The Qingming Festival is popularly associated with Jie Zitui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord&...
In 354 BC, the state of Wei attacked Zhao and laid siege to（包围） its capital Handan.Zhao turned to Qi for help, but the Qi general Sun Bin determined i...
In 643 AD, Emperor Taizong of Tang baulked（犹豫，阻止） from crossing the sea to a campaign against Koguryo. His general Xue Rengui thought of a stratagem（策...
"A courtyard as crowded as a marketplace" is used to indicate at a gate or a courtyard that is as crowded as a marketplace. It indicates tha...
This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase "the latecomers surpass the old-timers " to indicate that...
In the Jin Dynasty (265-420) there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a sm...
During the spring and autumn period (770-476 b.c.), Duke Xian of the state of Jin killed the crown prince Sheng because he had heard slanders about Sh...
In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of lan...
Once upon a time, there was a high class rich man. As he became older, he realized that the suffering of oldage was about the same for rich and poor a...
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties Period (420-589), there was a Chinese painter called Zhang Sengyao. Once, he visited a temple and painted f...