There was a Confucian scholar once who lived in the southern part of
Seoul. It is said that he went out for a walk one day while his wife
remained alone at home. When he was absent there came by begging an
old woman who looked like a Buddhist priestess, for while very old
her face was not wrinkled. The scholar's wife asked her if she knew
how to sew. She said she did, and so the wife made this proposition,
"If you will stay and work for me I'll give you your breakfast and
your supper, and you'll not have to beg anywhere; will you agree?"