Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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Mencius said: “When something may be taken or left, taking it harms one’s integrity. When something may be given or withheld, giving it harms true benevolence. When one may die or live, choosing death harms genuine courage.”
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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…