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2、awasaRiot:mylastaRevolution.WaslivinginChinaworthwhile?Wellworthwhile.'Sowritesmymotherinthefinalchapterofthisbook.IntheThreeCharacterClassics,whichChineseschoolchildrenusedtolearnbyheart,isafamousstoryofavirtuousboywhoseoldparentslongedtoeatfish.Theseasonbeingwinter,
3、helayupontheice,melteditwithhisbody'swarmth,andcaughtthefish!NeverhaveIattainedsuchheightsoffilialpiety.Seeing,however,thatmyfatherhastwicewrittenintroductionsforbooksofmine,isitnotrightthatIshouldnowperformasimilarofficeformymother?Indeed,itisonlythepaymentofadebttha
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8、.IoncewroteinabookthusAladywithwhitehair,luminoushazeleyesunderarchingeyebrows,andanexpressionoftakingvividinterestineveryth
