Zhou Chu who eliminated the three calamities. (A story from ancient China.)

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The next day, Zhou dressed in tights, armed himself, and then went to the bridge. He plunged into the river. The river dragon was at the bottom in deep water.

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Third paragraph (continued).

When the water dragon saw Zhou Chu, it tried to bite him. Zhou Chu stabbed the water dragon with his sword.

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Third paragraph (continued).

The water dragon swam away quickly after it was injured, so Zhou Chu followed it.

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Third paragraph (continued).

When the water dragon rose towards the surface, Zhou Chu did the same. When the water dragon dove towards the bottom, Zhou Chu did the same.

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Third paragraph (continued).

Three days later, the water dragon fainted from a hemorrhage, anf Zhou Cho killed it.

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Fourth paragraph.

On the fourth day, Zhou Cho came back to the village. But there was a misunderstanding. The villagers had been happy because they had thought that all three scourges wete gone.

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Fourth paragraph (continued).

He felt depressed, so he decided to leave home, and he apprenticed himself to a famous academic named Lu Yun. He said to Lu Yun, "I very much regret that I have wasted most of my life. I want to have a great career, but I'm afraid it's too late now."

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Fourth paragraph (continued).

Lu Yun said to him, "Don't worry. For you have a strong will. A person should be concerned about a lack of ambition, and one should not groan over having made mistakes."

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Fifth paragraph.

Zhou Chu studied assiduously under Lu Yun's guidance. He also improved his morals, and his studious spirit won acclaim from everyone. A year later, all the local authorities in the area recommended him to be an official. After Soochow conquered the Tsin dynasty, he became a well-known chancellor of the Soochow dynasty.

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Two things.

1. Tigers don't "spring" unless they are close enough to a prey animal to jump on it.
2. What kind of an arrow goes through bone?

1. I was meant to describe that the tiger appeared in Zhou Chu's sight accidentally.
The action can describe by a single verb in Chinese, and I put it into google translate, and then it showed spring.
I'll take care about it next time.

2. Maybe it's too exaggeration. In some China stories, the arrow even can goes through stone. lol
By the way, Zhou Chu was used his empty hands to beats the tiger in the latest version about the story. XD