You may not believe me. He became disabled in an accident, so his wife left him. He raised his daughter, and this beggar’s daughter is now my wife, by himself. My dad owned a company, so we were well off. One day, a beggar came to our ...
Victor grew up in a poor family in England, and his parents were both working for a living. Although the family lived in poverty, they had an abundance of integrity, kindness, and love. When Victor was a child, he met a poor old man who was begging at the door. It was winter, and it ...
In the time of the Qing Dynasty, there was an almshouse in Tianchang County where beggars who had nowhere to go could live. On the eve of the New Year, Mao Jun, who lived in the almshouse with his wife, went to the streets to beg as usual with another beggar who carried him, as ...
There is a Chinese medicine shop called Zhu Yangxin in Dajing alley of Hangzhou City. According to legend, there used to be a lame beggar, Li Tieguai, whose legs and feet were damaged, yet he had supernormal powers. One day, he went to the shop and begged the owner: “Sir! I am hungry, and my ...
A long time ago, there was a mountain called the Dark Mountain, where many saints, sages, and monks lived. Once, some elders led a group of people up the mountain on a pilgrimage where they witnessed a beggar’s true kindness. At that time, there lived a poor beggar woman. She saw the pilgrims heading up ...
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