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Ostrich governor hiding in the Cupboard
The city of Dingzhou was surrounded by the Tartar army. Sun Yangao, the prefect, was so frightened he no longer appeared at his official quarters, but shut himself in his private house and had the door bolted. Official documents were passed through a tiny window.
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The pedantic scholar buys a donkey
One day a learned scholar was buying a donkey on the market. A deed had to be filled out recording the transaction.
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A white-headed pig
Once in Liaodong, a swineherd’s sow farrowed a piglet with a white head, and thinking it a prodigy he decided to present it to the court.