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Peony in Love

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    Today, many fine marriages are delayed because people are picky on matters of family status and insist on amassing big dowries. When is this going to change?
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    When people are alive, they love. When they die, they keep loving—
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    is also about the union of two souls to bring another soul back from the afterworld to begin a new life in the earthly realm.
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    Madame Qian listed her daughter’s accomplishments, and then added, “I’ve taught her that a husband is the sun; a wife is the moon. The sun does not change in its fullness, but a woman waxes and wanes. Men act on their wills; women act on their feelings. Men initiate and women endure. This is why men visit the outside realm, while women remain inside.”
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    seek fame with their words—writing speeches, recording history, telling us how to live—but we are the ones who embrace emotions, who collect the leftover crumbs of seemingly meaningless days, who touch on the cycles of life and remember what happened in our families.
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    Just remember that jealousy is one of the seven reasons for divorce
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    Your husband is Heaven. How could you not serve him?”
  • Refiloe Masitacompartió una citahace 5 años
    Never stop improving your taste and style as a woman. Don’t bring into our home your toughness, your stubbornness, or your jealousy. He can see that on the street. Instead, keep learning. Reading will enrich your conversation, the art of pouring tea will warm him, and playing music and flower arranging will deepen your powers of emotion and enliven him at the same time
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    Gods and ancestors are worshipped and cared for as social superiors. They give protection and grant wishes; the celestial aspect of their souls is associated with growth, procreation, and life. Their offerings are carefully cooked and presented on beautiful platters with plenty of serving and eating implements.
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    did not wrap his arms around her to seek warmth, comfort, and companionship for his sleeping hours
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