wang lung
Chinese farmer in Pear S. Buck's novel The Good Earth, written in 1931 before Wang was more than just a Chinese name.
"And at last Wang Lung said, 'Well, and I have come for a thing and if it is not your wish, let us talk of other things. But if you have need for a servant in your great grain market, there is my second son, and a sharp one he is, but if you have no need of him, let us talk of other things.'
Then the merchant said with great good humor, 'And so I have such need of a sharp young man, if he reads and writes.'
And Wang Lung answered proudly, 'My sons are both good scholars and they can each tell when a letter is wrongly written, and weather the wood or the water radical is right.'"
-The Good Earth, Chapter 25
Then the merchant said with great good humor, 'And so I have such need of a sharp young man, if he reads and writes.'
And Wang Lung answered proudly, 'My sons are both good scholars and they can each tell when a letter is wrongly written, and weather the wood or the water radical is right.'"
-The Good Earth, Chapter 25
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