education
167 篇Ronny's Book | 罗尼的书
A volunteer reading tutor describes Ronny, a neglected first-grader facing immense challenges. De...
36 阅读The Final Test of Confidence | 自信的最终考验
A professor offers his students a 'B' grade if they opt out of the final exam. Most accept, but t...
40 阅读The Dean's Morning Greeting | 系主任的早晨问候
A dean identifies a class as freshmen based on their enthusiastic response to his greeting, then ...
39 阅读The Man Who Choked | 因噎废食
A man who ate ravenously choked to death on a fishbone. In a misguided response, someone banned e...
35 阅读Rising with the Rooster | 闻鸡起舞
The story of Zu Ti and Liu Kun, who disciplined themselves to rise at the rooster's crow to pract...
32 阅读The Truant Fawn | 逃学的小鹿
A wise deer teacher tries to instruct his nephew, but the young fawn prefers playing to learning ...
30 阅读Killing the Pig to Teach the Child | 杀猪教子
Zeng Zi, a disciple of Confucius, kills the family pig to fulfill his wife's casual promise to th...
28 阅读The Crab and His Mother | 螃蟹与他的母亲
A mother crab criticizes her son for walking sideways, but when challenged to demonstrate walking...
31 阅读Sun Shan, the Last on the List | 名落孙山
This story explains the origin of the Chinese idiom "名落孙山," which describes exam or competition f...
29 阅读Burn the Boats | 破釜沉舟
This passage recounts the historical origin of the Chinese idiom "Burn the Boats," describing how...
38 阅读Act Upon Hearing? | 闻斯行诸
Confucius gave opposite advice to two students asking the same question about acting immediately....
29 阅读Children's Numerical Skills | 儿童的数字能力
The article explores the early development of children's numerical abilities, noting their seemin...
27 阅读Keeping One's Word | 信守诺言
This story recounts how Zeng Zi, a disciple of Confucius, chose to honor his wife's casual promis...
32 阅读At the End of One's Tether | 日暮途穷
This article recounts the story of Wu Zixu from the Spring and Autumn Period, which gave rise to ...
41 阅读Mastering the Boat | 操舟若神
Confucius explains that mastery in one skill (swimming/diving) fosters a fearless mindset, allowi...
29 阅读Logic vs. Arithmetic | 逻辑与算术
A student's clever response to a math problem highlights the difference between pure calculation ...
40 阅读Birds of a Feather | 一丘之貉
This article explains the Chinese idiom "一丘之貉" (Birds of a Feather) through a historical anecdote...
39 阅读Three Metaphors for Learning | 人生三喻
King Ping Gong laments it's too late to learn at seventy. His minister Shi Kuang uses three metap...
31 阅读The Horse and the Goat | 鞭马与鞭羊
Mozi uses the analogy of whipping a swift horse versus a goat to explain to his disciple that he ...
34 阅读The Wheelwright's Insight | 轮扁斫轮
A wheelwright argues to Duke Huan that the true essence of skill and wisdom, like his own craft, ...
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