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The Bell That Reveals the Thief | 恐钟有声
A Song Dynasty magistrate cleverly used a bell coated with ink to identify a thief among suspects...
The Blind Men and the Elephant | 盲人摸象
A king asks several blind men to describe an elephant by touch. Each feels a different part (tusk...
Zhang Yi's Carbuncle | 张仪治痈
Prime Minister Zhang Yi, afflicted with a back carbuncle, empowered the skilled doctor Sheng Gou ...
Three Men Make a Tiger | 三人成虎
Minister Pang Gong warns the King of Wei about the danger of rumors through the allegory of a mar...
The Wise Frog | 聪明的青蛙
A clever frog heeds a warning and leaves his pond with his wife before fishermen return, while th...
The Fox and the Leopard | 狐狸与美洲豹
A fox and a leopard debate their beauty after a meal. The leopard boasts of his coat, while the f...
The Wolf and the Lamb in the Temple | 庙宇中的狼与羊
A lamb, chased by a wolf, finds safety in a temple. When the wolf tries to lure it out by warning...
The Wolves, the Sheep and the Ram | 狼、羊与公羊
Wolves propose peace to sheep on the condition of killing their guardian dogs. The sheep agree, b...
The Hare Who Outwitted the Lion | 智斗狮王的兔子（下）
Hare cleverly tricks the tyrannical lion king Kali into attacking his own reflection in a water-h...
The King and the Rice | 国王与米粒
An Indian king promises a wise old man any prize for winning a chess game. The old man requests r...
The Shepherd Boy | 牧童
A wise shepherd boy is summoned by a skeptical king to answer three profound questions about the ...
The Frog in the Well | 井蛙之乐
A frog living in a well boasts of his perfect life to a sea turtle, only to be humbled by the tur...
The Trial of the Brides | 新娘的考验
A shepherd uses his mother's cheese-eating test to choose a wife among three sisters, selecting t...
The Moon and the Wind | 月亮与风
A lion and tiger, childhood friends, argue about whether the moon's waxing or waning brings cold....
Chaucer's Unwavering Strength | 乔叟的“不变”之力
An elderly Chaucer humorously claims his strength is unchanged by citing a stone roller he could ...
A Busy Man's Wit | 忙人的机智
A man cleverly outwits mischievous children who ask him to fetch birds' eggs, by securing his boo...
You Will Soon Get Used to It | 你很快就会习惯的
A foolish young man squanders his inheritance and loses his friends. Seeking advice, he is told b...
Goethe's Tolerance | 歌德的容忍
Goethe deftly defused a confrontation with a hostile critic by politely yielding the right of way...
The Man Who Knew the Future | 知晓未来的人
A man ignores a stranger's logical warning about his dangerous tree-cutting method, only to reali...
Goethe's Tolerance | 歌德的容忍
Goethe demonstrates wit and tolerance by gracefully yielding to an insulting critic on a narrow p...