A Final Embrace | 最后的拥抱
French writer Tristan Bernard, unhappy with a restaurant meal, dramatically asks the manager for ...
A Special Skill | 一技之长
This story tells how the scholar Gongsun Long valued and recruited a man whose only skill was lou...
The Blacksmith and the Dog | 铁匠与狗
A blacksmith criticizes his dog for sleeping during work but waking eagerly for meals, illustrati...
The Impostor | 伪信者
A man vows to sacrifice a hundred oxen for health but deceives the gods with a token offering. Th...
The Happy Prince (Part 3) | 快乐王子（第三部分）
The Swallow, moved by the Prince's compassion, reluctantly plucks out both of the Prince's sapphi...
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...
The Cat and the Cock | 猫与公鸡
A cat seeks a pretext to eat a cock, dismissing the cock's defense of his useful crowing. The fab...
The Unbeatable Shield and the All-Piercing Spear | 自相矛盾
A Chu man boasted his shield was impenetrable and his spear could pierce anything. When asked wha...
The Clever Cock | 聪明的公鸡
A fox tricks a cock into singing so he can capture him, but the clever cock then tricks the fox i...
The Second Time Around | 第二次的爱
The author recounts escaping a long, abusive first marriage and vowing never to remarry. Years la...
The Flying Elephant | 会飞的大象
Children spot a funny, fat elephant on a roof during a shopping trip. A storm blows it to their s...
Benjamin Franklin and His Modern Impersonator | 本杰明·富兰克林与现代扮演者
This article explores the multifaceted legacy of Benjamin Franklin—inventor, statesman, and wit—a...
The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Might | 狐假虎威
A fox escapes being eaten by a tiger by pretending to be Heaven's envoy, tricking the tiger into ...
The Red Shoes | 红鞋
A poor girl's obsession with a pair of red dancing shoes leads to vanity, disobedience, and a sup...
The Cicada Catcher | 佝偻捕蝉
Confucius learns from a hunchbacked master cicada catcher that supreme skill is achieved through ...
The Golden Hook | 桂饵金钩
A Lu man obsessed with fishing used extravagant golden gear but caught no more fish, illustrating...
The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by an irrational fear that the sky would fall and the earth would sink...
Kua Fu Chases the Sun | 夸父追日
This ancient Chinese myth tells of the giant Kua Fu's relentless pursuit of the sun, his immense ...
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 Coral Filial Daughter-in-Law | 珊瑚孝婆
A harsh mother-in-law mistreats her gentle daughter-in-law, forcing a divorce, only to later suff...
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