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• 1.God And Eve In The Garden Of Eden
• One day in the Garden of Eden, Eve calls out to God. Lord, I have a problem! What's the problem, Eve? Lord, I know you created me and provided this be...
• 2.A Dying Man's Favorite Cookies
• An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony（苦恼） , he suddenly smelled the aroma（芳香） of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting（...
• 3.画蛇添足
• In the Warring States Period, a man in the State of Chu was offering a sacri fice（祭祀，供奉） to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a b...
• 4.南辕北辙
• Once a man wanted to go to the south, but his carriage was heading north. A passer-by asked him: 'If you are going to the south, why is your chariot（...
• 5.A Haven of Peace and Happiness
• Tao Yuanming, a famous writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420), wrote the well-known essay Peach-Blossom Spring. In it he tells a story which goes...
• 6.毛遂自荐
• In the Warring States Period, the State of Qin besieged（被包围，被困扰） the capital of the State of Zhao. Duke Pingyuan of Zhao planned to ask the r...
• 7.Aping a Beauty 东施效颦
• Xi Shi, a famous beauty, had a pain in her bosom（胸部） , so she had a frown（皱眉） on her face when she went out. An ugly girl who lived nearby saw...
• 8.The Heaven of 33-3
• King Sakka returned victoriously to his palace in the Heaven of 33. Next to it stood the mansion of his first wife, the reborn Good-doer. Outside the ...
• 9.The Heaven of 33-2
• At that time, so very long ago, there were some unfortunate ugly gods called ' Asuras（魔鬼，阿修罗） '. They had taken to living in the second heaven...
• 10.The Heaven of 33-1
• Once upon a time, when King Magadha was ruling in the land, there was a young noble called, 'Magha the Good'. He lived in a remote village of just 30 ...