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日期：2014-06-04 mencius said, suppose a person steals a hen from his neighbour each day. and someone expostulates（劝诫） him, saying, 'what you do is not decent.' the thief says, 'then i will steal less, one hen each month. and i will stop doing this next year. is... 日期：2014-05-30 yi qiu was the best i-go player of the country. if let him teaches two students, and one listens carefully and is absorbed in ti while the other one seemingly is also listening, but in his mind, he is thinking about if a swan passes here, how to sho... 日期：2014-05-30 a person in the state of song was good at making a medicine that can prevent skin chaps. it was his family tradition to bleach cotton to make a living. a merchant heard of this medicine and offered him a hundred pieces of gold. the song person thoug... 日期：2014-05-30 once zang and gu shepherded together and they both lost their sheep. zang said he lost his sheep while he was reading. gu said he was playing chess. although reading is more elegant than playing chess, they both did something they should not have do... 日期：2014-05-29 meng jiu is a kind of bird that lives in the south. it always makes its delicate nest with beautiful feathers, and fastens the nest to the spikes of reeds（芦苇） . whenever there is a big wind, the nest always falls to the ground when the reeds bre... 日期：2014-05-20 a man lost his axe, and began to suspect the son of his neighbor to have the appearance of a thief no matter from what angle he looked at him. after a period of time, he found his axe when was digging his well. from then on, when he saw him again, h... 日期：2014-05-09 the intelligent zhang zi and the clever hui zi were strolling on the bridge over the haoshui river. zhuang zi said, the fish is swimming freely and unhurriedly in the water. what a pleasure! hui zi said, you are not the fish. how could you know that... 日期：2014-04-29 i have only one piece of advice to you: be the master of yourself. the pencil maker took the pencil aside just before putting him into the box. there are 5 things you need to know, he told the pencil, before i send you out of into the world. always... 日期：2014-04-29 once yan yuan asked his mentor confucius why those who are good at swimming or diving can learn how to steer a boat very quickly. confucius said, it is because those who are good at swimming do not fear water when they are in it. those who are good... 日期：2014-04-29 both the fat foxes and the beautifully striped leopards inhabit in forests, and stay in caves having a tranquil（平静的） life. they only come out at night and during the daytime they stay in caves vigilantly（警惕地） . even if they are very hungry... 日期：2014-04-23 after winning several archery（箭术） contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. the young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency（技术熟练） when he hit a distant... 日期：2014-04-16 a brahmin, a member of the hindu priest, had a great reputation for holiness, and received many presents so that he became rich. one day, he took a fancy to dress himself as a poor peasant. in this attire（服装） , he went into the market place but... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-04-16 a man bought a donkey at the market one day and took him home on approval. now the man owned several donkeys already and he knew each one's character very well. one of the donkey was very strong and brave. another was eager to please but quickly exh... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-04-15 once, there was a man who was bothered by total baldness. in winter, he felt particularly cold, while in summer, the heat scorched his head, bitten by mosquitoes and gadflies, he had no peace day or night. it came to his knowledge that there was a d... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-03-19 once upon a time a man came into a forest. he said to the trees, will you give me a piece of hard wood ? the tree said, yes, we'll give you a good price of hard wood. he was very glad to get a good piece of wood. he hurried home with it. at once he... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-03-19 a man and his son were driving their donkey along a country road. they saw some girls drawing water at a well. one of the girls said, oh, look! how silly they are! a man and a boy are walking along beside their donkey, and nobody is riding it. the m... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-03-10 an archer, hungting in the woods, was so successful with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals. this frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide. at last the tiger stood up, and pretending to be... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-02-28 there is a story about a cicada（蝉） in the chinese classic, chuang-tzu. once upon a time, a male cicada joyfully joined his friends in singing the most beautiful praises of happy summer. he sang and sang, completely intoxicating himself in the com... 日期：2014-02-28 a certain mantis grew extraordinarily stout（结实的） and robust. when he walked around in the backyard, brandishing（挥舞） his two powerful forelimbs. he could easily catch some smaller insects such as locusts, crickets, bugs, etc. since he was st... 日期：2014-02-28 a man of the state of chu had a spear and a shield for sale. he was praising his shield. my shield is so strong that nothing can pierce it through. he also sang praises of his spear. my spear is so strong that it can pierce through anything. what wo... |
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