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2. Chinese proverbs - Wikipedia

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   In the preface and introduction to his 1875 categorized collection of Chinese proverbs, Wesleyan missionary William Scarborough observed that there had theretofore been very few European-language works on the subject, listing John Francis Davis' 1823 Chinese Moral Maxims, Paul Hubert Perny's 1869 Proverbes Chinois, and Justus Doolittle's 1872 Vocabulary and Handbook of the Chinese Language as ...

3. Yuanfen - Wikipedia

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   The concept of "serendipity" is a good English approximation of yuanfen in general situations not involving any elements of a romantic relationship. The French writer Émile Deschamps claims in his memoirs that in 1805, he was treated to some plum pudding by a stranger named Monsieur de Fontgibu.

4. Category:Chinese proverbs - Wikipedia

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   English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. Pages in category "Chinese proverbs" The following 12 ...

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6. List of Chinese quotations - Wikipedia

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   The phrase is an ancient one in Chinese, but sources differ as to when it entered the English vocabulary. Although some sources may claim it dates back as far as 1850 [1], it seems the Chinese phrase was first translated when it was applied to describe the United States. In 1956, Mao Zedong said of the United States:

7. Red thread of fate - Wikipedia

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   Another version of the same story involves an ambitious young man who talks to Yue Lao and insists on asking him about whom he will marry, thinking that he'll meet himself a rich girl. Yue Lao points at a poor-looking little girl who's taking a stroll with an old blind woman in a marketplace, shows him a red thread tying him to the girl, and ...

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9. Three laughs at Tiger Brook - Wikipedia

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   The three representative sages laughing at themselves having unexpectedly crossed Tiger Brook, 12th century, Song Dynasty. Three laughs at Tiger Brook (Chinese: 虎溪三笑; pinyin: hǔ xī sān xiào; Gan: fû ki sam siēu) is a Chinese proverb which refers to the image that the three men, Huiyuan, Tao Yuanming and Lu Xiujing laugh together when arriving at Huxi (虎溪, Tiger Brook) of ...