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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...
The Rabbit's Money Crop | 兔子种钱
A clever but dishonest rabbit tricks the chief into giving him money to plant, then repeatedly li...
The Dagger Unrolled | 图穷匕见
This passage recounts the historical tale of Jing Ke's failed assassination attempt on the King o...
The Singing, Soaring Lark | 会唱歌、会飞翔的云雀
A father promises his youngest daughter a singing lark but must give her to a lion to obtain it. ...
The Blind Men and the Elephant | 盲人摸象
A king asks several blind men to describe an elephant by touch. Each feels a different part (tusk...
Two Ghosts Serving Their Mother | 双鬼侍母
A man poisoned for another's reincarnation seeks revenge in the afterlife, but he and his poisone...
The Black Horse | 黑骏马
A determined man named Jed pursues a legendary wild black horse that others have failed to captur...
The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来居上
The story of Ji An, an outspoken official in Emperor Wu's court, whose candid criticism stalled h...