Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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What is meant by “regulating the family depends on cultivating the self” is this:People become biased toward those they love,biased against those they despise,biased in favor of those they revere,biased out of pity for those they feel sorry for,and biased in disdain toward those they look down upon or neglect.
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Desire for fame and wealth does not necessarily harm the heart of a man with a true nature; it is the clinging to prejudice that is the root of harm to such a nature.
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In Strange Tales from Liaozhai: The Fox Scholar (The Fox-teacher), a wealthy Hebei family hires a scholar named Hu to tutor their children.
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There was once a rich man in the state of Song. After a downpour of rain his wall began to crumble.