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Frederick and Catherine | 弗雷德里克和凯瑟琳
A humorous folktale about a naive wife, Catherine, whose well-intentioned but foolish actions lea...
The Bald Huntsman | 秃头的猎人
A bald man's wig is blown away during a hunt, amusing his companions. He good-naturedly remarks t...
Where Does Rice Come From? | 大米从何而来？
A rich man's overconfidence in his sons' intelligence is challenged when they give absurd answers...
Jingwei Fills the Sea | 精卫填海
This fable tells the story of Jingwei, a bird transformed from a drowned girl, who tirelessly att...
Why Bother Getting Up? | 何必当初
A notoriously lazy man named Wang Laowu, who always denies his laziness, falls twice while walkin...
Borrowing an Ox | 讳不识字
An illiterate rich man, too proud to admit it, pretends to read a letter requesting to borrow an ...
Lazy Harry | 懒汉海利
A lazy man named Harry marries an equally idle woman, Fat Katie. Together, they devise increasing...
Mr. Vinegar and His Fortune | 醋溜先生和他的财富
Mr. Vinegar trades his fortune for a cow, then impulsively swaps the cow for bagpipes, the bagpip...
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 Man, His Son and the Donkey | 父子与驴
A man and his son, trying to please every critic they meet on their journey with a donkey, end up...
The Wise Servant | 聪明的仆人
A story about a servant who ignores his master's order to find a lost cow, instead chasing blackb...
The Folly of the Chu Army | 楚人涉滩
The Chu army's rigid adherence to daytime river markers after a nighttime water level rise led to...
The Fool and the Salt | 愚人食盐
A fool, after finding salted food delicious, mistakenly believes eating salt alone will be even b...
The Bow and the Arrow | 弓与箭
Two men boast that their bow or arrow alone is supreme and needs no counterpart. A skilled archer...
The Impossible Gatekeeper | 不可能的守门人
A servant literally follows his master's order to guard the gate and donkey, taking them along to...
Where Does Rice Come From? | 大米从何而来？
A rich man's foolish sons, when asked where rice comes from, give absurd answers (kitchen, bag), ...
The Man Who Could Do No Wrong | 从不错的人
A peasant trades his horse for increasingly less valuable items, culminating in a bag of mashed a...
The Supernatural Turtle | 神龟报恩
A Tang official's wife buys a giant, weeping turtle out of pity. After her husband releases it, h...
The Bald Fool and the Pears | 以梨击头的愚人
A bald fool endures being hit on the head with pears, blaming the attacker's foolishness for mist...
The King of Yan Seeks Immortality | 燕王学道
A Warring States king, eager to learn immortality, blames his envoy when the fraudulent teacher d...