The Ploughman, the Ass and the Ox | 农夫、驴和公牛
A farmer yokes an ox and an ass together to plough. After a hard day's work, the ass questions wh...
The Cats and The Corn | 猫咪与玉米
Cats on a picnic creatively transform a corn stalk into a tooth, a harmonica for brushing, a fish...
Yang Bu and the Dog | 杨布打狗
Yang Bu's dog fails to recognize him after he changes clothes, leading to a confrontation. His br...
The Wilful Child | 任性的孩子
A willful child, punished by God with an incurable illness, dies but her arm persistently rises f...
The Dragon's Descent | 龙的降临
A fallen dragon, stranded in a remote village, struggles to return to the heavens with only a sha...
The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来者居上
This story recounts how the idiom 'the latecomers surpass the old-timers' originated from Ji An's...
Punishing the Horse | 罚马
A Song traveler repeatedly punishes his reluctant horse by driving it into a stream, illustrating...
The Fowler and the Adder | 捕鸟人与蝰蛇
A fowler intending to kill a bird is fatally bitten by a snake he steps on. With his dying breath...
Lucy's Letter | 露西的信
The narrator's family befriends their elderly neighbor, Lucy, after her husband's death. Lucy bec...
The Driftwood Queen | 浮木女王
A woman recounts her childhood friendship with a reclusive beachcomber known as the "Driftwood Qu...
Kua Fu Chases the Sun | 夸父追日
This ancient Chinese myth tells of the giant Kua Fu's relentless pursuit of the sun, his immense ...
The Peasant's Sunbath | 田父献曝
A destitute peasant, discovering the simple pleasure of sunbathing, believes it to be a valuable ...
The Pheasant and the Phoenix | 山鸡与凤凰
A man in Chu sells a pheasant as a phoenix. The buyer, wishing to present it to the king, regrets...
The Dog and His Shadow | 狗和他的影子
A greedy dog, carrying stolen meat, mistakes his own reflection in the water for another dog with...
Throwing a Baby into the River | 抱婴投江
A passerby questions a man who is about to throw a child into a river, believing the child will b...
The Frog and the Ox | 青蛙与牛
A young frog escapes an ox's foot and describes its immense size to its mother. The mother frog, ...
The Wolf and His Shadow | 狼与它的影子
A wolf mistakes its elongated shadow at sunset for true size, becomes arrogant, and is consequent...
The Lost Axe | 丢失斧头的人
A man's misplaced suspicion makes his neighbor's son appear guilty; finding the lost item restore...
Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly | 庄周梦蝶
Zhuang Zhou dreams he is a free-flying butterfly, then awakens confused about the boundary betwee...
Eve's Diary | 夏娃日记
In her first diary entry, a newly created Eve reflects on her existence as an 'experiment' in the...
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