chinese-culture
158 篇Third Sister's Sacrifice | 尤三姐自刎
A tragic tale from *A Dream of Red Mansions* where the virtuous Third Sister You, wrongfully susp...
28 阅读Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao | 围魏救赵
To rescue the besieged state of Zhao, the Qi general Sun Bin avoided direct battle and instead at...
41 阅读The King's Fancy for Slender Waists | 楚王好细腰
King Ling of Chu's preference for slender-waisted officials led his court to extreme dieting, res...
28 阅读Hanging an Ox Head, Selling Horse Meat | 悬牛卖马
King Ling Gong of Qi's contradictory actions—allowing his harem to wear men's clothes while forbi...
34 阅读The Seventh Fairy | 七仙女
The tale of Dong Yong, a filial son who sold himself to bury his father. A heavenly weaver, sent ...
32 阅读The Way of Archery | 射箭之道
A master uses a story about a king overwhelmed by too many targets and an archer's focus on a sin...
33 阅读Three Men Make a Tiger | 三人成虎
Minister Pang Gong warns the King of Wei about the danger of rumors through the allegory of a mar...
33 阅读Keeping the Casket and Returning the Pearl | 买椟还珠
A Chu merchant's overly ornate casket for a pearl captivated a Zheng buyer, who purchased the box...
34 阅读Meng Jiangnu's Lament | 孟姜女哭长城
A Qin Dynasty legend tells of Meng Jiangnu, whose husband died building the Great Wall. Her profo...
29 阅读Winning Over Jiang Wei | 计收姜维
Zhuge Liang ingeniously exploits Jiang Wei's filial piety and orchestrates a series of deceptions...
32 阅读The Boundless Journey | 鹏程万里
This passage recounts the legend of the Kun fish transforming into the Peng bird from *Zhuangzi*,...
32 阅读The Tiger and the Cat | 老虎与猫
A Chinese folktale where a cat patiently teaches a tiger all its skills, only for the tiger to tu...
34 阅读The Frog in the Shallow Well | 坎井之蛙
A frog from a shallow well boasts of its life to a sea turtle, only to be humbled by the turtle's...
35 阅读The Quarrel of the Charms | 符艾相争
A peachwood charm and a mugwort figure, both hung on a door, argue bitterly over their positions....
33 阅读The Yi Dai Bird | 意怠鸟
The Yi Dai bird survives through extreme caution, hiding in the flock and avoiding confrontation,...
36 阅读The Ants and the Colossal Turtle | 群蚁观鳌
A swarm of ants journeys to see a legendary turtle carrying a mountain, but after a long wait and...
30 阅读The Quail Mocks the Roc | 鹦雀笑鹏
A tiny quail, content with its short hops among the weeds, mocks the mighty roc's epic journey ac...
29 阅读A Collection of Guo Degang's Hilarious Crosstalk Quotes | 郭德纲相声搞笑语录集锦
A curated collection of 30 iconic and humorous quotes from Guo Degang's crosstalk performances, s...
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