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The Kiwi's Sacrifice | 几维鸟的牺牲
A Maori legend tells how the Kiwi bird selflessly agreed to live on the dark forest floor to save...
Open the Net on Three Sides | 网开一面
The story recounts how Tang, founder of the Shang Dynasty, demonstrated mercy by cutting a bird n...
The Silk Weaver's Lesson | 断织诫夫
Le Yangzi's wife twice guides him toward integrity and perseverance: first by rejecting found gol...
Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon | 三打白骨精
Monkey King protects the Tang Priest from the White Bone Demon's three disguises but is wrongly b...
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Part Two) | 阿里巴巴与四十大盗（下）
The robbers discover Ali Baba knows their secret and attempt to find and kill him. Twice, Morgian...
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 Royal Thief-Catcher | 皇家捕贼人
A Brahman in Sravasti hoards wealth given by devotees, only to have it stolen. He vows to starve ...
Wishful Thinking | 一厢情愿
A farmer falls ill from unrequited love for a princess. His friends deceive him about proposing t...
The Three Green Twigs | 三根绿枝
A pious hermit is punished by God for judging a condemned man. His penance involves carrying a dr...
Dong Shi Imitates Xi Shi | 东施效颦
The story tells of Dong Shi, an ugly woman who blindly imitates the beautiful Xi Shi's pained exp...
The Misplaced Craftsmen | 不合时宜的工匠
A skilled shoemaker and weaver plan to move to a new region but are warned that their crafts are ...
Lean Lisa | 精瘦的丽莎
A story about Lean Lisa, a hardworking but poor woman who argues with her husband over hypothetic...
The Carrot, the Egg, and the Coffee Bean | 胡萝卜、鸡蛋与咖啡豆
A mother uses a kitchen experiment with carrots, eggs, and coffee beans in boiling water to teach...
Lü Bu and Diaochan | 吕布戏貂蝉
Wang Yun's interlocking stratagem uses Diaochan to sow discord between Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo, leadi...
The Plum Dies for the Peach | 李代桃僵
This idiom, derived from a folk song, uses the metaphor of a plum tree sacrificing itself for a p...
Havoc in Heaven | 大闹天宫
The story recounts how the Monkey King, tricked into a lowly heavenly post, rebels and defeats th...
Great Wealth From Small Beginnings | 积微成著
A passerby hears a wise man say that fortune can start from something as small as a dead mouse. H...
Who Killed My Donkey | 谁杀了我的驴
Yin Anyan is wrongly accused by underworld demons of killing his donkey. To avoid being taken, he...
The Magic Pitcher | 魔法水罐
A woodcutter's encounter with forest fairies and a magic pitcher leads to temporary luxury but ul...
Lü Bu and Diao Chan | 吕布与貂蝉
Wang Yun uses his stepdaughter Diao Chan in a plot to turn Lü Bu against Dong Zhuo. Through decep...