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868 篇The Goat Butcher | 屠羊者
A successful goat butcher ignores moral warnings from friends, attributing them to superstition. ...
30 阅读Opportunity in the Details | 细节中的机遇
John and Bobby, both hardworking, started at the same company. Years later, only Bobby was promot...
32 阅读Character in Action | 行如其人
A father chooses honesty over saving money on his sons' mini-golf tickets, demonstrating that int...
32 阅读The Pack-Ass and the Wild Ass | 家驴与野驴
A wild ass initially envies a pack-ass's comfortable life but later observes him suffering under ...
31 阅读The Wild Hare and the Law | 分定不争
This fable illustrates the chaos caused by undefined ownership and the order brought by clear law...
34 阅读The Viper and the File | 毒蛇与锉刀
A viper begs a file for food, but the file scorns it, explaining it only takes and never gives. |...
29 阅读The Crow and the Sheep | 乌鸦与绵羊
A crow bullies a sheep because it is weak, boasting that its survival strategy is to exploit the ...
34 阅读The Walnut Tree | 核桃树
A roadside walnut tree, despite its generous yield, is harmed by passersby who violently harvest ...
38 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The Frog in the Well | 井底之蛙
A frog living in a shallow well boasts of its perfect life to a sea turtle. The turtle describes ...
28 阅读Much Ado Over Hearsay | 甚嚣尘上
This article recounts the historical origin of the Chinese idiom "甚嚣尘上" from the Warring States P...
34 阅读The Goat and the Vine | 山羊与葡萄藤
A vine warns a grazing goat that its destructive actions will be met with poetic justice during t...
32 阅读The Touchstone | 试金石
A man learns the secret of a magical touchstone hidden among ordinary pebbles. After months of ha...
37 阅读The Four Ages of Humanity | 人类历史的四个时期
This text outlines the mythological four ages of humanity—Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Iron—each d...
32 阅读Yallery Brown | 黄褐精灵
A farmhand named Tom frees a magical creature, Yallery Brown, from under a stone. In return, the ...
30 阅读Fly High and Far | 远走高飞
A courtier, long overlooked by his ruler, uses the analogy of a commonplace rooster versus a dist...
36 阅读The Pardoner's Tale | 赦罪僧的故事
A group of wicked youths, seeking Death, find gold under an oak tree. Greed leads them to betray ...
32 阅读The Crow of a Rooster and the Snatch of a Dog | 鸡鸣狗盗
This story recounts how Prince Mengchang of Qi, with the help of retainers skilled in petty trick...
36 阅读Zhuge Liang Mourns Zhou Yu | 诸葛亮吊孝
Zhuge Liang pays a risky condolence visit after his rival Zhou Yu's death. His sincere and moving...
29 阅读Scraping the Bone to Cure Poison | 刮骨疗毒
During the siege of Fancheng, General Guan Yu endured a painful bone-scraping surgery without ane...
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