When fortune turns into misfortune
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A leading publishing house apologized and is offering refunds after it mistook the calligraphy of the Chinese character 鈥滅ジ鈥 (misfortune) for 鈥滅鈥 (fortune) and included it in the company鈥檚 Chinese New Year gift pack.
The gift pack sold at the People鈥檚 Literature Publishing House online store contained five calligraphic writings of 绂. It is a tradition to decorate with the auspicious character during Lunar New Year 鈥 which falls on February 12 this year.
The publishing house apologized for the mistake on Monday in a WeChat post, saying it would refund people鈥檚 money or send extra gifts.
鈥淭his is a painful lesson for us,鈥 the post read. 鈥淎nd we are very grateful to every reader who pointed out the problem.鈥
Some netizens said the error reflected an ancient Chinese philosophy that good fortune has its roots in disaster, and disaster lurks in good fortune.
The gift pack 鈥 consisting of five writings of 绂, a pair of spring couplets, painting of a door god, New Year鈥檚 card, a pair of socks, painting, gift box, handbag, six red envelopes and poker cards 鈥 is priced at 99 yuan (US$15) and completely sold out.
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