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Confucius: The Sage and His Legacy | 孔子:圣人与他的遗产
Confucius (551 B.C.), China's great sage and teacher, founded a philosophy centered on innate hum...
Confucius: Life and Legacy | 孔子:生平与哲学遗产
Confucius, born a peasant, developed a philosophy centered on moral cultivation, social harmony, ...
A Greek to Remember | 一位值得铭记的希腊人
The article recounts the life and philosophy of Diogenes, the founder of Cynicism, who rejected m...
Karl Marx: A Biography | 卡尔·马克思生平
This biography outlines the life of Karl Marx, from his early influences and development of Commu...
The Origin of Evil | 邪恶的起源
A professor argues that if God created everything, He must have created evil, thus making God evi...
Three Peach Stones | 三颗桃核
The article contrasts the innate joy of children with the weary indifference of adults, arguing t...
On Peace of Mind | 论心如止水
A young man lists life's common treasures—health, love, beauty, talent, power, riches, fame—belie...
Discovery | 发现
True discovery is an internal transformation of the observer, not merely finding the hidden. Comf...
I Wish I Could Give Him This Beautiful Moon | 我愿赠他这轮明月
A Zen master, finding nothing to steal in his hut, offers his clothes to a bewildered thief. Sitt...
The Golden Hook | 桂饵金钩
A Lu man obsessed with fishing used extravagant golden gear but caught no more fish, illustrating...
The Mirror of Self-Knowledge | 自知之明
The ancient minister Zou Ji questions why his wife, concubine, and guest all claim he is more han...
The Joy of Fish | 鱼之乐
Zhuangzi and Huizi debate whether one can truly know the inner state (joy) of another being, usin...
Laozi's Inquiry | 老子问疾
Laozi visits the sage Shang Rong, who imparts wisdom through symbolic actions and a final metapho...
Traps Behind the Leaves | 叶后的陷阱
This fable from *Chuang-Tzu* depicts a chain of predation: a cicada is stalked by a mantis, which...
The Ripple Effect | 生命的涟漪
A grandfather uses the metaphor of a stone creating ripples in a pond to teach his grandson that ...
Punishing the Horse | 罚马
A Song traveler repeatedly punishes his reluctant horse by driving it into a stream, illustrating...
Cynicism and Dog Idioms | 犬儒主义与狗的习语
This article explores the etymology of "cynicism" from ancient Greek philosophers who lived "like...
True Wealth | 贫富的真意
A wealthy father's attempt to show his son the poverty of a rural family backfires when the boy p...
When Love Beckons | 当爱召唤你时
This poetic passage explores love's dual nature: it brings both ecstasy and suffering, growth and...
Act Upon Hearing? | 闻斯行诸
Confucius gave opposite advice to two students asking the same question about acting immediately....