Jef Raskin: He Thought Different | 杰夫·拉斯金:一位与众不同的思考者

Jef Raskin, the visionary creator of the Apple Macintosh, passed away on February 26 at age 61. A...

You Will Soon Get Used to It | 你很快就会习惯的

A foolish young man squanders his inheritance and loses his friends. Seeking advice, he is told b...

Jupiter and the Birds | 朱庇特与群鸟

Jupiter chooses a king among birds. An ugly jackdaw adorns himself with borrowed feathers to appe...

The Mystery of the Famous Word Collector | 著名词汇收集者的谜团

The first Oxford English Dictionary's most prolific contributor, William Chester Minor, was revea...

The Shepherd Boy | 牧童

A wise shepherd boy is summoned by a skeptical king to answer three profound questions about the ...

The Grasshopper and the Ants | 蚂蚱与蚂蚁

A starving grasshopper begs ants for food in winter. When asked why it didn't store provisions in...

A Broken Mirror Joined Together | 破镜重圆

This story tells of Princess Lechang and Xu Deyan, who broke a mirror as a pledge before being se...

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...

The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Might | 狐假虎威

A clever fox, caught by a tiger, tricks it by claiming divine authority. By walking ahead of the ...

How Kangaroo Got His Tail (I) | 袋鼠的尾巴(上)

Long ago, Kangaroo had no tail. He teased his friend Wombat for preferring a warm hut over sleepi...

Henry Ford and the Assembly Line | 亨利·福特与流水线

The article explores Henry Ford's revolutionary introduction of the assembly line, inspired by sl...

The Princess and the Mouse | 公主与老鼠

A wicked magician usurps a kingdom by shrinking the royal family into dolls. With the help of a m...

Why Is He Howling? | 他为何嚎叫?

A patient howls at the dentist not because of dental pain, but because the dentist is accidentall...

The Painted Skin | 画皮

A scholar hides a beautiful girl who is actually a skin-painting demon. After the demon kills him...

The Gold Rat and the Hint | 金鼠与暗示

A subordinate gifts his superior, born in the year of the rat, a gold rat for his birthday. Pleas...

Spare the Ox, Use a Sheep | 以牛易羊

King Hui of Liang, moved by the sight of an ox being led to slaughter for a ritual, orders its re...

Honesty | 论诚实

A veteran New York taxi driver shares his lifelong commitment to honesty, reflecting on his caree...

Weird Names | 奇怪的名字

A boy questions his father's unusual naming method, only to discover his own name follows the sam...

The Ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn | 安妮·博林王后的幽灵

The ghost of Anne Boleyn, executed wife of Henry VIII, is uniquely reported at multiple UK locati...

The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来居上

The story of Ji An, an outspoken official in Emperor Wu's court, whose candid criticism stalled h...