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Like Fire and Flowering Rush | 如火如荼

This story describes how the Wu army, in a desperate situation, launched a spectacular dawn assau...

ancient-china educational history
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The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来居上

This story recounts how Ji An, an upright official in the Han Dynasty, bluntly criticized Emperor...

ancient-china educational history
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The Rain-Bringing Dragons | 布雨之龙

Four compassionate dragons defy the indifferent Jade Emperor to end a devastating drought by brin...

beginner chinese-mythology educational
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Buying Bones with a Thousand Gold | 千金买骨

A king, desperate for a legendary steed, is convinced by a guard to buy the bones of a dead one a...

chinese-fable educational intermediate
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A Good Dog for Catching Mice? | 良狗捕鼠

A man from Qi selects a hunting dog for his neighbor, who then worries it doesn't catch mice. The...

chinese-culture educational fable
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Where Does Rice Come From? | 米从何来

A rich man's two foolish sons, when asked where rice comes from, give absurd answers (kitchen, ba...

beginner-english chinese-culture educational
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Two Tigers Fight | 两虎相争

Bian Zhuangzi is advised to wait as two tigers fight over a man, allowing them to weaken each oth...

chinese-culture educational fable
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The Kiwi's Sacrifice | 几维鸟的牺牲

A Maori legend tells how the Kiwi bird selflessly agreed to live on the dark forest floor to save...

educational intermediate maori-mythology
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Open the Net on Three Sides | 网开一面

The story recounts how Tang, founder of the Shang Dynasty, demonstrated mercy by cutting a bird n...

ancient-wisdom chinese-history educational
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Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon | 三打白骨精

Monkey King protects the Tang Priest from the White Bone Demon's three disguises but is wrongly b...

chinese-mythology classic-literature educational
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Calling a Stag a Horse | 指鹿为马

The story of Prime Minister Zhao Gao testing court loyalty by calling a stag a horse, leading to ...

chinese-idiom culture educational
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A Courtyard as Crowded as a Marketplace | 门庭若市

This fable tells how Minister Zou Ji used a personal story about flattery to persuade the King of...

anecdote chinese-idiom educational
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The Heshibi Jade | 和氏璧

The story of Bian He, who persistently presented a raw jade stone to three successive Chu kings, ...

chinese-legend cultural-heritage educational
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The Misplaced Craftsmen | 不合时宜的工匠

A skilled shoemaker and weaver plan to move to a new region but are warned that their crafts are ...

cultural-adaptation educational fable
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Unselfish Recommendation | 大公无私

The story of Qi Huangyang from the Spring and Autumn Period, who recommended both his enemy and h...

ancient-wisdom chinese-history educational
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The Curse of Alton Towers | 奥尔顿塔的诅咒

The original Alton Towers is a forgotten Gothic mansion shrouded in legend. Its site has a long h...

educational folklore gothic-mansion
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The Fierce Dog and the Sour Wine | 狗猛酒酸

A Song wine merchant with good wine and fair prices had no customers because his fierce dog scare...

business-lesson chinese-culture educational
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Prometheus and Man | 普罗米修斯与人类

This passage recounts the myth of Prometheus, who defied Jupiter to create and aid humanity by br...

creation-myth educational greek-myth
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The Qingming Festival | 清明节

The Qingming Festival originates from the legend of Jie Zitui, whose death led to the Cold Food F...

chinese-culture educational history
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Fear of Shadow and Footprints | 畏影恶迹

A man tries to outrun his shadow and footprints, only to exhaust himself to death, failing to rea...

chinese-wisdom educational fable
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