stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a temple while begging for money
Sai Neng Tan is one of the Chinese classics. It was written in the late Ming Dynasty and consists of 222 articles in the first collection and 135 articles in the second collection. The first collection mainly teaches about human fellowship, while the second collection teaches about the pleasures of nature and quiet life.
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