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Waiting by the Stump | 守株待兔
This fable tells of a farmer who, after a lucky accident, abandons work to wait for more luck, sa...
The Valiant Little Tailor | 勇敢的小裁缝
A clever little tailor, after boasting of killing seven flies with one blow, embarks on adventure...
Zhao Fu and the Cart | 造父驾马车
A father and son's frightened horse refuses to move. Zhao Fu, an expert handler, calms the horse ...
The Flooding of the Seven Armies | 水淹七军
During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu of Shu ingeniously floods the seven armies of Cao Cao l...
The Dragon Horn | 角象龙鸣
A man mistakes a terrified turtle's cry for a dragon's roar, leading to a lesson about discerning...
Two Children Argue About the Sun | 小儿辩日
Two children present contradictory arguments about the sun's distance at sunrise versus noon, usi...
Monkey Meat in Chu | 楚人烹猴
A man in Chu tricks his neighbor into eating monkey meat by claiming it is dog. The neighbor enjo...
The Hunter's Conscience | 猎人的良知
A hunter afflicted with a mysterious skin disease seeks help from a doctor. He learns his conditi...
Bearskin | 熊皮人
A destitute soldier makes a pact with the Devil: endure seven years of filth and isolation in a b...
Perseverance Prevails | 铁杵磨成针
This legend tells how the young poet Li Bai was inspired by an old woman grinding an iron rod int...
Love Me, Love My Dog | 爱屋及乌
This story recounts how the ancient King of Zhou, by wisely choosing to release prisoners of war ...
The Boatmaker and the Boatman | 治舟驾舟
A master boatmaker in Yue, trusted and rewarded by the king, overconfidently claimed to also be a...
Halfway Abandonment | 半途而废
A man's wife uses the metaphor of cutting half-woven brocade to persuade him against abandoning h...
Master Pfriem | 鞋匠普弗里姆师傅
Master Pfriem, a perpetually critical shoemaker, finds fault with everyone and everything on eart...
The Coachman's Wife | 妻子劝夫
Yan Zi's modest demeanor shames his coachman's arrogant behavior, prompting the coachman's wife t...
Lord Ye's Love of Dragons | 叶公好龙
Lord Ye, famed for his obsession with dragon imagery, is terrified when a real dragon visits him,...
The Bell That Reveals the Thief | 恐钟有声
A Song Dynasty magistrate cleverly used a bell coated with ink to identify a thief among suspects...
Koobor the Koala and Water | 考拉库伯与水
Koobor the orphaned koala-boy, mistreated and denied water by his relatives, transforms into the ...
The Bear and the Fox | 熊与狐狸
A bear and a fox jointly buy butter for Christmas. The fox repeatedly sneaks away to eat it, inve...
Surprise Attack on Chencang | 计取陈仓
Zhuge Liang captures the strategic fortress of Chencang not by a prolonged siege, but through a b...