The constellation
H1553 Tests of patience
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The same sky, in words
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- Tests of character · H1550 entry
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- Philosopher teaches son to beg before stone statues. In this way he will acquire patience · H1553.1 entry
- Test of patience: king accepts strong reproof and criticism · H1553.2 entry
- Test of patience: those who wish to enter city gate must endure insults of old men there who mock them · H1553.3 entry
- Man shows his patience by accepting blow in face with stool thrown by his superior in monastery · H1553.4 entry
- Monk fails in test of patience. He tries to live alone to test it. One day he loses his temper at a cup which overturns and he breaks it. [Inadvertant duplication of W185.4.] · H1553.5 entry
- Test of patience by asking irrelevant riddles · H1553.6 entry