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Jiang says oral stories survive by becoming more exaggerated, colorful, funny, and memorable; without that color, stories are forgotten.
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Jiang says oral stories survive by becoming more exaggerated, colorful, funny, and memorable; without that color, stories are forgotten.
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"The king must learn humility. So, this is a hard thing to understand but it's really important for us to understand otherwise you cannot..."
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"...drunk before every examination and he scores 100. Okay? That's an exaggeration. And then over time naturally through the oral tradition the story becomes..."
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"It's exaggerated. The guy scores a touchdown every game and then even more exaggerated the guy hits a home run to help his team..."
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"...realizing your full potential you will feel an extreme sense of exaggeration liberation excitement and this will motivate you to do greater things in..."
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