There was an artisan of the state of Yue who was good at making boats. Because of his excellent work, the king trusted him very much. He was regarded ...
There was a person of the state of Chu who feared ghosts very much.After knowing this, a thief climbed on the top of wall of his yard, and mimicked th...
One person found that the chimney in his friend's house was too straight and too close to the firewood. Then he reminded his friend, "Those t...
King Xia put a target as large as a square-foot at a distance and asked the marksman Hou Yi to shoot it. The king said to him, "If you can hit it...
Although Chen Yaozi was a civil official in Song Dynasty, he loved archery very much, and was pretty good at it.One day he was practicing in his own f...
There were a bailiff and a robber in Haozhao district, Anhui province. They both were noted for being skillful users of spear.The robber threatened th...
When Chen Xiang served as the head of the Pucheng county, Fujian province in Song Dynasty, he once arrested a group of suspects, but could not tell wh...
Dai Song was a famous painter in Tang dynasty and his paintings of ox were always cherished by Brahmins.In Song dynasty, a person who lived in Sichuan...
A fisherman, Bei Gongzhi got a very precious and rare luminous pearl, and all his acquaintances came to congratulate him.And the minister of the state...
Da Fuquan made a born that could make sounds of dragon. He blew the born by the deep pool near Mountain Nanshang.Hearing the sound, the three-legged t...