After the fall of the house of Fan, a man got hold of a bronze bell. It was too big to carry away on his back, and when he tried to break it with a hammer it made such a din that he feared others might hear and take it away from him. So he hastily stopped his ears instead of silencing the bell.
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The suspicion of ghosts: The story of Juan Shuliang
There was once a man of southern Xia Shou by the name of Juan Shuliang who was both slow-witted and cowardly.
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