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Cao Shang's Chariots | 曹商得车
Cao Shang boasts to Zhuang Zi about gaining wealth through flattery, but Zhuang Zi retorts that s...
Grinding a Brick into a Mirror | 磨砖成镜
A Chan master uses the metaphor of grinding a brick to make a mirror to teach his disciple that e...
A Rose from Homer's Grave | 荷马墓上的一朵玫瑰
A rose growing on Homer's grave rejects the love of a nightingale, deeming herself too noble. Aft...
Hans-My-Hedgehog | 刺猬汉斯
A peasant's son, born half-hedgehog, is named Hans-My-Hedgehog. Rejected by his family, he leaves...
The Willful Child | 任性的孩子
A willful child, punished by God with a fatal illness, continues to defy even after death until h...
The Mung Bean Riddle | 绿豆谜题
A widower is haunted by his late wife's ghost after breaking his deathbed promise not to remarry....
The Gold Grabber of Qi | 齐人攫金
A man obsessed with gold steals it openly from a market, claiming he saw only the gold and not th...
Lazy Harry | 懒惰的哈里
Lazy Harry marries Fat Katie to avoid herding his goat, but their shared idleness leads them to t...
The Leaf That Blinds | 一叶障目
A poor man in Chu, believing a leaf can make him invisible after misreading a text, embarks on a ...
The Mantis Stops the Chariot | 螳臂当车
King Zhuang Gong of Qi encounters a mantis attempting to stop his chariot, prompting a reflection...
Kangaroo Gets a Pouch | 袋鼠的育儿袋
A kind Mother Kangaroo repeatedly helps a grumpy, needy wombat while searching for her adventurou...
Confucius's Runaway Horse | 孔子马逸
Confucius's horse ate a farmer's crops and was detained. While the eloquent Zi Gong failed to ret...
The Big Sea Fish | 大海鱼
A Qi man dissuaded Lord Tian Ying from fortifying his fiefdom by telling a parable of a mighty se...
The Imperial Consort's Homecoming | 元妃省亲
This passage from *A Dream of Red Mansions* describes Imperial Consort Yuanchun's rare, state-san...
The Blind Man and the Sun | 盲人摸日
A blind man, eager to know the sun's shape, receives misleading descriptions comparing it to a co...
Of War and Roses | 玫瑰与战争
In 1939, French rose breeder Francis Meilland created a masterpiece rose but faced the threat of ...
Gong Yixiu and the Fish | 公仪休拒鱼
Gong Yixiu, a minister fond of fish, refused all gifted fish to avoid obligation and potential co...
The Three Little Birds | 三只小鸟
A king marries a shepherdess, but her jealous sisters attempt to murder her three newborn childre...
The Blind Guide | 盲人向导
A man lost in a dense London fog is guided to his destination by a stranger who navigates perfect...
The Victory Within | 自胜为强
Zi Xia explains that his physical weight gain stems from an inner victory, where his reverence fo...