cause and effect, chinese history, divine retribution, good and evil, karma, karmic retribution, karmic reward, reward for virtue
There is a universal belief in Chinese culture — good begets good, and evil begets evil. As stated in The Book of Changes, in the section on the Kun hexagram: “A family that accumulates good deeds will have abundant blessings, while a family that accumulates evil deeds will suffer calamities.” The historical records left by ...
Nobody can escape divine retribution, as the following story illustrates. In June of the 57th year of Qing Emperor Qianlong, a pregnant woman in a village in Andong County was going to give birth. She invited a midwife to help her. After the woman safely gave birth to a baby boy, the midwife stayed overnight ...
The following is a true story about a man with no conscience that happened somewhere in Northeast China more than 80 years ago. One day, a man was driving from the north to the south in a carriage pulled by three strong horses. Along the way, he noticed a package by the side of the ...
Is there punishment in the afterlife? Ye Zhuliang, a village scholar from a poor family in Huaixi, made his living as a teacher. One day, a rich man by the name of Ma, who lived in the same town, hired Ye to educate his two sons. Soon, Ye earned the respect and kind treatment of ...
God is sacred. We must hold this belief inviolable and worthy of veneration always and under all circumstances. Otherwise, even if what we do is unintentional, divine retribution will eventually befall us and possibly even our family. The following traditional story about Master Ho and Li Zhou illustrates this. My name is Li Zhou, from ...