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1290 篇Wit Wins Breakfast | 机智赢得早餐
A poor man, Pat, risks trespassing to hunt for food in a lord's woods. When caught, he cleverly m...
61 阅读The Man and the Satyr | 人与萨堤尔
A man warms his hands and cools his food by blowing with his mouth, leading a Satyr to renounce t...
77 阅读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...
64 阅读Two Pots | 两只罐子
A brass pot and a fragile earthen pot float down a river. The earthen pot keeps its distance, fea...
79 阅读Uncle Sam and the Farmer | 山姆大叔与农夫
Uncle Sam looks down on farmers as foolish. When a farmer asks for directions, Sam gives a rude a...
74 阅读The Cat and the Cock | 猫与公鸡
A cat, having caught a cock, seeks an excuse to eat him and accuses him of disturbing sleep. The ...
95 阅读The Fir-Tree and the Bramble | 冷杉与荆棘
A proud fir-tree boasts of its usefulness to a humble bramble, only to be reminded that its value...
80 阅读The Lioness and the Vixen | 母狮与雌狐
A lioness and a vixen compare their offspring. The vixen boasts of her many cubs, while the lione...
92 阅读The Traveller and His Dog | 旅人与他的狗
A traveller urges his seemingly lazy dog to hurry up for their journey, only to learn that the do...
65 阅读The Joy of Fish | 鱼之乐
Zhuangzi and Huizi debate whether one can truly know the inner state (joy) of another being, usin...
75 阅读The Fox and the Monkey | 狐狸与猴子
A fox and a monkey argue about their lineage. The monkey claims the monuments in a cemetery honor...
75 阅读Laozi's Inquiry | 老子问疾
Laozi visits the sage Shang Rong, who imparts wisdom through symbolic actions and a final metapho...
65 阅读The Crab and His Son | 螃蟹与他的儿子
A logical crab criticizes his son's sideways walk, but when the son points out the father's own i...
70 阅读The Man and the Satyr | 人与萨堤尔
A man's contradictory actions of blowing on his hands to warm them and on his food to cool it lea...
94 阅读The Judge and the Plaintiff | 法官与原告
A judge hints at a pending ruling to a plaintiff, who offers a bribe. The judge then claims the c...
85 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...
66 阅读The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat | 海豚、鲸鱼与西鲱
A Sprat offers to mediate a fierce war between Dolphins and Whales, but is flatly rejected, as th...
78 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...
82 阅读Act Upon Hearing? | 闻斯行诸
Confucius gave opposite advice to two students asking the same question about acting immediately....
75 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...
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