moral-lesson
207 篇The Wolf and the Jackal | 狼狈为奸
A wolf and a jackal collaborate, using their complementary physical traits to overcome a high wal...
32 阅读Oh Mighty Garments | 哦，强大的衣装
A holy Brahmin discovers that people respect his rich garments more than his true self, leading h...
37 阅读The Strutting Peacock | 昂首阔步的孔雀
The golden swan princess chooses a magnificent peacock as her husband, but his pride leads him to...
30 阅读The Fat Fox and Striped Leopard | 丰狐文豹
The fox and leopard live secluded, cautious lives in the wild but are hunted solely for their val...
32 阅读Kind Advice Is Wise Advice | 仁慈的建议即智慧的建议
A prince, whose father was killed and mother taken, raises an army to reclaim his kingdom. His ki...
33 阅读The Wolf and the Goat | 狼与山羊
A wolf tries to lure a goat down from a safe rock by describing a false paradise below. The cleve...
34 阅读The Guard Dog | 挡门的狗
A village dog's aggressive defense of its misdeeds prevents complaints from reaching its owner, s...
29 阅读Pulling Up Seedlings to Help Them Grow | 揠苗助长
An impatient farmer pulls up his rice shoots to make them grow faster, only to cause them all to ...
30 阅读The Philosophical Mouse | 哲学老鼠
A philosophical mouse praises nature for protecting mice, believing bats can restore their race i...
34 阅读The Spendthrift and the Swallow | 败家子与燕子
A spendthrift mistakes an early swallow for a sign of summer, sells his coat, and blames the bird...
34 阅读The Lark Burying Its Mother | 百灵鸟葬母
An ancient legend tells how the lark, created before Earth, buried its mother in its own head for...
34 阅读The Chicken Thief | 攘鸡
Mencius uses the parable of a man who plans to gradually reduce and delay stopping his theft to c...
36 阅读The Frog and the Ox | 青蛙与牛
A young frog escapes an ox's foot and describes its immense size to its mother. The mother frog, ...
32 阅读Two Prayers | 两个祈祷者
Two shipwreck survivors pray on opposite sides of an island. One receives everything he asks for,...
32 阅读The Fisherman and the Sprat | 渔夫与小鲱鱼
A small sprat caught in a net pleads with the fisherman to release it, promising future usefulnes...
30 阅读The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Might | 狐假虎威
A clever fox, caught by a tiger, tricks it by claiming divine authority. By walking ahead of the ...
30 阅读The Nail | 一枚铁钉
A merchant, in a hurry to return home, repeatedly ignores warnings about a missing nail in his ho...
32 阅读The King of Yan Seeks Immortality | 燕王学道
A Warring States king, eager to learn immortality, blames his envoy when the fraudulent teacher d...
31 阅读Cao Shang's Mission to Qin | 曹商使秦
Cao Shang boasts to Zhuangzi about the hundred carriages he received from the King of Qin for fla...
30 阅读The Bachelors and the Python | 单身汉与巨蟒
A tale of two contrasting bachelors who encounter a magical python. The kind Kalemeleme's compass...
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