A man in the state of Song felt the shoots in his fields were not growing fast enough. So he pulled them all up, then went home quite exhausted.
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The fleeing soldiers’ mockery
“I have done my best for the state,” King Hui of Liang told Mencius. ”When the crops fail west of the river, I move the people east or bring grain from the east to relieve them. If the crops are poor in the east, I do the same. When I look at the rulers of other states, none of them does so much for his people as I do; yet their populations have not decreased, while mine has not increased. Can you tell me why?”
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The chicken thief of lingering hypocrisy
There was a man who used to steal a chicken from his neighbours every day.
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The Story of Qiu the Go Master
Playing Go is a minor art; yet even so, you must give your whole attention to it to learn it.
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