The Imperial Consort's Homecoming | 元妃省亲
This passage from *A Dream of Red Mansions* describes Imperial Consort Yuanchun's rare, state-san...
The Ostrich in Love | 鸵鸟的恋曲
A shy ostrich spends a week secretly admiring a young lady, expressing his love through gifts, so...
Callisto | 卡利斯托
The myth of Callisto, a nymph transformed into a bear by the jealous Hera, and her eventual reuni...
Walter Macken: Life and Works | 瓦尔特·马可肯：生平与作品
Walter Macken (1915-1967) was a prolific Irish writer and actor from Galway. His career spanned n...
The Monkey and the Fly | 猴子与苍蝇
A monkey tries to protect his sleeping master from a persistent fly but ends up causing more harm...
Dads a Lawyer | 爸爸是律师
Two boys meet in line and discuss their fathers' professions. When one proudly states his father ...
The Haunting | 沉溺之爱
A couple buys cheap land with a dark past. Research reveals a tragic 1942 love story between two ...
The Hunchback Cicada Catcher | 佝偻捕蝉
Confucius encounters a hunchbacked man who demonstrates extraordinary skill at catching cicadas. ...
A Test of Priorities | 优先级的考验
During a bar exam, only two candidates stopped to perform CPR on a fellow test-taker having a hea...
The Parrot's Cry | 呼唤自由的鹦鹉
A freedom fighter liberates a parrot that constantly cries for freedom, only to find it voluntari...
Broken Idols | 破碎的偶像
A monk and a Taoist priest repeatedly move their respective idols to the left, each claiming prec...
Master Dongguo and the Wolf | 东郭先生和狼
A pedantic scholar saves a hunted wolf out of misguided compassion, only for the wolf to turn on ...
Foundling-Bird | 鸟弃儿
A forester rescues a child carried off by a bird and raises him with his daughter. When the famil...
The Frog and the Tiger | 青蛙与老虎
A proud tiger is challenged by a clever frog to a jumping contest. The frog uses trickery to make...
The Crab and His Mother | 螃蟹与他的母亲
A mother crab criticizes her son for walking sideways, but when challenged to demonstrate walking...
Chang'e's Flight to the Moon | 嫦娥奔月
The myth recounts how Chang'e, after secretly consuming an elixir of immortality, became weightle...
The Poor Man and the Rich Man | 穷人与富人
A disguised Lord is refused shelter by a rich man but warmly welcomed by a poor couple. He reward...
The Star-Child | 星孩
Two poor woodcutters endure a bitterly cold night in the forest. After lamenting their poverty, t...
Lincoln's Integrity | 正直的林肯
The article highlights Abraham Lincoln's unwavering integrity as a lawyer through two anecdotes: ...
The Ultimate Archery | 不射之射
A master archer, Lie Yukou, is challenged by Bohun Maoren to demonstrate his skill not on a safe ...
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