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Dẫu có bạc vàng trăm vạn lạng / Không bằng kinh sử một vài pho
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The speaker says that even immense material wealth—“a million taels of gold and silver”—is worth less than a few books of the classics and histories. The comparison places learning and the knowledge preserved in books above money. It presents study as a richer possession than riches themselves.
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- Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications, Làng số
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