Chinese Language

People who enjoy being flattered to their faces are called “those who delight in wearing high hats.” A court official in the capital was sent to take up a position in the provinces. Before his departure, he went to bid farewell to his teacher. The teacher said, “Being a local official is no easy task;…

Li Hongzhang (1823-1901AD) was a renowned statesman of the late Qing dynasty. On one occasion, a distant relative of his sat the imperial examinations. This man was completely uneducated; upon receiving the examination paper, he found himself unable to answer a single question. At that moment, a sudden thought struck him: he remembered he was…