ancient china, good and evil, karmic reward, kind deeds, prodigal son, retribution
The ancients said that good deeds would be met with good returns while evil deeds would be punished. Up until today, there are still people who believe that “you reap what you sow.” The existence of God and Buddhas is real and retribution for doing evil deeds as well as compensation and justice for doing ...
Since ancient times, China has never lacked rich families, and rich families have never lacked “prodigal sons.” Sheng Enyi and Lu Xiaojia were rivals. The former was the son of the richest man in China, Sheng Xuanhuai, and the latter was the son of the Zhejiang Governor Lu Yongxiang. Both of them met by chance ...
This is the sad story of the prodigal son of the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty (1636-1912), Sheng Xuanhuai. Sheng was a multi-talented and multi-accomplished man; a government official and famous politician, a government-run businessman, a native agent for foreign businesses in China and a representative of the Westernization Movement, an entrepreneur, and ...
“A prodigal son is priceless” is a popular saying among the Chinese people. This saying came from a folk story that occurred during the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, there was a wealthy man who became a father when he was over 50 years old. He was very happy and named the baby Tianbao, ...