吉人天相 Heaven helps the worthy

When Pei Du(裴度) was a boy, he failed many times in the Imperial Examination.

A famous physiognomist(面相相士) in Luoyang(洛陽) said that he was not good-looking and would starve to death.

When Pei Du heard about it, he didn't mind and remained calm-minded.

 

 Once when he visited Xiangshan Temple, he saw a woman worshiping Buddha and praying in the temple, and then left in a hurry.

 

 She left behind a parcel.

 

Pei Du picked it up, but he couldn't catch up.

 

He waited there till the evening, but didn't see the woman cam her lost.

 

Whe is was too late in the evening, he took it home.

 

The next morning, he went to the temple to wait again.

 

He saw the woman running towards him in a hurry.

 

While looking for it, she cried and said that her old father was innocent and was tied up in prison.

 

He borrowed two jade belts from someone yesterday.

, a rhinoceros belt,

 

worth more than a thousand coins, to be used to ask someone to plead for my father's pardon.

 

Unfortunately, it was lost here.

 

Her father will never be able to escape from it.

 

After saying this, she burst into tears like rain, and he was so painful that he didn't want to live.

 

Pei Du unwrapped the package and checked it.

 

It was indeed the things as she said, so he returned them all.

 

The woman thanked her and wanted to leave one as a gift to Pei Du.

 

Du smiled and said, "If I covet this, why should I come here to wait for you today?"

 

The woman bowed again and left.

 

Later, when the fortune teller saw Pei Du again, he was surprised and said,

 

 "You must have a virtuous character, so your expression is very different, and your future is boundless."

 

Pei Du was promoted to Jinshi(進士) in that year and became a prominent official.

(1) surprised

  ➊ 驚醒

  ➋ 驚嚇

  ➌ 驚訝

 

(2) a gift

    

    ➊ 失物

    ➋ 禮物

    ➌ 寵物

 

(3) worshiping Buddha

   ➊ 散步

   ➋ 禮佛

   ➌ 參觀

 

(4) bow 

     ➊ 道別

     ➋ 敬禮

     ➌  起立

(5) the fortune teller

    ➊算命先生

    ➋理髮師

    ➌老師

 

(6) Imperial Examination.

     ➊期中考試

     ➋期末考試

     ➌科舉考試