There was a man named Cao Shang in the State of Song.Once, he was sent on a mission by the King of Song to the State of Qin. Before departure, the Kin...
One day, Hui Zi met Zhuang Zi and told him this story:"King Hui bestowed upon me some bottle gourd seeds which I planted in the earth. Soon after...
One day, Confucius led his disciples to the State of Chu. When crossing a stretch of forest, they saw a hunchbacked old man standing under a tree, cat...
One day, King Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, saw a man arranging a net on all sides and praying to the deity: "Let those that fly down f...
Once upon a time, the State of Chu planned to attack the State of Song. But the Yong River was the natural barrier against its surprise attack at nigh...
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), there lived a beautiful, intelligent princess name Lechang in the State Chen. She and her husban...
One day, deities from various places came to pay homage to the Emperor of Heaven.The emperor gave his minister in charge of wine cups the following or...
The Chinese people call flattery to someone's face "presenting a tall hat" to someone.In the past, an official in the imperial court in ...
A man named Fu Xian was fond of reading books. Though proficient in literature and etiquette, he was stubbornly adherent to outworn rules. Being impra...
In the past, there were two clay idols in a temple. On the left was the idol of Tai Shang Lao Jun, the founder of Taoism, and on the right the idol of...