13-03-27 There was once on a time a King who had a daughter, and he caused a glass mountain to be made, and said that whosoever could cross to the other side of it without falling should have his daughter to wife. Then there was one who loved the King's daug...

13-03-27 There was once an enchantress（女巫，妖妇） , who had three sons who loved each other as brothers, but the old woman did not trust them, and thought they wanted to steal her power from her. So she changed the eldest into an eagle, which was forced t...

13-03-22 There was once a King's son who went out into the world, and he was full of thought and sad. He looked at the sky, which was so beautifully pure and blue, then he sighed, and said, How well must all be with one up there in heaven! Then he saw a poor...

13-02-01 Crowds of mourners have turned out in Phnom Penh for the start of funeral proceedings for King Norodom Sihanouk. 柬埔寨诺罗敦西哈努克亲王的葬礼在金边举行，大批哀悼者出席葬礼。 King Sihanouk's golden coffin is being paraded through the streets A coff...

12-12-26 On a cold January morning in 1936, George V was given a king's burial. Following his coffin was his eldest son, the handsome, much loved, Prince of Wales. He was about to be proclaimed the next king of England. He was that exceptional thing: a model...

12-12-18 Conspirators murdered Egyptian King Ramesses III by slitting his throat, experts now believe, based on a new forensic analysis. 基于一项新的法医分析，专家相信，埃及国王拉美西斯三世被反叛者切断喉咙杀死。 The mummy of Ramesses III had a deep slit in t...

12-11-15 There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures, and there were only two he really liked, so he had to choose between them. One picture was a...

12-11-01 During the Spring and Autumn Period (770－476BC), there were two famous senior officials in the State of Yue. The King of the Yue named Gou Jian didn't accept the advice of Fan Li and blindly launched an attack against the neighboring State of Wu. A...

12-11-01 During the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), the State of Chu not very powerful. The king and the important court officials were dissolute（放荡的） and incompetent. They indulged in luxury and excessive pleasure all the time. Zhuang Xin, one of t...

12-11-01 In the end of the Warring States Period (475－221 BC), there was a strong country named Qin. It wanted to annex（获得，并吞） other countries to unite China. In 228 BC, the Qin army captured a country and prepared to attack another country named Yan...