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The Earth God Helped the Police Catch a Thief

In modern society, many people may not believe in gods and Buddhas and consider them superstitious. However, instances of divine intervention are not unheard of. The following case from Taiwan illustrates that “the heavens are not blind to human affairs” and can even help the police. Stolen cables According to the Central News Agency, power ...

Emma Lu

Electrical cables.

A Conscientious Thief Saved an Elderly Woman

In the early morning of June 26, 2010, a thief in Gansu, China, snuck into a house near the wholesale vegetable market. It happened that an old woman was alone in the house and suffered a heart attack when he was looking for valuable property in the room. The situation was critical, and eventually, the ...

Emma Lu

Sunrise through a bedroom window.

Thief Repaid His Benefactor With a Gift of Auspicious Land

During the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Chen who lived in Shanxi. He was from a poor family and earned a living by teaching students. Although he was over 40 years old, he had no son. Nevertheless, over the years, he had saved up about 40-50 taels of silver from the tuition fees ...

Mikel Davis

Chinese landscape painting of boats sailing and oxen drinking from a river with mountains in the background.

Dog Repays a Merchant Who Saved His Life

There is a well-known story from the Qi Dynasty about how a dog repays a merchant for saving its life. During the Qi Dynasty in China, there was a wealthy businessman named Jia Sheng. He successfully completed a lucrative fur trade in Wuhu City, a beautiful lake port in Anhui Province, and then hired a ...

Armin Auctor