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Zhou Chu Eliminates the Evils | 周处除害
The story recounts how Zhou Chu, once a local menace, realizes his own harmful nature after slayi...
The Girl Who Taught the World to Weave | 教世界编织的女孩
A myth about Hambrumai, the girl chosen by a god to learn weaving from nature's patterns. After h...
The Plum Dies for the Peach | 李代桃僵
This idiom, derived from a folk song, uses the metaphor of a plum tree sacrificing itself for a p...
Havoc in Heaven | 大闹天宫
The story recounts how the Monkey King, tricked into a lowly heavenly post, rebels and defeats th...
The Bottomless Cave | 大闹无底洞
A mouse spirit captures the Tang Priest, intending to marry him. After clever tricks and a fierce...
Great Wealth From Small Beginnings | 积微成著
A passerby hears a wise man say that fortune can start from something as small as a dead mouse. H...
Who Killed My Donkey | 谁杀了我的驴
Yin Anyan is wrongly accused by underworld demons of killing his donkey. To avoid being taken, he...
The Fisherman and His Wife | 渔夫和他的妻子
A kind fisherman releases an enchanted flounder. His wife's insatiable greed leads them from a ho...
Knotting the Grass | 老人结草
A minister's son disobeys his father's deathbed wish to bury a concubine alive, choosing instead ...
Fear of Shadow and Footprints | 畏影恶迹
A man tries to outrun his shadow and footprints, only to exhaust himself to death, failing to rea...
The Magic Pitcher | 魔法水罐
A woodcutter's encounter with forest fairies and a magic pitcher leads to temporary luxury but ul...
Feds Threaten WWII Vet | 联邦机构威胁二战老兵
An 86-year-old WWII veteran faces losing his home after the Social Security Administration demand...
Jingwei's Resolve to Fill the Sea | 精卫填海
The legend of Jingwei, a bird born from a drowned girl's spirit, tirelessly carrying twigs and st...
The Ungrateful Son | 忘恩负义的儿子
A son hides food from his elderly father and is cursed when the meal turns into a toad that attac...
Lü Bu and Diao Chan | 吕布与貂蝉
Wang Yun uses his stepdaughter Diao Chan in a plot to turn Lü Bu against Dong Zhuo. Through decep...
The Knapsack, the Hat and the Horn | 背包、帽子和号角
Three brothers seek fortune. Two settle for silver and gold, but the youngest perseveres, acquiri...
Cao Cao Spared at Huarong | 义放曹操
After his defeat at Red Cliffs, a retreating Cao Cao is ambushed by Guan Yu at Huarong Road. Remi...
Ji Shengzi Raising Fighting-Cocks | 纪渻子养斗鸡
Ji Shengzi trained a fighting cock for the king. Over forty days, he patiently waited until the c...
Red Bands | 红绳
A noblewoman dreams of her deceased daughter bound with red bands. She then witnesses a piglet, i...
The Farmer and His Gold | 农夫与金币
A dejected farmer receives a bag of gold from a stranger, which inspires him to revitalize his fa...