A funny story about Empress Dowager Cixi Empress Dowager Cixi was very afraid of foreigners but extremely arrogant to her own countrymen. She stayed in Henan for a long time, then halted in Baoding for few days and finally managed to back to Beijing. It was said that a funny story happened among this long travel. A local official offered a monkey to Cixi, which made her very happy. So Cixi gave an order that made the monkey wear a yellow mandarin jacket. Later she was told some officials complaint that be a monkey was much better than be a man. She realized the order was so whimsical that she ordered to give yellow mandarin jackets to each escorting officials. Under such an honor, all officials didn’t know whether they should thank Cixi or the monkey.

Good habits result from resisting temptation With the rapidly increasing economy, all kinds of temptations are produced in contemporary society. Temptations from money, reputation or sexy girls always make people lost themselves and destroy their wills. They can’t work hard anymore even do harm to people and society. So it comes to a conclusion that it is indispensable to resist temptation. And forming good habits is the only way to resist temptation effectively. Good habits are not only good for us to keep healthy, but also helpful to train our strong minds. Furthermore, having good habits will benefit our future.We can see many famous persons always set strict demands on themselves and keep their good habits. That’s why they gain success and never defeated by temptation.

The Silk Road The silk road, which is very famous in the world, is a series of routes connecting western countries and eastern countries. Otherwise, the silk road extending more than 6000 kilometers is known for the trade of silks in ancient China. Besides, the trade in the silk road played an important role in the development of culture among China, South Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Through the silk road, four inventions including papermaking, gunpowder, printing and compass in China were spread around the world. At the same time, Chinese silks, teas and porcelains were also spread to the whole world. Actually the collision of substantial culture is two-way because some countries in Europe export their many commodities and plants to China satisfying the local market demand.