moral-lesson

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The Wolf and the Jackal | 狼狈为奸

A wolf and a jackal collaborate, using their complementary physical traits to overcome a high wal...

chinese-idiom collaboration educational
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Oh Mighty Garments | 哦,强大的衣装

A holy Brahmin discovers that people respect his rich garments more than his true self, leading h...

appearance-vs-reality culture fable
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The Strutting Peacock | 昂首阔步的孔雀

The golden swan princess chooses a magnificent peacock as her husband, but his pride leads him to...

beginner fable folklore
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The Fat Fox and Striped Leopard | 丰狐文豹

The fox and leopard live secluded, cautious lives in the wild but are hunted solely for their val...

bilingual fable human-impact
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Kind Advice Is Wise Advice | 仁慈的建议即智慧的建议

A prince, whose father was killed and mother taken, raises an army to reclaim his kingdom. His ki...

intermediate moral-lesson non-violence
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The Wolf and the Goat | 狼与山羊

A wolf tries to lure a goat down from a safe rock by describing a false paradise below. The cleve...

animals dialogue fable
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The Guard Dog | 挡门的狗

A village dog's aggressive defense of its misdeeds prevents complaints from reaching its owner, s...

allegory criticism human-behavior
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Pulling Up Seedlings to Help Them Grow | 揠苗助长

An impatient farmer pulls up his rice shoots to make them grow faster, only to cause them all to ...

chinese-idiom culture educational
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The Philosophical Mouse | 哲学老鼠

A philosophical mouse praises nature for protecting mice, believing bats can restore their race i...

fable ignorance moral-lesson
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The Spendthrift and the Swallow | 败家子与燕子

A spendthrift mistakes an early swallow for a sign of summer, sells his coat, and blames the bird...

beginner cautionary-tale english-learning
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The Lark Burying Its Mother | 百灵鸟葬母

An ancient legend tells how the lark, created before Earth, buried its mother in its own head for...

cultural-tale fable filial-piety
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The Chicken Thief | 攘鸡

Mencius uses the parable of a man who plans to gradually reduce and delay stopping his theft to c...

ancient-wisdom chinese-philosophy educational
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The Frog and the Ox | 青蛙与牛

A young frog escapes an ox's foot and describes its immense size to its mother. The mother frog, ...

beginner classic-literature english-learning
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Two Prayers | 两个祈祷者

Two shipwreck survivors pray on opposite sides of an island. One receives everything he asks for,...

faith fiction inspirational
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The Fisherman and the Sprat | 渔夫与小鲱鱼

A small sprat caught in a net pleads with the fisherman to release it, promising future usefulnes...

beginner english-reading fable
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The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Might | 狐假虎威

A clever fox, caught by a tiger, tricks it by claiming divine authority. By walking ahead of the ...

beginner-english chinese-culture fable
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The Nail | 一枚铁钉

A merchant, in a hurry to return home, repeatedly ignores warnings about a missing nail in his ho...

cautionary-tale english-reading fable
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The King of Yan Seeks Immortality | 燕王学道

A Warring States king, eager to learn immortality, blames his envoy when the fraudulent teacher d...

chinese-history educational folktale
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Cao Shang's Mission to Qin | 曹商使秦

Cao Shang boasts to Zhuangzi about the hundred carriages he received from the King of Qin for fla...

anecdote chinese-philosophy dialogue
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The Bachelors and the Python | 单身汉与巨蟒

A tale of two contrasting bachelors who encounter a magical python. The kind Kalemeleme's compass...

fiction folktale intermediate
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