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The Little Box | 小箱子
A mechanic, overconfident in his skills, complicates opening a simple, lid-lifting box by overthi...
The Blade of Grass | 一叶知爱
A teacher uses a metaphor of picking a single blade of grass to teach his student about the searc...
Success Once is Enough | 一次成功足矣
David McConnell's pivot from book sales to perfume gifts led to Avon's creation, illustrating tha...
The Unbeatable Shield and the All-Piercing Spear | 自相矛盾
A Chu man boasted his shield was impenetrable and his spear could pierce anything. When asked wha...
Learning the Game of Go | 学弈
The story contrasts two students learning Go from a master: one focuses entirely, while the other...
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...
The Bow and the Arrow | 弓与箭
Two men boast that their bow or arrow alone is supreme and needs no counterpart. A skilled archer...
The Stone in the Road | 路中之石
A rich man tests his townspeople by placing a stone in the road. Only a thoughtful young man remo...
An Old Horse Knows the Way | 老马识途
The idiom tells how Duke Huan of Qi's army, lost in a winter snowstorm, found their way home by f...
God Will Save Me | 上帝会来救我的
A priest repeatedly refuses rescue during a flood, insisting God will save him directly. After dr...
Where to Find Riches | 财富何处寻
A farmer sells his land to search for diamonds elsewhere, only to die in poverty. The new owner d...
Feathers in the Wind | 覆水难收
A woman learns from a wise elder that hurtful words, once spoken, are as impossible to retrieve a...
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...
Daughter-in-law and Daughter | 儿媳与女儿
A conversation between two mothers reveals how the same behavior is judged harshly in a daughter-...
Logic vs. Arithmetic | 逻辑与算术
A student's clever response to a math problem highlights the difference between pure calculation ...
Love and Time | 爱与时间
Love, stranded on a sinking island, is refused help by Richness, Vanity, Sadness, and Happiness. ...
Finding a New Spring | 寻找新泉
A caravan lost in a desert finds hope when their leader spots a clue, persists in digging, and di...
The Crooked Tree | 弯曲的树
A crooked tree in a forest feels inferior until a woodcutter spares it while cutting down all the...
Give It a Second Thought | 再思之
An eaglet raised among prairie chickens lives and dies believing it is one of them, never realizi...
Finding a New Spring | 寻找新泉
A caravan lost in a desert finds hope when their leader spots a clue, persists in digging despite...