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A small kindness that made a big change: the stories of Martin, Chiang Kai-shek and Jo Mansik

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  1. This column uses the story of Martin from a Tolstoy short story and the anecdotes of Chiang Kai-shek and Jo Mansik to show that love and service can change people.
  2. In 1907, Chiang Kai-shek cleaned the toilets every day at a university in Japan, and Jo Mansik, while a servant, cleaned his master's chamber pot before going to Soongsil School.
  3. The article encourages readers to show small kindnesses to those around them, saying that this is where love resides.

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A small kindness that made a big change: the stories of Martin, Chiang Kai-shek and Jo Mansik

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 작은 친절이 만든 큰 변화, 마르틴·장개석·조만식의 이야기

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