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In our part of the world, we call our maternal great-grandfather "Grandpa." In Huamei Village, whenever people talk about my Grandpa, everyone gives him a thumbs-up and says he was a remarkable man. Even the little kids have surely heard stories from their parents about how my Grandpa dealt with ghosts, spirits, and deities. During the Qing Dynasty, my maternal great-grandfather passed the Xiu Cai examination at the age of twelve. He had originally intended to go on to become a Ju Ren and then a Jinshi, but an unexpected incident arose along the way, forcing him to set aside the Four Books and Five Classics and instead study the ways of yin and yang...