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曹商得车
2023-12-05There was a man named Cao Shang in the State of Song.Once, he was sent on a mission by the King of Song to the State of Qin. Before departure, the Kin...
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不皲之药
2023-12-05One day, Hui Zi met Zhuang Zi and told him this story:"King Hui bestowed upon me some bottle gourd seeds which I planted in the earth. Soon after...
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佝偻捕蝉
2023-12-05One day, Confucius led his disciples to the State of Chu. When crossing a stretch of forest, they saw a hunchbacked old man standing under a tree, cat...
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网开三面
2023-12-05One day, King Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, saw a man arranging a net on all sides and praying to the deity: "Let those that fly down f...
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楚人涉澭
2023-12-05Once upon a time, the State of Chu planned to attack the State of Song. But the Yong River was the natural barrier against its surprise attack at nigh...
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破镜重圆
2023-12-05During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), there lived a beautiful, intelligent princess name Lechang in the State Chen. She and her husban...
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天帝赐酒
2023-12-05One day, deities from various places came to pay homage to the Emperor of Heaven.The emperor gave his minister in charge of wine cups the following or...
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戴高帽子
2023-12-05The Chinese people call flattery to someone's face "presenting a tall hat" to someone.In the past, an official in the imperial court in ...
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男女有别
2023-12-05A man named Fu Xian was fond of reading books. Though proficient in literature and etiquette, he was stubbornly adherent to outworn rules. Being impra...
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佛道自尊
2023-12-05In the past, there were two clay idols in a temple. On the left was the idol of Tai Shang Lao Jun, the founder of Taoism, and on the right the idol of...