There isa story in "Hanshu" telling of a rich man, who was a lover ofantiques and had a large collection. Among them was a rare vasemade of jade. The vase of exquisite workmanship and of historicalvalue and he loved it dearly. One night he noticed a mouse passingnear the precious vase. The mouse jumped into the vase and wastrying to eat some food which the man had carelessly left there.The sigh infuriated the man and in a fit of rage he threw a stoneat the mouse. For sure, the mouse was killed, but the precious vasewas broken also. The loss of the vase pained the man greatly and hedeeply regretted his own thoughtlessness, which bought him thisunrecoverable loss. He now realized that any one, who cares for thepresent and overlooks consequences is apt to bring disasters uponhimself. So he exclaimed to warn people by saying ‘do not burn yourhouse to get rid of a mouse’.
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