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Waiting by the stump for more hares
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There was a peasant in the state of Song. One day a hare dashed up, knocked against the stump in his field, broke its neck and fell dead.
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The immortality scam
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A charlatan informed the King of Yan that he could make him immortal, and the prince bade one of his subjects learn this art; but before the envoy could do so the stranger died. Then the prince, in great anger, executed his subject.
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The fraudulent reed-player
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When King Xuan of Qi* called for reed pipe music, he would have three hundred men playing at the same time.