Yuan Dynasty Poetry
Qao TienziBe unread, to get ahead
Be illiterate and benefit!
Nowadays, to gain men's praise just act inadequate.
Heaven won't discriminate, between the wicked and the great,
Nor have we ever had Rules to tell the good from the bad.
Men cheat the good, they scorn the poor.
The well-read trip on their scholarship.
So practice no caligraphy, Great Learning or epigraphy!
Intelligence and competence now count for less than copper pence.
China, ca 950-1355 CE
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