3. Cover up one’s own ears when stealing a bell
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A peasant of Jin State in ancient China found a large bell
in the ruins of the residence of senior officer Fang. He could not take it away
by carrying, so he decided to smash the bell into pieces and sell the pieces as
scrap metal. The bell rang when he smashed it. He then covered up his ears and
thought there would be no bell ringing if he didn’t hear any, and no one would
be alerted.
In the modern society, public morality is not what it used to
be, and defrauder groups often take advantage of human greed to commit various
crimes. For example, they lure victims with wining a jackpot. The victim often
worries other people may covet for such a jackpot if the winning a prize is
known to others, and chooses not to verify with other people, causing the victim
deeply entrapped into the scheme. A person who does not allow greed to take
control of his or her mind will never suffer from defrauder’s scheme.