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画饼充饥
2023-12-05In the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), the king of the Wei, Cao Rui, wanted to select a very capable man to work for him. He said to his ministers: &...
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一鸣惊人
2023-12-05In the Warring States Period, Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation(浪费,损耗...
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守株待兔
2023-12-05In the Spring and Autumn Period, a farmer in the State of Song was one day working in the fields when he saw a rabbit bump into a tree stump(树桩) accid...
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曾子杀彘
2023-12-05Zengzi’s wife was going to the market. Her little son insisted on going with her, making a tearful scene. Stay at home,” she said to the b...
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辕门射戢
2023-12-05Yuan Shu sent 100 thousand troops, led by General Ji Ling, to attack Liu Bei. For fear of Lv Bu in Xuzhou who might lend Liu a hand, Yuan wrote Lv a l...
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击鼓骂曹
2023-12-05Mi Heng was recommended to Cao Cao when the latter, to expand his influence, needed someone to lobby Liu Biao. But Mi was slighted. Mi took his anger ...
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吕布戏貂禅
2023-12-05Following the interlocking stratagems(策略,计谋) they had laid, Wang Yun betrothed(订婚) his step daughter Diao Chan to Lv Bu, then, to sow discord(挑拨离间) be...
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回荆州
2023-12-05This is story from Three Kingdoms.Tricked by Zhou Yu, Liu Bei married Sun Shangxiang, Sun Quan's younger sister. After the wedding ceremony, Liu B...
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江东赴会
2023-12-05This is a story from Three Kingdoms.Zhou Yu of Wu Kingdom was a strategist but he was narrow-minded and jealous of people smarter than him. So he had ...
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黄忠请战
2023-12-05This is a story from Three Kingdoms.Huang Zhong, a veteran in the army of Shu, was one of its top five generals. Zhang He under Cao Cao had suffered o...