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郑人争年龄大小
2023-12-05Two people from the state of Zheng were arguing with each other about who was older.One of them said, “I am as old as Emperor Yao.“ The other one said...
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乱政图名
2023-12-05Shu Xiang noticed that although Meng Xianbo was appointed as high minister, he had only required one chariot. So he preached up Meng Xianho's frug...
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狗猛酒酸
2023-12-05A person of the state of Song ran a wine store. The wine was very good, and was fairly priced, and he was very kind to other people. But there was ver...
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公私分明
2023-12-05Jie Hu's personal enemy thought that Jie Hu did not hate him any more after he had heard that Jie Hu had recommended himself. So he went to Jie Hu...
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楚王好细腰
2023-12-05King Chulin, the king of the state of Chu, was very found of officials with slender waists.So in order to curry favor with(巴结,拍马屁) the king, all the o...
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殴骥与殴羊
2023-12-05One day Mo Zi severely reproached one of his apostles(使徒), Geng Zhuzi.Geng Zhuzi felt wronged and complained, "I have not made more mistakes than...
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楚人学齐语
2023-12-05One day Mencius asked Dai Busheng, "If a high official of the state of Chu stays here and he wants his son to learn the Qi language. Should he be...
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徒辕南门
2023-12-05Wu Qi wanted to remove the watchtower set up by the state of Qin that did harm to farming.It wouldn't be worthwhile to use army to do that , so he...
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子产受骗
2023-12-05Someone gave Zi Chan, a high official of the state of Zhen, a living fish as a gift. Zi Chan told the pond-keeper to put it in the pond.But the pond-k...
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奇怪的名字
2023-12-05An old man who lived in the country had given his two sons very strange names.He named his elder son "Thief", the younger one "Hit"...