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Cake day: September 4th, 2024

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  • I think I will put it this way: I have nothing that I want you to see - and be a victim to your twisted imagination.

    In 17th century China, Qing emperors sometimes walked the markets dressed as commoners. One day, the emperor stood at a bookstall, reading quietly. A breeze turned the pages beside him.

    A nearby poet saw this and joked:

    “The wind can’t read, why turn the pages?”

    He was later executed. History did not even record his name.

    In Chinese, “wind” shares a character with “Qing”, the ruling dynasty.

    Reference: https://tinyurl.com/4ment9ud