satire
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He Said What He Meant | 心口如一
A proud father arranges for George Bernard Shaw to hear his lazy daughter play piano, hoping for ...
The Superficial Surgeon | 只治“外”科
A boastful surgeon cuts off only the visible part of an arrow embedded in a general, refusing to ...
Big Boss Man | 大老板
A humorous fable where the body parts argue over who should be boss. When the asshole goes on str...
Two Dogs | 两只狗
A fable about how the Dog gained the ability to wag its tail to hide its true feelings from Man, ...
An Inadequate Fee | 不足的酬劳
A fable about an ox who, seeking help from a "Political Pull" to escape a mire, ends up losing ev...
The Statesman as Commodity | 作为商品的政客
A statesman is humorously defended at a commerce meeting by being labeled a "commodity" himself. ...
The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky | 杞人忧天
This fable tells of a man from Qi who was paralyzed by the irrational fear that the sky would fal...
Saint and Sinner | 圣徒与罪人
A Salvation Army officer attributes his reform to Divine Grace, but the sinner he addresses sugge...
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...
The Luthier's Qin | 工之侨造琴
A luthier creates a superb qin, but court musicians reject it for not being ancient. After he art...
The Rare Qin | 稀世珍琴
A craftsman creates a superb qin, but it is rejected for not being ancient. After artificially ag...
The Confucian Poise | 儒学风度
Two anecdotes from the Song and Ming periods satirize the rigid and performative nature of Confuc...
The Qin Antiquarian | 秦士好古
A Qin Dynasty scholar's obsessive passion for antiques leads him to trade his entire estate—land,...
Persuading the Pigs | 劝猪说
A ritual officer solemnly assures pigs destined for sacrifice that they will be treated with grea...
Beating the Neighbor's Son | 打邻家的儿子
A father who frequently beats his son is joined by a neighbor, who also beats the boy, claiming t...
Waiting by the Stump | 守株待兔
This fable tells of a farmer who, after a lucky accident, abandons work to wait for more luck, sa...
The Grandsons | 半斤八两
A profligate prime minister's grandson, having lost his fortune, hires a ragged man to carry a bo...
The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble | 惹是生非的兔子们
A pack of wolves systematically blames a family of rabbits for natural disasters and ultimately d...
The Goose | 鹅
A goose, enamored with her own beauty, believes she is a swan and acts accordingly, but her effor...
Honest Lawyer | 诚实的律师
A short, humorous joke that plays on the stereotype of lawyers being dishonest by suggesting that...