Soul Searching in China: The Classic Story of Sima Guang Teaches Compassion to the Present-Day Compassionless

While China is outraged and soul searching over the tragic story of a 2-year-old girl being run over by two vans and more than a dozen passersby not helping except one poor lady who collects recyclable items from garbage to make a living (who is a true hero), we re-tell here a classical story every Chinese knows about:

When Sima Guang was eight years old, a group of boys were playing happily in a garden where there were many water vats. Suddenly a boy fell into a vat. All other boys ran away except for Sima Guang. He thought he should help the drowning boy. But he was too small and the vat was too large. Then he had a good idea. He found a big rock and used all his force to break the bottom of the water container open. The water flushed out of the vat, and the boy was saved. (Source: Click here).

This classic story of Sima Guang teaches compassion to the present-day compassionless. May GOD save my people!