When Confucius was traveling around all the states, he was once surrounded by crowds in Chen Cai district, and had not eaten a thing for seven days.Ya...
There was a dense forest. And all the trees were straight and tall. Their trunks were broad and shapely. But, there was one tree which had a crooked a...
A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted immediately and would have done anything to have ta...
A man had two horses to carry loads for him. When they were working, the front horse went very well, but the rear one was very lazy.The man began to t...
There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes(长袍,礼服) and treated her to delicacies. He too...
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wa...
The teacher asked her students in class: "If there are five flies on your desk and you kill one, how many will remain?""One," shou...
Once there was a fellow desperately in need of water for his thirst.On seeing the blazing fog, he mistook it for water. He pursued it until he reached...
Once there was a fool who was bald.Some came along and hit his head with pears several times. Although the assaults caused the fool to bleed, he quiet...
There was once a fool visited his friend.The host offered him some food which he found tasteless. When the master of the house heard him complain, he ...