THE LOSS OF ONE HAIR FROM NINE OXEN

Honey,
I am reading a Proverb book by the Chinese Author Adeline Yen Mah. She is one of my favorite Authors and I will write a story around a proverb each day. The same ones I am reading about. I have read four so I am a little behind. I am interested in reading history books and also learning as much as I can right now about everything I could possible ascertain.

THE LOSS OF ONE HAIR FROM NINE OXEN
Adeline wrote about a Chinese Writer who had to overcome disgrace and shame he had wrought on the emperor and live in humiliation simply because he had made a promise to finish a written work. This work is called the Shiji which is a focal piece of Chinese Culture. Its simply a historical reference covering 2000 years in the Yangtze River area.

In Adeline's personal life she had to overcome personal obstacles with her maligned and defunct family and also pursue a career in medicine and writing. She overcame and was very successful.

Perseverance and essentially a FIGHTING attitude will make us attain everything we all put our minds to. This proverb is beneficial in my opinion for people believing that they have something bad that no matter what they can overcome this frenzy and reach a level of posterity. In the case of Ancient Chinese history the man overcame [castration] in order to serve the masses of people following him in preceding generations.

Posterity or also just for one's own sake. I know that I want to be a writer, study hard, and follow my heart, dreams and goals out to the fullest without interruption or fear of failure.

This proverb says to not fear the future and just embrace whatever comes and to not let anything swivel your mind.

I want to learn more Proverbial sayings in the passages that follow.

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