This is the story about how Granny Fang came to pick her own son-in-law. A long time ago, there was a man named Fang Chang. He was in the cotton business and worked hard to save quite a bit of money. He then died, leaving behind his only daughter and his wife — who the ...
There is a story about a beggar and his loyal monkey. During the Qing Dynasty, there was a beggar in the Wu region who was noted for his curly beard. He lived in a small hut he built at the foot of the South Mountain. The beggar adopted a monkey to keep him company. He ...
One day, a man stopped by a flower shop to order a bouquet of flowers to send home to his mother who lived miles away. As he was about to step into the shop, he noticed a little girl crying on the sidewalk. He walked up to her and asked: “Why are you crying?” The ...
A new national study out of Ohio State University shows that people whose mothers had more romantic partners — married or cohabiting — often follow the same path. Results suggest that mothers may pass on personality traits and relationship skills that make their children more or less likely to form stable relationships. Claire Kamp Dush, ...
There are many stories in China about people being thoughtful and caring for other people. A well-off man drove his mother to see the dentist. His mother was old and all her teeth were rotten. As soon as they entered the dental clinic, the dentist told her she would need to buy dentures, but the ...
Qian Xiuling (1912-2008), was born in a family of prominence in China. In 1929, she left for Europe to study in Belgium at the Catholic University of Leuven and obtained a Ph.D. degree in chemistry. While a student there, she met Grégoire de Perlinghi, a Belgian doctor. In 1933, they got married and moved to ...
Harmony in the family comes when the father’s emotional intelligence level is high and the mother’s emotional state is good. There is a story about a 10-year-old girl who woke up one morning and threw a tantrum at her mother while saying a lot of hurtful words. Her mother sadly shut herself in her room ...
A healthy relationship starts with the word “we.” Past research by UC Riverside psychologist Megan Robbins has emphasized the power of first-person personal pronouns such as “we” and “us” in relationships. “We-talk” is an indicator of interdependence, meaning partners affect one another’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This is a shift from self-oriented to relationship-oriented. New ...
The relationship between fathers and sons is a special one. Of course, it is no more significant than one between mothers and sons. But due to the nature of things, the relationship between fathers and sons shall always hold different challenges and bear different fruit as a reward of hardships overcome. The following are three ...
In Chinese culture, from ancient times up to today, there are records of compassionate mother’s love. Here are few mothers worth remembering who have been included in Shen Yun’s performances. General Yue Fei’s mother Yue Fei was born in the 12th century A.D. at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. When Yue Fei was ...
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