Zhou Chu Got Rid of the Three Terrors
Welcome to another Tales of Wisdom, today our story is about a young man who discovered that where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Zhou Chu lived during the Jin Dynasty (1115 – 1234), in a place now called Yixing, in Jiangsu province. Lacking proper parental guidance during his childhood, Zhou developed into a rough and unrestrained menace, with a temperament that was rude, fierce, and unscrupulous. He became the village terror, and villagers were extremely fearful of him, avoiding him like the plague.
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King Lu Ai Gong asked Confucius, “Is it true that the fate of a nation is determined by heaven and not just the actions of men?”
Confucius answered, “The fate of your country will depend on your own actions. Special phenomena cannot alone change the fate of your nation.”
The King said, “Okay. Could you please provide some facts regarding this statement?”
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Once, when good King Alfred of England was forced to flee from his strong foes the Danes, he hid himself in a wood. In this wood, there was a small cottage, and Alfred asked the woman who lived there if he might go in and rest.
Now the woman did not know the king, but she saw that he was an English soldier, and that he was very tired, so she let him come in and sit in her kitchen. [click to continue…]
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