13-11-30 China's new buzzword, tuhao, may be in next year's Oxford English Dictionary. 中国时髦热词土豪明年有望被收入《牛津英语词典》。 The word caught the attention of the dictionary's editing team after BBC's recent program on influential Chinese words. If...

13-11-13 In olden times, when the Lord himself still used to walk about on this earth amongst men, it once happened that he was tired and overtaken by the darkness before he could reach an inn. Now there stood on the road before him two houses facing each ot...

13-11-03 随着亿万富翁人数的增多，中国的富人也越来越富。据2013年发布的福布斯中国富豪榜称，那些个人财产超过十亿的人数又创新高，今年有168个。 The Chinese rich are getting richer as the number of billionaires, those with a personal fortune exceeding $1 billion e...

13-10-10 A rich man took up his residence next door to a tanner, and found the smell of the tan-yard so extremely unpleasant that he told him he must go. The tanner delayed his departure, and the rich man had to speak to him several times about it, and every...

13-09-11 An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he...

13-09-11 Two rich ladies were sharing a taxi and talking about the high cost of going anywhere by taxi. One of the ladies said, 'Taxis are terribly expensive these days. The owners get a lot of money for nothing.' 'Yes,' said the other lady, 'and the drivers...

13-06-25 Once on a time a poor pious（虔诚的） peasant died, and arrived before the gate of heaven. At the same time a very rich, rich lord came there who also wanted to get into heaven. Then Saint Peter came with the key, and opened the door, and let the gr...

13-04-25 There was once a poor shepherd-boy whose father and mother were dead, and he was placed by the authorities in the house of a rich man, who was to feed him and bring him up. The man and his wife, had however, bad hearts, and were greedy and anxious a...

12-12-29 Grandfather was a philosopher, and like a lot of philosophers, I guess, he was a mild-mannered man who was always ready to admit that there are two sides to every question. So when people got to arguing with him, or around him, about things that the...

12-12-19 One day, a man named Ai Zi said to the rich man, Your sons are so stupid and know nothing about the world. How can they take your property over after your death? Hearing these words, the rich man became a little bit angry. The father said, Everyone...