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The Royal Thief-Catcher | 皇家捕贼人
A Brahman in Sravasti hoards wealth given by devotees, only to have it stolen. He vows to starve ...
Wishful Thinking | 一厢情愿
A farmer falls ill from unrequited love for a princess. His friends deceive him about proposing t...
The Cheating Wife | 出轨的妻子
A successful private detective, Marcus Osborne, is secretly in love with a married woman, Christi...
The Last Day | 退休之日
A man's long-awaited retirement day, filled with warm farewells and dreams of future travels with...
The Three Green Twigs | 三根绿枝
A pious hermit is punished by God for judging a condemned man. His penance involves carrying a dr...
The Spirit in the Bottle | 瓶中精灵
A poor woodcutter's son, forced to leave school, helps his father in the forest. He discovers a t...
The Heshibi Jade | 和氏璧
The story of Bian He, who persistently presented a raw jade stone to three successive Chu kings, ...
Lean Lisa | 精瘦的丽莎
A story about Lean Lisa, a hardworking but poor woman who argues with her husband over hypothetic...
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...
Lü Bu and Diaochan | 吕布戏貂蝉
Wang Yun's interlocking stratagem uses Diaochan to sow discord between Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo, leadi...
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...
The Qingming Festival | 清明节
The Qingming Festival originates from the legend of Jie Zitui, whose death led to the Cold Food F...
Zhou Chu Eliminates the Evils | 周处除害
The story recounts how Zhou Chu, once a local menace, realizes his own harmful nature after slayi...
The Plum Dies for the Peach | 李代桃僵
This idiom, derived from a folk song, uses the metaphor of a plum tree sacrificing itself for a p...
Who Killed My Donkey | 谁杀了我的驴
Yin Anyan is wrongly accused by underworld demons of killing his donkey. To avoid being taken, he...
Knotting the Grass | 老人结草
A minister's son disobeys his father's deathbed wish to bury a concubine alive, choosing instead ...
Lü Bu and Diao Chan | 吕布与貂蝉
Wang Yun uses his stepdaughter Diao Chan in a plot to turn Lü Bu against Dong Zhuo. Through decep...
Cao Cao Spared at Huarong | 义放曹操
After his defeat at Red Cliffs, a retreating Cao Cao is ambushed by Guan Yu at Huarong Road. Remi...
Ji Shengzi Raising Fighting-Cocks | 纪渻子养斗鸡
Ji Shengzi trained a fighting cock for the king. Over forty days, he patiently waited until the c...
Red Bands | 红绳
A noblewoman dreams of her deceased daughter bound with red bands. She then witnesses a piglet, i...