Three Heroes Battle Lv Bu | 三英战吕布
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the coalition against Dong Zhuo faced his champion Lv Bu at Hulao...
The Gift | 礼物
A patient forms a profound, transitory bond with another patient's father during a long hospital ...
I Wish I Could Give Him This Beautiful Moon | 我愿赠他这轮明月
A Zen master, finding nothing to steal in his hut, offers his clothes to a bewildered thief. Sitt...
The Juniper-Tree | 杜松树
A pious woman's wish for a child is granted under a juniper tree, but she dies in childbirth. Her...
Hans Married | 汉斯娶亲
A young peasant's clever uncle uses wordplay about "patches" (meaning both clothing repairs and s...
Secrets, Lies and Love | 秘密、谎言与爱
A journalist uncovers her father's hidden past as a WWII spy after finding a Nazi cap among his b...
The Seat of Honor | 谁坐上座
A man ignores his neighbor's warning about a fire hazard. After a fire breaks out, he rewards tho...
The Red Shirt in Heaven | 天堂里的红衣服
A healthcare worker recounts the story of Tyler, a young boy born with HIV, whose indomitable spi...
The Hazel Branch | 榛树枝
The Virgin Mary, while picking strawberries for the sleeping Christ-child, is threatened by an ad...
The Jew Among Thorns | 荆棘丛中的犹太人
A diligent servant is cheated of his wages by a miserly master. After receiving magical gifts fro...
The Cobbler Turned Doctor | 鞋匠行医
A desperate cobbler poses as a doctor, selling a fake universal antidote. When he falls ill, the ...
The Bubble Necklace | 公主的水泡项链
A spoiled princess demands a necklace made of rain bubbles, falling ill when her impossible wish ...
The Flying Turtle | 飞翔的乌龟
A turtle, bored of his aquatic life, envies flying creatures and convinces an eagle to carry him ...
The Temple Mice | 社鼠
Yan Zi uses the analogy of mice nesting in a temple's wooden structure—difficult to remove withou...
Wangari Maathai Wins Nobel Peace Prize | 肯尼亚环保主义者旺加里·马塔伊获诺贝尔和平奖
Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai made history by becoming the first African woman to win t...
The Impostor | 伪信者
A man vows to sacrifice a hundred oxen for health but deceives the gods with a token offering. Th...
The Hardest Work | 最难做的事
The narrator recounts her profound grief and struggle with helplessness after her fiancé's sudden...
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...
Grinding a Brick into a Mirror | 磨砖成镜
A Chan master uses the metaphor of grinding a brick to make a mirror to teach his disciple that e...
The Father and His Sons | 父亲与争吵的儿子们
A father uses a bundle of sticks to teach his quarreling sons a lesson: united, they are strong a...
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