Encounter with Feng Sanniang | 邂逅封三娘
A gentle maiden, Lady Fan, befriends the mysterious Lady Feng. With Feng's aid, she finds love wi...
Lifetime Regret | 一生的遗憾
A man recounts how, in reaction to a societal prejudice against short men in the 1980s, he defian...
The Rorschach Test | 罗夏墨迹测验
A man undergoing a Rorschach test consistently sees sexual imagery in every inkblot, leading the ...
Reading by Firefly Light | 映雪囊萤
The story of Che Yin, who used fireflies as a lamp to study due to poverty, exemplifies persevera...
The Nightingale and the Hawk | 夜莺与鹰
A captured nightingale tries to persuade a hawk to release her by claiming she is too small a mea...
The Cicada Catcher | 佝偻捕蝉
Confucius learns from a hunchbacked master cicada catcher that supreme skill is achieved through ...
Retreating Thirty Miles | 退避三舍
This story recounts how Chong Er (Duke Wen of Jin), during his exile, promised the King of Chu to...
The Guard Dog | 挡门的狗
A village dog's aggressive defense of its misdeeds prevents complaints from reaching its owner, s...
Detour to Romance | 曲折的浪漫路
A young man waits endlessly at a train station for his fiancée who never arrives. Unbeknownst to ...
The Stooped Cicada Catcher | 佝偻承蜩
Confucius observes an old man who catches cicadas with effortless skill. The man reveals his secr...
The Peach-Blossom Spring | 桃花源记
This passage introduces the classic Chinese fable *The Peach-Blossom Spring* by Tao Yuanming, whi...
Leaping from the Furnace | 跳出八卦炉
The Monkey King, captured after causing chaos in Heaven, proves invulnerable to execution. Thrown...
The Wasp and the Snake | 黄蜂与蛇
A snake, driven to madness by a persistently stinging wasp, resorts to a fatal act of desperation...
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...
Yan Hui and the Rice Pot | 颜回攫甑
Confucius mistakenly judges his disciple Yan Hui for eating rice before offering it, only to lear...
The Tree and the Goose | 山木与雁
Zhuangzi uses the paradox of a useless tree surviving and a useless goose being killed to illustr...
Two Children Argue About the Sun | 小儿辩日
Confucius encounters two children debating whether the sun is closer at sunrise or noon, each usi...
Two Prayers | 两个祈祷者
Two shipwreck survivors pray on opposite sides of an island. One receives everything he asks for,...
Broken Mirror Rejoined | 破镜重圆
This article recounts the ancient Chinese story behind the idiom "Broken Mirror Rejoined," where ...
Praying for Your Enemies | 为你的敌人祈祷
A blind student placed in a class with troubled peers initially feels shock and dread. Inspired b...
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