The Jackdaw and The Pigeons | 寒鸦与鸽子

A jackdaw disguises himself as a pigeon to get better food but is exposed and rejected by both gr...

My College Journey | 我的大学时光

A sophomore reflects on her first year of university, from the initial loneliness and culture sho...

The Enduring Spirit of Cong Fei | 丛飞精神永存

Popular singer and philanthropist Cong Fei passed away at 37 but continued his legacy by donating...

The Hunchback Cicada Catcher | 佝偻捕蝉

Confucius encounters a hunchbacked man who demonstrates extraordinary skill at catching cicadas. ...

The Star-Child 4 | 星孩 4

The Star-Child cruelly rejects his beggar mother, only to be transformed into a hideous creature ...

Hearing Love | 听见爱的声音

The author recounts breaking a lifelong silence by telling his father "I love you," leading to a ...

The Father and His Daughters | 父亲与女儿们

A father visits his two daughters, married to a gardener and a potter. Each daughter wishes for o...

The Bat and the Weasel | 蝙蝠与黄鼠狼

A bat escapes death twice by cleverly changing its identity to suit the prejudices of two differe...

The Brick | 当头一砖

A furious executive confronts a boy who threw a brick at his car, only to learn the act was a des...

The Three Lazy Ones | 三个懒汉

A king decides his successor will be the laziest of his three sons. Each son tries to outdo the o...

The Big Catch | 钓大鱼

A nobleman uses fifty oxen as bait to fish in the East Sea. After a year of patience, he catches ...

Cruel Love | 残酷的爱

A desperate male eagle searches for food in a harsh winter to save his starving family. Meanwhile...

Aping a Beauty | 东施效颦

An unattractive girl blindly imitates the frowning pose of the beautiful Xi Shi, unaware of the c...

The Quarrel of the Charms | 符艾相争

A peachwood charm and a mugwort figure, both hung on a door, argue bitterly over their positions....

Newton's Scientific Legacy | 牛顿的科学遗产

This article details Isaac Newton's pivotal scientific contributions after 1669, including his de...

The Hungry Wolf | 饥饿的狼

A hungry wolf finds and eats a woodcutter's lunch hidden in a tree hole, but becomes stuck due to...

The Phoenix | 不死鸟

The legend of the lonely phoenix, a beautiful bird living in solitude for centuries before being ...

The Secret of Success | 成功的秘诀

A young man repeatedly asks Einstein for the secret of success. Annoyed, Einstein writes a formul...

The Three Craftsmen | 三位工匠

A story about three craftsmen, each insisting their own familiar material is best for city defens...

The Mule That Heeded Prayer | 听从祷告的骡子

A farmer buys a mule that obeys only the commands "Praise the Lord" to go and "Hallelujah" to sto...