Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao | 围魏救赵
To rescue the besieged state of Zhao, the Qi general Sun Bin avoided direct battle and instead at...
The Cock and the Pearl | 公鸡与珍珠
A cock finds a pearl in the straw but dismisses it, preferring a single grain of barley. The fabl...
The King and the Monkey | 吴王射猴
King Wu, angered by a monkey's defiant display of catching his arrow, orders his guards to shoot ...
The Milkmaid and Her Pail | 挤奶女工和她的牛奶桶
A milkmaid daydreams about all the wealth and finery she will buy with the proceeds from selling ...
Having the Bamboo in Mind | 胸有成竹的来历
The story of Wen Tong, a Song Dynasty scholar-painter renowned for his bamboo paintings. His exce...
Looking for a Steed with the Aid of Drawings | 按图索骥
Bo Le's son tries to find a superb horse by rigidly comparing real horses to the drawings in his ...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf | 狼来了
A shepherd boy's repeated false alarms about a wolf cause the villagers to ignore his genuine cry...
The Cat and the Mice | 猫和老鼠
A cat tries to lure hidden mice by pretending to be dead, but a wise mouse sees through the trick...
Marshmallow Harvest | 棉花糖的收获
A dry summer leaves children disappointed with no wild berries to pick during a camping trip. The...
Never Give Up on Your Dreams | 永远别放弃梦想
An 87-year-old woman named Rose fulfills her lifelong dream of attending college, becoming an ins...
The Wolf and His Shadow | 狼与它的影子
A wolf mistakes its elongated shadow at sunset for true size, becomes arrogant, and is consequent...
Practice Makes Perfect | 熟能生巧
A skilled archer in the Northern Song Dynasty is humbled when an old oil peddler demonstrates tha...
The Handan Walker | 邯郸学步
A young man from Shouling, plagued by self-doubt, travels to Handan to copy the locals' celebrate...
The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat | 海豚、鲸鱼与西鲱
A Sprat offers to mediate a fierce war between Dolphins and Whales, but is flatly rejected, as th...
Throwing a Baby into the River | 抱婴投江
A passerby questions a man who is about to throw a child into a river, believing the child will b...
Listening is Powerful Medicine | 倾听是良药
A physician learns a profound lesson from an elderly patient about the healing power of listening...
The Lion, The Bear And The Fox | 狮子、熊与狐狸
A lion and a bear fight fiercely over a young goat, only to exhaust themselves and allow a sly fo...
Dai Song's Ox Painting | 戴蒿画牛
A Song Dynasty collector prized a Tang Dynasty ox painting by Dai Song until a shepherd boy point...
Do Not Throw Good Things Away | 勿弃有用之物
A man discards good apples on his way to a feast, assuming he will get better food. When forced t...
The Wild Hare and the Law | 分定不争
This fable illustrates the chaos caused by undefined ownership and the order brought by clear law...
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