14-02-14 In the Han Dynasty in Qiancheng lived a man by the name of Dong Yong. His mother died when he was a child. While living with his father, he worked hard in the fields. Each time they went out, he would put his old father on a small cart and follow it...

14-02-13 DetoNation Ocean Vuong There's a joke that ends with-- huh ? It's the bomb saying here is your father. Now here is your father inside your lungs. Look how lighter the earth is--afterward. To even write the word father is to carve a portion of the da...

13-12-26 An aged count once lived in Switzerland, who had an only son, but he was stupid, and could learn nothing. Then said the father, Hark thee, my son, I can get nothing into thy head, let me try as I will. Thou must go from hence, I will give thee into...

13-12-12 A child aged seven or eight ran hastily to the police station and told a policeman, Please come quickly! A man is at my house beating up my father. He is dying! The policemen therefore rushed to the scene with the child. They indeed saw two men figh...

13-11-21 Hans wished to put his son to learn a trade, so he went into the church and prayed to our Lord God to know which would be most advantageous for him. Then the clerk got behind the altar（圣坛） , and said, Thieving, thieving. On this Hans goes back t...

13-11-07 Thistles Austin Smith My father would wake early and calmly go about the business of giving himself cancer. Red, the color itself, sloshing（晃动） in the tank behind him, he'd drive the fencerows all morning, spraying thistles. I've always loved th...

13-09-25 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...

13-09-22 In a country home that seldom had guests, a young son was eager to help his mother after his father appeared with two dinner guests. When the dinner was nearly over, the boy went to the kitchen and proudly carried in the first piece of apple pie, gi...

13-09-05 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...

13-08-05 There once lived a lad（少年，小伙子） who was deeply in love with a girl, but disliked by the girl's father, who didn't want to see any further development of their love. The lad was eager to write to the girl, yet he was quite sure that the father...