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There was a man in the state of Qi who wanted some gold. One morning he dressed himself smartly and went to the market. Arriving at the gold-dealer’s stall, he seized a piece of gold and made off.
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A man of the state of Song was strolling along the road when he came across an abandoned title-deed. He took it home and hid it, and used to count the items/notches on the deed in secret.“I am going to be rich,” he told a neighbour.
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A man had a withered plane tree. “It’s unlucky to keep a withered tree,” said his neighbour, an old man.
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It was the custom in Handan city to catch doves to present to the prince Jian Zi (Zhao Yang) on New Year’s Day, for this pleased him so much that he gave rich rewards.
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One of Yang Zi’s neighbours, who lost a sheep, sent all his men out to find it, and asked Yang Zi’s servant to join in the search.
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A man who lost his axe suspected his neighbour’s son of stealing it.
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Taihang and Wangwu Mountains are some seven hundred Ii around, and hundreds of thousands of feet high.