Cheering the Clock On | 为时钟加油
The narrator describes watching a football match with his wife, who shows no interest until the f...
A Letter to Julie | 致朱莉的一封信
Brad Pitt describes his wife's severe physical and emotional decline due to stress, nearly ending...
Food Handled Out in Contempt | 嗟来之食
During a famine in ancient Qi, an arrogant noble's contemptuous offer of food is refused by a sta...
Diamonds and Toads | 钻石与蟾蜍
A fairy tale where kindness is rewarded with jewels from the mouth, and rudeness is punished with...
The Thief and His Master | 小偷和他的师父
A father, following what he believes is divine guidance, apprentices his son to a master thief un...
The Fox Spirit's Vow | 严父斥子
A scholar's love for a fox spirit is thwarted by his father, leading to tragedy. After his human ...
The Cowherd and the Weaving Girl | 牛郎织女
This is the classic Chinese folktale of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl, a celestial weaver. The...
The Best One | 最好的那一个
A daughter recounts her father's lifelong tradition of telling her she was "the best one" in the ...
The Runaway Pancake | 逃跑的煎饼
A pancake, hearing it will be eaten, escapes from the frying pan and rolls away. It outruns the f...
The Mouse Father's Quest | 老鼠嫁女
A mouse father searches for the greatest being to marry his daughter to, asking the sun, cloud, w...
The Three Surgeons | 三位外科医生
Three overconfident surgeons boast of their skills, but a careless maid and a thieving cat lead t...
The Jury | 陪审团
A judge, facing a missing jury for a simple case, impanels a group of lawyers as jurors. The tria...
Fit for Tat | 以牙还牙
A story about Chinese diplomat Wu Tingfang's witty retort to a racially insensitive question from...
An Unusual Architect: I. M. Pei | 非凡的建筑师：贝聿铭
This article profiles the legendary Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei, the 1983 Pritzker Prize...
Birds of a Feather | 一丘之貉
This article explains the Chinese idiom "一丘之貉" (Birds of a Feather) through a historical anecdote...
The Cage-Bird and the Bat | 笼中鸟与蝙蝠
A caged bird explains to a bat that it only sings at night to avoid capture, having been caught w...
The Final Exam | 期末考试
Four unprepared students fake a car breakdown to postpone an exam, but the dean's clever test exp...
Three in the Morning, Four in the Evening | 朝三暮四
This fable tells of a monkey keeper who tricks his monkeys by merely rearranging their daily rati...
I Can Do Anything | 我无所不能
Born with TARSA Syndrome, the author shares a journey of overcoming physical challenges and socie...
The Mantis Stalks the Cicada | 螳螂捕蝉
A young attendant uses the allegory of a cicada, mantis, and siskin—each focused on its prey whil...
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