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日期：2015-11-09 years ago while attending a dinner party hosted by some friends of mine the hostess served a meal with this delicious mushroom sauce. after the meal there was a small amount left over and the hostess decided to allow her pregnant cat to enjoy the tr... 日期：2015-09-18 in ancient times, at the foot of mount tai surrounded by mountains, one often heard of tales of tigers devouring people one day, confucius and his disciples passed by mount tai. as they walked along, his disciples talked about what they had heard an... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-09-18 one year, there was a great famine in the state of qi. a rich man named qian ao set up a stall by the roadside with lots of food, waiting for hungry people to come to give it in charity. after a short while, an awfully hungry man walked over, with h... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-09-18 there was a scholar in the zhou dynasty who had tried several times in his life to seek for an official post, but failed again and again till his temples turned white. one day, as he was walking on the road, he looked back upon the past and shed tea... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-09-18 once, the han dynasty dispatched an emissary to the state of dian (now yunnan province) and the state of yelang (now guizhou province). the king of dian asked the emissary from the han dynasty: the han dynasty and the state of dian, which is bigger?... 日期：2015-09-18 a long time ago, the kitchen chimney of a family was built so straight that when cooking meals, the flames came right out, while there was a big heap of firewood just in front of the opening of the range. an old man living next door saw this and adv... 日期：2015-09-18 once upon a time, there was a bird-catcher who liked to cast a net to catch birds. one day, seeing that birds would fly past, he immediately cast his net and waited patiently. after a while, a bird came as expected, and was caught by him at once. th... 日期：2015-09-18 in ancient times, a girl in the state of qi had reached marriageable age. two families delivered betrothal gifts to propose marriage. in the family on the east, the young man was short and ugly, but the family was rich. the family on the west was ve... 日期：2015-08-12 a man in yongzhou was afraid that doing things on certain days would bring misfortune. as he was born in the year of zi, and the rat was considered the deity of zi, he especially shielded it. he not only didn't keep cats and dogs, but also wouldn't... 日期：2015-08-12 in the past, i heard people say: formerly, it was often cloudy and drizzly for days on end in the south of the juncture of sichuan, shaanxi and hubei, with very few fine days in between. when the sun shone occasionally, the dogs would bark consisten... 日期：2015-07-28 in the past, a man claimed to be a specialist in curing hunchbacks. his signboard read: i specialize in curing hunchbacks. no matter whether you are hunchbacked like a bow, a shrimp, a basket for rinsing rice or a rice pot, i guarantee that once i s... 日期：2015-07-28 there was a doctor who claimed to be good at treating surgical cases. one day, a general was struck by an arrow from the enemy on the battlefield. the arrow had penetrated into his flesh, so he called for the surgeon. the general told him what had h... 日期：2015-07-28 in order to avoid calamities, at first the kingfisher always selects a high place to build its nest. but when the young birds are hatched, it will move to a place a little lower to build its nest. this is because the kingfisher is particularly fond... 日期：2015-07-28 one day, a high official wanted to amuse himself in a temple. his subordinates notified the monks in the temple three days in advance to prepare a good meal on time. so all the monks in the temple busied themselves with the preparation. the temple w... 日期：2015-07-16 in a village in the mountain in front, there was a man named wang laowu notorious for his laziness. everyone called him lazy laowu, but he never admitted he was lazy. whenever someonecalled him lazy laowu, he would glare and say: who is lazy? it is... 日期：2015-07-16 in the past, an official celebrated his birthday. a small official under him heard that he was born in the year of the rat. to curry the official's favour, he had a gold rat cast as a birthday present and went to the official's house to congratulate... 日期：2015-07-16 a man wrote a letter and had it sent to a rich man to borrow an ox. the rich man was just receiving guests. he was illiterate, but he resented very much being considered illiterate. upon receiving the letter, he opened the envelope, and skimmed thro... 日期：2015-07-16 in the past, there were two near-sighted men, mr. a and mr. b. they didn't admit they were near-sighted, but boasted about their good eyesight instead. one day, they heard that a new inscribed board was to be hung up in a temple, so they made an app... 日期：2015-07-07 tom is a very old man. after dinner, he likes walking in the street. and he goes to bed at seven o'clock. but tonight, a car stopped at his house. a policeman helps him get out. he tells tom's wife, the old man couldn't find his way in the street. h... 日期：2015-07-06 a man was going to the house of some rich person. as he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. he said, i do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to... |
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