The Death of Hun Dun | 浑沌之死
The legend tells of Shu and Hu, kings of the South and North Seas, who tried to repay the hospita...
When the Clock Got Sick | 时钟生病记
A town's central digital clock malfunctions, causing humorous yet disruptive misunderstandings fo...
Why the Sea is Salt | 海水为何是咸的
A kind but poor man, desperate for food on a holiday, seeks help from his wealthy but cruel broth...
The Archer and the Lion | 弓箭手与狮子
An archer wounds a challenging lion with an arrow, calling it his 'messenger'. The frightened lio...
Red Bands | 红绳
A noblewoman dreams of her deceased daughter bound with red bands. She then witnesses a piglet, i...
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...
Time Out | 暂停时刻
A young consultant, nervous about meeting a major advertising firm's president, responds to the e...
The Cat and Venus | 猫与维纳斯
A cat transformed into a woman reverts to her instinctive nature when tempted by a mouse, demonst...
The King of the Golden Mountain | 金山之王
A merchant's desperate pact with a dwarf binds his son's fate. The boy grows, fulfills a perilous...
Chiseling Away the Pain | 凿壁移痛
A man, tormented by a foot sore, believes he can transfer his pain to a neighbor by sticking his ...
Mother's Hands | 母亲的手
The narrator reflects on her shifting perspective towards her aging mother, now that she herself ...
Right Beside You | 在你身边
A newly blind woman, Susan, regains independence with the patient support of her husband Mark, wh...
The Little Match Girl | 卖火柴的小女孩
On a freezing New Year's Eve, a poor, barefoot girl tries to sell matches on the street. Too afra...
The Jackdaw and The Pigeons | 寒鸦与鸽子
A jackdaw disguises himself as a pigeon to get better food but is exposed and rejected by both gr...
The Singing Donkey | 唱歌的驴
A lonely donkey ignores his jackal friend's warning and insists on singing loudly in a farmer's o...
The Dog and the Wolf | 狗与狼
A starving wolf is offered a secure life by a well-fed house dog, but upon learning the dog must ...
Idioms Related to Book | 与book有关的习语
This article explains ten common English idioms that use the word 'book', providing their meaning...
An Unusual Architect: I. M. Pei | 非凡的建筑师：贝聿铭
This article profiles the legendary Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei, the 1983 Pritzker Prize...
The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller | 烧炭工与漂洗工
A charcoal-burner invites a fuller to share his house to save costs and foster friendship, but th...
The Unyielding President Lincoln | 永不退缩的林肯总统
The article chronicles Abraham Lincoln's numerous political and personal failures prior to his pr...
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