chinese-literature
53 篇Dingbo Sells a Ghost | 定伯卖鬼
A man named Song Dingbo outwits a ghost he meets at night by pretending to be one, cleverly answe...
36 阅读The Skull's Dream | 髑髅之梦
Zhuangzi dreams of a skull that extols the freedom and eternal peace of death, rejecting any noti...
31 阅读The Yan Man's Return | 燕人归国
A man returning to his homeland after a lifetime abroad is tricked into mourning false sights, le...
31 阅读The Yue Man's Trap | 越人诱鼠
A Yue man cleverly lured troublesome mice to their doom by first baiting them with grain in an op...
33 阅读The Rooster Plucks Its Tail | 公鸡断尾
Bin Meng uses the allegory of a rooster plucking its beautiful tail feathers to avoid being sacri...
31 阅读Zhang Fei's Apology | 张飞赔罪
Zhang Fei promises to reform and guard Xuzhou but breaks his vow by getting drunk and punishing a...
32 阅读The Peasant's Sunbath | 田父献曝
A destitute peasant, discovering the simple pleasure of sunbathing, believes it to be a valuable ...
30 阅读Cutting Flesh to Eat | 割肉相啖
Two men who constantly boasted of their bravery took their contest to a deadly extreme, choosing ...
29 阅读The Crumbling Wall | 坍塌的墙
A rich man ignores identical warnings from his son and an old neighbor about his crumbling wall, ...
30 阅读A Father's Equanimity | 子死不忧
A Wei state man, Dong Menwu, remains calm after his son's death, explaining to his puzzled servan...
39 阅读The Unguent of Song | 不皲之药
Hui Zi destroys a giant gourd he finds useless. Zhuang Zi responds with a parable about a family ...
29 阅读Uproar in the Loyalty Hall | 大闹忠义堂
Li Kui, enraged by a false accusation against Song Jiang, storms the Loyalty Hall and destroys it...
30 阅读Drunken Tao | 醉陶
A tale from *Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio* about Ma Zicai, a chrysanthemum enthusiast, who b...
30 阅读The Farmer's Gain | 农夫得利
The world's fastest hunting dog and swiftest hare chase each other to exhaustion and death, only ...
37 阅读Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly | 庄周梦蝶
Zhuang Zhou dreams he is a free-flying butterfly, then awakens confused about the boundary betwee...
35 阅读Zhuangzi Fishing | 庄子钓鱼
Zhuangzi declines an offer to become Prime Minister by using the allegory of a sacred tortoise, s...
33 阅读The Seal in the River | 河中之豹
A subordinate's prophetic dream about a pleading old man coincides with the capture of a seal. De...
32 阅读Tian Jiu's Audience | 田鸠见秦王
A Mohist scholar, unable to meet the King of Qin after three years, gains an audience only after ...
31 阅读The Unused Gourd | 不材之药
Hui Zi destroys a giant gourd he finds useless. Zhuang Zi, through a parable about a chilblain sa...
26 阅读Cao Cao Spared at Huarong | 义放曹操
After his defeat at Red Cliffs, a retreating Cao Cao is ambushed by Guan Yu at Huarong Road. Remi...
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