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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...
The Archer's Mind | 射箭者的心境
A boastful young archer challenges a Zen master. While the youth excels in technique on stable gr...
The Happy Shoemaker | 快乐的鞋匠
A rich but unhappy merchant, disturbed by his poor neighbor the shoemaker's constant singing, giv...
The Bird in the Dunghill | 粪堆里的小鸟
A frozen bird is saved by cow dung's warmth but is then eaten by a wildcat after its singing give...
The Gap | 差距
Two graduates, John and Bobby, work equally hard, but only Bobby gets promoted. When asked to gat...
The Gift Within | 来自内心的礼物
A teacher appreciates stale water from a student, valuing the kindness behind the gift over the o...
Where Does Rice Come From? | 大米从何而来？
A rich man's foolish sons, when asked where rice comes from, give absurd answers (kitchen, bag), ...
Building the Third Storey Without the First Two | 不建一二层，只要第三层
A foolish rich man, envious of a three-storeyed house, demands a carpenter build only the top flo...
Chasing a Stranger, Losing a Wife | 追女失妻
A general intent on war is dissuaded by a warrior's parable about a man who, by chasing an outsid...
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...
The City Gate Fire | 城门失火
A fable about fish in a moat who ignore a fire on the distant city gate, only to perish when the ...
The Wooden Bowl | 木碗
A frail grandfather is isolated by his son and daughter-in-law due to his messy eating habits, fo...
The Value of Words | 多言何益
Mozi uses the analogy of noisy creatures versus the timely rooster to teach that effective commun...
The Smoke Signal | 孤岛上的信号
A shipwreck survivor on a deserted island loses his shelter to a fire, which ultimately becomes t...
Eve's Children | 夏娃的孩子们
After being expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve have many children, some handsome and some ugly. Whe...
Two Prayers | 两个祈祷者
Two shipwreck survivors pray on opposite sides of an island. One receives everything he asks for,...
The Goat Butcher | 屠羊者
A successful goat butcher ignores moral warnings from friends, attributing them to superstition. ...
Opportunity in the Details | 细节中的机遇
John and Bobby, both hardworking, started at the same company. Years later, only Bobby was promot...
Character in Action | 行如其人
A father chooses honesty over saving money on his sons' mini-golf tickets, demonstrating that int...
Acres of Diamonds | 铺满钻石的土地
A content African farmer, after learning of diamonds' value, sells his farm to search for them ab...