One day, Zi Qin asked his master Mo Zi: 一天,子禽问他的老师墨子:
"Master, is there any good at all of talking much?"
"老师,多说话到底有没有好处?"
Mo Zi thought for a while, and a...
One day, King Hui of Liang met Mencius and said: 一天,梁惠王见到孟子,说:
"What a mess the political state of our neighbouring countries is in! When they govern their states, they never thin....
One day, seated in the ancestral hall, King Hui of Liang saw a man leading an ox pass by. He asked: 一天,梁惠王坐在庙堂上,看到堂下有一个人牵着一头牛走过,便问道:
"Where are you taking ....
In the past, a man claimed to be "a specialist in curing hunchbacks". His signboard read:
从前,有个人自称"专治驼背",他的招牌上写着:
"I specialize in curing hunchbacks. No matter wh...
A man in a village had a sore on his foot which bled and oozed pus. He couldn't bear the pain and moaned without stop.
村子里有一个人,脚上生疮,流血流脓,痛得难以忍受,不停地呻吟着。
He....
In order to avoid calamities, at first the kingfisher always selects a high place to build its nest. 翠鸟起先为了避免灾祸,总是选择高的地方筑巢。
But when the young birds are hatched, it w...
One day, a high official wanted to amuse himself in a temple. 一天,有一个大官,要到寺院里去游玩。
His subordinates notified the monks in the temple three days in advance to prepare a good ...
The gorillas in the valleys in the south often lived together in groups of several tens. They were fond of drinking wine, and even fonder of imitating man's behavior.
南方山谷里的猩猩,常常数....
In a village in the mountain in front, there was a man named Wang Laowu notorious for his laziness. Everyone called him "Lazy Laowu", but he never admitted he was lazy. Whenever someonecalled hi.....
In the past, an official celebrated his birthday. 从前,有个官员过生日。
A small official under him heard that he was born in the year of "the rat". To curry the official's favour, he h...