china, destiny, greed, moral character

Greed Can Ruin a Person’s Destiny

There is a legend about a once-famous painter and how greed destroyed a person’s destiny. He wanted to make the Buddha and demons the subjects of his paintings, but since he did not know what they looked like nor could he imagine what they looked like, he became very anxious. One day, he met a ...

Michael Segarty

A Chinese landscape painting.

The Difference a Simple Decision Can Have on Your Destiny

This is a story about how a simple decision changed a person’s destiny. During the times of Emperor Guanxu of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man from Jiangsu Province who worked in a trading firm in the Shanghai concession territories. His honesty made him a trustworthy employee in the eyes of his boss, who ...

Nspirement Staff

A Chinese tavern.

The Descent of a Heavenly Maiden

There is a story about a heavenly maiden descending during the Han Dynasty (202 B.C. to A.D. 220). There lived a young man by the name of Dongyong, who lost his mother when he was a child. He grew up alone with his father, but there came a time when his father grew old and ...

Hermann Rohr

A young woman in a field of flowers.