The Man and the Satyr | 人与萨堤尔
A man's contradictory actions of blowing on his hands to warm them and on his food to cool it lea...
The Selfish Giant | 自私的巨人
A selfish giant builds a wall to keep children out of his beautiful garden, plunging it into eter...
The Baby Eagle | 雏鹰
A baby eagle, dependent on his mother in a cozy nest, is forced out when she stops feeding him. P...
The Three Sluggards | 三个懒汉
A dying king promises his kingdom to the laziest of his three sons. Each son boasts of his extrem...
Lord Ye's Love of Dragons | 叶公好龙
Lord Ye, famed for his obsession with dragon imagery, is terrified when a real dragon visits him,...
My Medical Choice | 我的医疗抉择
Angelina Jolie shares her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy after learning she c...
Gambling Hansel | 赌徒汉塞尔
A compulsive gambler named Hansel, after losing everything, is visited by divine figures. Granted...
A Letter from Hell | 地狱来信
A man's vacation email, sent to a wrong address due to a typo, is mistakenly received by a recent...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Part 2) | 白雪公主与七个小矮人（下）
Snow White finds refuge with the dwarfs but is tricked by the disguised Queen with a poisoned app...
When Love Was the Adventure | 当爱成为冒险
This article recounts King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Sim...
The Star-Child | 星孩
Two poor woodcutters endure a bitterly cold night in the forest. After lamenting their poverty, t...
The Dagger Unrolled | 图穷匕见
This passage recounts the historical tale of Jing Ke's failed assassination attempt on the King o...
Strike While the Iron is Hot | 一鼓作气
This story explains the idiom "一鼓作气" through a historical battle where waiting for the enemy's sp...
The Rabbit Who Didn't Want to Be King (Part 2) | 一只不想做国王的兔子（中）
King Kali issues harsh decrees, forcing the animals to build his palace and provide daily meals. ...
The Dog and the Shadow | 狗与影子
A dog, greedy for a second piece of meat he sees reflected in the water, loses the one he already...
The Thorn-Carver | 棘刺母猴
A man from Wei tricks the King of Yan by claiming he can carve a monkey on a thorn. A blacksmith ...
The Golden Burden | 金子的负担
A poor farmer discovers a huge, immovable lump of gold. After initial frustration, he wisely deci...
Broken Mirror Rejoined | 破镜重圆
This article recounts the ancient Chinese story behind the idiom "Broken Mirror Rejoined," where ...
Two Children Argue About the Sun | 小儿辩日
Two children present contradictory arguments about the sun's distance at sunrise versus noon, usi...
The Phoenix | 不死鸟
The legend of the lonely phoenix, a beautiful bird living in solitude for centuries before being ...
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