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朱买臣
zhū​mǎi​chén

Zhu Maichen

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朱买臣 朱買臣 zhū​mǎi​chén
Zhu Maichen
A famous politician and scholar of the Western Han dynasty who rose from poverty to become a high-ranking official. His story of being abandoned by his wife while poor, only for her to later feel shame when he became successful, is often cited in literature and drama.
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