Once upon a time, an important adviser to a certain king was on his way to a meeting with the king and other advisers. Out of the corner of his eye, h...
Once upon a time, in Benares in northern India, the Enlightenment Being（启蒙运动） was born into the royal family. When he became king he was called Goodne...
"This is bizarre," Yin Anyan asked his family, "Who on earth（究竟） killed my donkey?""What?""Yeah, somebody killed my...
Bandits（土匪，盗贼） had struck again in Fuyang! This time they robbed a dozen people. Then they chopped off（砍掉） their heads and their hands. All the people...
The great Confucian（儒家的） scholar Ji Xiaolan (1724-1805) recorded this story.A magnificent boat reached the shore. The people there were surprised to s...
Li Chuntan was in charge of sending foodstuffs down the river to Dachangkou in Huaining, Anhui. One of his subordinates（下属，下级） , Gong Kai, came to him...
In Puerto Rico many years ago near the Condado Lagoon, there lived a poor fisherman. He lived alone in a hut（小屋） . His only companion was his dog.The ...
Harry was so lazy that although he had nothing else to do but drive his goat out to graze（放牧） every day, he still heaved（发出） many a sigh（叹息） when he g...
All the songs of the east speak of the love of the nightingale（夜莺） for the rose in the silent starlight night. The winged songster（歌手，诗人） serenades（小夜...
In a small pretty village in Nottingham shire（郡） there formerly lived a respectable Squire（乡绅，大地主）, who excelled（优于，超过） all his friends in amusements ...