Shooting at the Camp Gate | 辕门射戟
Lü Bu ingeniously uses an archery challenge at a banquet to force a ceasefire between Liu Bei and...
Five Unreliable Dependencies | 五不足恃
Marquis Wen of Wei asks if he can rely on virtuous family and ministers to govern well. Gu Juanzi...
The Fat Fox and Striped Leopard | 丰狐文豹
The fox and leopard live secluded, cautious lives in the wild but are hunted solely for their val...
Grinding a Brick into a Mirror | 磨砖成镜
A Chan master uses the metaphor of grinding a brick to make a mirror to teach his disciple that e...
Could You Give Up a Favorite? | 你会放弃一个最爱吗？
The narrator observes children's fondness for both live fish and fish and chips at a garden cente...
The Dagger Unrolled | 图穷匕见
This passage recounts the historical tale of Jing Ke's failed assassination attempt on the King o...
The Rose | 玫瑰
A poor girl meets a mysterious child in the forest who helps her and gives her a rose, promising ...
The Seeker and the Swindler | 季子拜师
A tale of blind faith and deception. Ji Zi, a seeker of Taoism, is easily fooled by a swindler wh...
The Stone in the Road | 路中之石
A rich man tests his townspeople by placing a stone in the road. Only a thoughtful young man remo...
Old John and Pepper | 老约翰与佩佩
A hospice nurse recounts the poignant, simultaneous passing of an elderly patient and his elderly...
The Goldfish Spirit | 鱼精作怪
Monkey King and his companions encounter a river spirit demanding child sacrifices. After a faile...
The Ass, the Fox and the Lion | 驴、狐狸和狮子
An ass and a fox ally to find food but encounter a lion. The fox betrays the ass to save himself,...
Weighing the Elephant | 曹冲称象
A young prince cleverly solves the Emperor's challenge of weighing a giant elephant by using the ...
Yunus and the Well of Sweetness | 尤努斯与甘甜之井
Yunus undertakes a perilous quest to fetch magical water from the Well of Sweetness to cure his i...
Butterfly Insights | 蝴蝶的启示
The author observes a moth-butterfly trapped in a garage, fixated on escaping through a closed wi...
The Lord's Animals and the Devil's | 上帝的动物与魔鬼的动物
A tale explaining the origin of goats' physical traits. The Devil creates troublesome goats, lead...
The Boasting Traveller | 吹牛的旅行者
A traveler boasts of an unbeatable jump in Rhodes but is challenged to prove it on the spot, illu...
Beyond Cure | 病入膏肓
This story recounts how Duke Jing of Jin dreamed his illness was untreatable, which was later con...
The Foreman's Position | 陪审团主席之争
A judge hastily impanels twelve lawyers as a jury for a clear-cut drunk-driving case. The trial e...
The Little Robber-Girl | 小强盗女孩
Gerda is captured by robbers but spared by their wild daughter, who takes a liking to her. The li...
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