Playing with Fire | 玩火自焚
This fable tells of a tyrant in ancient China who, after usurping the throne, waged constant wars...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf | 狼来了
A bored shepherd boy repeatedly tricks villagers with false wolf alarms for amusement. When a rea...
Love of Life | 热爱生命
A man, abandoned and injured in the wilderness, endures extreme hunger, cold, and exhaustion in a...
Sacrifice Your Own Wrongdoing | 牺牲你的过错
A wise prince, troubled by his people's superstitious animal sacrifices, devises a clever plan up...
The Fox and the Grasshopper | 狐狸与蚂蚱
A cunning fox tries to flatter a grasshopper into coming down from a tree, but the wise grasshopp...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Part 2) | 白雪公主与七个小矮人（下）
Snow White finds refuge with the dwarfs but is tricked by the disguised Queen with a poisoned app...
Zhou Chu Eliminates the Evils | 周处除害
The story recounts how Zhou Chu, once a local menace, realizes his own harmful nature after slayi...
I Wasn't Asleep | 我没有睡着
A man on a crowded bus pretends to be asleep to avoid seeing women standing, revealing his discom...
The Pomegranate, the Apple-tree and the Bramble | 石榴树、苹果树与荆棘
A pomegranate and an apple-tree argue fiercely over whose fruit is superior, nearly coming to blo...
Moving the Thill to the South Gate | 徒辕南门
Wu Qi cleverly built public trust by fulfilling small promises, then successfully mobilized civil...
He Shi's Jade | 和氏献璧
A man named He Shi persistently presents a precious jade to successive kings of Chu, only to be p...
Separating Public and Private Affairs | 公私分明
Jie Hu recommended his personal enemy for a government post based on merit for the nation's good,...
Seamless Heavenly Garment | 天衣无缝
This story from the Tang Dynasty explains the idiom "Seamless Heavenly Garment," where a man sees...
The Gemstone Harvest | 宝石的采集
This story describes a clever, albeit provocative, method used by people in southern Yunnan to co...
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...
Birds of a Feather Flock Together | 物以类聚
Chun Yukun explains to King Xuan that virtuous people naturally gather together, making it easy f...
The Dog and the Cook | 狗与厨师
A dog invites a stray friend to a feast, but the cook throws the guest out. When asked about the ...
Shooting at the Camp Gate | 辕门射戟
Lü Bu ingeniously uses an archery challenge at a banquet to force a ceasefire between Liu Bei and...
A Life for a Life | 以命相抵
Impoverished author Richard Savage, unable to pay his doctor's bill after recovering from illness...
The Lost Man and His Pig | 迷路的人与他的猪
A man repeatedly fails to abandon his pig because it always finds its way home. In a twist, after...
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