日期：2014-06-10 A person of the state of Song named Er Shuo was noted for his eloquence（口才，雄辩） at his times. On one from the famous She Xia school of the state of Qi could defeat him in his argument that a white horse is not a horse. Nevertheless when he pas... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 Two people from the state of Zheng were arguing with each other about who was older. One of them said, I am as old as Emperor Yao. The other one said, I am the same age with Emperor Huang's elder brother. None of them would give in and what they sai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 Shu Xiang noticed that although Meng Xianbo was appointed as high minister, he had only required one chariot. So he preached up Meng Xianho's frugalness（节省） to others. But Miao Fenghuang disagreed with Shu Xiang. Miao contended, The litles, sala... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 A person of the state of Song ran a wine store. The wine was very good, and was fairly priced, and he was very kind to other people. But there was very few customers coming to his store. So later his wine became sour（酸的，发酵的） . The wine store... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 Jie Hu's personal enemy thought that Jie Hu did not hate him any more after he had heard that Jie Hu had recommended himself. So he went to Jie Hu's mansion and was about to seek reconciliation with him. But out of his expectation, Jie Hu pulled the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-04 King Chulin, the king of the state of Chu, was very found of officials with slender waists. So in order to curry favor with（巴结，拍马屁） the king, all the officials strived to control the amount of food they had. Some of them even had only one me... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-04 One day Mo Zi severely reproached one of his apostles（使徒） , Geng Zhuzi. Geng Zhuzi felt wronged and complained, I have not made more mistakes than others. Why did you give me such a going-over? Upon hearing this, Mo Zi said, If you were driving... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-04 One day Mencius asked Dai Busheng, If a high official of the state of Chu stays here and he wants his son to learn the Qi language. Should he be taught by a person from Qi, or a person from Chu? Dai Busheng replied, He should be taught by a person f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-04 Wu Qi wanted to remove the watchtower set up by the state of Qin that did harm to farming. It wouldn't be worthwhile to use army to do that , so he considered using the force of common people to do it. He first put a thill（车把，辕） outside the no... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-30 Someone gave Zi Chan, a high official of the state of Zhen, a living fish as a gift. Zi Chan told the pond-keeper to put it in the pond. But the pond-keeper cooked and ate it, and lied to Zi Chan that he had set free the fish and he even described t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-30 An old man who lived in the country had given his two sons very strange names. He named his elder son Thief, the younger one Hit. One day Thief had just stepped out of the door when something occurred to his father. To call him back, his father shou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-30 In the state of Zhen, Pu meant uncarved jade while in the state of Zhou it meant unsalted mouse. One time, a people of the state of Zhou, with an unsalted mouse in his pocket, asked a person from the state of Zhen whether he wanted to buy a Pu. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 Juan Shuliang, who lived in Xiashui district, was a foolish and craven（怯懦的） coward. One day, he was hurrying on his journey in the moonlight when he lowered his head and saw his own shadow behind him, he thought it was a evil ghost crouching（... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 Bian He, a person of the state of Chu, presented King Li of the state of Chu a piece of stone with jade（翡翠，碧玉） in it. The court's craftsman examined it and said it was just an ordinary piece of stone. The king thought Bian he had fooled him s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 A famous doctor, Bian Que, after seeing Duke Huan of the state of Cai, told him that his illness had intruded into his skin and he needed to be treated immediately. But the Duke felt he was in good health and thought that Bian Que just wanted to tak... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 Once Yu Shou went out to handle some affairs. He met Xu Feng on the roads. Yu Shou told Xu Feng that he had brought many books with him, and he could resort to them at any time so he felt quite prepared for whatever problems that are coming. Xu Feng... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 A farmer in the state of Song once got a piece of stone with jade（翡翠，碧玉） in it. He presented this stone to Prime Minister Zi Han. But Zi Han refused to accept it. The farmer explained, It looks like just a stone, but there is jade inside. It... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 Zhao Xiangzi had been learning chariot（二轮战车） driving from Wang Yuqi. Before long, Zhao Xiangzi contested with Wang Yuqi. Zhao Xiangzi changed horses three times and lost three times. Then he reproached（责备） Wang Yuqi for not having taught h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 Zeng Zi saw Zi Xia and asked him, Why have you gained weight? Zi Xia said, I had a victory, that is why I have gained weight. What victory do you refer to? Zi Xia said, When I immerged myself in reading books, I revered（崇敬） the principles of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-29 Emperor Yao thought of Xu You as a person of virtue, and believed that it would be to the interests of the people to have Xu You govern the country. So he decided to abdicate（退位） and hand over the crown to Xu You. But Xu You did not accept this... 阅读全文>>