The Tang Priest (San zang) and his three disciples were on their way to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures. One day they were traveling ...
Though Monkey was versatile(多才多艺的) and boasted supernatural powers, Great Sage Sun as he was called, was fooled into coming up to heaven by the Great ...
Once upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo(求爱,追求) her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldn't gues...
In the years around 480 B.C., China was in the last phase of the Spring and Autumn Period. Fu Chai, King of the State of Wu, conquered the states of Y...
In order to suppress those who were against her, Wu Zetian, the empress of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), appointed a few merciless(残忍的) persons to be ju...
There was once a wizard who used to take the form of a poor man, and went to houses and begged, and caught pretty girls. No one knew whither he carrie...
A poor man had so many children that he had already asked every one in the world to be godfather, and when still another child was born, no one else w...
There was once a man who had a daughter who was called Clever Elsie. And when she had grown up her father said, "We will get her married." &...
There was once a man who had seven sons, and still he had no daughter, however much he wished for one. At length his wife again gave him hope of a chi...
There was once a widow who had two daughters -- one of whom was pretty and industrious(勤勉的), whilst the other was ugly and idle. But she was much fond...