The Strange Visitor | 不速之客
The narrator's great-grandmother recounts a chilling childhood memory: after her father's funeral...
Why Bother Getting Up? | 何必当初
A notoriously lazy man named Wang Laowu, who always denies his laziness, falls twice while walkin...
Lucy's Letter | 露西的信
The narrator's family befriends their elderly neighbor, Lucy, after her husband's death. Lucy bec...
The Fox and the Hedgehog | 狐狸与刺猬
A wounded fox prefers to keep the flies that are already full, fearing that driving them away wou...
Three Recruits | 三位新兵
Three citizens complain about supporting a non-productive army. After its disbandment leads to ec...
The Bat, Bramble and Cormorant | 蝙蝠、荆棘与鸬鹚
A bat, bramble, and cormorant lose their joint investment in a shipwreck. The trauma of the loss ...
The House of 1000 Mirrors | 千镜之屋
A fable about two dogs visiting a house of mirrors. The happy dog sees joyful reflections and lov...
The Stone in the Road | 路中之石
A rich man tests his townspeople by placing a stone in the road. Only a thoughtful young man remo...
The Carabao and the Shell | 水牛与贝壳
A proud carabao challenges a shell to a race. Tricked by many identical shells answering his call...
A Broken Mirror Joined Together | 破镜重圆
This story tells of Princess Lechang and Xu Deyan, who broke a mirror as a token before being sep...
Jiang Yan's Wit Runs Dry | 江郎才尽
This story recounts how the talented scholar Jiang Yan, after achieving early fame, failed to mai...
The Cock and the Hen | 公鸡与母鸡
A hen complains to a rooster about his repeated, unfulfilled promises to get her shoes, despite h...
The Peasant's Sunbath | 田父献曝
A destitute peasant, discovering the simple pleasure of sunbathing, believes it to be a valuable ...
Borley Rectory | 博利教区长的鬼屋
Borley Rectory, built in 1863 and destroyed by fire in 1939, was famed as the UK's most haunted h...
Composing a Poem with a Spear in Hand | 横槊赋诗
A story from the Three Kingdoms where Cao Cao, on the eve of a major battle, hosts a feast on the...
God and Eve in the Garden of Eden | 伊甸园中的上帝与夏娃
In the Garden of Eden, a dissatisfied Eve complains to God about loneliness and boredom. God offe...
The Hazel Branch | 榛树枝
The Virgin Mary, while picking strawberries for the sleeping Christ-child, is threatened by an ad...
Calling a Rich Man Brother | 认人为兄
A fool flatters a wealthy man as "brother" to gain access to his money, but abandons the pretense...
The Qingming Festival | 清明节
The Qingming Festival originates from the legend of Jie Zitui, whose death led to the Cold Food F...
Fear of Shadow and Footprints | 畏影恶迹
A man tries to outrun his shadow and footprints, only to exhaust himself to death, failing to rea...
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