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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...
The Tiger and the Fox | 老虎与狐狸
A boastful Tiger, claiming to protect other animals from a hunter, is shot by an arrow while post...
The Pearl in the Flesh | 剜股藏珠
A seaman hides a precious pearl in a self-inflicted thigh wound to save his ship from a storm, bu...
The Unhappy Fish | 不快乐的鱼
A big fish in a small pond dreams of a grander river life but finds loneliness and discomfort the...
Going South by Driving North | 南辕北辙
Ji Liang recounts a story to the King of Wei about a man stubbornly driving north to reach the so...
Sun Shan, the Last on the List | 名落孙山
This story explains the origin of the Chinese idiom "名落孙山," which describes exam or competition f...
Just Lost Two Dollars | 只输了两美元
A man loses all his money at a casino in four days, then miraculously turns his last two dollars ...
When Love Beckons | 当爱召唤你时
This poetic passage explores love's dual nature: it brings both ecstasy and suffering, growth and...
The Milkmaid and Her Pail | 挤奶女工和她的牛奶桶
A milkmaid daydreams about all the wealth and finery she will buy with the proceeds from selling ...
The Trees and the Ax | 树与斧头
A man tricks the trees into giving him wood to make an ax handle, then uses the ax to destroy the...
The Fox and the Torch | 恶邻与火狐
A jealous farmer's attempt to destroy his neighbor's harvest by setting a fox with a torch loose ...
The Lazy Horse | 懒马
A lazy horse gloats as its load is shifted to a hardworking companion, only for the owner to deci...
The Two Spells | 两条咒语
A boy who couldn't get people to listen to him learned from a young man that the "magic spells" o...
The Lazy Donkey | 懒驴
A man returns a newly bought donkey after observing it immediately befriend the laziest donkey in...