The Golden Burden | 金子的负担
A poor farmer discovers a huge, immovable lump of gold. After initial frustration, he wisely deci...
The Doe and the Lion | 母鹿与狮子
A doe escapes hunters by hiding in a lion's cave, only to be killed by the lion. The fable warns ...
The Lost Love Letter | 迟到的情书
A British-Spanish couple, separated for 16 years, reunited and married after a lost love letter w...
The Three Green Twigs | 三根绿枝
A pious hermit is punished by God for judging a condemned man. His penance involves carrying a dr...
The Milkmaid and Her Pail | 挤奶女工和她的牛奶桶
A milkmaid daydreams about all the wealth and finery she will buy with the proceeds from selling ...
The One Finger Rule | 一指规则
The narrator's son doubts her "one finger rule" will work on his adventurous toddler, Hannah. Dur...
The Cats and The Corn | 猫咪与玉米
Cats on a picnic creatively transform a corn stalk into a tooth, a harmonica for brushing, a fish...
The Keys to Us | 你的钥匙在我这里
A story about a couple's relationship evolving through the symbolic act of holding and losing the...
Keeping One's Word | 信守诺言
This story recounts how Zeng Zi, a disciple of Confucius, chose to honor his wife's casual promis...
The Charger and the Miller | 战马与磨坊主
A warhorse, retired to a mill in old age, laments his lost glory to the Miller, who reminds him t...
An Old Horse Knows the Way | 老马识途
The idiom tells how Duke Huan of Qi's army, lost in a winter snowstorm, found their way home by f...
The Grasshopper and the Ants | 蚂蚱与蚂蚁
A starving grasshopper begs ants for food in winter. When asked why it didn't store provisions in...
The Girl Who Changed My Life | 改变我生活的女孩
A blind woman recounts her journey from a vibrant youth shadowed by societal pity, through the st...
Ying Ning with a Plum Blossom | 婴宁拈梅
A young scholar, Wang Zifu, falls in love at first sight with a mysterious girl holding a plum bl...
The Girl Who Married a Bear | 嫁给熊的女孩
A proud chief's daughter disregards warnings and insults bears while berry-picking. Lured by a be...
Sun Shan, the Last on the List | 名落孙山
This story explains the origin of the Chinese idiom "名落孙山," which describes exam or competition f...
The Fox Mourns the Hare's Death | 兔死狐悲
A fox and a hare form an alliance against hunters. When the hare is killed, the fox mourns, reali...
The Piping Fisherman | 吹笛子的渔夫
A fisherman tries to lure fish by playing his flute, but they only appear after he resorts to usi...
The Valiant Little Tailor | 勇敢的小裁缝
A clever little tailor, after boasting of killing seven flies with one blow, embarks on adventure...
Broken Idols | 破碎的偶像
A monk and a Taoist priest repeatedly move their respective idols to the left, each claiming prec...
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