deception
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The Hole in the Road | 路上的坑
A farmer profits from a deceptive water-filled pothole near his farm, charging drivers to pull ou...
The Golden Plate | 金盘子
Two merchants in Seri find a poor family's sooty plate is solid gold. The greedy one lies to get ...
The Hound and the Hare | 猎犬与野兔
A young hound's contradictory behavior towards a caught hare—alternating between aggression and p...
The Butcher and His Customer | 屠夫与顾客
Two customers steal meat and lie to the butcher, who warns them that while they may deceive him, ...
The Cat and the Birds | 猫与鸟
A cat disguises itself as a doctor to visit sick birds, but the birds see through the deception a...
The Impostor | 伪信者
A man vows to sacrifice a hundred oxen for health but deceives the gods with a token offering. Th...
The Cobbler Turned Doctor | 鞋匠行医
A desperate cobbler poses as a doctor, selling a fake universal antidote. When he falls ill, the ...
The Crow and the Hen | 乌鸦与母鸡
A hen, vigilant against birds of prey, mistakenly trusts a seemingly friendly crow, which then st...
The Old Woman and the Doctor | 老妇人与医生
A nearly blind woman agrees to pay a doctor only if cured. During treatment, he steals her belong...
The Yan Man's Return | 燕人归国
A man returning to his homeland after a lifetime abroad is tricked into mourning false sights, le...
The Nomad Wolf Ankakumikaityn | 游牧之狼安卡库米凯廷
A cunning fox impersonates the nomad wolf Ankakumikaityn to deceive two sisters, stealing their f...
Zi Chan Deceived | 子产受骗
A pond-keeper deceives the virtuous official Zi Chan by eating a gifted fish and fabricating a st...
The Seeker and the Swindler | 季子拜师
A tale of blind faith and deception. Ji Zi, a seeker of Taoism, is easily fooled by a swindler wh...
The Pheasant and the Phoenix | 山鸡与凤凰
A man in Chu sells a pheasant as a phoenix. The buyer, wishing to present it to the king, regrets...
Old Hildebrand | 老希尔德布兰德
A cunning village parson conspires with a peasant's wife to send her husband on a fake pilgrimage...
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 Thorn-Carver | 棘刺母猴
A man from Wei tricks the King of Yan by claiming he can carve a monkey on a thorn. A blacksmith ...
A Dagger Behind the Smile | 笑里藏刀
This story recounts how the Tang Dynasty minister Li Yifu, despite his charming smile, was a vici...
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing | 披着羊皮的狼
A wolf disguises himself as a sheep to hunt the flock but is mistakenly killed by the shepherd wh...
The Beam | 横梁
A girl uses the wisdom from a four-leaf clover to expose an enchanter's illusion of a heavy beam,...