Once upon a time, there was a young and strong peasant. One evening, he came back home late. On the way, he passed the garden of a wealthy gentleman. He saw something bright floating in the air that looked like a ball of crystal. Astonished, he climbed onto the wall of the garden. There was […]
Long ago, people in China had never seen an elephant. One day, the Chinese Emperor received a gift–an elephant! People were amazed to see it and everyone was curious to know how heavy the elephant was. But no scales were big enough to weigh the elephant. None knew how to weigh it. All of sudden,
Once, a fox encountered a tiger. The tiger bared his teeth, stretched out his claws and wanted to eat him up. But the fox said, “Sir, you must not think that you are the only King of beasts. Your courage is no match for mine. Let us go together, and you walk behind me. If
There once lived a matchmaker named Xiang Qin. She was approached by a boy with one leg shorter than the other and sought a beautiful bride. About the same time, she was approached by a very beautiful girl who was blind in one eye. She decided to match the two. When the time came for
Long ago, there lived a skilled archer named Chen Yaozi. He was very proud. One day, an old man who made his living selling oil happened to pass by. Seeing the crowd, he stopped to watch. People were praising Chen Yaozi. The old man just stood there and said, “It’s just a matter of practice.”
It was during his exile that Qu Yuan became a true poet, writing many beautiful poems about the kingdom of Chu. When Qu Yuan discovered that Qin Shi Huang had taken over the kingdom of Chu, he walked into the Miluo River and got drowned. When the people heard that he had got drowned in
Long time ago, China was divided into seven warring kingdoms. Among them, the strongest was the kingdom of Qin and it was ruled by an ambitious King named Qin Shi Huang. This King was determined to rule over all the seven kingdoms. During the same time, there also lived an officer and poet named Qu
The elder brother mounted on to the bird’s back and the bird flew to the Island of the Sun. And as it landed, the sun set behind the Island. The elder brother looked around and saw shining gold everywhere. He picked up one piece and placed it in the basket. Then, he thought, ‘The basket
The younger brother took that piece of gold and went down out of the forest. With that money, he bought a small piece of land. And there, he reared cows, and a few hens. He was well-to-do now. One day, his elder brother came to meet him, “Where did you find this wealth, this land?”
The younger brother felt the beating of air, Suddenly, the bird landed and sat next to him. “Why do you sit here all alone?” asked the bird. The younger brother replied, “I am poor. I have nothing.” “Is this true, or is this false?” asked the bird. “It is true, I am poor. I have
Once, a farmer had two sons. The elder son was egotistic and greedy, while the younger son was kind and generous. When the farmer died, the elder brother took all of the land for himself. What he gave to the younger brother was just a basket and a sharp knife with which he could cut
In ancient China, there lived a farmer who grew a stretch of crops. Every day, he went to the field to look at his seedlings grow. One day, he finally saw the young shoots in the field. He was impatient and wanted them to grow faster so that he might harvest the next day! One
On the high mountain, in a small temple lived a young monk. Every day, he drew two buckets of water for drinking with a shoulder-pole. Later, a thin monk came. The thin monk thought it unfair to draw water alone, so the two fetched water together in one bucket. The bucket was placed in the
Once upon a time, a man was obsessed with dragons. He admired their shapes and the way they looked. When he looked at the pictures of dragons breathing fire through their mouths and killing all their enemies, he would get excited. His obsession with dragons reached such a limit that he remembered every story that
One day, Chinese philosopher Confucius took his carriage and went out on a journey to give publicity to his theories. He saw a child in the middle of the road and asked the driver to immediately stop. Confucius said to the child, “Would you please give way to my carriage?” The child pointed to the