There was a rich man named Chen Guorui in Wangjiang County, Shuzhou (now known as Wangjiang, Anhui). He started working by smelting iron ore and eventually became extremely wealthy. He wanted to find an auspicious burial place for his mother. After the news spread, feng shui masters came one after another, offering to divine an ...
In 1961, Wang Xiuzhu confided in her sister that she lacked education and feared being looked down upon by her husband in the future. She began self-studying and sought employment in Beijing. After several attempts, the local office arranged for her to work at a sewing factory. She resolutely brought her parents-in-law to Beijing to ...
On November 5, 2009, around 3 p.m., Zhang Hongchi, an 84-year-old economist, suffered a sudden heart attack. While being rushed to the hospital, he briefly regained consciousness. He grasped his son Zhang Cheng’s hand and laboriously instructed: “If I don’t make it, you and your brother must take good care of Aunt Wang.” Aunt Wang ...
How does one define true wisdom? It is not easy. But many examples can illustrate it. This story will be about doing just that using an example of Leo Tolstoy’s writing. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a renowned Russian novelist, philosopher, and educator. As a young man, he and his brother joined the army. They witnessed ...
Greed is an excessive desire for increased financial gain or social worth, such as prestige or power. It is an unfavorable trait that causes a behavioral conflict between self and social interests. The Case of the Stolen Smell is a folktale from Peru in which a baker is so stingy that he wants to charge his ...
In ancient India, there was an elderly rich man who had wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation, but he didn’t have the generosity to match his wealth. He was stingy, jealous, and ruthless. Before he died, he told his son not to give alms to others. Unexpectedly, he was reincarnated as a blind ...
The following story depicts a father who was wilfully engaged in acquiring a material item that revealed a heinous act of greed. Unfortunately, because of his greed, he passed it on to his daughter as a gift for her acceptance into a prestigious school. Since the father failed to pay for the item and consciously ...
Greed is a powerful emotion that can drive people to do all kinds of evil in the pursuit of wealth and power. It is a destructive force that can corrupt even the most well-intentioned individuals, causing them to put their own self-interest above the well-being of others. Whether it is through fraud, manipulation, or exploitation, ...
A sword found in a field had unfathomable power. Ancient tales and legends abound about people or objects having magical and mysterious powers. However, it’s said that as humanity has believed in these things less and less, they have gradually disappeared. It was well-known that if these things were handled carelessly or incorrectly, they would ...
Money says it all. Repaying it can show your character, while earning it can indicate your true nature. As such, it can reveal many aspects about you. It reveals your heart Someone shared online: “I liked to make friends and was relatively generous, so people, no matter close or distant, wanted to become my friend ...
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