Lucky Lou | 幸运的路

A man named Lucky Lou obsessively collects and follows every imaginable superstition for good luc...

The Dog in the Manger | 马槽里的狗

A dog sleeping in an ox's manger prevents the ox from eating the straw, illustrating selfishness....

The Baby Eagle | 雏鹰

A baby eagle, dependent on his mother in a cozy nest, is forced out when she stops feeding him. P...

The Hare's Bride | 野兔的新娘

A girl is taken by a persistent hare to be his bride but escapes by using a straw doll as a decoy...

The Glass Coffin | 玻璃棺

A poor but clever tailor's apprentice gets lost in a forest, witnesses a magical stag defeat a bu...

Open the Net on Three Sides | 网开一面

The story recounts how Tang, founder of the Shang Dynasty, demonstrated mercy by cutting a bird n...

Time Out | 暂停时刻

A young consultant, nervous about meeting a major advertising firm's president, responds to the e...

Isaac Newton and the Path to Universal Laws | 艾萨克·牛顿与通往宇宙定律之路

This article traces Isaac Newton's foundational work on motion and gravity. It contextualizes his...

By the Almshouse Window | 济贫院窗前

An old maid gazes from an almshouse window at children playing on Copenhagen's historic rampart. ...

The Dog and the Wolf | 狗与狼

A clever dog escapes being eaten by a wolf by promising to get fattened up for a future feast, bu...

Gossip | 闲话

This article uses the metaphor of "bags of gossip" to illustrate the different ways people handle...

The Rich Man and the Tanner | 富人与鞣皮匠

A rich man, disturbed by the smell from his tanner neighbor's yard, repeatedly demanded he move. ...

The Monster and the Hunter | 怪物与猎人

A brave hunter confronts and kills a fearsome, one-eyed monster by discovering its only weakness....

A Mother's Love | 母爱

A farmer cleverly leads a stubborn cow to slaughter by using her calf, demonstrating the powerful...

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Part Two) | 阿里巴巴与四十大盗(下)

The robbers discover Ali Baba knows their secret and attempt to find and kill him. Twice, Morgian...

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...

Retreating Thirty Miles | 退避三舍

This story recounts how Chong Er (Duke Wen of Jin), during his exile, promised the King of Chu to...

The Big Oven | 大火炉

A man wastes all his resources trying to heat a faulty oven, ignoring sensible advice to fix it, ...

Benjamin Franklin and His Modern Impersonator | 本杰明·富兰克林与现代扮演者

This article explores the multifaceted legacy of Benjamin Franklin—inventor, statesman, and wit—a...

The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天

A man from Qi was consumed by an irrational fear that the sky would fall and the earth would sink...