Notes

1  One li is approximately one-third of a mile.

2  One mu is approximately 0.16 of an acre.

3  White Canadian

4  There is an old Chinese story about a good son who, in a desperate attempt to save his dying mother, decided to cut a piece of flesh from his own thigh to feed her, as a form of sacrifice. His filial piety moved Heaven and as a result, his mother was miraculously healed.