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Faithful John | 忠实的约翰
A dying king entrusts his son to his loyal servant, Faithful John, with a warning about a forbidd...
The Hardest Task in a Stable | 马棚里最难做的事
Duke Huan of Qi asks about the hardest stable task. Minister Guan Zhong explains that fence-build...
How the First Head Was Taken | 首级是如何被取走的
A myth explaining the origin of headhunting. The Moon goddess beheads the Sun's son for watching ...
The Happy Monk | 快乐的僧人
A wealthy man becomes a monk, finds profound joy through meditation and renunciation, and teaches...
God's Food | 神的食物
A poor widow begs her rich sister for food but is cruelly refused. A supernatural omen reveals th...
The Devil's Sooty Brother | 魔鬼的煤黑兄弟
A destitute soldier makes a seven-year pact with the Devil, working in hell under strange conditi...
Mao Sui Recommends Himself | 毛遂自荐
During the Warring States Period, Mao Sui volunteered to accompany Duke Pingyuan to Chu and, by b...
The Path through the Graveyard | 穿越墓园之路
A timid man named Ivan is dared to cross a graveyard at night for a reward of five gold rubles. H...
Coyote and the People | 郊狼与人类
A Native American creation myth where Coyote defeats a threatening Bear and uses its blood to cre...
Practice Makes Perfect | 熟能生巧
A skilled archer in the Northern Song Dynasty is humbled when an old oil peddler demonstrates tha...
The Heavenly Wedding | 天国的婚礼
A poor, devout boy mistakes a church for heaven and stays, sharing his food with a statue of the ...
Jacob | 雅各
Jacob, the patriarch who became Israel, secured his legacy through cunning and divine encounter, ...
Shi Kuang Tunes the Zither | 师旷调琴
Shi Kuang, a musician, fails to tune a zither with identically sized strings and explains that ha...
Quenching Thirst with Plums | 望梅止渴
This story recounts how the historical figure Cao Cao cleverly averted a potential mutiny among h...
The Confucian Scholars of Lu | 鲁国的儒生
Duke Aigong of Lu prided himself on his state's many Confucian scholars, but Zhuangzi argued that...
The Ultimate Archery | 不射之射
A master archer, Lie Yukou, is challenged by Bohun Maoren to demonstrate his skill not on a safe ...
The Heart Attack | 心脏病发作
A man experiences sudden chest fullness, numbness, and other classic heart attack symptoms one ni...
A Gift for the Lover | 给爱人的礼物
A tale of a bygone era where lovers literally gave parts of themselves as tokens, with greater sa...
The Black Sheep | 害群之马
The idiom 'The Black Sheep' originates from a story where the legendary Emperor Huangdi learns fr...
The Blue Light | 蓝光
A wounded soldier, abandoned by the king, discovers a magical blue light that summons an obedient...