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The House of 1000 Mirrors | 千镜之屋
A fable about two dogs visiting a house of mirrors, revealing that our attitude shapes the world ...
Love and Time | 爱与时间
Love, stranded on a sinking island, is refused help by Richness, Vanity, Sadness, and Happiness. ...
Finding a New Spring | 寻找新泉
A caravan lost in a desert finds hope when their leader spots a clue, persists in digging, and di...
The Crooked Tree | 弯曲的树
A crooked tree in a forest feels inferior until a woodcutter spares it while cutting down all the...
Give It a Second Thought | 再思之
An eaglet raised among prairie chickens lives and dies believing it is one of them, never realizi...
Finding a New Spring | 寻找新泉
A caravan lost in a desert finds hope when their leader spots a clue, persists in digging despite...
Earrings Lost, Ears Remain | 珥亡耳存
A young woman loses her valuable jade earrings but remains unperturbed, explaining that the true ...
The Lark and the Farmer | 云雀与农夫
A mother lark wisely judges the farmer's actions: when he relies on others, there's no urgency; w...
The Archer's Mind | 射箭者的心境
A boastful young archer challenges a Zen master. While the youth excels in technique on stable gr...
The Happy Shoemaker | 快乐的鞋匠
A rich but unhappy merchant, disturbed by his poor neighbor the shoemaker's constant singing, giv...
The Bird in the Dunghill | 粪堆里的小鸟
A frozen bird is saved by cow dung's warmth but is then eaten by a wildcat after its singing give...
The Oxen and the Axletrees | 公牛与轮轴
A pair of hardworking oxen complain about the noisy axletrees, only to be reminded that those who...
The Dove and the Crow | 鸽子与乌鸦
A caged dove boasts of her many offspring, but a crow points out that a larger family only means ...
The Gift Within | 来自内心的礼物
A teacher appreciates stale water from a student, valuing the kindness behind the gift over the o...
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 Old Man and His Sons | 老人与儿子们
An old man uses a bundle of sticks to teach his quarreling sons a lesson about strength in unity ...
Building the Third Storey Without the First Two | 不建一二层，只要第三层
A foolish rich man, envious of a three-storeyed house, demands a carpenter build only the top flo...
The Four Wives | 生命中的四位妻子
A parable about a merchant and his four wives reveals an allegory for life's priorities. The stor...
Chasing a Stranger, Losing a Wife | 追女失妻
A general intent on war is dissuaded by a warrior's parable about a man who, by chasing an outsid...
The City Gate Fire | 城门失火
A fable about fish in a moat who ignore a fire on the distant city gate, only to perish when the ...