LONDON (AP) — Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare.

But we should, according to a group of academics who say the Bard was a ruthless businessman who grew wealthy dealing in grain during a time of famine.

Researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales argue that we can't fully understand Shakespeare unless we study his often-overlooked business savvy.

"Shakespeare the grain-hoarder has been redacted from history so that Shakespeare the creative genius could be born," the researchers say in a paper due to be delivered at the Hay literary festival in Wales in May.

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(Chinese: 末法; pinyin: Mò Fǎ: ; Jp: mappō, which is also translated as the Age of Dharma Decline, is the "degenerate" Third Age of Buddhism.

Degeneration
Traditionally, this age is supposed to begin 2,000 years after Sakyamuni Buddha's passing and last for "10,000 years". (The first two ages are the Age of Right Dharma (正法 Cn: zhèngfǎ; Jp: shōbō, followed by the Age of Semblance Dharma (像法 Cn: xiàngfǎ; Jp: zōbō.[6]) During this degenerate third age, it is believed that people will be unable to attain enlightenment through the word of Sakyamuni Buddha, and society will become morally corrupt. In Buddhist thought, during the Age of Dharma Decline the teachings of the Buddha will still be correct, but people will no longer be capable of following them

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and while I have no issue with Atheists, I do wish the Satan worshipers would petition to form their own group.

and although many individuals are not treated respectfully shouldn't we as individuals strive to make it that way for all?

or am I missing something here?

with apologies to Leon. Forgive me.

thank you for this UTUSN

it was the answers that sucked
therefore I got Grumpy Cat ...
some internet bozo tries to define -me-

I think not!

do I understand the question?