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The Pheasant and the Phoenix | 山鸡与凤凰
A man in Chu sells a pheasant as a phoenix. The buyer, wishing to present it to the king, regrets...
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 Three Sons of Fortune | 幸运三兄弟
A dying father leaves his three sons unusual inheritances: a rooster, a scythe, and a cat. He ins...
Calling a Rich Man Brother | 认人为兄
A fool flatters a wealthy man as "brother" to gain access to his money, but abandons the pretense...
The Foolish Traveler | 愚人游记
A naive young man sets out to travel with only a phrase for guidance. His literal repetition of e...
Unselfish Recommendation | 大公无私
The story of Qi Huangyang from the Spring and Autumn Period, who recommended both his enemy and h...
The Twelve Idle Servants | 十二个懒惰的仆人
Twelve servants gather at night to boast about their extreme laziness, each describing in absurd ...
The Magic Brush | 魔笔
A poor boy named Ma Liang receives a magic brush from an old man. He uses it to create food and s...
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 Fisherman and His Wife | 渔夫和他的妻子
A kind fisherman releases an enchanted flounder. His wife's insatiable greed leads them from a ho...
Knotting the Grass | 老人结草
A minister's son disobeys his father's deathbed wish to bury a concubine alive, choosing instead ...
The Ungrateful Son | 忘恩负义的儿子
A son hides food from his elderly father and is cursed when the meal turns into a toad that attac...
Old Sultan | 老苏丹
A loyal old dog, facing execution by his master, stages a rescue with a wolf's help to regain fav...
The Quail Mocks the Roc | 鹌鹑笑大鹏
A tiny quail, content with its short hops among the weeds, mocks the mighty roc for its grand but...
Huang Gong's Daughters | 黄公嫁女
Huang Gong's excessive modesty backfires when he constantly describes his beautiful daughters as ...
Cao Shang's Chariots | 曹商得车
Cao Shang boasts to Zhuang Zi about gaining wealth through flattery, but Zhuang Zi retorts that s...
The Willful Child | 任性的孩子
A willful child, punished by God with a fatal illness, continues to defy even after death until h...
The Gold Grabber of Qi | 齐人攫金
A man obsessed with gold steals it openly from a market, claiming he saw only the gold and not th...
Lazy Harry | 懒惰的哈里
Lazy Harry marries Fat Katie to avoid herding his goat, but their shared idleness leads them to t...
The Leaf That Blinds | 一叶障目
A poor man in Chu, believing a leaf can make him invisible after misreading a text, embarks on a ...