Zhang Ning frees an unwilling concubine, gains a son the next year

Classic stories · Shou Kang Bao Jian, excerpt

ⓘ This story is Buddhist teaching and moral literature, offered as encouragement and warning, not a medical conclusion.

Zhang Ning had no son in old age. A concubine at his side opened his eyes. He released the women who did not wish to stay and let them go free. The next year a son was born.

Source：Stories of changed fortune from the Shou Kang Bao Jian (Chinese)

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