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can cut down our costs and make more profit.” Lee manage our facial expression when we are with our was still young, his mother took care of the family
Lesson 1 : Make a Wish thought about it and agreed to the logic; therefore, he parents. Taking on the burden when there is a work and was also responsible for Mencius’ education.
started making buns with pork belly and shrinking to do, let the elders enjoy the food and wine first, all At first, Mencius lived close to the graveyard
Today is my birthday; mom and I hosted a birth- the size of the bun. these can be considered filial?” where “ku-fen(mourning and weeping over the
day party. I invited three classmates of mine over to During the first few weeks, the profit did in- After turning it into Vernacular Chinese, the dead)” was usually practiced. When he saw it, he
my house. They brought me birthday presents and crease quite a scale, but not long after, the business teacher asked “Isn’t it sensible?” We agreed. We treat played “ku-fen game” with other kids. Mencius’
wished me a happy birthday. started to decline. A lot of buns were left unsold. Two parents with good food everyday, however, if we are mother thought it as bad environment and decided to
After dinner, my mother served a large and months later, the store was forced out of business. in bad attitude, they would not likely to be pleased move.
round cake with 12 candles lit. Everyone sang the Wang on the other end of the street understands that anyway. When they moved to a neighborhood beside
birthday song and told me to make wishes before I trust and integrity is the key to a successful business, Teacher continued asking if any students have the market, Mencius gave up “ku-fen game” as ex-
blew off the candle. so he did not alter the ingredients and decreasing the filial piety. I don’t want to raise my hand because I pected. However, a butcher in the market killed a pig
I thought about my wish for a while, but could quality. As expected, his business maintained and felt I have bad temper and usually being cold to my everyday, so when Mencius saw it, he began to play
not come up with one in my mind. My mother told grew rapidly within twenty years. Until today, Wang’ parents. I must have let them down and I feel sorry “killing-pig game”. Mencius’ mother could not but
me to wish everyone healthy forever. My father told s store is still very busy. now. consider the second move.
me I should wish myself a glorious future. My class- When I returned home, I wrote down this piece They moved to live nearby a school this time.
mates and I also exchanged a lot of ideas verbally. I Lesson 3 : Cherishing the Happiness and posted it onto the wall as a reminder. The Clas- Mencius started studying when he saw other kids
was overwhelmed with ideas and as a result, I was sical Chinese is brief and clear, and I would like to went to school everyday, so Mencius’ mother was
not able to come up with one. I became nervous as My younger brother did not like the dinner he learn it. happy and said, “Finally, it is the right place.”
the candles were burning out. I came up with one had yesterday, so he ate little and dumped the rest. And so, with good exemplars, Mencius grew to
at last, wishing that my family and friends can stay When grandpa saw it, he was very angry and blamed Lesson 5 : Confucius love studying and became another great thinker fol-
healthy and their everyday life is smooth. him for “not knowing to cherish the happiness.” lowing Confucius. Mencius’ mother was also highly
Everyone heard it and thankfully gave me a Both my brother and I do not know what it Confucius is the most famous thinker in the honored by the world.
round of applause. When we were eating the cake, means by “cherish the happiness.” As a result, grand- ancient China. His thoughts, known as Confucian-
dad asked me why I made that wish. I replied that al- pa opened the newspaper and pointed at a picture that ism, have influenced Chinese people for thousands of Lesson 7 : The Story of Ma-Zu (The Sea
though I have a lot of other dreams, I cannot grow up shows two skinny Africans begging for food with years. Goddess)
and live happily without daddy and mommy raising empty bowls. Confucius was a great teacher, too. He taught
me, teacher teaching me, and classmate accompany- Grandpa said, “We have many people in the students in accordance with their aptitude without Ma-Zu, (Lin Mo-Niang) a fisherman’s daugh-
ing me. That is why when I celebrate my birthday, I world, but not everyone can have a share of food. discriminations. He has had more than 3000 dis- ter, had filial piety and benevolence. Her father and
am thankful. When mom heard this, she gladly said, Because of wars or the long-term drought, some ciples. To date, he is still seen by Chinese people as older brother went fishing on the sea everyday.
“You’ve really grown up.” people live under standard. Children will be so lucky The Most Sage Venerated Late Teacher. One day, after Ma-Zu sent her father and older
if they can have just a little to eat. It is impossible People kept records of the discussions between brother out for fishing, she usually walked around

Lesson 2 : Two Chinese Bun Stores that they waste any food. So, you are very lucky, you Confucius and his disciples and compiled them into and observed weather condition of the sea; if weather
was good, she then went home and repaired fishnet
must ‘cherish the happiness.’ Don’t waste anything.”
a book called the Analects of Confucius. The later
Wang opened a store on East Street, selling meat We both feel embarrassed. Since a lot of people generations took his ideas as the philosophies to deal at ease. However, this afternoon, the sky got darker
buns. Because he uses the best meat and generously don’t have anything to eat, compared with them, we with human interrelationship. and darker, and the sound of thunder started to come
makes the buns relatively bigger without charging really should cherish food, not even wasting a grain The core ideas of the Analects of Confucius from the distant sky. Soon, the wind started to blow,
more, his store is very popular. Nearby tourists and of rice. We are supposed to donate excess, conserved will be “Zhong(loyalty)” and “Shu(reciprocity)”. and the rain started to drop heavily.
customers faraway visit his store regularly for buns. food to those in need. “Zhong(loyalty)” means to do your best in a job. Geez, what happened to those fishing boats out
Lee saw the success of Wang and admired him; “Shu(reciprocity)” means being forgiving and gener- there on the seas? All the women and kids anxiously
as a result, he opened up a similar store on West Lesson 4 : Discussions on Filial Piety ous. Every time you will think of others when you ran to the shore and looked for their families, but,
Street, using best meat as ingredients and making his put yourself in their shoes, so you would do only in front their eyes, they saw thunderstorm and mon-
buns the size of Wang’s buns and charging similar Teacher wrote down a piece of Classical Chi- what you’d like to be treated. strous waves. No fishing boats.
prices. The business was good as expected. Not long nese on the blackboard today and asked us to turn it Do you think Confucius’ words make sense? Do Watching the sky getting darker and darker, Ma-
after, the two stores on the street became the most into Vernacular Chinese. Here is what teacher wrote: you “Do your best” and “Be in others’ shoes?” Zu thought: “All the fishing boats on the sea lose the
popular food stands in the area. “ 子 夏 問 孝 ， 子 曰 ： 「 色 direction, so how can they come back,” Therefore,
One day, while clearing the cash, Lee’s wife told 難。有事弟子服其勞，有酒食先 she ran home and took out a wind-proof lamp. She
Lee, “Our business is good, but our profit isn’t high 生饌，曾是以為孝乎？」＂ Lesson 6 : The Three Moves of Mencius’ then stood on a rock and lifted up the lamp. After a
Mother
enough. This is too tiring.” She continued saying, The explanation is that, “Zi-Xia asked about while, some of the fishing boats followed the direc-
“Let’s use pork belly and make the bun smaller so we filial piety. Confucius replied, ‘What is difficult is to Because Mencius’ father passed away when he tion of the lamp, one by one, sailed back to the shore.

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