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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...