日期：2013-10-09 Once upon a time, there was a high class rich man. As he became older, he realized that the suffering of oldage was about the same for rich and poor alike. So he gave up his wealth and class position, and went into the forest to live as a poor monk.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-25 In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself. In 273 B.B., the Qin army launched another a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-25 During the spring and autumn period (770-476 b.c.), Duke Xian of the state of Jin killed the crown prince Sheng because he had heard slanders about Sheng and believed them. He also sent his men to arrest Chong Er, Shen Sheng's brother. Hearing the n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-25 In the Jin Dynasty (265-420) there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a small kid. His father often got angry, and yet young Zuo Si was as naughty as ever and would not stud... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-25 During the spring and autumn period, there was a man in the state of Qin whose name was Sun Yang. Sun Yang was very expert in looking at horses and judging their worth, whatever the horse might be, he could tell whether it was good or bad at first s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-25 This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase the latecomers surpass the old-timers to indicate that successors can cxcel the predecessors, which is quite different from the original idea when Ji An said that the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-22 A courtyard as crowded as a marketplace is used to indicate at a gate or a courtyard that is as crowded as a marketplace. It indicates that there are a lot of people. In the Warring States Period, Zou Ji who was the prime minister of the Qi State wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-22 In 643 AD, Emperor Taizong of Tang baulked（犹豫，阻止） from crossing the sea to a campaign against Koguryo. His general Xue Rengui thought of a stratagem（策略，计谋） to get the emperor across and allay his fear of seasickness. On a clear day, th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-22 In 354 BC, the state of Wei attacked Zhao and laid siege to（包围） its capital Handan. Zhao turned to Qi for help, but the Qi general Sun Bin determined it would be unwise to meet the army of Wei head on, so he instead attacked their capital at Dal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-17 The Qingming Festival is popularly associated with Jie Zitui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of his own leg. When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-17 Once upon a time there was a scholar named Suqin. He was utterly destitute（穷困的） from the time he was young with no money to study with. In order to make a living and study, he had to sell his hair or worked for others frequently and went travel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-17 In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Che Yin who was fond of learning but because of his family's destitute（赤贫的，缺乏的） conditions, his father could not afford to offer ideal conditions for studying. In order for them to have enough to su... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-05 Once on a time a countryman had a son who was as big as a thumb, and did not become any bigger, and during several years did not grow one hair's breadth. Once when the father was going out to plough, the little one said, Father, I will go out with y... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-05 There was once upon a time a rich King who had three daughters, who daily went to walk in the palace garden, and the King was a great lover of all kinds of fine trees, but there was one for which he had such an affection, that if anyone gathered an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-05 There was a certain merchant who had two children, a boy and a girl; they were both young, and could not walk. And two richly-laden ships of his sailed forth to sea with all his property on board, and just as he was expecting to win much money by th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-05 There was once a poor peasant who had no land, but only a small house, and one daughter. Then said the daughter, We ought to ask our lord the King for a bit of newly-cleared land. When the King heard of their poverty, he presented them with a piece... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-05 Once upon a time lived a peasant and his wife, and the parson of the village had a fancy for the wife, and had wished for a long while to spend a whole day happily with her. The peasant woman, too, was quite willing. One day, therefore, he said to t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-05 About a thousand or more years ago, there were in this country nothing but small kings, and one of them who lived on the Keuterberg was very fond of hunting. Once on a time when he was riding forth from his castle with his huntsmen, three girls were... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-04 There was once a King who had an illness, and no one believed that he would come out of it with his life. He had three sons who were much distressed about it, and went down into the palace-garden and wept. There they met an old man who inquired as t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-04 There was once on a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two thalers. When the money was being counted out to him, it so happened that the doctor was sitting at table, and... 阅读全文>>