Three to Get Ready | 三人成行
Three friends—Bird, Frog, and Grasshopper—encounter a pond. Each has limitations in crossing it a...
Zhang Yi's Carbuncle | 张仪治痈
Prime Minister Zhang Yi, afflicted with a back carbuncle, empowered the skilled doctor Sheng Gou ...
Presenting a Tall Hat | 戴高帽子
This story illustrates the Chinese idiom "presenting a tall hat," meaning to flatter. An official...
The Dragon Rock 3 | 龙岩记 3
The sleepy Dragon awakens with a mighty sneeze that splits the earth, unleashing a torrent of fre...
Uproar in the Loyalty Hall | 大闹忠义堂
Li Kui, enraged by a false accusation against Song Jiang, storms the Loyalty Hall and destroys it...
The Strange Sounds, Legs, and Girl | 怪声、怪腿与怪女孩
The narrator recounts a series of terrifying supernatural encounters in their new home over two y...
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse | 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠
A country mouse and a city mouse visit each other's homes. The city mouse finds the country life ...
The Perfect List | 完美的清单
A wife proposes writing lists of each other's annoyances to improve their marriage. She reads her...
The Blind Man | 盲人
A Mother Superior, assuming a visitor is visually impaired, speaks to him at length while showeri...
Sleeping Pills | 安眠药
A man takes strong sleeping pills on Sunday, sleeps well, and proudly tells his boss he had no tr...
The Forgetful Man | 健忘的人
An exhausted man goes to bed early, only to remember he had planned to do something. After much t...
The Tack Hammer | 图钉之锤
A teacher with a hidden back brace uses a shocking act—hammering a tack through his tie into his ...
The Chili Lesson | 辣椒的教训
A story about a man who stubbornly eats painful chilies because he paid for them, illustrating th...
The Swan's Last Song | 天鹅绝唱
A man buys a swan hoping to hear its legendary song, but it sings only when dying, leading to his...
Unbearable | 忍无可忍
A traveler is horrified to find a bedbug inspecting the hotel register as he tries to check in, l...
The Bathtub Test | 浴缸测试
A visitor learns the asylum's unconventional test for sanity, which reveals that overcomplicating...
A Wise Man's Words | 智者的箴言
A local official seeks a sorcerer's wisdom to understand the cause of bandit attacks and floods. ...
Sharing the Apples | 分苹果
Harry is told to share two apples with his sister. He gives her the small one and takes the large...
The Brick | 当头一砖
A furious executive confronts a boy who threw a brick at his car, only to learn the act was a des...
Lawn Chair Flight | 草坪椅飞行记
A truck driver fulfills his dream of flight by tying 42 helium balloons to a lawn chair, accident...
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