Sunday, 1 December 2013

Huang Lianyun declines the inheritance of a fortune




Text:
农妇照顾孤寡老人20余年,
婉言拒绝百万遗产

Huang Lianyun is a 46-year old woman living in a village in Zhejiang Province. In the past 20 years, she dedicated much of her spare time looking after an unmarried, old blind neighbour. In his will, the old man named Lianyun heir to his million yuan fortune. She declined the inheritance, and held a respectable funeral service for him when the blind old man died. What motivated the village woman's generosity and compassion?

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Learning outcomes:
Upon completing the exercises, the students will be able to
·        understand the conventional ethical values underlying the interpersonal acts of generosity and compassion in a typical Chinese village;
·        understand and use a range of Chinese expressions that are typically used in the context of talking about social and family relations, property, health etc.;
·         explain motivations and cause-and-effect relations.



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