Lord Ye's Love of Dragons | 叶公好龙
Lord Ye, famed for his love of dragon decorations, is terrified when a real dragon visits him, re...
The Scholar's Missed Chances | 仕数不遇
A Zhou Dynasty scholar recounts his lifelong, futile attempts to secure an official post, as each...
The City of the Dead | 死亡之城
The narrator recounts a terrifying experience during Edinburgh's famous 'City of the Dead' ghost ...
In a Year | 一年后
A palmist tells a customer they will die within a year based on their life line, but humorously c...
The Gentleman on the Beam | 梁上君子
During a famine in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a thief hiding in Chen Shi's house is moved to repent...
Qingwen Mends the Peacock Feather Cloak | 晴雯补裘
Qingwen, though ill, expertly identifies and mends Baoyu's precious peacock feather cloak overnig...
Xue Tan Learns Singing | 薛谭学讴
A student, overconfident in his mastery, decides to leave his teacher. The teacher's breathtaking...
The Spendthrift and the Swallow | 败家子与燕子
A spendthrift mistakes an early swallow for a sign of summer, sells his coat, and blames the bird...
Like Fire and Flowering Rush | 如火如荼
This story describes how the Wu army, in a desperate situation, launched a spectacular dawn assau...
One Side of the Case | 一面之辞
A man with hearing loss in one ear is deemed fit for jury duty by a judge, who humorously notes t...
The Dragon's Descent | 龙的降临
A fallen dragon, stranded in a remote village, struggles to return to the heavens with only a sha...
The Thief and His Mother | 小偷与母亲
A condemned thief bites his mother's ear, blaming her permissive attitude towards his childhood t...
Bristling with Anger | 怒发冲冠
This passage recounts the historical story behind the Chinese idiom "Bristling with Anger," where...
The King Who Cried Drum | 楚王击鼓
King Li of Chu foolishly beats the emergency drum as a drunken prank, causing his people to lose ...
The House in the Wood | 林中小屋
A woodcutter's three daughters get lost in the woods seeking their father. The first two, selfish...
The Pea Blossom | 豌豆花
Five peas from a pod embark on different fates after being shot from a pea-shooter. While four me...
The Ghost Wife Lü Wubing | 鬼妻吕无病
A grieving scholar is comforted by a kind, ghostly woman named Lü Wubing. After facing persecutio...
The Seat of Honor | 谁坐上座
A man ignores his neighbor's warning about a fire hazard. After a fire breaks out, he rewards tho...
The Little Mermaid | 小美人鱼
The story introduces Titania, the youngest mermaid princess, who dreams of the human world after ...
Zhang Fei's Apology | 张飞赔罪
Zhang Fei promises to reform and guard Xuzhou but breaks his vow by getting drunk and punishing a...
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