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  • Taoist Priest

    Scholar Han, descendant of a well-known aristocratic family, was very fond of guests. A man named Xu in the same village often went to his place to drink.

  • Treating hunchbacks

    There was once a charlatan who claimed he could cure deformities of the spine. ”Whether your back is like a bow, a shrimp, a ring, or whatever you please, come to me and I’ll straighten it in no time.”

  • Stone as Buddha, Buddha as Stone

    Chan Master Nanquan Puyuan (748–834 CE) was a respected disciple of Mazu Daoyi, one of the great figures in Tang Dynasty Chan Buddhism.