greed
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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 Miser and His Gold | 守财奴与金子
A miser who only hoarded and looked at his gold, never using it, loses it to a thief. A neighbor ...
The Miser | 守财奴
A miser hides his gold but loses it to a thief. A neighbor points out that an unused stone is as ...
The Dog and the Shadow | 狗与影子
A greedy dog, mistaking his own reflection for another dog with a larger piece of meat, drops his...
The Miser and His Gold | 守财奴与他的金子
A miser buries his gold for safekeeping, only to have it stolen. A wise passerby points out that ...
The Man and His Goose | 人与鹅
A man, greedy for the source of his goose's golden eggs, kills it only to find nothing special in...
The Greedy Man | 贪得无厌
A man meets a celestial friend who grants him gold, but his greed leads him to desire the magic f...
The Pearl in the Flesh | 剜股藏珠
A seaman hides a precious pearl in a self-inflicted thigh wound to save his ship from a storm, bu...
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs | 下金蛋的鹅
A couple kills their goose that lays golden eggs daily, hoping to get all the gold at once, only ...
The Goose with the Golden Eggs | 生金蛋的鹅
A greedy farmer kills the goose that lays golden eggs daily, hoping to get all the gold at once, ...
The Viper and the File | 毒蛇与锉刀
A viper begs a file for food, but the file scorns it, explaining it only takes and never gives. |...
Calling a Rich Man Brother | 认人为兄
A fool flatters a wealthy man as "brother" to gain access to his money, but abandons the pretense...
The Fisherman and His Wife | 渔夫和他的妻子
A kind fisherman releases an enchanted flounder. His wife's insatiable greed leads them from a ho...
The Gold Grabber of Qi | 齐人攫金
A man obsessed with gold steals it openly from a market, claiming he saw only the gold and not th...
The Man with a Thousand Coins | 腰缠千钱
A skilled swimmer drowns because he refuses to discard a heavy belt of copper coins while escapin...
Dong Guochang's Many Wishes | 东郭敞的许多愿望
A man obsessed with imaginary wealth refuses to help his needy student, prioritizing his own ambi...
The Grave-Mound | 坟丘
A wealthy but miserly farmer, confronted by his conscience, makes a strange bargain with a poor n...
The Greedy Dog | 贪婪的狗
A greedy dog loses his stolen bone when he tries to take a larger one from his own reflection in ...
The Ant | 蚂蚁
A fable explaining how greedy humans were transformed into ants by Jupiter for stealing from thei...
Naboth's Vineyard | 诺巴斯的葡萄园
A king covets Naboth's family vineyard and, advised by the queen, orchestrates Naboth's execution...