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...
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