14-05-30 Legends hold that Shu was the king of the south sea. Hu was the king of the North Sea, and Hun Dun was the king of the center. Shu and Hu often visited Hun Dun's kingdom, and Hun Dun always gave them a feast. Shu and Hu decided to r eciprocate（报答...

14-05-29 Bian He, a person of the state of Chu, presented King Li of the state of Chu a piece of stone with jade（翡翠，碧玉） in it. The court's craftsman examined it and said it was just an ordinary piece of stone. The king thought Bian he had fooled him s...

14-05-22 She then returned to her private apartments, where she told the Princess Haiatelnefous all that had happened, as well as her plans for the future, and begged her assistance, which her friend readily promised. Next morning she ordered the prince to b...

14-05-20 There was a person who made his living with his excellent acrobatic（杂技的） skills in the state of Song. He once purposely went to the palace to perform his specialty for King Yuan of the state of Song. The King was amazed by his performance and r...

14-04-09 In common politeness the prince could hardly refuse this request, and the princess set about inventing every kind of amusement for him, and succeeded so well that two months slipped by almost unnoticed, in balls, spectacles and in hunting, of which,...

14-04-09 It was the Feast of the New Year, the oldest and most splendid of all the feasts in the Kingdom of Persia, and the day had been spent by the king in the city of Schiraz, taking part in the magnificent spectacles prepared by his subjects to do honour...

14-03-19 In old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the King's castl...

14-02-24 There was once on a time an old king who was ill, and thought to himself, I am lying on what must be my death-bed. Then said he, Tell Faithful John to come to me. Faithful John was his favourite servant, and was so called, because he had for his who...

14-02-10 A long time ago there were a King and Queen who said every day, Ah, if only we had a child! but they never had one. But it happened that once when the Queen was bathing, a frog crept out of the water on to the land, and said to her, Your wish shall...

13-11-25 In the olden time there was a king, who had behind his palace a beautiful pleasure-garden in which there was a tree that bore golden apples. When the apples were getting ripe they were counted, but on the very next morning one was missing. This was...