Knotting the Grass | 老人结草
A minister's son disobeys his father's deathbed wish to bury a concubine alive, choosing instead ...
The Lazy Spinner | 懒惰的纺纱女
A lazy woman devises clever tricks to avoid spinning and winding yarn, first by frightening her h...
The Rabbit's Money Crop | 兔子种钱
A clever but dishonest rabbit tricks the chief into giving him money to plant, then repeatedly li...
The Parable of the Pencil | 铅笔的寓言
A pencil maker shares five life lessons with a pencil before sending it into the world, which are...
A Prodigy's Early Journey | 天才的早年岁月
The author recounts his challenging early years as a piano prodigy, from rigorous practice in She...
English is Confusing | 令人困惑的英语
A teacher patiently explains the confusing concept of present participles to her summer school cl...
The Shroud | 寿衣
A grieving mother's incessant tears prevent her deceased child's shroud from drying, disturbing h...
The Ungrateful Son | 忘恩负义的儿子
A son hides food from his elderly father and is cursed when the meal turns into a toad that attac...
Blue Beard | 蓝胡子
A wealthy man with a blue beard marries a young woman named Fatima, forbidding her from entering ...
The Medicine Swindler | 骗子卖药
A famous doctor prescribed poris cocos for Liu Zongyuan's swollen spleen, but a swindling apothec...
The Clever Rabbit | 聪明的兔子
A wolf and a fox plot to catch a clever rabbit by pretending the fox is dead. The rabbit, suspici...
Where Does Rice Come From? | 大米从何而来？
A rich man's overconfidence in his sons' intelligence is challenged when they give absurd answers...
Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow | 乐极生悲
The story of Chunyu Kun, a minister of Qi, who used a clever analogy about drinking to warn the k...
The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller | 烧炭人与漂布人
A charcoal-burner invites a fuller to live together to save costs, but the fuller refuses, knowin...
The Three Sluggards | 三个懒汉
A dying king promises his kingdom to the laziest of his three sons. Each son boasts of his extrem...
A Lady Named Lill | 莉莉的故事
A shy, undereducated girl, pressured by her stern father, musters the courage to apply for her fi...
The Steadfast Tin Soldier | 坚定的锡兵
A one-legged tin soldier falls in love with a paper ballerina. After a series of perilous adventu...
Fitcher's Bird | 菲切尔的鸟
A cunning wizard captures sisters, but the youngest outsmarts him by resurrecting the others, orc...
The Three Cats | 三只猫
Three bored cats meet at the park, get covered in paint during an adventure, and cleverly wash it...
Two Fathers | 我的两位父亲
A story of two sisters navigating love and loyalty between their biological father and their devo...
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