日期：2012-03-29 When Adam and Eve were driven from paradise, they were forced to build a house for themselves on barren（贫瘠的） ground, and eat their bread by the sweat of their brow（眉毛） . Adam hoed the field, and Eve spun the wool. Every year Eve brought a c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-03-29 A cobbler（补鞋匠，工匠） passed his time in singing from morning till night; it was wonderful to see, wonderful to hear him; he was more contented in shoes, than was any of the seven sages. his neighbor, on the contrary, who was rolling in wealth,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 In the Spring and Autumn Period, a man in the state of Song raised monkeys. The monkeys could understand what he said. As the man became poor, he wanted to reduce the monkeys' food. He first suggested that he give them three acorns（橡子） in the mo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice（祭品） to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 A wolf and a jackal（豺，走狗） often went hunting together. Once they came to a sheepfold（羊圈） the walls of which were frimly built and too high for them to get over. Then they had an idea: Since the wolf had long forelegs and short hindlegs, wh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi led an army to attack a small state in the north. They went in spring when green grass covered the ground. But when they came back it was winter. Everywhere was white with snow and the wind was howbin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 In the Song Dynasty(960-1279) there was a joker called Sun Shan. One year he went to take the imperial examination, and came bottom of the list of successful candidates. Back in his hometown, one of his neighbours asked him whether the neighbour's s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 During the late years of the Qi Dynasty(221-206BC), Xiang Yu led a rebellion. After crossing the Zhang River, Xiang Yu ordered his men to sink all their boats and break their cooking pots. He issued each soldier three days' rations（给养） and warne... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 Yang Jian was the regent（摄政王） of the last king of Northern Zhou(557-581). His wife advised him: Northern Zhou is dying. Now it is as if you are riding on the back of a tiger. It will be dangerous to dismount（下马，下车） . You can do nothing b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 In ancient times there were no donkeys in Guizhou province. Somebody brought a donkey from somewhere and tied it to a tree at the foot of a mountain. A tiger saw the donkey, and thought that it must be a fearsome（可怕的） monster. It hide behind a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ping of Chu was misled by slanderers（诽谤者） , and had Wu Zixu's father executed. Wu Zixu fled to the State of Wu. More than then years later, Wu Zixu took his revenge by helping. Wu conquer Chu. Yet he suffer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 Once in the Warring States Period, the State of Jin was at war with the State of Chu. Duke Gong of Chu stood on a high platform built on chariot（二轮战车） and watched the movements of the Jin army. After watching for a while, he said ,It's quite n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 At the end of the Qin Dynasty(221-206 B.C.) the State of Chu and the State of Han fought for control for the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was besieged（包围） at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang. Xiang Yu was in a despera... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In the Southern and Northern Dynasties(420-589), in the reign of king Wu of Liang, there was a monk called Master Yun Guang who was a very accomplished（有技巧的） preacher. Once he explained the sutra（佛经，箴言） so proformdly and subtly that the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 There was a man called Guo Han in the Tang Dynasty(618-907). One summer night, when the moon was very bright he suddenly saw a girl descending（下降） slowly from the sky. He observed the girl closely, and found that the dress she was wearing was se... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 Once a carter（车夫） was driving his cart, when a mantis（螳螂） jumped out in front of the cart. Raising its forelegs, it tried to obstruct the passage of the cart. Of course, it was crushed by one of the wheels. This idiom is used to mean overrat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In the Spring and Autumn Period, in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him. One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep. Later, someone... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-14 In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a farmer who was impatient by nature. He thought his rice shoots（嫩枝） were growing too slowly, so he decided to help them by pulling them. One day at dusk, he went back home dog-tired and said to his fam... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-14 In the Han Dynasty, there was an official called Yang Yun who was both capable（有才华的） and honest. Commenting on the assassination of a king of a small state, he said, If a king refuses to follow the advice of a wise minister, he will suffer an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-14 In the Warring States Period, the State of Zhao had a famous general called Zhao She, whose son, Zhao Kuo, was very fond of reading books on military science and discussing strategy. He could recite military texts by heart, and when discussing warfa... 阅读全文>>