Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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After winning the title of jinshi, (Tran. Note: Jinshi was a successful candidate in the highest imperial examination; juren was a successful candidate at the provincial level) Juren Zeng and several others who had passed the examination went for an excursion in the suburbs of the provincial capital.
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The Li Family in Wei County, Shandong Province, owned a villa. One day, an old man suddenly came along and said he was willing to pay fifty taels of silver a year to rent the house. The owner agreed.
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When young I went to the prefectural seat to take an examination and happened to be there on Spring Festival. According to custom, on the eve of this day all the shopkeepers decorated their storefronts and organized a musical procession that went through town to the yamen of the provincial treasury. This was called…