Laozi's Inquiry | 老子问疾
Laozi visits the sage Shang Rong, who imparts wisdom through symbolic actions and a final metapho...
The Frog King | 青蛙王子
A princess loses her golden ball in a well and promises a frog anything in return for its help. W...
Looking for a Steed with the Aid of Drawings | 按图索骥
Bo Le's son tries to find a superb horse by rigidly comparing real horses to the drawings in his ...
The Carrot, the Egg and the Coffee Bean | 胡萝卜、鸡蛋与咖啡豆
A mother uses a kitchen parable with carrots, eggs, and coffee beans to teach her daughter about ...
The Caged Bird and the Bat | 笼中鸟与蝙蝠
A caged bird explains to a bat that she only sings at night to avoid being caught, having been ca...
The Robber Bridegroom | 强盗新郎
A miller's daughter, betrothed to a seemingly respectable man, discovers her fiancé is actually t...
The Return of the Representative | 代表的归来
A district's angry citizens meet to plan brutal punishments for their representative, only to be ...
Plant a Row for the Hungry | 为饥饿者种一行菜
The author recounts a moment of refusing a homeless man's plea for food, which led to lasting gui...
The Two Mothers | 真假母亲
King Solomon wisely identifies a child's true mother by proposing to split the baby in half, obse...
The Interview | 面试
A desperate applicant repeatedly lowers his job expectations during an interview, only to be reje...
The Golden Plate | 金盘子
Two merchants in Seri find a poor family's sooty plate is solid gold. The greedy one lies to get ...
Pandora's Box | 潘多拉的盒子
The myth of Pandora explains the origin of human suffering and the enduring presence of hope. In ...
The Crow and the Snake | 乌鸦与蛇
A hungry crow seizes a sleeping snake for a meal, but the awakened snake fatally bites the crow, ...
The Bear and the Sisters | 熊与姐妹
Two sisters meet a bear who is actually an enchanted prince. To break the spell, one sister agree...
The Rooster Plucks Its Tail | 公鸡断尾
Bin Meng uses the allegory of a rooster plucking its beautiful tail feathers to avoid being sacri...
Talking to a Fish | 与鱼对话
A man at a fish shop pretends to converse with a fish, humorously explaining its ignorance of cur...
The Mistress and Her Servants | 女主人与仆人
Two servants, tired of being woken early by their mistress's rooster, kill it hoping to sleep lon...
The Fowler and the Lark | 捕鸟人与百灵鸟
A lark, curious about a fowler's claim of founding a city, is deceived by the bait in his nets an...
The Old Man and His Sons | 老人与儿子们
An old man uses a bundle of sticks to teach his quarreling sons a lesson about strength in unity ...
The Mirror | 镜子
A vain Spaniel mistakes his own reflection for a rival, boasts of defeating it, but flees in terr...
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