moral-dilemma

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Worth the Risk | 值得的冒险

A soldier risks his life in No Man's Land to rescue his fallen friend, despite warnings. Though b...

friendship inspirational intermediate
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True Forgiveness | 真正的宽恕

The narrator recalls a childhood incident where he broke an elderly customer's window while playi...

inspirational life-lesson moral-dilemma
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The Bloody Forehead | 血染的额头

An elderly man falls and is injured in an airport rush. While others ignore him, passenger Dana i...

fiction intermediate moral-dilemma
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The Rich Man's Potatoes | 富翁的土豆

A philosopher grandfather recounts a tale of a controversial rich man in a bygone town. To counte...

fiction intermediate moral-dilemma
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The Patient and the Ship Owner | 病人与船主

A patient uses a boat without permission to fish on a moonlit night. Dr. Schweitzer adjudicates, ...

dialogue intermediate life-lesson
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The Judge and the Plaintiff | 法官与原告

A judge hints at a pending ruling to a plaintiff, who offers a bribe. The judge then claims the c...

business dialogue humor
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Keeping One's Word | 信守诺言

This story recounts how Zeng Zi, a disciple of Confucius, chose to honor his wife's casual promis...

chinese-culture education integrity
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Saint and Sinner | 圣徒与罪人

A Salvation Army officer attributes his reform to Divine Grace, but the sinner he addresses sugge...

dialogue irony moral-dilemma
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The Mouser and the Chickens | 捕鼠之猫

A man acquires a cat that successfully eliminates mice but also eats his chickens. When his son w...

beginner chinese-culture educational
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The Two Mothers | 真假母亲

King Solomon wisely identifies a child's true mother by proposing to split the baby in half, obse...

beginner bilingual judgment
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Spare the Ox, Use the Sheep | 以羊易牛

King Hui of Liang, moved by pity for an ox destined for ritual sacrifice, orders its release, onl...

chinese-culture fable intermediate
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Spare the Ox, Use a Sheep | 以牛易羊

King Hui of Liang, moved by the sight of an ox being led to slaughter for a ritual, orders its re...

ancient-wisdom chinese-fable cultural-tale
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The Mung Bean Riddle | 绿豆谜题

A widower is haunted by his late wife's ghost after breaking his deathbed promise not to remarry....

fiction folklore moral-dilemma
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Uphold Justice at the Cost of One's Blood Relation | 大义灭亲

This story from the Spring and Autumn Period tells how minister Shi Que, placing state justice ab...

chinese-history educational historical-story
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Tiger Son | 虎子

A widowed mother, left alone after her hunter son is killed by a tigress, forms an unlikely bond ...

fiction folklore intermediate
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The Young King (Part 6) | 少年国王(第六部分)

The young King, dressed humbly, faces mockery from his people and a stern rebuke from a citizen w...

advanced fiction literature
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The Fiery Dragon's Bargain | 火龙与士兵的契约

Three starving soldiers make a deal with a devilish dragon, trading their souls for seven years o...

fantasy fiction folklore
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The Clever Little Girl | 聪明的小女孩

A poor man and his rich brother dispute ownership of a newborn foal. When brought before the Empe...

beginner family-conflict folktale
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The Nixie of the Millpond | 池中水妖

A miller's desperate pact with a pond nixie promises wealth in exchange for his newborn son. Year...

fairy-tale fantasy folklore
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Who Will Bell the Cat? | 谁去给猫挂铃铛?

Terrified mice devise a clever plan to hang a bell on the cat to warn of its approach, but the pl...

beginner english-learning fable
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