As the legend goes, in the area of Qian (now Guizhou Province) there were no donkeys. Later, a meddlesome man transported one by boat from somewhere else, but he found it of no use. So he left th...
Liu Zongyuan was ill. He called a famous doctor for diagnosis and treatment. The doctor said: 柳宗元患病，请来一位名医诊治。医生说:
"Your spleen is swollen. You will get well by taking go....
A man in Yongzhou was afraid that doing things on certain days would bring misfortune. 永州有个人，害怕在某些日子里办事会倒霉。
As he was born in the year of zi, and the rat was considered...
In the past, I heard people say: 我过去听人讲过:
"Formerly, it was often cloudy and drizzly for days on end in the south of the juncture of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei, with very few fine d....
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) Temple on the Southern Mountain of Hengshan. The temple was stately and solemn, with incense smoke curling all around. 唐朝时，南岳衡山...
One day, the peachwood charm against evil hung on the door turned its face upward to curse the figure made of Chinese mugwort:
一天，挂在门上的桃符仰起了脸，大骂艾草人:
"Who do you think....
In the past, there was a man named Ai Zi who was fond of sailing on the sea.
从前，有个叫艾子的人，喜欢在海上航行。
One night, Ai Zi had his boat moored near a small island Around midnight...
In the past, a man was born blind. He had never seen the sun, so of course he had no idea what the sun looked like. But he would like very much to know the shape of the sun, so he asked people wit...
In the Qin Dynasty, there was a scholar addicted to antiques. He was so fond of collecting them that he would buy them nomatter how costly they were. 秦朝时，有个读书人，好古成癖。他喜欢收藏古...
In the past, someone said: 从前，有个人说:
"The pear is good for the teeth, but bad for the spleen; the date is good for the spleen, but bad for the teeth."
"吃生梨对牙齿有好处，但是.....
