Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
Mencius sorts officials into four tiers: flatterers seeking favor, loyal state guardians, Heaven’s men who advance universal Dao, and supreme great men. The highest attain virtue first; their self-correction naturally rectifies all things.
When spring arrives the weather turns mild. Flowers blossom, carpeting the earth. The birds sing beautiful canticles of praise.
Minister Yin, who now heads the Board of Civil Office, came originally from a poor family in Licheng County, Shandong Province. In his youth, he was noted for his daring.
A man who was born blind wanted to know what the sun looked like, so he asked others to describe it.
National Teacher Huizhong (Imperial Preceptor Huizhong), a renowned Tang Dynasty Chan master who studied under Huineng, was revered by three emperors.
In Journey to the West, Zhang Shao and Li Ding are two distinctive yet minor characters. A fisherman and a woodcutter, respectively. Traditionally, these professions symbolized an idyllic life detached from worldly strife, embodying the Taoist ideal of reclusive simplicity.