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The Cost of One Copper Coin
During the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty, at Lianji bookstore in Beijing, a young scholar stood by a bookshelf not far from the counter, reading a book. At that moment, a young boy at the counter was purchasing a book and dropped a copper coin, which rolled to the young scholar's feet. The scholar quickly took a side-glance around. Confirming that no one was paying attention, he moved his right foot to step on the coin. After a while, after the boy finished paying and left the store, the scholar bent down to pick up the coin from under his foot.

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