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The Man Who Sheltered Rats | 姑息养鼠

A superstitious man shelters rats due to his birth year, leading to infestation and ruin. The new...

Encounter with Feng Sanniang | 邂逅封三娘

A gentle maiden, Lady Fan, befriends the mysterious Lady Feng. With Feng's aid, she finds love wi...

Gulp! Gulp! | 咕咚!咕咚!

A young man in New York, terrified of cockroaches, buys a gecko as a natural solution. The gecko ...

Snow-white | 白雪公主

A classic fairy tale about Snow-white, a beautiful princess whose jealous stepmother, the Queen, ...

A Place to Sleep | 一席之地

A weary traveler, John, finds a town with no hotel vacancies. He agrees to share a room with a no...

Rising with the Rooster | 闻鸡起舞

The story of Zu Ti and Liu Kun, who disciplined themselves to rise at the rooster's crow to pract...

The Hunchback Specialist | 专治驼背

A self-proclaimed specialist promises to cure any hunchback but uses a brutal method that straigh...

Kangaroos and the Cage | 袋鼠与笼子

Zookeepers repeatedly raise a cage's height to contain escaping kangaroos, only to realize the tr...

The Happy Family | 幸福的家庭

A pair of elderly white snails, believing themselves to be the world's most distinguished creatur...

The Boss Parrot | 老板鹦鹉

A customer inquires about three parrots with vastly different prices. The most expensive one, who...

Fables in Phrases: Three Idioms from Aesop | 源自寓言的成语:三个伊索寓言典故

This article explains three common English idioms derived from Aesop's Fables: 'a dog in the mang...

Tyranny Is Fiercer Than Tigers | 苛政猛于虎

Confucius encounters a woman mourning three family members killed by tigers. She prefers the dang...

The Two Estimates | 两份估价单

A non-smoking manager, troubled by smoky meeting rooms, seeks a costly air purification solution....

The Unwilling Ghost | 不愿离去的幽灵

A hospital employee encounters an apparition on a converted administrative floor, an experience c...

His Spear Against His Shield | 自相矛盾

A Chu weapon seller's boast about his impenetrable shield and all-piercing spear leads to a logic...

Honesty | 诚信

A local boy's extraordinary honesty in fulfilling an errand for Japanese photographers, despite g...

The Four in the Library | 图书馆里的四个家伙

A first-year student at St. Montague's reluctantly shares the library fireplace with three arroga...

A Handful of Clay | 一撮黏土

A handful of common clay dreams of glory but endures a harsh journey of being shaped, fired, and ...

A Half Day's Leisure | 半日清闲

A high official visits a remote temple, reciting a poem about finding leisure. The old monk's wit...

The Violin Deal | 小提琴交易

A girl's persistent request for violin lessons leads her father to a clever financial scheme, rev...