日期:2014-11-27 Zhuangzi was sitting by Pushui Rievr, fishing leisurely. Chu Weiwang, king of the state of Chu, sent two ministers to come to persuade him accepting the position of Prime Minister. Zhuangzi asked, It is heard that a holy tortoise which has been dead... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 The ritual sacrifice officer, in his official costume, seriously said to the pigs in the sky, You don't need to be afraid to die. I will treat you all very respectfully and politely. You remind me so much of my mother-in-law. I will spend 3 months t... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 Zhuangzi sighed at a big tree in the forest that escaped the destiny of being chopped due to its uselessness. He said, it is its uselessness that the tree could have the chance to enjoy its natural span of life. At that night, zhuangzi's friend kill... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 During his abscondence, the overburdened wise man Lin Hui cast away his invaluable jade passed from his ancestors and chose to advance with his newly born son. The others said, It is not to your profit to have discarded the precious jade instead of... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 A beadle garrisoning the frontier Changwu said to Confucius's student. Zi Lao, When I grew crops in the past, I used to be repaid with poor harvest because I ploughed the field absent- mindedly; I hoed up the weeds carelessly, consequently the weeds... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 The man of State Song, Cao Shang, went to the state of Qin as an envoy. Before setting off, he had only several carriages provided by the Song government, but when he returned, he had one hundred carriages bestowed by the King of Qin for he had flat... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 A man from the state of Qi constantly feared that the sky would collapse, the earth would sink, and human being would have no place to dwell on. Thereupon he was too anxious to eat or sleep well. His friends advised him, The sky is an accumulation o... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 Lie YuKou was famous for his consummate archery, but Bohun Maoren thought he was only a performer. Who shot merely for the bull's eye on the target. To widen his horizon, Bohun Maoren took him to the cliff at the top of a mountain. Bohun Maoren stoo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 Most of the territory of the state of Yue was water hand, so they used boats instead of chariots. A person of Yue came across a useless chariot with rotten spokes and wheels. He actually shipped this chariot home, and showed off his wide experience... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 Wei wuzi, a high minister of the state of Jin ordered his son Wei Ke: after he died, let the concubine who had not borne a son marry someone else, instead of burying her alive with him, which was the custom of that time. When he was in the height of... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 There was one person who disliked his son so much that he whipped him often. One day, the father was beating his son again and was seen by his neighbor. The neighbor then took up a club and ran over to help beat the abominable son straight on the he... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 Dong guochang, a person of the state Qi, had always dreamt to be a millionaire, and planned how to spend the imaginary money. One of his students wanted to borrow some money from him because he could barely make a living. Not only did Dong Guochang... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 Feng meng learned archery from Hou Yi and Hou Yi had tried his best to teach him all the skills. After he had learned al the skills from Hou Yi, he thought that except Hou Yi, there was no one in the world whose archery skill were better than his. I... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 Once Bin Meng went outing on the suburbs. He was surprised to see a rooster pulling out its tail feathers and asked the waiter why the rooster did so. The waiter replied, It is afraid that people will kill it as a sacrifice because they like its fea... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 Wan Dan heard of his friend's death, and went to express his condolence with a heavy heart. Many people came and went, and it was crowded in the friend's house, the celebrated knight-errant, Chen Zun, was also among the condolence procession, as he... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 A man of Chu learned to steer the boat from a boatman. At the beginning, he followed the boatman's instruction carefully, no matter whether it was to go ahead or back, turn left or right . One day, he had a try to steer the boat in slow current by h... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 Huang Gong from the East sea saw that An Qisheng, who had come back from Mountain Zhifu after had finished his study of Taoist's magic arts there, could work a tiger with a sword. He saved the sword to the front, and the tiger would not dare to go b... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-10-21 A person of the state of Yue was deeply troubled by the mice loved in a pitcher and let the opening uncovered. Purposely he allowed the mice to eat the grains in it as possible, and would not intervene them at all. After getting the benefit, the mic... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-10-21 In order to get rid of mice, a person of the state of Zhao got himself a cat that was good at catching mice for that purpose. That cat not only caught mice but also ate chicken. As a result, there was no mouse in that man's house any more, but there... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-10-21 Tulong Zizhu told Chang Yang who had come to learn archery under him a story that contained principles of archery in it: the king of the state of Chu once hunted in Yun Mengze. A stopped dear ran out to his left, the king aimed an arrow at it and ju... 阅读全文>> |
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