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No Exit In China
Saturday, April 16, 2016 5:41
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– this post authored by Thomas Vien
In the 18th century after a passing breeze caused him to lose his place in a book, a Chinese scholar named Xu Jun wrote this short poem: “The clear breeze is illiterate, so why does it insist on rummaging through the pages of a book?” Though this couplet was seemingly harmless, the Manchu-ruled Qing Dynasty (1645-1911) executed Xu in 1730 for seditious thought.
Source: http://econintersect.com/pages/contributors/contributor.php?post=201604160632
