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Once upon a time, there was a man Yue Yangzi. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road and picked it up. He took it home and gave it to his wife. But his wife was not happy. The wise woman said, "I hear that a man of morality(道德)doesn't drink a thief's water and a man of probity(正直) refuses to accept alms(施舍物). Now tell me do you think of the action of picking up others' lost treasure and keeping it for your own." Yue Yangzi, feeling sorry, sent the gold back to where he found it.
The next year, Yue Yangzi felt that he should go out and visit famous teachers to get more knowledge. A year later, he came back home . "Why have you returned?" asked his wife in. "You've only one year studying."
"I came back I missed you very much." Without saying his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom (织布机). Pointing at the half done brocade(织锦), she said, "This brocade is made the finest silk. I worked very hard to produce the brocade. Now if I cut it, all my work be wasted.
You can get knowledge only through longtime hard work. Now, you've stopped halfway.
Isn't it the same as cutting the brocade on the loom?"
Yue Yangzi was by what she said. He left home to study again. Several years later he became a learned man.
