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...