The Wolf and the Donkey | 狼与驴

A clever donkey tricks a hungry wolf into being tied to its bridle, then leads the wolf back to i...

The Chopsticks | 筷子

Mrs. Wen teaches her constantly fighting sons a lesson about unity by showing them that a bundle ...

How Six Men Got on in the World | 六人如何闯荡世界

A dismissed soldier recruits five men with extraordinary abilities. Together, they outwit a king,...

Alfred Nobel: A Man of Contrasts | 阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔:一个充满矛盾的人

Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes, was a paradoxical...

Butterfly Insights | 蝴蝶的启示

The author observes a moth-butterfly trapped in a garage, fixated on escaping through a closed wi...

The Farmer and the Donkey | 农夫与驴

A donkey trapped in a well shakes off each shovelful of dirt meant to bury it, using it as a step...

The Princess and the Mouse | 公主与老鼠

A wicked magician usurps a kingdom by shrinking the royal family into dolls. With the help of a m...

Victory Dance Leads to Death | 胜利之舞招致杀身之祸

An 18-year-old was fatally shot after celebrating a game-winning basket; the suspect, still at la...

The Supernatural Turtle | 神龟报恩

A Tang official's wife buys a giant, weeping turtle out of pity. After her husband releases it, h...

The Secret of Life | 生命的奥秘

A story about God seeking a place to hide the Secret of Life. After rejecting suggestions to conc...

A Bad Dream | 一场噩梦

Ben is punished for mistreating a cat and sent to bed, where he has a nightmare in which the role...

Morrow Road | 茂林路

The narrator, a self-identified psychic medium, visits the site of the legendary "Morrow Road Hau...

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. ...

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...

The Old Man and His Grandson | 老人与孙子

A frail old man is mistreated by his son and daughter-in-law until their young son's innocent act...

The Dean's Morning Greeting | 系主任的早晨问候

A dean identifies a class as freshmen based on their enthusiastic response to his greeting, then ...

The Language of Music | 音乐的语言

The article compares the presentation of visual and musical art, highlighting the performer's cru...

The Blind Men and the Elephant | 盲人摸象

A king asks several blind men to describe an elephant by touch. Each feels a different part (tusk...

The Three Craftsmen | 三位工匠

A story about three craftsmen, each insisting their own familiar material is best for city defens...

At the End of One's Tether | 日暮途穷

This article recounts the story of Wu Zixu from the Spring and Autumn Period, which gave rise to ...