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1006 篇The Golden Plate | 金盘子
Two merchants in Seri find a poor family's sooty plate is solid gold. The greedy one lies to get ...
34 阅读The True and False Han Tripod | 真假汉鼎
A man's genuine Han Dynasty tripod is imitated by his neighbor. When the fake is presented to a p...
37 阅读Wise Birds and Foolish Birds | 聪明的鸟与愚蠢的鸟
A wise bird leader foresees a fire caused by rubbing branches and urges all birds to evacuate. Th...
32 阅读The Golden Burden | 金子的负担
A poor farmer discovers a huge, immovable lump of gold. After initial frustration, he wisely deci...
31 阅读Sacrifice Your Own Wrongdoing | 牺牲你的过错
A wise prince, troubled by his people's superstitious animal sacrifices, devises a clever plan up...
33 阅读No Setback Is Insurmountable | 没有过不去的坎儿
This article recounts the life of a resilient Chinese woman who endured war, loss, and poverty, y...
33 阅读Village Doe and Mountain Buck | 村中母鹿与山中雄鹿
A young mountain buck becomes infatuated with a cautious village doe. Ignoring her warnings about...
27 阅读The Golden Hook | 桂饵金钩
A Lu man obsessed with fishing used extravagant golden gear but caught no more fish, illustrating...
36 阅读The North Wind and the Sun | 北风与太阳
The North Wind and the Sun compete to see who can strip a traveler of his clothes first, only to ...
29 阅读The Mirror of Self-Knowledge | 自知之明
The ancient minister Zou Ji questions why his wife, concubine, and guest all claim he is more han...
33 阅读The Taoist of Mount Lao | 崂山道士
A young man seeks magic on Mount Lao but lacks patience for true cultivation. After learning a wa...
31 阅读In the Same Boat | 同舟共济
This fable illustrates how a shared crisis can unite even sworn enemies, as depicted by ancient r...
32 阅读The Journey Matters | 旅程的意义
The story of two boys digging a hole illustrates that while ambitious goals may not be fully achi...
31 阅读The Joy of Fish | 鱼之乐
Zhuangzi and Huizi debate whether one can truly know the inner state (joy) of another being, usin...
35 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 Wise Servant | 聪明的仆人
A story about a servant who ignores his master's order to find a lost cow, instead chasing blackb...
38 阅读Traps Behind the Leaves | 叶后的陷阱
This fable from *Chuang-Tzu* depicts a chain of predation: a cicada is stalked by a mantis, which...
35 阅读Birds of a Feather Flock Together | 物以类聚
Chun Yukun explains to King Xuan that virtuous people naturally gather together, making it easy f...
35 阅读A Tragedy or a Blessing | 是悲剧还是祝福
A Scottish family misses their voyage on the Titanic due to a quarantine from a dog bite, initial...
33 阅读Perfect Compliance | 事事如意
A man's blind trust in a friend who always complies with his wishes leads to his ruin, revealing ...
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