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1152 篇Buying the Casket and Returning the Pearl | 买椟还珠
A Chu merchant's overly elaborate pearl casket so captivated a Zheng buyer that he purchased only...
31 阅读The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller | 烧炭工与漂洗工
A charcoal-burner invites a fuller to share his house to save costs and foster friendship, but th...
31 阅读The Man and His Goose | 人与鹅
A man, greedy for the source of his goose's golden eggs, kills it only to find nothing special in...
32 阅读The Greedy Man | 贪得无厌
A man meets a celestial friend who grants him gold, but his greed leads him to desire the magic f...
32 阅读The Crow and the Pitcher | 乌鸦喝水
A thirsty crow uses pebbles to raise the water level in a pitcher, enabling it to drink and survi...
28 阅读The Crow and the Swan | 乌鸦与天鹅
A crow mistakenly believes a swan's whiteness comes from the water and abandons his food source t...
31 阅读The Tiger and the Fox | 老虎与狐狸
A boastful Tiger, claiming to protect other animals from a hunter, is shot by an arrow while post...
29 阅读The Unhappy Fish | 不快乐的鱼
A big fish in a small pond dreams of a grander river life but finds loneliness and discomfort the...
31 阅读Going South by Driving North | 南辕北辙
Ji Liang recounts a story to the King of Wei about a man stubbornly driving north to reach the so...
32 阅读Just Lost Two Dollars | 只输了两美元
A man loses all his money at a casino in four days, then miraculously turns his last two dollars ...
35 阅读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 ...
28 阅读The Trees and the Ax | 树与斧头
A man tricks the trees into giving him wood to make an ax handle, then uses the ax to destroy the...
32 阅读The Lazy Horse | 懒马
A lazy horse gloats as its load is shifted to a hardworking companion, only for the owner to deci...
26 阅读The Parrot and the Cat | 鹦鹉与猫
A newly bought parrot freely makes loud noises in the house, much to the annoyance of the residen...
30 阅读The Travellers and the Bear | 旅人与熊
Two travellers promise mutual aid, but when a bear attacks, one abandons the other to save himsel...
31 阅读The Wily Lion | 狡猾的狮子
A hungry lion, afraid of a bull's horns, uses flattery to trick the bull into removing its only d...
36 阅读The Dog and the Wolf | 狗与狼
A starving wolf is offered a secure life by a well-fed house dog, but upon learning the dog must ...
27 阅读The Blacksmith and the Dog | 铁匠与狗
A blacksmith criticizes his dog for sleeping during work but waking eagerly for meals, illustrati...
35 阅读Adding Feet to a Snake | 画蛇添足
A story from the Warring States Period where a servant, after quickly drawing a snake, unnecessar...
36 阅读The Dog's House | 狗的房子
A dog decides to build a house in winter but abandons the plan in summer when he feels too large ...
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