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When Yang Shuxian was in office in Jingzhou, the tigers there were a scourge to the people. So Yang had an edict engraved on a big rock on a nearby mountain, ordering the tigers to leave the place.
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A fool once heard someone say that pears were good for the teeth but harmful to the spleen, and that dates were good for the spleen but harmful to the teeth.
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The grandsons of Cai Jing, the notorious prime minister, who grew up in riches, could not tell wheat from rice.
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Once I saw a man travelling on foot at Lvliang. He saw a boat, and offered the boat-owner fifty coins to take him to Pengmen.
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One night, Ai Zi asked his pupil to strike a flint to light the lamp.