日期：2011-08-03 Towards the end of the Age of Bronze the human world became very cruel. Men grew hungry, impolite and ungodly（邪恶的） . Neither right nor law was respected any longer, and the rule of hospitality was forgotten. Dressed up in human form, Zeus visit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-29 A long time go, there lived a poor man whose real name has been forgotten. He was little and old and his face was wrinkled, and that was why his friends called him Mr. Vinegar. His wife was also little and old, and they lived in a little old cottage... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-16 Hecuba's life was one of grief and sorrow. She saw with her own eyes her eldest born Hector killed and insulted（侮辱） by Achilles. She saw her son Polites slain in front of her by Pyrrhus. And she saw her husband, the aged Priam, dragged towards t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-16 Far out in the sea there was an island, on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens, the three sisters of magic song. Half human and half bird, the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers, singing in voices that excited the hearts of men. The attr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-15 Tiresias was a blind, darkseeing prophet（先知） of Thebes. He was struck with blindness in his youth, because he had spied unwittingly on the goddess Athena. He was wandering in the woods one day when quite unexpectedly he saw anaked maiden bathing... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-04 There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄榄树） orchard（果园） . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised（轻视，看不起） the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, tr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-04 A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蚁冢，人群密集的地方） . The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor. The shoemak... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 A Roc's flight of ten thousand li-A bright future In the Chinese classic 《Chuangtze》, there is a legend like this: Once upon a time, a gigantic fish named Kun lived in the northern sea. No one knew how large it actually was. This fish could change... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Do not burn you house to get rid of a mouse there is a story in Hanshu telling of a rich man, who being a lover of s and had a large collection. Among them was a rare vase made of jade. The vase of exquisite workmanship and of historical value and h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Be there just to make up the number During the Warring States Period (475-221BC), the King of the State of Qi was very fond of listening to yu ensembles. He often got together 300 yu players to form a grand music. The king treated his musician very... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Give up halfway During the Warring States Period (475-221BC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi in State Yue. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road and picked it up. He took it home and gave it to his wife. But his wife was not happy. The virtu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 The plum tree sacrifices itself for the peach tree-Sacrifice oneself for another person This idiom comes from a old folk song. the last two stanzas go like this: One family has five brothers, all serving to a minister as attendants. Every five days,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 A broken mirror joined together During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), there lived a beautiful, intelligent princess name Lechang in the State Chen. She and her husband Xu Deyan loved each other dearly. But before long their country w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 A bird startled by the mere twang of a bow-string During the time of the Warring States (475-221 BC)， there lived a well-known archer named Geng Ying whose art in shooting was excelled by none at his time. One day, as he was standing by the side of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Give the wrong-doer a way out Beginning with Yu the GREat, the Xia Dynasty had lasted about four hundred years before Jie became the supreme ruler. And that was in the 18th century BC. Jie was extremely tyrannical and dissolute. This aroused GREat r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Perfectly impartial During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), a very noble official caled Qi Huangyang lived in the State of Jin. One day, the king summoned him to court and asked, Now that the magistrate position of Nanyang county is vacant... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Uphold justice at the cost of one's blood relation During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), there was many dukedoms under the king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. These dukedoms often fought one another to expand their territories. And within a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 What is Said Carries Weight In ancient times, there was a prime minister named Shang Yang in the State of Qin. He was held in high regard by the King. In the year 359 BC, he prepared for a political reform to promote the economic development. But he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Ignorance of the objective world In the State of Lu, there was a couple of husband and wife, the former being an expert shoemaker and the latter a skilled hand in wearing taffeta. One day after consultations they decided to go to the state of Yue to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Proficiency in a particular line Gong sun Long , is a famous scholar lived in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period (475-221BC). He had kept a circle skilled people around him. He often said, A wise man should welcome anyone with a spec... 阅读全文>>