HY 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classic Chinese Novels, Theravada, Mahayana
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It is like those who would force the wax back on a candle. Miraculous filial stories: miao fei"s father suddenly became ill. doctors and medicine were lacking. His own life was almost at an end. Around midnight, two gods pulling chains suddenly appeared. They sought pity by saying: in the past, your honorable father passed by our home and offended us. For that reason he received our angry retribution. Nevertheless, heaven has been moved by your perfect liality. She then attempted to kill xu with a knife at night, but he dreamt about it. Someone wants to kill me. he then ed the place where he slept. As predicted, his mother took a knife and stabbed the bed, but the bed was empty. Xu said: one who is lial does not cause anxiety, and does not give orders to his parents.