Chapter 183: Scholar Juyul (6) - Teaching and Learning Benefit One Another (敎學相長)

「Teaching someone is, at the same time, a way to improve oneself.」

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Of all the groups that deal in ‘information,’ two are the most famous in the martial world.

The Beggars’ Sect, an association of beggars said to have branches everywhere in the world.

Hao Gate, an alliance of despised professions such as coachmen, boatmen, shop assistants, and courtesans.

People commonly distinguish them as the orthodox faction’s Beggars’ Sect and the unorthodox faction’s Hao Gate, but from Hao Gate’s perspective, that distinction was rather unfair.

The members of Hao Gate at least worked and ‘earned’ the food they ate as members of society.

But the beggars belonging to the Beggars’ Sect went to prosperous shops or wealthy families’ banquets and ‘begged’ for their meals.

If one thought about it logically, wasn’t the latter more reprehensible?

It was ridiculous to claim they had no choice but to beg because they were weak and poor...