Zhang San had saved three hundred ounces of silver. It gave him happiness as well as anxiety. He racked his brains, to find a safe place in order to hide his silver. He looked around, but no place looked safe. After a few days, an idea struck his mind. At night, he dug a hole […]
Yugong, a ninety-year-old man, lived at the north of two high mountains. The mountains blocked the way, making it inconvenient for him and his family. One day, he called the members of his family and said, “The two mountains are blocking our way. Let’s move them away.” His children and grandchildren all agreed except his
One day, Djang Liang, a student, saw an old man sitting on the bridge with one of his shoes on the ground. Politely, he put the shoe on the foot of the old man. Pleased with the boy’s gesture, the old man asked him to come to the bridge very early next morning, “I will
Once upon a time, Pien Ho found a piece of rock that contained jade inside. He offered the rock to King Li. The King got it examined and found that it was just a stone. The King thought that Pien Ho tried to deceive him, and ordered to cut off his left foot. Meanwhile, King
After a few months Yuma was back outside the celestial city. Yuma had earned enough to rent a tiny room outside the celestial city. He had been carrying the grain that his mother gave him. One day, he put the grain in a vat and added water. Then, he covered it and forgot about it.
Dukang had been making wine for the last twenty-one years, without a break. He decided to take a break and left home to visit his friends and relatives. After he had left, the Emperor summoned Dukang to his court to make wine. Since Dukang was not there, they took his 14-year-old son, Yuma, along. His
The collapse and the thunderous noise of the Great Wall disturbed Qing-shi-huang, the Emperor. The Emperor came and saw Meng Jiang. At first, he was furious but he was fascinated by her beauty. So, instead of punishing her, he took her to be his mistress. Meng Jiang agreed to marry the Emperor on three conditions.
Meng Jiang wept continuously for three days and three nights, at the foot of the Great Wall. Finally, her tears dried up. Even the heavens was moved by her tears. All of a sudden, something miraculous happened. A part of the Wall, as long as eight hundred miles, broke loose and collapsed with a loud
Meng Jiang decided to go and meet her husband taking a new coat she had made for him. For months, she travelled on the rocky paths and over the mountains and reached the Great Wall; there, she began to look for her husband. As she walked along the Wall, Meng Jiang asked everyone about her
Long ago, at the time of China’s First Emperor, a young lady named Meng Jiang was married to a handsome young man who lived in her neighbourhood. Soon, the government officials announced that the young men in the village had to leave home to build the Great Wall. So, Meng Jiang’s husband left home to
A poor old woman was washing clothes at a pool when a wounded bird fell before her. She took care for it till it got well. The bird put an oval seed before her, and went away. The woman planted the seed and a melon plant grew out of it. When the melon became ripe,
An old woodcutter went to the mountain every day to cut wood. He was a miser who amassed his silver until it changed to gold. For him, the gold was the most important thing in the world. One day, a tiger sprang at him, and carried him off in its mouth. The woodcutter’s son saw
Ming was thrown into the dungeon. A guard was carrying Ming’s sack out. He found the sack heavy and left it near the kitchen. After a few days, while the cook was carrying dumplings to the King, he fell over the sack. A little sand fell onto the dumplings. Since he was in a hurry,
Ming lived in a village with his wife, Lin. One day, they were working in the fields. Suddenly, Lin saw a phoenix bird there. “It is a very lucky bird. My mother once told me that there is always a great treasure where the phoenix alights,” said Lin. Both of them reached the spot, but
Once, a man lost his axe. He searched for it all over but could not find it. He suspected that it had been stolen by his neighbour’s son. He began observing the child’s expressions, words and actions and thought the child was a thief. Thus, he concluded that the neighbour’s son stole it. He said,
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