The First Test | 初出茅庐
This passage recounts how Zhuge Liang, newly appointed as Liu Bei's military adviser, earns the r...
The Lazy Spinner | 懒惰的纺纱女
A lazy woman devises clever tricks to avoid spinning and winding yarn, first by frightening her h...
The Magic Thread (I) | 魔法线（上）
A boy named Peter, impatient with the present, receives a magical silver ball with a golden threa...
St. James | 圣雅各
St. James, one of Jesus's first disciples and a core apostle, witnessed key events like the Trans...
The Flail From Heaven | 天降连枷
A farmer's magical turnip seed grows into a sky-high tree. He climbs it, witnesses angels threshi...
My Father Isn't as Rich as His | 他的父亲比我的富有
A story illustrates John D. Rockefeller's paradoxical frugality: despite his vast philanthropy, h...
The Confucian Poise | 儒学风度
Two anecdotes from the Song and Ming periods satirize the rigid and performative nature of Confuc...
The Blind Man and the Sun | 盲人摸日
A blind man, eager to know the sun's shape, receives misleading descriptions comparing it to a co...
God's Food | 神的食物
A poor widow begs her rich sister for food but is cruelly refused. A supernatural omen reveals th...
Quenching Thirst with Plums | 望梅止渴
This story recounts how the historical figure Cao Cao cleverly averted a potential mutiny among h...
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 Hunter's Conscience | 猎人的良知
A hunter afflicted with a mysterious skin disease seeks help from a doctor. He learns his conditi...
The Prettiest in the Woods | 林中最美
A hunter promises a snipe not to shoot its 'prettiest' children, but later shoots what he thinks ...
Talking to a Fish | 与鱼对话
A man at a fish shop pretends to converse with a fish, humorously explaining its ignorance of cur...
The Ear of Corn | 麦穗的故事
A tale explaining why corn ears are sparse today. When humans took divine abundance for granted a...
The Bubble Necklace | 公主的水泡项链
A spoiled princess demands a necklace made of rain bubbles, falling ill when her impossible wish ...
The White Duck | 白鸭
A queen is tricked by a witch, transformed into a white duck, and replaced in her palace. As a du...
The Young King (Part 2) | 少年国王（下）
The young king, obsessed with the splendor of his upcoming coronation, dreams of the luxurious it...
The Bremen Town-Musicians | 不来梅的音乐家
Four aging animals—a donkey, a hound, a cat, and a rooster—flee their homes to become musicians i...
The Scorpion and the Tortoise | 蝎子与乌龟
A close friendship between a tortoise and a scorpion is tested during a river crossing. The scorp...
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