Tuning an Instrument is Like Governing a State | 调琴如治国
The story uses the metaphor of tuning a stringed instrument to illustrate the importance of disti...
The Lazy Spinner | 懒惰的纺纱女
A lazy wife devises clever tricks to avoid spinning and winding yarn, first by frightening her hu...
The Eagle Turned Cushat | 老鹰变成斑鸠
An eagle transformed into a cushat forgets its new form and instinctively acts like its old self,...
My Medical Choice | 我的医疗抉择
Angelina Jolie shares her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy after learning she c...
The Yi Dai Bird | 意怠鸟
The Yi Dai bird survives through extreme caution, hiding in the flock and avoiding confrontation,...
Kangaroo Gets a Pouch | 袋鼠的育儿袋
A kind Mother Kangaroo repeatedly helps a grumpy, needy wombat while searching for her adventurou...
The Godfather | 教父
A man, guided by a dream, receives magical water from a stranger who becomes his child's godfathe...
The Rabbit Steals the Elephant's Dinner | 兔子偷吃大象的晚餐
A clever but lazy rabbit, Kalulu, learns to make nooses and repeatedly steals the elephant king's...
True Forgiveness | 真正的宽恕
The narrator recalls a childhood incident where he broke an elderly customer's window while playi...
Few True Confucians in Lu | 鲁国少儒
Zhuang Zi challenges the King of Lu's claim that his state has many Confucian scholars by arguing...
Resolution Through Love | 以爱化解
A young man trained in martial arts prepares to violently confront a drunk, aggressive laborer on...
Chief table pounder | 首席拍桌官
A chief table pounder is a forceful advocate for new ideas, using emphatic hand gestures on table...
Love Me, Love My Dog | 爱屋及乌
This story recounts how the ancient King of Zhou, by wisely choosing to release prisoners of war ...
Better to Be Unlucky | 最好是不幸的
An unemployed man wins a large lottery prize, only to have it nearly erased by medical and legal ...
My Aunt Is a Snake | 我的阿姨是条蛇
A young man moves in with his childless uncle and aunt, only to discover his aunt is a sinister s...
The Crab and the Lobster | 螃蟹与龙虾
A crab joins a lobster on a stormy sea voyage despite his fears. When their boat sinks, the lobst...
The Photograph of Death | 死亡照片
In August 1992, while exploring rural Corfu on a motorcycle, the narrator discovers a remote ceme...
The Fool and the Salt | 愚人食盐
A fool, after finding salted food delicious, mistakenly believes eating salt alone will be even b...
Hansel and Grethel | 汉塞尔与格蕾特尔
Hansel and Grethel, children of a poor woodcutter, are abandoned in the forest by their stepmothe...
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 ...
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