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The Mental Chain | 心灵的枷锁
The article uses the metaphor of a conditioned circus elephant to illustrate how past failures an...
The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox | 狗、公鸡与狐狸
A traveling Cock outsmarts a hungry Fox by luring him to the Dog's hiding place, leading to the F...
The Bat, Bramble and Cormorant | 蝙蝠、荆棘与鸬鹚
A bat, bramble, and cormorant lose their joint investment in a shipwreck. The trauma of the loss ...
Cynicism and Dog Idioms | 犬儒主义与狗的习语
This article explores the etymology of "cynicism" from ancient Greek philosophers who lived "like...
The Girl and the Bandit | 少女与强盗
A richly adorned girl encounters a bandit while walking in the hills. Despite her desperate pleas...
The Third Person | 第三人
Three roommates consistently seek judgment from their third companion during disputes, regardless...
The Gift of Life | 生命的礼物
A humorous allegory explaining the human life stages through a story of God negotiating lifespan ...
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...