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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...