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The archway of "worry before Enjoy":It
was located at the Fan Community Hose ,which was set up Fan Zhongyan in the first year of the Huangyou Reign of the Northern song dynasty as the earliest recorded charity in stitution in Chinsa .Fan bought mu of fertile farmland to contribute to the communal assets.The stone archway stood 8 metres high with an in scription " assist the Royal and Upright "and the motto "Worry the people's woe beforeyou enjoy their weal",hence the name of the archway.The archway dated from the 44th year of the Jiajing regin of Ming dynasty ,but was destroyed in 1966. |
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