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Uprooting the Willow Tree | 倒拔垂杨柳
Lu Zhishen, assigned to guard a vegetable garden after monastic misconduct, confronts and subdues...
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...
Beating the Neighbor's Son | 打邻家的儿子
A father who frequently beats his son is joined by a neighbor, who also beats the boy, claiming t...
The Stern Father's Rebuke | 严父斥子
A scholar's secret love with a fox spirit is broken by his father's stern rebuke. After facing tr...
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...
The Riverbank Feast | 江东赴会
A treacherous banquet invitation from the jealous Wu strategist Zhou Yu to Shu's Liu Bei turns in...
Return to Jingzhou | 回荆州
Liu Bei, trapped in Wu after his marriage, uses Zhuge Liang's ruse and his wife Lady Sun's author...
Jiang Gan's Stolen Letter | 蒋干盗书
Jiang Gan, sent by Cao Cao to persuade his old classmate Zhou Yu to surrender, falls for a ruse. ...
Mutual Aid in Adversity | 相濡以沫
A group of fish, stranded after their spring dries up, resort to sharing moisture and foam to kee...
The Weeping Toad | 蛤蟆夜哭
A man overhears a conversation between a fearful alligator and a paranoid toad after the Dragon K...
The Zhongshan Wolf | 中山狼
This classic Chinese fable tells of Master Dongguo, who foolishly saves a wounded wolf out of rig...
Three Borrowings of the Plantain Fan | 三借芭蕉扇
Monkey must borrow a magic fan from a hostile princess to cross the Fiery Mountains, leading to a...
The Wan Zhou and the Owl | 鸽鹉与鸱
The noble Wan Zhou, sister of the phoenix, travels with utmost purity and selectivity. An owl, gu...