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Zhou Boshun loses his fortune with prostitutes, repents, and rises higher
Key takeaway
A fall is not the danger. Not turning back is. Zhou repented sincerely, and three years later his rank was higher than the one he had lost.
A fall is not the danger. Not turning back is. Zhou repented sincerely, and three years later his rank was higher than the one he had lost.
Zhou Boshun, a scholar of Shandong, passed the prefectural exam and was recommended for the provincial one. After celebrating with friends, he stayed behind with prostitutes. His father dreamed that a deity said Zhou had lost the official career he was due to have, because he had broken the precept against lust. Zhou denied it until his father told the dream. Then he wept, repented, and vowed to abstain and do good. Three years later he passed the highest examination and was appointed to a senior post.