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The Lazy Spinning Woman
2023-12-05A man and a woman lived in a village. The woman was so lazy that she never wanted to do any work. She never finished what the man gave her to spin, an...
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The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers
2023-12-05Ji An lived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright and just and for daring to sp...
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God And Eve In The Garden Of Eden
2023-12-05One day in the Garden of Eden, Eve calls out to God."Lord, I have a problem!""What's the problem, Eve?""Lord, I know you ...
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A Dying Man's Favorite Cookies
2023-12-05An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony（苦恼） , he suddenly smelled the aroma（芳香） of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting（飘荡） u...
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A Haven of Peace and Happiness
2023-12-05Tao Yuanming, a famous writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420), wrote the well-known essay Peach-Blossom Spring. In it he tells a story which goes...
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毛遂自荐
2023-12-05In the Warring States Period, the State of Qin besieged（被包围，被困扰） the capital of the State of Zhao. Duke Pingyuan of Zhao planned to ask the ruler of t...
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Aping a Beauty 东施效颦
2023-12-05Xi Shi, a famous beauty, had a pain in her bosom（胸部） , so she had a frown（皱眉） on her face when she went out. An ugly girl who lived nearby saw her and...
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The Heaven of 33-3
2023-12-05King Sakka returned victoriously to his palace in the Heaven of 33. Next to it stood the mansion of his first wife, the reborn Good-doer. Outside the ...
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The Heaven of 33-2
2023-12-05At that time, so very long ago, there were some unfortunate ugly gods called ' Asuras（魔鬼，阿修罗） '. They had taken to living in the second heaven...
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The Heaven of 33-1
2023-12-05Once upon a time, when King Magadha was ruling in the land, there was a young noble called, 'Magha the Good'. He lived in a remote village of ...