During the spring and autumn period (770-476 b.c.), Duke Xian of the state of Jin killed the crown prince Sheng because he had heard slanders about Sh...
In the Jin Dynasty (265-420) there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a sm...
This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase "the latecomers surpass the old-timers " to indicate that...
"A courtyard as crowded as a marketplace" is used to indicate at a gate or a courtyard that is as crowded as a marketplace. It indicates tha...
In 643 AD, Emperor Taizong of Tang baulked（犹豫，阻止） from crossing the sea to a campaign against Koguryo. His general Xue Rengui thought of a stratagem（策...
In 354 BC, the state of Wei attacked Zhao and laid siege to（包围） its capital Handan.Zhao turned to Qi for help, but the Qi general Sun Bin determined i...
The Qingming Festival is popularly associated with Jie Zitui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord&...
Once upon a time there was a scholar named Suqin. He was utterly destitute（穷困的） from the time he was young with no money to study with. In order to ma...
In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Che Yin who was fond of learning but because of his family's destitute（赤贫的，缺乏的） conditions, his father c...
Once on a time a countryman had a son who was as big as a thumb, and did not become any bigger, and during several years did not grow one hair's b...