The ancient Chinese taught that it was distasteful to serve meat in large pieces that resembled the original animal. (2) They also believed it rude to expect diners to struggle at the table to cut up hunks of meat. (3) _____, they preferred to cut the meat into bite-size pieces in the kitchen. (4) People then used chopsticks at the table to eat the small morsels of meat.
a. Therefore
b. However
c. On the other hand
d. In a similar manner