fable
511 篇The Carabao and the Shell | 水牛与贝壳
A proud carabao challenges a shell to a race. Tricked by many identical shells answering his call...
31 阅读The Luminous Pearl | 夜光之珠
A fisherman's acquisition of a rare luminous pearl promises sudden wealth, but his wise father wa...
31 阅读The Lost Hatchet | 疑人偷斧
A villager, convinced his neighbor's son stole his hatchet, interprets all the boy's actions as g...
29 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...
34 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The Cock and the Hen | 公鸡与母鸡
A hen complains to a rooster about his repeated, unfulfilled promises to get her shoes, despite h...
37 阅读The Man Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by irrational fears that the sky would fall and the earth would sink. ...
35 阅读The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by an irrational fear that the sky would fall and the earth would sink...
37 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The Man from Zheng Buying Shoes | 郑人买履
A man from Zheng meticulously measured his foot for shoes but forgot the measurement at home. Ret...
29 阅读The Mud Man and the Wooden Puppet | 泥人与木偶
A story warns Meng Chang Jun about the risks of leaving his homeland through a parable of a mud m...
28 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The Man with the Coconuts | 驮椰子的人
A man ignores a boy's paradoxical advice to go slowly with a heavy load of coconuts. By rushing, ...
28 阅读Huang Gong's Excessive Modesty | 黄公好谦卑
A story about Huang Gong, whose excessive modesty led him to falsely claim his beautiful daughter...
38 阅读Spare the Ox, Use the Sheep | 以羊易牛
King Hui of Liang, moved by pity for an ox destined for ritual sacrifice, orders its release, onl...
27 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Yang Bu and the Dog | 杨布打狗
Yang Bu's dog fails to recognize him after he changes clothes, leading to a confrontation. His br...
38 阅读The Deer Hunt | 即鹿无虞
The fable contrasts two hunting approaches: success comes from planning with a guide's knowledge,...
27 阅读The Monkey and the Crocodile | 猴子与鳄鱼
A clever monkey outwits a crocodile who tries to trick him for his heart, by claiming he left it ...
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