日期：2012-02-08 Yang Jian was the regent（摄政王） of the last king of Northern Zhou(557-581). His wife advised him: Northern Zhou is dying. Now it is as if you are riding on the back of a tiger. It will be dangerous to dismount（下马，下车） . You can do nothing b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 In ancient times there were no donkeys in Guizhou province. Somebody brought a donkey from somewhere and tied it to a tree at the foot of a mountain. A tiger saw the donkey, and thought that it must be a fearsome（可怕的） monster. It hide behind a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ping of Chu was misled by slanderers（诽谤者） , and had Wu Zixu's father executed. Wu Zixu fled to the State of Wu. More than then years later, Wu Zixu took his revenge by helping. Wu conquer Chu. Yet he suffer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 Once in the Warring States Period, the State of Jin was at war with the State of Chu. Duke Gong of Chu stood on a high platform built on chariot（二轮战车） and watched the movements of the Jin army. After watching for a while, he said ,It's quite n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 At the end of the Qin Dynasty(221-206 B.C.) the State of Chu and the State of Han fought for control for the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was besieged（包围） at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang. Xiang Yu was in a despera... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In the Southern and Northern Dynasties(420-589), in the reign of king Wu of Liang, there was a monk called Master Yun Guang who was a very accomplished（有技巧的） preacher. Once he explained the sutra（佛经，箴言） so proformdly and subtly that the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 There was a man called Guo Han in the Tang Dynasty(618-907). One summer night, when the moon was very bright he suddenly saw a girl descending（下降） slowly from the sky. He observed the girl closely, and found that the dress she was wearing was se... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 Once a carter（车夫） was driving his cart, when a mantis（螳螂） jumped out in front of the cart. Raising its forelegs, it tried to obstruct the passage of the cart. Of course, it was crushed by one of the wheels. This idiom is used to mean overrat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In the Spring and Autumn Period, in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him. One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep. Later, someone... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-14 In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a farmer who was impatient by nature. He thought his rice shoots（嫩枝） were growing too slowly, so he decided to help them by pulling them. One day at dusk, he went back home dog-tired and said to his fam... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-14 In the Han Dynasty, there was an official called Yang Yun who was both capable（有才华的） and honest. Commenting on the assassination of a king of a small state, he said, If a king refuses to follow the advice of a wise minister, he will suffer an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-14 In the Warring States Period, the State of Zhao had a famous general called Zhao She, whose son, Zhao Kuo, was very fond of reading books on military science and discussing strategy. He could recite military texts by heart, and when discussing warfa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-11-24 Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, I caught this kid first, and so this is mine. No, no, said the bear. I found it earlier than you, so this is mine. And they fought long and fierce... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-11-04 An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old. She could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse. She jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it, so the mouse got out of her mouth a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-03 aA father had a family of sons who were perpetually（永恒地） quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations（训词，劝告） , he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion（分裂）... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-03 A Charcoal-burner carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a fuller（漂洗工） , and entreated（恳求，请求） him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses wo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-15 Master Dongguo, a pedantic（迂腐的） teacher and follower of Mohism, was ready to help anyone in distress, whosoever he might be and regardless of the circumstances. One day on a journey through the Zhongshan Mountain, he came across a wounded wolf... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-21 A tiger caught a fox in a forest, and was just about to eat it, when the fox said, 'You mustn't eat me. I was sent by Heaven to rule the animals. By eating me, you will violate（违反，侵犯） the command of Heaven. If you don't believe me, just follo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-10 John and Bobby joined a wholesale（批发的） company togther just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the posotion of manager but John remained an ordinary emplo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-20 An Archer（射手座，弓箭手） , hunting in the woods, was so successful with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals. This frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide. At last the Tiger stood up, an... 阅读全文>>