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The Clay Idol and the Peachwood Doll
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When Lord Mengchang decided to leave his native land – Qi state – to take office in Qin, hundreds of men tried to dissuade him from going. But he would not listen to them. Then Su Qin, the rhetorician, wanted to reason with him.
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Thousand gold for horse bones
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There was a king who was willing to pay a thousand pieces of gold for a horse that could run a thousand li without stopping. However, he tried in vain for three years to find such a steed.
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Which was the more handsome?
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Lord Zou Ji of the state of Qi was six feet tall and a fine figure of a man. One morning he dressed himself smartly, and studied himself in the mirror.
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Borrowing the light
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A girl in one of the workshops by the river was too poor to buy oil for the lamp; so the other girls decided to drive her away.
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Drawing a snake with legs
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In the state of Chu, a man who had held a sacrifice gave the goblet of sacrificial wine to his stewards.
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Racing north to reach the South
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The King of Wei decided to invade Handan, the capital of the state of Zhao.