There was once on a time an old king who was ill, and thought to himself, "I am lying on what must be my death-bed." Then said he, " Te...
Among the outstanding figures of Chinese history, famous either for their intelligence or treachery（背叛，变节）, Cao Cao is one of the foremost.One hot day...
In the Han Dynasty in Qiancheng lived a man by the name of Dong Yong. His mother died when he was a child. While living with his father, he worked har...
The sky and the earth were at first one blurred entity like an egg. Pangu was born into it.The separation of the sky and the earth took eighteen thous...
Long ago, there was a boy, clever, diligent and honest. Orphaned at an early age, he was very poor. However, he adopted an abandoned old buffalo, whic...
It is now long ago, quite two thousand years, since there was a rich man who had a beautiful and pious wife, and thhere was a rich man who ly. They ha...
A farmer once had a faithful dog called Sultan, who had grown old, and lost all his teeth, so that he could no longer hold anything fast. One day the ...
A long time ago there were a King and Queen who said every day, "Ah, if only we had a child!" but they never had one. But it happened that o...
In a certain country there was once great lamentation（悲叹） over a wild boar that laid waste the farmer's fields, killed the cattle, and ripped up p...
There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and span. Then said he, "How sad it is th...