Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
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In Journey to the West, after being burned for 49 days in Laozi’s Eight-Trigram Furnace, Sun Wukong emerged unscathed. This led many readers to assume he was completely fireproof.
The kingfisher is a timid bird. It always builds its nest high up in the tree as a protection against danger.
Once I saw a man travelling on foot at Lvliang. He saw a boat, and offered the boat-owner fifty coins to take him to Pengmen.