The Fierce Dog and the Sour Wine | 狗猛酒酸
A Song wine merchant with good wine and fair prices had no customers because his fierce dog scare...
The Ducks of Heaven | 天堂的鸭子
Three women in heaven are punished for stepping on ducks by being eternally chained to an ugly ma...
The Dry Patch | 干涸的印记
Ross shares a mysterious observation: a perfectly dry patch in Bill's rain-soaked yard. The narra...
The Yidai Bird | 意怠免患
The legend of the Yidai bird illustrates how seemingly weak creatures survive through strict unit...
Wanda's Final Test | 仙女教母的最终考验
A witch's final exam to become a fairy godmother takes an unexpected turn when the frog she trans...
The Roc | 巨鸟
The fable contrasts the roc, a mythical bird of immense size and ambition that soars vast distanc...
A Life in Two Worlds | 我的世界我的梦
This excerpt from Yao Ming's autobiography details his early journey from China to the NBA, highl...
The Unyielding President Lincoln | 永不退缩的林肯总统
The article chronicles Abraham Lincoln's numerous political and personal failures prior to his pr...
The Interview | 律所面试
Two equally qualified candidates, Robert and Paul, are interviewed for a prestigious law firm. Th...
A Pedant's Prudence | 迁腐的谨慎
A pedantic scholar, bound by rigid etiquette, delays warning a father about his child playing dan...
The Wolf and the Goat | 狼与山羊
A wolf tries to lure a goat down from a safe rock by describing a false paradise below. The cleve...
The Spaghetti Postcard | 意大利面条明信片
A doctor arranges for his pregnant mistress to have their baby in Italy, asking her to send a pos...
The Ear of Corn | 麦穗的故事
A tale explaining why corn ears are sparse today. When humans took divine abundance for granted a...
A Great Friendship | 伟大的友谊
This article recounts the profound 50-year friendship between American Founding Fathers Thomas Je...
Practice Makes Perfect | 熟能生巧
A skilled archer in the Northern Song Dynasty is humbled when an old oil peddler demonstrates tha...
King Goodness the Great | 善良伟大的国王
King Goodness the Great of Benares rules with unwavering compassion, refusing to harm even wrongd...
The Statesman as Commodity | 作为商品的政客
A statesman is humorously defended at a commerce meeting by being labeled a "commodity" himself. ...
The Confucian Poise | 儒学风度
Two anecdotes from the Song and Ming periods satirize the rigid and performative nature of Confuc...
The Stranger Within | 内心的陌生人
A teenager chooses to help an ostracized elderly woman on a hot day, despite social pressure and ...
Who Killed My Donkey | 谁杀了我的驴
Yin Anyan is wrongly accused by underworld demons of killing his donkey. To avoid being taken, he...
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