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...
Foundling-Bird | 鸟弃儿
A forester rescues a child carried off by a bird and raises him with his daughter. When the famil...
Class Action Down South | 南方集体诉讼
A man from the South humorously asks his lawyer if he can sue a beer company for the unattractive...
The Willow-Wren and the Bear | 鹪鹩与熊
A bear insults the young of the Willow-Wren, the King of Birds, sparking a war between all four-l...
The Gift of Life | 生命的礼物
A humorous allegory explaining the human life stages through a story of God negotiating lifespan ...
The Darning Needle | 织补针
A vain darning needle, believing herself too fine for mundane tasks, breaks and is repurposed as ...
Powell Wows Diplomats With Song | 鲍威尔一展歌喉 技惊外交官
At the 2002 Asia-Pacific security meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell surprised fellow ...
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...
The Snow-Queen | 冰雪女王
A wicked hobgoblin's magic mirror shatters, sending splinters across the world that distort perce...
Excess Billing Hours | 超额计费工时
A lawyer receives VIP treatment in heaven because St. Peter calculates his billed hours to equate...
The Interview | 面试
A desperate applicant repeatedly lowers his job expectations during an interview, only to be reje...
Fossett Makes History | 福塞特创造历史:完成首次单人无间断环球飞行
American adventurer Steve Fossett successfully completed the world's first solo, nonstop, unrefue...
Wei Wenhou's Hunting Appointment | 魏文侯期猎
Wei Wenhou interrupts his merry drinking to honor a hunting appointment in the rain, demonstratin...
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 ...
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...
The Miser and His Gold | 守财奴与他的金子
A miser buries his gold for safekeeping, only to have it stolen. A wise passerby points out that ...
A Slingshot Is a Slingshot | “弹”就是“弹”
Hui Zi defends his use of metaphors by demonstrating that explaining an unknown concept (a slings...
Astronaut's Culinary Regret: Too Much Shrimp in Space | 太空生活:女宇航员的甜蜜烦恼
Astronaut Peggy Whitson shares her experiences during a 130-day ISS mission, noting how micrograv...
Hans Married | 汉斯娶亲
A young peasant's clever uncle uses wordplay about "patches" (meaning both clothing repairs and s...
Alexander Graham Bell: The Story Behind the Telephone | 亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔:电话背后的故事
This article chronicles the life of Alexander Graham Bell, focusing not only on his invention of ...
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