historical-anecdote
27 篇A Greek to Remember | 一位值得铭记的希腊人
The article recounts the life and philosophy of Diogenes, the founder of Cynicism, who rejected m...
32 阅读The Wasp and the Thief | 黄蜂与窃贼
A young George Washington cleverly uncovers a thief among villagers by claiming a divine wasp wou...
30 阅读Whose Horse? | 谁的马？
Washington cleverly exposes a neighbor's theft by asking him to identify which eye of the stolen ...
31 阅读Saving the Birds | 拯救雏鸟
A young Abraham Lincoln, traveling with fellow lawyers, stops to rescue fallen robin chicks while...
42 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...
33 阅读The Eight Decalitres of Talent | 才高八斗
The story recounts how Tsau Pi, jealous of his brother Tsau Jr's literary genius, challenged him ...
32 阅读Dai Song's Ox Painting | 戴蒿画牛
A Song Dynasty collector prized a Tang Dynasty ox painting by Dai Song until a shepherd boy point...
32 阅读Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow | 乐极生悲
The story of Chunyu Kun, a minister of Qi, who used a clever analogy about drinking to warn the k...
27 阅读The Witty Retort | 反唇相讥
Yan Zi of Qi uses a clever analogy about oranges changing when transplanted to rebut the King of ...
29 阅读The Gentleman on the Beam | 梁上君子
During a famine in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a thief hiding in Chen Shi's house is moved to repent...
33 阅读Reading by Firefly Light | 映雪囊萤
The story of Che Yin, who used fireflies as a lamp to study due to poverty, exemplifies persevera...
30 阅读Penetrating Insight | 入木三分
The article recounts the origin of the Chinese idiom "Ru Mu San Fen" from a story about the calli...
31 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Red Bands | 红绳
A noblewoman dreams of her deceased daughter bound with red bands. She then witnesses a piglet, i...
34 阅读The Confucian Poise | 儒学风度
Two anecdotes from the Song and Ming periods satirize the rigid and performative nature of Confuc...
32 阅读Mutual Respect | 相敬如宾
A Spring and Autumn Period official, inspired by a respectful farming couple, advocated employing...
32 阅读The Coachman's Wife | 妻子劝夫
Yan Zi's modest demeanor shames his coachman's arrogant behavior, prompting the coachman's wife t...
32 阅读The Bell That Reveals the Thief | 恐钟有声
A Song Dynasty magistrate cleverly used a bell coated with ink to identify a thief among suspects...
35 阅读Wei Wenhou's Hunting Appointment | 魏文侯期猎
Wei Wenhou interrupts his merry drinking to honor a hunting appointment in the rain, demonstratin...
31 阅读Zhang Yi's Carbuncle | 张仪治痈
Prime Minister Zhang Yi, afflicted with a back carbuncle, empowered the skilled doctor Sheng Gou ...
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