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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

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

The fairy again listened to him and granted his wish. Now, he twisted and twirled. He blew here and there, until he blew against a rock that stood in his way. He blew as hard as he could, but the stone remained unmoved. ‘If I were a stone,’ he thought, ‘no one would trouble me.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a person named Kong Rong. He was smart and good-tempered. He had five older brothers and one younger brother. When he was a child one day his father bought some pears. He picked the bigger pear and gave it to Kong Rong deliberately. But Kong Rong refused to

Chang did not return home for many days. The animals were worried for him and went searching for him. They found him hungry, dirty and injured. They decided to tell the truth to the Emperor. It was announced that the Emperor’s daughter was ill and anyone who could cure her would be granted one wish.

Chang’s house had been destroyed in the flood. He started rebuilding his house. His mother, the cat and the other animals helped Chang. Ying suggested, “Chang, you should give the magic boat to the Emperor. The Emperor will give you a lot of money for it. You can use that money to rebuild your house.”