Chinese Literature
Chinese Idiom 1 - With one heart and one purpose (一 心 一 德)
The Shang商Dynasty was founded by Tong湯c. 1600 BC and when it passed to King Zhou 紂 王, (c.1078-1045 BC) it developed into a notorious tyranny. Its subjects were severely exploited and they lived under oppression. Zhou紂only lived in his world of hunting, drinking and women and even invented ways of torturing people as a form of entertainment. The torture of roasting people alive by tying them to a circular copper pillar with burning charcoal below was invented by him. (炮 烙 刑 ).
Chinese Idiom 2 - Each word worthy of a thousand gold pieces (一 字 千 金)
After Qin Shi Huang秦 始 皇 (Ying Zheng嬴 政) conquered the other six states and united China in 221 BC, he established the Qin Empire秦 朝with its capital at Xian Yang咸 陽. When Ying Zheng’s father Zhi Zho子 楚was a young prince, he was sent to the state of Zhou 趙as a nominated hostage. There he met Lu Bu Wei呂 不 韋 (290 ?-235BC) who offered to be his mentor and financed his return to Qin and was instrumental to the plot of making him the crown prince and the king of Qin, Zhuang Xiang Wang (秦 莊 襄 王) eventually.