The charm of the Middle kingdom . MARKET PLACE WITH SHRINE. A STUDENT, HIS M^FE AND HIS AUNT THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM Shall I tell you the story of the aged philos-opher who discovered God? »S7iiA, I whispered, for I was not uncon-scious of the solemnity of her thought. Ssu-ling leaned forward, her face aglow withVegas yellow light. She spoke in her nativetongue. It was a simple story, requiring asimple language. There was once a sage who employedhis whole lifetime seeking for a manifesta-tion of the One you call God. He wanderedup and down the faces of the earth, peeringinto the hearts
The charm of the Middle kingdom . MARKET PLACE WITH SHRINE. A STUDENT, HIS M^FE AND HIS AUNT THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM Shall I tell you the story of the aged philos-opher who discovered God? »S7iiA, I whispered, for I was not uncon-scious of the solemnity of her thought. Ssu-ling leaned forward, her face aglow withVegas yellow light. She spoke in her nativetongue. It was a simple story, requiring asimple language. There was once a sage who employedhis whole lifetime seeking for a manifesta-tion of the One you call God. He wanderedup and down the faces of the earth, peeringinto the hearts of men, but God was not he saw evil thoughts, and misery,and vile plagues which scourged the landas a thresher flails out grain. In his quest he grew to be an old despairing of the inhabited regionsof the kingdom, he sought the seclusion ofthe hills and mountains. He had given uphis quest. His only thought was to find asolitary place and die. Towards evening of a glorious day hetoiled upwards to the top of a thickly woodedhill.
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