Flintlock
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Thanks for mentioning those two books. Are there e-books of English Version that one can browse?
BTW, so called "Eugenics" in China that you heard about is nothing but to educate people not to advocate marriages between too close cousins, pay attention to generic defects, etc, to prevent from having defective children. It has nothing to do with IQ.
Here are a couple of links on eugenics in China:
Is China's law eugenic?
BBC News | Asia-Pacific | Chinese scientists back eugenics
Even Singapore runs something akin to Eugenics by encouraging university grads to marry and have kids.
There's not use discussing the merits/demerits of eugenics here....if you are interested we can open a new thread.
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Panchatantra and Hitopadesha are both collections of fables/moral tales first written in Sanskrit.
They have been passed on for thousands of years, and most schoolkids in India have read atleast a few of the stories.
It is agreed that Aesop's Fables and many Middle eastern and Greek tales have evolved from them.
Here's a translation of the Hitopadesha (Derived from Sanskrit hita meaning benevolence or gain and upadesha meaning advice or counsel)
the Hitopadesha, translated by Sir Edwin Arnold
Here's Panchatantra ( Pancha or five and Tantra or principles/rules/ideologies)
Tales of Panchatantra - Stories of Panchatantra