The Helmet | 头盔
A young man, knowing the motorcycle's brakes have failed, quietly gives his helmet to his girlfri...
Lu Ban's Magpie | 鲁班造鹊
Lu Ban, a legendary craftsman, built a mechanical magpie that could fly for days. However, Mo Zi ...
The Amazing Centipede | 神奇的蜈蚣
A man seeks an extraordinary pet that can do everything and is sold a centipede. The centipede pe...
The Walnut Tree | 核桃树
A roadside walnut tree, despite its generous yield, is harmed by passersby who violently harvest ...
The Man Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by irrational fears that the sky would fall and the earth would sink. ...
Alfred Nobel: A Man of Contrasts | 阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔：一个充满矛盾的人
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes, was a paradoxical...
The Bird in the Dunghill | 粪堆里的小鸟
A frozen bird is saved by cow dung's warmth but is then eaten by a wildcat after its singing give...
One Arrow, Two Vultures | 一箭双雕
This passage recounts the ancient Chinese tale of archer Zhangsun Sheng, who shot down two fighti...
Bad Dreams | 噩梦
A woman tells her fiancé about a recurring nightmare involving him and his ex-girlfriend, which c...
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 Grasshopper and the Owl | 蚂蚱与猫头鹰
An owl, disturbed by a grasshopper's constant chirping, tricks him with flattery and an invitatio...
The Man from Zheng Buying Shoes | 郑人买履
A man from Zheng meticulously measures his foot to buy shoes but forgets the measurement at home....
The Grandsons | 半斤八两
A profligate prime minister's grandson, having lost his fortune, hires a ragged man to carry a bo...
Lord Ye's Love of Dragons | 叶公好龙
Lord Ye, famed for his love of dragon decorations, is terrified when a real dragon visits him, re...
The Self-Injury Stratagem | 苦肉计
Before the Battle of Chibi, Huang Gai volunteers for a self-injury stratagem, enduring a severe f...
The Thorn-Carver | 棘刺母猴
A man from Wei tricks the King of Yan by claiming he can carve a monkey on a thorn. A blacksmith ...
The Wolves, the Sheep and the Ram | 狼、羊与公羊
Wolves propose peace to sheep on the condition of killing their guardian dogs. The sheep agree, b...
Like Fire and Flowering Rush | 如火如荼
This story describes how the Wu army, in a desperate situation, launched a spectacular dawn assau...
Fitcher's Bird | 菲切尔的鸟
A cunning wizard captures sisters, but the youngest outsmarts him by resurrecting the others, orc...
A Coke and a Smile | 可乐与微笑
A five-year-old child shares a precious summer evening with her grandfather, who entrusts her wit...
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