Tian Jiu's Audience | 田鸠见秦王

A Mohist scholar, unable to meet the King of Qin after three years, gains an audience only after ...

Strong Hans | 强壮的小汉斯

A boy named Hans, kidnapped and raised by robbers, grows incredibly strong. After defeating his c...

The Runaway Pancake | 逃跑的煎饼

A pancake, hearing it will be eaten, escapes from the frying pan and rolls away. It outruns the f...

The Elderbush | 接骨木树妈妈

A sick boy's elderflower tea brews a magical journey. From the teapot grows an Elderbush, where t...

The Ditmarsch Tale of Wonders | 迪特马申奇闻录

A series of absurd and impossible vignettes, describing a world where roasted birds fly backwards...

The Bird Startled by the Bowstring | 惊弓之鸟

The story recounts how the archer Geng Ying used only the sound of his bowstring to bring down a ...

A Boy with a Mission | 男孩的使命

In 1945, young Reuben undertakes a secret year-long mission to earn five dollars for a special Mo...

The Temple Mice | 社鼠

Yan Zi uses the analogy of mice nesting in a temple's wooden structure—difficult to remove withou...

Logic vs. Arithmetic | 逻辑与算术

A student's clever response to a math problem highlights the difference between pure calculation ...

The Fox and the Geese | 狐狸与鹅群

A fox threatens to eat a flock of geese. The clever geese ask for a final prayer, then all begin ...

Where Is the Other Half? | 另一半去哪儿了?

A proud fish owner discusses his valuable, decade-old koi with a pond staff member, planning for ...

The Fat Fox and Striped Leopard | 丰狐文豹

The fox and leopard live secluded, cautious lives in the wild but are hunted solely for their val...

Practice Makes Perfect | 熟能生巧

A skilled archer becomes complacent after a successful practice, only to be humbled by an old oil...

The Three Green Twigs | 三根绿枝

A pious hermit is punished by God for judging a condemned man. His penance involves carrying a dr...

The Tale of the Sun | 太阳的传说

An ancient tale explains the origin of sunrise. After a fight creates the first light, a sky spir...

The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky | 杞人忧天

This fable tells of a man from Qi who was paralyzed by the irrational fear that the sky would fal...

The Cat and the Mice | 猫和老鼠

A cat moves into a mouse-infested house and preys on them relentlessly. When the mice hide in the...

Presenting a Tall Hat | 戴高帽子

This story illustrates the Chinese idiom "presenting a tall hat," meaning to flatter. An official...

Shooting at the Camp Gate | 辕门射戟

Lü Bu ingeniously uses an archery challenge at a banquet to force a ceasefire between Liu Bei and...

Jiang Gan's Stolen Letter | 蒋干盗书

Jiang Gan, sent by Cao Cao to persuade his old classmate Zhou Yu to surrender, falls for a ruse. ...