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Tao Gu was on a mission to the State of Wuyue (one of the ten states during the Five Dynasties, its territory covering Zhejiang, Southwest Jinagsu and Northeast Fujian provinces, where crabs are most abundant). There he was banqueted by King Zhongyi. Knowing Tao liked crabs, the host ordered over a dozen kinds of this aquatic animal to be served in the order of their sizes, from big swimming crabs down to small brackish-water crabs. At this Tao Gu, smilling, observed: "Truly, each is smaller than the one before." |
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