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Yu Shou Burns His Books | 玉寿焚书
Yu Shou, confident with his books, is advised by Xu Feng that wisdom lies in adapting to the pres...
Zi Chan Deceived | 子产受骗
A pond-keeper deceives the virtuous official Zi Chan by eating a gifted fish and fabricating a st...
The Two Knots | 两个连环节
A man presents two knots to a king; only one is untied, and a student correctly identifies the ot...
The Peasant's Wise Daughter | 聪明的农家女
A wise peasant girl's counsel saves her father, solves a king's riddle to become queen, and later...
Tian Jiu's Audience | 田鸠见秦王
A Mohist scholar, unable to meet the King of Qin after three years, gains an audience only after ...
A Royal Thief-Catcher | 皇家捕贼人
A miserly Brahman hides his wealth in the forest, only to have it stolen. Grief-stricken, he vows...
Buying Bones with a Thousand Gold | 千金买骨
A king, desperate for a legendary steed, is convinced by a guard to buy the bones of a dead one a...
A Good Dog for Catching Mice? | 良狗捕鼠
A man from Qi selects a hunting dog for his neighbor, who then worries it doesn't catch mice. The...
The Unused Gourd | 不材之药
Hui Zi destroys a giant gourd he finds useless. Zhuang Zi, through a parable about a chilblain sa...
The Elixir of Immortality | 不死之药
A Chu palace guard is tasked with delivering an elixir of immortality to the king. An archer, upo...
Two Tigers Fight | 两虎相争
Bian Zhuangzi is advised to wait as two tigers fight over a man, allowing them to weaken each oth...
A Courtyard as Crowded as a Marketplace | 门庭若市
This fable tells how Minister Zou Ji used a personal story about flattery to persuade the King of...
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 ...
Confucius's Runaway Horse | 孔子马逸
Confucius's horse ate a farmer's crops and was detained. While the eloquent Zi Gong failed to ret...
The Big Sea Fish | 大海鱼
A Qi man dissuaded Lord Tian Ying from fortifying his fiefdom by telling a parable of a mighty se...
Borrowing Fire | 束媪乞火
A beloved daughter-in-law is falsely accused of theft by her mother-in-law. A wise village elder ...
Leaving the Net Open on Three Sides | 网开三面
King Tang of Shang demonstrates benevolence by modifying a hunter's prayer and removing three sid...
The Fate of the Hunting Dog | 兔死狗烹
This story recounts how the Yue King Gou Jian eliminated his loyal minister Wen Zhong after achie...
Zhao Fu and the Cart | 造父驾马车
A father and son's frightened horse refuses to move. Zhao Fu, an expert handler, calms the horse ...
The Dragon Horn | 角象龙鸣
A man mistakes a terrified turtle's cry for a dragon's roar, leading to a lesson about discerning...