The Star-Child | 星孩
A poor woodcutter finds an abandoned infant wrapped in a golden cloak in the forest and insists o...
The Goat and the Vine | 山羊与葡萄藤
A vine warns a grazing goat that its destructive actions will be met with poetic justice during t...
Fire Goddess with Two Ds | 火山女神，双D拼写
A woman's life transforms after a dramatic midlife crisis. Forgetting her childhood dream of bein...
The Three Black Princesses | 三位黑公主
A fisherman's son, after his father becomes burgomaster under strange circumstances, discovers an...
The Dream of Little Tuk | 小杜克的梦
A poor boy named Tuk must learn his geography lesson about the towns of Zealand while caring for ...
Presenting a Tall Hat | 戴高帽子
This story illustrates the Chinese idiom "presenting a tall hat," meaning to flatter. An official...
The Dry Patch and the Dog | 干涸的雨迹与忠犬
The narrator recalls a puzzling incident where his friend Ross insisted he saw a dry patch remain...
The One Finger Rule | 一指规则
The narrator's son doubts her "one finger rule" will work on his adventurous toddler, Hannah. Dur...
Killing the Pig to Teach the Child | 杀猪教子
Zeng Zi, a disciple of Confucius, kills the family pig to fulfill his wife's casual promise to th...
How the Sun Was Rescued | 太阳获救记
A myth about animals rescuing the stolen Sun. After the wise raven and skeptical owl debate the b...
Bristling with Anger | 怒发冲冠
This passage recounts the historical story behind the Chinese idiom "Bristling with Anger," where...
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...
Why Women Cry | 女人为何哭泣
A man seeks to understand why women cry, from his mother to God. God explains that He created wom...
Buying the Casket and Returning the Pearl | 买椟还珠
A Chu merchant's overly elaborate pearl casket so captivated a Zheng buyer that he purchased only...
Koobor the Koala and Water | 考拉库伯与水
Koobor the orphaned koala-boy, mistreated and denied water by his relatives, transforms into the ...
The Eagle and the Arrow | 鹰与箭
An eagle is mortally wounded by an archer's arrow, only to discover with its dying breath that th...
No Shame to Be Poor | 贫穷并不可耻
A student's excessive demands on his celebrity benefactor, actress Sun Li, ignited a public debat...
The Art of Man-Crying | 男人的哭泣艺术
The article explores the culturally constructed concept of masculine crying—a restrained, "non-cr...
How Many Lawyers? | 需要多少位律师？
A classic joke that humorously critiques the legal profession by subverting a common riddle forma...
The Three Fishermen <3> | 三位渔夫 <3>
The story depicts the dramatic arrival of an aged, revered fisherman in a truck. His inspection o...
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