Tian Jiu's Audience | 田鸠见秦王
A Mohist scholar, unable to meet the King of Qin after three years, gains an audience only after ...
The Little Box | 小箱子
A mechanic, overconfident in his skills, complicates opening a simple, lid-lifting box by overthi...
His Spear Against His Shield | 自相矛盾
A Chu weapon seller's boast about his impenetrable shield and all-piercing spear leads to a logic...
The Clever Donkey | 自作聪明的驴
A donkey carrying salt falls into a stream and finds his load lighter, mistakenly believing he ha...
Ignorant and Incompetent | 不学无术
The article recounts the story of Huo Guang, a powerful Han Dynasty general who, despite his serv...
Solo Balloon Quest: Fossett's Sixth Attempt | 孤胆追梦：福塞特的第六次热气球环球之旅
In August 2001, American adventurer Steve Fossett embarked on his sixth solo balloon attempt to c...
The Young King's Dream | 少年国王之梦
The Young King dreams of a magnificent pearl obtained at the cost of a diver's life, destined for...
Counting on Luck | 心存侥幸
Despite a brutal law in the state of Chu that sentenced secret gold panners to be torn apart, man...
A Rose from Homer's Grave | 荷马墓上的一朵玫瑰
A rose growing on Homer's grave rejects the love of a nightingale, deeming herself too noble. Aft...
The Boy on the Bus | 公交车上的男孩
A conductor questions a mother and her son about the boy's age, receiving the same answer from bo...
The Man with a History | 有故事的人
In 1867, a prematurely aged young man named George Phipps joins a workplace, remaining a quiet an...
Two Children Argue About the Sun | 小儿辩日
Confucius encounters two children debating whether the sun is closer at sunrise or noon, each usi...
A Perfect Little Angel | 完美的小天使
A father almost scolds his daughter for playing with lipstick, but her "I'm a perfect little ange...
Shi Kuang Tunes the Zither | 师旷调琴
Shi Kuang, a musician, fails to tune a zither with identically sized strings and explains that ha...
The Prince and the Princess | 王子与公主
Gerda meets a crow who tells her that Kay may be with a princess who is seeking a husband through...
The Frog in the Well | 井蛙之乐
A frog living in a well boasts of his perfect life to a sea turtle, only to be humbled by the tur...
The Fox and the Crow | 狐狸与乌鸦
A vain crow loses her cheese to a cunning fox who flatters her into singing. The fable warns agai...
The Bird in the Dunghill | 粪堆里的小鸟
A frozen bird is saved by cow dung's warmth but is then eaten by a wildcat after its singing give...
Whose Horse? | 谁的马？
Washington cleverly exposes a neighbor's theft by asking him to identify which eye of the stolen ...
Beyond Cure | 病入膏肓
This story recounts how Duke Jing of Jin dreamed his illness was untreatable, which was later con...
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