日期：2015-07-28 Bo Le was a famous expert in the physiognomy of horses in ancient China. His book On the Physiognomy of Horses was a classic piece of work on that subject. Bo Le had a son who wanted to learn his father's special skill and knowledge. He read the boo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-28 Ji Zi of the Shang Dynasty was particularly fond of Taoism. He carried a lot of money with him and travelled around to fmd a teacher of Taoism. Whenever he saw a man wearing a yellow cap, he would take him as a Taoist priest and kneel down before hi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-28 During the Song and Ming Dynasties, Confucian morality became fashionable. Many people vied with one another to imitate the poise of a moralist. There was one Confucian moralist who went to the city. On the street, he walked respectfully with measur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-28 A man in a village had a sore on his foot which bled and oozed pus. He couldn't bear the pain and moaned without stop. He said to his family: Be quick! Chisel a hole in the wall! After the hole was made, he hurriedly stretched his foot into his neig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-16 Li Bai was a great poet in the Tang Dynasty of China. It is said that in his childhood, he was very fond of playing and afraid of difficulties, and made slow progress in his studies. One day, on his way home after school, he walked by a creek and sa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-16 In the past, the grandson of a prime minister was a notorious spendthrift. He squandered all the family property and couldn't even afford his own meals, so he often borrowed rice from others. Once he borrowed another bag of rice. He carried it half-... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-16 In the past, there were two clay idols in a temple. On the left was the idol of Tai Shang Lao Jun, the founder of Taoism, and on the right the idol of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. One day, a monk saw the two idols in the temple. He was disple... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-16 A man named Fu Xian was fond of reading books. Though proficient in literature and etiquette, he was stubbornly adherent to outworn rules. Being impractical and dull, he looked just like an old pedant. One day, Fu Xian strolled on the street with me... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-16 The Chinese people call flattery to someone's face presenting a tall hat to someone. In the past, an official in the imperial court in Beijing was appointed to an official post outside the capital. Before departure, he went to his teacher's home to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-16 One day, deities from various places came to pay homage to the Emperor of Heaven. The emperor gave his minister in charge of wine cups the following order: Register the names of the deities first, then bestow wine upon them. The minister registered... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-06 During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), there lived a beautiful, intelligent princess name Lechang in the State Chen. She and her husband Xu Deyan loved each other dearly. But before long their country was in danger of being invaded by... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-07-06 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：2015-06-09 One day, King Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, saw a man arranging a net on all sides and praying to the deity: Let those that fly down from the sky, those that come out of the ground, and those that come running from all directions all run i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-06-04 One day, Confucius led his disciples to the State of Chu. When crossing a stretch of forest, they saw a hunchbacked old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas with a bamboo stick. With each stroke he caught one cicada, just as easily as picking... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-06-04 One day, Hui Zi met Zhuang Zi and told him this story:King Hui bestowed upon me some bottle gourd seeds which I planted in the earth. Soon afterwards a big gourd which could hold 5 dan of rice really grew in the field. Never before have I seen such... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-06-04 There was a man named Cao Shang in the State of Song. Once, he was sent on a mission by the King of Song to the State of Qin. Before departure, the King of Song bestowed upon him several horse-drawn chariots. Upon arriving in the State of Qin, Cao S... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-05-06 One day, King Hui of Liang met Mencius and said: What a mess the political states of our neighbouring countries is in! When they govern their states, they never think of the people. But when there is a flood in Nenei, I move the victims of the calam... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-05-06 One day, seated in the ancestral hall, King Hui of Liang saw a man leading an ox pass by. He asked, Where are you taking the ox? The man leading the ox stopped and answered: I am taking it to be slaughtered and will use its blood to paint the bell.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-05-06 As the legend goes, during ancient times, in the expansive open county of North China, there was a kind of bird called rocs. The roc was very huge, with its back like a big mountain, and its wings like a stretch of cloud which could cover the sky. W... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-04-23 Yan Zi was a famous prime minister of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period。 One day, Yan Zi went out in a carriage driven by his coachman. The coachman's wife had never seen Yan Zi before and wished to have a look at him. She peeped... 阅读全文>>