The Seal in the River | 河中之豹
A subordinate's prophetic dream about a pleading old man coincides with the capture of a seal. De...
The Meng Jiu Bird | 蒙鸠
The Meng Jiu bird's meticulously crafted nest fails because it is attached to fragile reeds, not ...
Down to Hell | 下地狱去
An old lady in heaven is horrified by the painful process of getting wings and a halo, so she dec...
The Golden Plate | 金盘子
Two merchants in Seri find a poor family's sooty plate is solid gold. The greedy one lies to get ...
Knock Knock | 敲门笑话
A classic knock-knock joke playing on the homophone "lettuce" (lettuce/let us). | 一个经典的敲门笑话，利用了 "...
The Man and the Satyr | 人与萨堤尔
A man warms his hands and cools his food by blowing with his mouth, leading a satyr to renounce t...
One or Two | 一还是二
A customer complains about having only one piece of meat, to which the waiter humorously offers t...
The Great Sage Raids the Peach Banquet | 大闹蟠桃会
The Jade Emperor puts Sun Wukong in charge of the immortal Peach Orchard. When not invited to the...
The Perfect Dog | 完美的狗
A volunteer at a vet clinic helps a funny-looking, unwanted dog named Minnie find a new home. A b...
The Jade Refusal | 子罕拒玉
A Song farmer offers a jade-containing stone to Prime Minister Zi Han, who declines it, valuing t...
The Tie and Water | 领带与水
A dying man in the desert is offered a tie instead of water, only to later be denied entry to a h...
The Grandsons | 半斤八两
A profligate prime minister's grandson, having lost his fortune, hires a ragged man to carry a bo...
The Colt Crosses the River | 小马过河
A young colt hesitates to cross a river after receiving conflicting advice from a cow and a squir...
Bill, Bingo and Bram 3 | 比尔、宾果与布拉姆 3
The narrator fondly recalls Bill, an elderly neighbor with a wealth of stories and opinions. From...
The Cartwheel Trick | 横翻筋斗的把戏
A little girl earns money from a boy for doing cartwheels. After her mother warns her about his m...
Broken Mirror Rejoined | 破镜重圆
This article recounts the ancient Chinese story behind the idiom "Broken Mirror Rejoined," where ...
The Ghost and the Ancestral Home | 鬼魂与祖宅
A skeptical young man confronts the ghost haunting his ancestral home. By cleverly using the ghos...
The Extra Charge | 额外收费
A dentist explains an unusually high charge for a tooth extraction by stating the patient's loud ...
Who Is Talking? | 谁在说话？
A general calls his unit, but a soldier who doesn't recognize his voice answers casually. After t...
The Four Ages of Humanity | 人类历史的四个时期
This text outlines the mythological four ages of humanity—Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Iron—each d...
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