There's a history of a fellow named Liang Hung. He has a story that sounds uniquely Chinese (not American). His fire accidentally spread and a neighbors farm caught on fire. (I think of Thoreau accidentally setting a fire that burned out a bunch of land in Concord.) So he gave the neighbor his pigs as compensation. The fame of his honesty and integrity spread and he was offered many women in marriage. He declined the offers. An ugly strong woman said she would only marry him, to get out of getting married because people wanted her strength. When he heard that, he wanted to marry her, and they got married. He was a poet and wrote a famous song people still sing.
When I google it, people give the name to women. A great musician or a general. Can't verify that story via in the incomplete internet.
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