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The Secret of Life | 生命的奥秘
A story about God seeking a place to hide the Secret of Life. After rejecting suggestions to conc...
The Blind Man and the Cub | 盲人与幼兽
A blind man with a keen sense of touch identifies a wolf cub by its inherent danger, not its exac...
Fly High and Far | 远走高飞
A courtier, long overlooked by his ruler, uses the analogy of a commonplace rooster versus a dist...
The Wheelwright's Insight | 轮扁斫轮
A wheelwright argues to Duke Huan that the true essence of skill and wisdom, like his own craft, ...
Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow | 乐极生悲
The story of Chunyu Kun, a minister of Qi, who used a clever analogy about drinking to warn the k...
Moving the Thill to the South Gate | 徒辕南门
Wu Qi cleverly built public trust by fulfilling small promises, then successfully mobilized civil...
Do Not Burn Your House to Get Rid of a Mouse | 投鼠忌器
A collector destroys his priceless jade vase while trying to kill a mouse inside it, learning a h...
Strike When Unprepared | 攻其不备
A skilled bailiff outwits a threatening robber by proposing a duel before the magistrate, then st...
The Witty Retort | 反唇相讥
Yan Zi of Qi uses a clever analogy about oranges changing when transplanted to rebut the King of ...
The Luminous Pearl | 夜光之珠
A fisherman's acquisition of a rare luminous pearl promises sudden wealth, but his wise father wa...
The Rooster Plucks Its Tail | 公鸡断尾
Bin Meng uses the allegory of a rooster plucking its beautiful tail feathers to avoid being sacri...
One Arrow, Two Vultures | 一箭双雕
This passage recounts the ancient Chinese tale of archer Zhangsun Sheng, who shot down two fighti...
Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats | 草船借箭
Zhuge Liang ingeniously fulfills an impossible order for 100,000 arrows by tricking the enemy int...
The Two Mothers | 真假母亲
King Solomon wisely identifies a child's true mother by proposing to split the baby in half, obse...
The Crumbling Wall | 坍塌的墙
A rich man ignores identical warnings from his son and an old neighbor about his crumbling wall, ...
The Bird Startled by the Bowstring | 惊弓之鸟
The story recounts how the archer Geng Ying used only the sound of his bowstring to bring down a ...
The Unguent of Song | 不皲之药
Hui Zi destroys a giant gourd he finds useless. Zhuang Zi responds with a parable about a family ...
Straight Chimney, Close Firewood | 曲突徙薪
A man's fire prevention advice is ignored until a fire occurs. The host thanks those who helped p...
Jing Gong Prays for Rain | 景公求雨
During a severe drought, King Jing Gong considers praying to mountain and river deities for rain....
The Deer Hunt | 即鹿无虞
The fable contrasts two hunting approaches: success comes from planning with a guide's knowledge,...