ExclusiveTraditional Chinese Tales: Saving Lives Changes One's Own Destiny

In the early years of the Zhengde reign in the Ming Dynasty, there lived a merchant surnamed Wang from Anhui Province. Although he was over thirty years old, he had not yet fathered any children. His uncle-in-law had expertise in physiognomy. One day, upon seeing Wang, his uncle-in-law displayed a look of deep concern and said to him, “In October, you will face a significant calamity from which you cannot escape. What will you do?”

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