The Ditmarsch Tale of Wonders | 迪特马申奇闻录

A series of absurd and impossible vignettes, describing a world where roasted birds fly backwards...

Leaving the Net Open on Three Sides | 网开三面

King Tang of Shang demonstrates benevolence by modifying a hunter's prayer and removing three sid...

The Dogs and the Fox | 狗与狐狸

Dogs tear a dead lion's skin, and a fox warns that they wouldn't dare if the lion were alive, ill...

The Fox Mourns the Hare's Death | 兔死狐悲

A fox and a hare form an alliance against hunters. When the hare is killed, the fox mourns, reali...

The Foolish Traveler | 愚人游记

A naive young man sets out to travel with only a phrase for guidance. His literal repetition of e...

A Lesson from My Son | 从儿子身上学到的教训

A carpenter mistreats his elderly father until his young son's poignant act of making a wooden pl...

Tell Him You Love Him | 告诉他你爱他

An adult education teacher assigns a challenging homework: telling a loved one "I love you." The ...

Your Coat Is on Fire | 您的大衣着火了

A teacher instructs his class to count before speaking to encourage thoughtfulness. The next day,...

Pandora's Box | 潘多拉魔盒

Zeus creates Pandora as a deceptive gift to humanity after Prometheus steals fire. Her curiosity ...

The Gift | 礼物

A patient forms a profound, transitory bond with another patient's father during a long hospital ...

The Blade of Grass | 一叶知爱

A teacher uses a metaphor of picking a single blade of grass to teach his student about the searc...

Do Not Burn Your House to Get Rid of a Mouse | 投鼠忌器

A collector destroys his priceless jade vase while trying to kill a mouse inside it, learning a h...

The Eight Decalitres of Talent | 才高八斗

The story recounts how Tsau Pi, jealous of his brother Tsau Jr's literary genius, challenged him ...

Time Out | 暂停时刻

A young consultant, nervous about meeting a major advertising firm's president, responds to the e...

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...

Bristling with Anger | 怒发冲冠

This passage recounts the historical story behind the Chinese idiom "Bristling with Anger," where...

Beyond a Single Best Friend | 不止一个最好的朋友

The author shares a personal story about learning that relying on a single, controlling "best fri...

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...

Baby Mall | 婴儿商场

A father introduces his three young children to their newborn brother in the maternity ward. The ...

A Sweet Night | 甜蜜之夜

The author recounts their first Halloween experience in Canada as a child, describing the excitem...