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The Rooster Plucks Its Tail | 公鸡断尾
Bin Meng uses the allegory of a rooster plucking its beautiful tail feathers to avoid being sacri...
Jiang Yan's Wit Runs Dry | 江郎才尽
This story recounts how the talented scholar Jiang Yan, after achieving early fame, failed to mai...
The Cock and the Hen | 公鸡与母鸡
A hen complains to a rooster about his repeated, unfulfilled promises to get her shoes, despite h...
A Lesson from My Son | 从儿子身上学到的教训
A carpenter mistreats his elderly father until his young son's poignant act of making a wooden pl...
The Bright Sun Brings It to Light | 明亮的太阳终将揭露真相
A destitute tailor's apprentice murders a Jew for money. Years later, settled into a happy life, ...
The Man Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by irrational fears that the sky would fall and the earth would sink. ...
The Little Folks' Presents | 小精灵的礼物
A tailor and a goldsmith encounter magical little folk who reward them with coal that turns to go...
The Hook Forger | 锤钩者
An elderly blacksmith explains to a minister that his lifelong mastery of forging waistband hooks...
The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by an irrational fear that the sky would fall and the earth would sink...
Tuning an Instrument is Like Governing a State | 调琴如治国
The story uses the metaphor of tuning a stringed instrument to illustrate the importance of disti...
Zhang Fei's Apology | 张飞赔罪
Zhang Fei promises to reform and guard Xuzhou but breaks his vow by getting drunk and punishing a...
The Horse Leaps Over Tanxi | 马跃檀溪
Liu Bei's gifted horse, believed to be ill-omened, proves to be his savior. When trapped by a plo...
One Arrow, Two Vultures | 一箭双雕
This passage recounts the ancient Chinese tale of archer Zhangsun Sheng, who shot down two fighti...
Ignorant and Incompetent | 不学无术
The article recounts the story of Huo Guang, a powerful Han Dynasty general who, despite his serv...
Learning Qi Dialect in Chu | 楚人学齐语
Mencius uses the analogy of learning a dialect to argue that environment is more crucial than ins...
The Peasant's Sunbath | 田父献曝
A destitute peasant, discovering the simple pleasure of sunbathing, believes it to be a valuable ...
Taming the Tiger | 役虎
Huang Gong, envious of An Qisheng's ability to command a tiger with a sword, steals the weapon be...
Tales of the Rose | 玫瑰传奇
This article explores the enduring fascination with roses through history, mythology, and culture...
Counting on Luck | 心存侥幸
Despite a brutal law in the state of Chu that sentenced secret gold panners to be torn apart, man...
Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats | 草船借箭
Zhuge Liang ingeniously fulfills an impossible order for 100,000 arrows by tricking the enemy int...