Suddenly, they heard someone weeping in the distance. They went over and saw a young woman who, with her head covered with a white kerchief, wore white cotton clothes, trousers, shoes and stockings. She was kneeling in front of a new grave and weeping bitterly. The disciples didn't know what to do. Confucius ordered one of them to go forward and ask:
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One day, Confucius and his disciples passed by Mount Tai. As they walked along, his disciples talked about what they had heard and seen.
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"There are tigers here, but there are no exorbitant taxes, levies or heavy corvee here!" When Confucius heard this, he turned to his disciples and said:
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In ancient times, at the foot of Mount Tai surrounded by mountains, one often heard of tales of tigers devouring people
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"In the past, my father-in-law was devoured by a tiger. Later, my husband was devoured by a tiger too. Now my son has also been bitten to death by a tiger."
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The woman raised her head, wiped her red and swollen eyes, sobbed and answered intermittently:
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"The tiger harmed the lives of three generations of your family. Why didn't you leave this place earlier and move to somewhere else?"
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"Who has died? Why are you weeping in such sorrow?"
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"Remember, tigers devour people, but tyranny is fiercer than tigers!"
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Confucius' disciple asked worriedly:
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The woman sobbed, saying:
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