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Chinese fables and folk stories

Note 5 — THE STORY OF TSEN-TSZE, A PUPIL OF CONFUCIUS

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One day Tsen-Tsze’s father beat him with a long Kia-Tsa (stick).5 When he got up from the floor he came and took his father’s hand and asked, “Father, did I do wrong? Tell me what it was.” But his father’s face was red with anger, and he would not explain.

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