education

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Ronny's Book | 罗尼的书

A volunteer reading tutor describes Ronny, a neglected first-grader facing immense challenges. De...

childhood education inspirational
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The Final Test of Confidence | 自信的最终考验

A professor offers his students a 'B' grade if they opt out of the final exam. Most accept, but t...

confidence education inspirational
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The Dean's Morning Greeting | 系主任的早晨问候

A dean identifies a class as freshmen based on their enthusiastic response to his greeting, then ...

academic-life anecdote college-culture
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The Man Who Choked | 因噎废食

A man who ate ravenously choked to death on a fishbone. In a misguided response, someone banned e...

beginner cautionary-tale chinese-idiom
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Rising with the Rooster | 闻鸡起舞

The story of Zu Ti and Liu Kun, who disciplined themselves to rise at the rooster's crow to pract...

chinese-idiom education historical-anecdote
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The Truant Fawn | 逃学的小鹿

A wise deer teacher tries to instruct his nephew, but the young fawn prefers playing to learning ...

childrens-literature consequences disobedience
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Killing the Pig to Teach the Child | 杀猪教子

Zeng Zi, a disciple of Confucius, kills the family pig to fulfill his wife's casual promise to th...

chinese-culture education intermediate
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The Crab and His Mother | 螃蟹与他的母亲

A mother crab criticizes her son for walking sideways, but when challenged to demonstrate walking...

beginner education fable
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Sun Shan, the Last on the List | 名落孙山

This story explains the origin of the Chinese idiom "名落孙山," which describes exam or competition f...

chinese-idiom culture education
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Burn the Boats | 破釜沉舟

This passage recounts the historical origin of the Chinese idiom "Burn the Boats," describing how...

chinese-culture determination education
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Act Upon Hearing? | 闻斯行诸

Confucius gave opposite advice to two students asking the same question about acting immediately....

chinese-culture confucius dialogue
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Children's Numerical Skills | 儿童的数字能力

The article explores the early development of children's numerical abilities, noting their seemin...

child-development cognitive-psychology education
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Keeping One's Word | 信守诺言

This story recounts how Zeng Zi, a disciple of Confucius, chose to honor his wife's casual promis...

chinese-culture education integrity
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At the End of One's Tether | 日暮途穷

This article recounts the story of Wu Zixu from the Spring and Autumn Period, which gave rise to ...

chinese-idiom culture education
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Mastering the Boat | 操舟若神

Confucius explains that mastery in one skill (swimming/diving) fosters a fearless mindset, allowi...

anecdote education life-lesson
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Logic vs. Arithmetic | 逻辑与算术

A student's clever response to a math problem highlights the difference between pure calculation ...

critical-thinking education humor
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Birds of a Feather | 一丘之貉

This article explains the Chinese idiom "一丘之貉" (Birds of a Feather) through a historical anecdote...

chinese-idiom culture education
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Three Metaphors for Learning | 人生三喻

King Ping Gong laments it's too late to learn at seventy. His minister Shi Kuang uses three metap...

chinese-culture dialogue education
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The Horse and the Goat | 鞭马与鞭羊

Mozi uses the analogy of whipping a swift horse versus a goat to explain to his disciple that he ...

ancient-wisdom dialogue education
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The Wheelwright's Insight | 轮扁斫轮

A wheelwright argues to Duke Huan that the true essence of skill and wisdom, like his own craft, ...

craftsmanship dialogue education
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