日期：2014-10-21 There was an artisan of the state of Yue who was good at making boats. Because of his excellent work, the king trusted him very much. He was regarded as a great master of boat making and got munificent treatment. One year later, this artisan said to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-21 There was a person of the state of Chu who feared ghosts very much. After knowing this, a thief climbed on the top of wall of his yard, and mimicked the sound of ghost. He was very happy to find the host didn't dare to look out and was afraid of gho... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 One person found that the chimney in his friend's house was too straight and too close to the firewood. Then he reminded his friend, Those two things are dangerous when they are too close together, you had better bend the chimney and move the firewo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 King Xia put a target as large as a square-foot at a distance and asked the marksman Hou Yi to shoot it. The king said to him, If you can hit it, I will reward you with ten thousand liangs of gold. If you miss it, I will take away a thousand fiefs f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 Although Chen Yaozi was a civil official in Song Dynasty, he loved archery very much, and was pretty good at it. One day he was practicing in his own field, and eight or nine times out of ten he hit the target. He became quite complacent. Looking ar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 There were a bailiff and a robber in Haozhao district, Anhui province. They both were noted for being skillful users of spear. The robber threatened that he would kill the bailiff upon encounter. One day, the bailiff strolled outside the city and ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 When Chen Xiang served as the head of the Pucheng county, Fujian province in Song Dynasty, he once arrested a group of suspects, but could not tell which one was the thief. He called together all the suspects and told them, A bell in a temple can te... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 Dai Song was a famous painter in Tang dynasty and his paintings of ox were always cherished by Brahmins. In Song dynasty, a person who lived in Sichuan province with a surname of Du collected a painting of ox by Dai Song, and he cherished it very mu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 A fisherman, Bei Gongzhi got a very precious and rare luminous pearl, and all his acquaintances came to congratulate him. And the minister of the state of Song promised to take him to see the king of the state of Song and promised him that he would... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-10-17 Da Fuquan made a born that could make sounds of dragon. He blew the born by the deep pool near Mountain Nanshang. Hearing the sound, the three-legged turtle in the pool thought that people were to catch it and eat it. So it got so frightened that it... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-29 When seving as prime minister under the King Hui of the state of Qin. Zhang Yi had a carbuncle on his back. He invited the famous doctor Sheng Gou to the state of Qin to cure his carbuncle and said to him, Now treat my back as your own back. You can... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-29 There was a daughter-in-law who liked by the old women in the village. One night, a piece of meat was missing from the daughter-in-law's home, and her mother-in-law suspected that she had stolen it. So he decided to drive her out to her mother's hom... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-24 One time Duke Huan of the state of Qi inspected the stable and asked the officer who was in charge of the stable, What is the most difficult thing to do in a stable? Before the officer had time to reply, prime minister Guan Zhong picked up the topic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-24 There was a natural rock bridge in Mountain Chi Cheng. The bridge was only one foot in width, and was covered with smooth and slippery mosses. On both sides there were steep cliffs, and it was really dangerous. But there was a woodman that could cro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-24 A person of the state of Chu was singing loud in the capital city. At first he sang Xia li ,and Ba ren, thousands of people joined him in sing. When he came to A yang Jiu lu, there were still several hundreds people who joined in the sing. Then he s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-24 One day Wei Wenhou has drinking merrily when he suddenly remembered that it was time go to hunt with Yu Ren who was in charge of mountains and rivers and hunting. Although it was raining outside, he ordered departure. Seeing he was about to leave, h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-24 One day, two women came to king Solomon with a baby boy. Both women said the boy was their son. No one knew which woman was telling the truth. King Solomon ordered a soldier to cut the boy in half, and divide the boy between the two women. The first... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-16 Han Zihu is the fastest hunting dog in the world while Dong Goujun is the swiftest hare in the world. Once Han Zihu chased Dong Guojun, circling the mountain for three times and having climbed five peaks, in order to get it. In the end both the hare... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-16 The student of Wang Liang said he could go a thousand li a day with his horses pulling the chariot. But the student of Wang Liang questioned, The two horses on the side are swift horses that can go a thousand li a day. And the two horses in the midd... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-09-10 Towards the end of the Spring and Autumn period, King Fuchai of Wu, having defeated the state of Yue, hoped to expand his land by invading the State of Qi. But he was so busy celebrating the victory that he was not aware that Yue was preparing for r... 阅读全文>>