FONG WAN - Library

ists." The terms "King" and "Palace" may be aptly combined. Al-
though the King lives in his Palace, yet he does not occupy it solely
for his own enjoyment. He works hard every day, and the Palace is
devoted to the relief of suffering.
FONG WAN'S HOROSCOPE
As has already been intimated, Fong Wan's path has been a rugged
one. Because many Occidentals take an interest in horoscopes and the
prediction of sages, Fong Wan is including those regarding his life
in this treatise.
Fong Wan's success has brought him over 40,000 American and
Chinese friends, and also a small number of jealous enemies. His suc-
cess was predicted by Chinese philosophers and other wise men of
China, as well as by his horoscope.
He has known year by year and almost month by month what good
'ortune was to be his and what unavoidable troubles he would have to
contend with. In 1925, which, according to his horoscope, was to be
the year most full of troubles, Fong Wan had to face a slander suit, a
number of medical cases, and the Anti-Herb Bill. All told, there were
about seven law suits that year.
When the lawyers, who represented his accusers in the slander suit,
attacked him, he kept on smiling, and even made faces at them and
joked with them. He was able to take things in this way because he
knew through the predictions that he would win in the long run. He
was always right and did not go wrong. He advised his lawyers to
prolong the trial to five or six weeks, so that his enemies would have
heavy court expenses to pay in the end. One of his lawyers remarked
that he had never before had a client with such wonderful fighting
spirit.
Fong Wan looked upon his enemies as the frosts, the snows, and
the storms which so mercilessly attack and beat against a tall pine
tree. He knew, however, that after the period of hardship had passed,
he would be the richer in experience and would profit by his hardships,
just as does the pine tree when the cold snows melt and give it nour-
ishment.
The following are translations of Chinese poems, written by Chinese
Philosophers, who gave the wonderful characterization of Fong Wan:
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