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The Judge and the Plaintiff | 法官与原告
A judge hints at a pending ruling to a plaintiff, who offers a bribe. The judge then claims the c...
The Bellamy and the Members | 贝拉米与成员们
A group of Socialists rebels against their leader Bellamy, questioning the one-sided provision of...
Belief is All You Need | 信念即力量
A driver, stuck in a ditch, is helped by a farmer using an old, nearly blind mule. The farmer tri...
The Farmer and His Dogs | 农夫与他的狗
A farmer trapped by a storm is forced to kill his livestock for food one by one. Witnessing this,...
True Wealth | 贫富的真意
A wealthy father's attempt to show his son the poverty of a rural family backfires when the boy p...
Buying the Casket and Returning the Pearl | 买椟还珠
A Chu merchant's overly elaborate pearl casket so captivated a Zheng buyer that he purchased only...
The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller | 烧炭工与漂洗工
A charcoal-burner invites a fuller to share his house to save costs and foster friendship, but th...
Three in the Morning, Four in the Evening | 朝三暮四
This fable tells of a monkey keeper who tricks his monkeys by merely rearranging their daily rati...
The Cicada Catcher | 佝偻捕蝉
Confucius learns from a hunchbacked master cicada catcher that supreme skill is achieved through ...
The Man and His Goose | 人与鹅
A man, greedy for the source of his goose's golden eggs, kills it only to find nothing special in...
The Greedy Man | 贪得无厌
A man meets a celestial friend who grants him gold, but his greed leads him to desire the magic f...
The Crow and the Pitcher | 乌鸦喝水
A thirsty crow uses pebbles to raise the water level in a pitcher, enabling it to drink and survi...
The Shepherd's Mistake | 牧羊人的错误
A shepherd gradually lets his guard down against a watching wolf, eventually mistaking it for a g...
The Empty Boat | 空船渡河
The parable contrasts reactions to an empty boat collision versus one with people, illustrating h...
Marking the Boat for the Lost Sword | 刻舟求剑
A man loses his sword in a river and marks the boat where it fell, foolishly searching at the mar...
The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat | 海豚、鲸鱼与西鲱
A Sprat offers to mediate a fierce war between Dolphins and Whales, but is flatly rejected, as th...
The Bat and the Weasel | 蝙蝠与黄鼠狼
A bat escapes death twice by cleverly changing its identity to suit the prejudices of two differe...
The Crow and the Swan | 乌鸦与天鹅
A crow mistakenly believes a swan's whiteness comes from the water and abandons his food source t...
When Lips Are Gone, Teeth Will Be Cold | 唇亡齿寒
The ancient fable illustrates the strategic folly of the State of Yu. Lured by treasures, its kin...
The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller | 烧炭人与漂布匠
A charcoal-burner invites a fuller to live together to save costs, but the fuller refuses, knowin...