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Emperor Yao

Celestial Emperor Yao, the son and heir of Di-Ku, famed for extraordinary humility. As evidenced by tradition, he lived in a simple hut, covered cane to feed broth from wild herbs and boiled uncleaned rice, clothing was the most unassuming. «Perhaps even the privratnika life better than it was with Yao!» – Said after his death people.
But not only for modesty loved his people. Tell that if it had someone is hungry, then Yao necessarily saying: «This is my fault that he had nothing to eat». If someone was not in that dress, Yao said: «This is my fault that he had nothing to wear». «That I brought him to the crime», – said Yao, learn about the crime committed by someone of his subjects. Thus, even during a terrible drought, and followed it the great flood, people continued to remain throughout the life and soul to read a good ruler, and in no way complained to him.
Tell that Yao hut – in his palace – from time to time appeared happy omen. One day, a tree grew on the rocks Mintszya, which had an interesting feature. Earlier this month it grew every day a new pod, and fifteen days, by the middle of the month, there were fifteen. And in the second half of the month pods started opadat, and by the end of the month they did not leave. If the month was twenty-nine days, the remainder at the top pod zasyhal not opadal. Since the beginning of next month all happened again. It is enough to look at the pods was to learn what today. The emergence of «living calendar» considered a lucky omen, helping Yao.
It was another wonderful plant – shapu. It grew in the kitchen. Its leaves were like a fan. Every movement arises fresh breeze, which progonyal of flies and mosquitoes, and in the heat of the damage remained stores. Yao is efficient plant very helpful.

Category Rulers of heaven

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