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The Tailor in Heaven | 天堂里的裁缝
A lame but cunning tailor talks his way into heaven while God is away. Overcome by curiosity, he ...
Mend the Fold After a Sheep Is Lost | 亡羊补牢
This fable tells how a minister's warning was ignored by a complacent king, leading to invasion a...
Broken Idols | 破碎的偶像
A monk and a Taoist priest repeatedly move their respective idols to the left, each claiming prec...
The Old Man and His Grandson | 老人与孙子
A frail old man is mistreated by his son and daughter-in-law until their young son's innocent act...
Bristling with Anger | 怒发冲冠
This passage recounts the historical story behind the Chinese idiom "Bristling with Anger," where...
Bringing Back to Life | 起死回生
The story recounts how the ancient doctor Bian Que correctly diagnosed a prince's coma as illness...
Kua Fu Chases the Sun | 夸父追日
This ancient Chinese myth tells of the giant Kua Fu's relentless pursuit of the sun, his immense ...
The Sword in the Stone (I) | 石中剑（上）
King Uther Pendragon, with Merlin's magic, wins Igraine but must give up their newborn son Arthur...
A Broken Mirror Joined Together | 破镜重圆
This story tells of Princess Lechang and Xu Deyan, who broke a mirror as a token before being sep...
Qingwen Mends the Peacock Feather Cloak | 晴雯补裘
Qingwen, though ill, expertly identifies and mends Baoyu's precious peacock feather cloak overnig...
Donkey Cabbages | 驴甘蓝
A kind huntsman gains magical treasures but is betrayed by a witch and her daughter. Stranded by ...
The Yue Man's Trap | 越人诱鼠
A Yue man cleverly lured troublesome mice to their doom by first baiting them with grain in an op...
Lower the Banners and Silence the Drums | 偃旗息鼓
This idiom originates from a Three Kingdoms stratagem where Zhao Yun feigned weakness to lure Cao...
Retreating Thirty Miles | 退避三舍
This story recounts how Chong Er (Duke Wen of Jin), during his exile, promised the King of Chu to...
The Rooster Plucks Its Tail | 公鸡断尾
Bin Meng uses the allegory of a rooster plucking its beautiful tail feathers to avoid being sacri...
Jiang Yan's Wit Runs Dry | 江郎才尽
This story recounts how the talented scholar Jiang Yan, after achieving early fame, failed to mai...
A Lesson from My Son | 从儿子身上学到的教训
A carpenter mistreats his elderly father until his young son's poignant act of making a wooden pl...
The Bright Sun Brings It to Light | 明亮的太阳终将揭露真相
A destitute tailor's apprentice murders a Jew for money. Years later, settled into a happy life, ...
Zhang Fei's Apology | 张飞赔罪
Zhang Fei promises to reform and guard Xuzhou but breaks his vow by getting drunk and punishing a...
The Horse Leaps Over Tanxi | 马跃檀溪
Liu Bei's gifted horse, believed to be ill-omened, proves to be his savior. When trapped by a plo...