acts of kindness, generosity, good deeds, karmic reward

Burying Ancestors With Tuition Money Is Rewarded in an Unexpected Way

Guo Yuanzhen, born in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), was easy-going and generous. At the age of 16, he entered the Imperial Academy to study and his parents sent him 400,000 yuan for tuition money and living costs. Guo’s tuition fees One day, a person dressed in mourning clothes unexpectedly knocked at the door. He told ...

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A stranger came to ask for money.

A Fool’s Blessings

There is a well-known folk story told by Chinese people. The protagonists of the story are a rich man, a fool, and an old monk. The rich man was cheap and stingy and the fool did not care much about little things. The rich man hired a field hand named Zhang, who was honest and ...

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The words 'cow' and 'oil' in Chinese sound similar.