日期：2015-12-11 Zhuang Zhou's family was poor. Once, he went to the official who supervised rivers to borrow some grain. The official said: Well, wait until the end of the year when I collect the taxes from the people, then I will lend you 300 gold pieces. All righ... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-11 In the fields, there was a small animal called wu shu (the flying squirrel). It would say to everyone it met: I have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground. Thereupon, its pals would laugh at it, sayi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-11-19 Once upon a time, the State of Chu planned to attack the State of Song. But the Yong River was the natural barrier against its surprise attack at night. To overcome this obstacle, the State of Chu sent men to secretly measure the depth of the Yong R... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-11-19 Between the States of Jin and Guo was the State of Yu. Once, the State of Jin intended to invade the State of Guo and had to seek for permission to go by way of the State of Yu. The King of Jin was worried that the State of Yu would refuse to consen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-11-19 In the past, a man bragged about his bow: There is no bow better than mine. It doesn't need any arrow! Another man bragged about his arrow: There is no arrow better than mine. It doesn't need any bow! At that time, a man good at archery happened to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-11-19 In the past, a man of the State of Chu intended to go to the State of Zheng to sell pearls. First he used rare lily magnolia to make a small exquisite case which he fumigated with the delicate fragrance of osmanthuses and Chinese prickly ashes. Furt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-11-19 Zeng Zi was one of Confucius' disciples. One day, Zeng Zi's wife wanted to go to market. Their son wanted to go together with her. He made a row, crying and fussing without stop. His wife could do nothing but bend down to humour him, saying: My darl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-10-16 Ye Gong was well-known for his fondness for dragons: In the house where he lived, dragons were painted on the walls and carved on the pillars and the four walls of his bedroom. There were dragons everywhere, up and down, front and back, with each dr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-10-16 Once, the King of the State of Wu wanted to invade the State of Chu. The King of Wu warned his ministers: If anyone should dare to dissuade me from invading Chu again, I will put him to death. One young hanger-on of his wanted to dissuade him but di... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-10-16 Zhao Jianzi, the famous general of the State of Jin, prepared to attack the State of Qi. He ordered: If anyone in the army dares to dissuade me, I will sentence him to death. A warrior named Gong Luwang, wearing armour and holding a sharp weapon in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-09-29 In ancient times a man named Zou Ji, 8 chi tall and impressive looking, had served as the prime minister of the State of Qi. One morning, he tidied his clothes and hat, looked into the mirror, and asked his wife: Look, who is more handsome, Xu Gong... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-09-29 Once, Chun Yukun recommended seven able and virtuous scholars to King Xuan of the State of Qi. King Xuan was surprised and said: I heard that talented people are hard to find. If one able and virtuous scholar can be found within a circumference of 1... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-09-29 In a village, a dog often shitted by the side of a well. Several tens of families in the whole village drew water from the well. They all hated the dog, and wanted to tell its master to have it kept under control. But whenever the people who wanted... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-09-29 One day, a big tiger was looking for food in a dense forest. A fox happened to scurry by, so the tiger pounced upon the fox and caught it. At this time, the fox suddenly hit upon a bright idea to get itself out of the predicament. It boosted its cou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-09-29 In the past a family in the State of Chu made sacrificial offers to their ancestors, and after that they rewarded the people who helped in the ceremony with the pot of wine used in it. There were many helpers but only one pot of wine. Who should dri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-09-29 There was an archer named Geng Ying in the State of Wei. He went sightseeing with the King of Wei at Jingtai. At that time a bird was circling around in the sky, uttering sad and shrill cries now and then. The King of Wei looked up at it for a while... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-09-29 One day, Ji Liang went to see the King of Wei and reported: When I was coming here, I saw a man on the road driving a horse carage north in great haste. I asked him: 'Where are you going in such haste?' He replied: 'I am going to the State of Chu.'... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-08-12 There was once a bird called the roc, whose back was as big as Mount Tai and whose wings were like clouds that overspread the heaven. When it wheeled up into the air a whirlwind arose, and in each flight it covered ninety thousand li, flying above t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-08-12 A man had an ass and lovely lap-dog. The ass was left in a stable, and had plenty of oats and day to eat, just as any other ass would. The lap-dog knew many tricks, and was a great favourite with his master. The master seldom went out to dine or to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-08-12 A philosophical mouse spoke loudly in praise of nature's goodness for having made the mice such particular objects of her concern and protection. For, she said, one half of us is provided by her with wings, so that if all here below were killed by c... 阅读全文>>