The Doorway Effect | 门口效应
The Doorway Effect describes the common experience of forgetting a task or thought immediately af...
THE SHADOW | 影子
A scholar's shadow gains independence in a hot country, becomes a wealthy man, and eventually usu...
Song of the Nurse | 护士之歌
A tribute praising nurses as selfless, angelic figures whose hard and vital work ensures the heal...
A Handful of Clay | 一撮黏土
A handful of common clay dreams of glory but endures a harsh journey of being shaped, fired, and ...
The Piping Fisherman | 吹笛子的渔夫
A fisherman tries to lure fish by playing his flute, but they only appear after he resorts to usi...
Virtuoso Vanessa-Mae | 音乐大师陈美
This article profiles violinist Vanessa-Mae, a child prodigy who blended classical training with ...
The Lost Sheep | 臧谷亡羊
Two shepherds, Zang and Gu, both lost their sheep while neglecting their duty—one reading, the ot...
The Poor Turkey Girl | 可怜的养火鸡姑娘
An orphan girl, mistreated and known as Turkey Girl, is magically transformed by her beloved turk...
The Nightingale and the Hawk | 夜莺与鹰
A captured nightingale tries to persuade a hawk to release her by claiming she is too small a mea...
Follow Your Own Course | 走自己的路
The essay encourages readers to ignore naysayers and self-doubt, pursue their own passions with c...
The Fighting Fish | 斗鱼
The article describes the aggressive nature of fighting fish, requiring separate housing, and rec...
The Blind Man and the Young Wolf | 盲人与幼狼
A blind man, adept at identifying things by touch, correctly warns of the danger when feeling a y...
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black | 五十步笑百步
King Hui of Liang boasts of his governance to Mencius but wonders why his population doesn't grow...
The Archer and the Lion | 弓箭手与狮子
An archer wounds a challenging lion with an arrow, calling it his 'messenger'. The frightened lio...
The Magic Kettle | 魔法茶壶
An old man discovers a magical kettle that transforms into a creature. After selling it, the hone...
The Fox and the Grasshopper | 狐狸与蚂蚱
A cunning fox tries to flatter a grasshopper into coming down from a tree, but the wise grasshopp...
The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by an irrational fear that the sky would fall and the earth would sink...
Shooting at the Camp Gate | 辕门射戟
Lü Bu ingeniously uses an archery challenge at a banquet to force a ceasefire between Liu Bei and...
The Tiger and the Cat | 老虎与猫
A Chinese folktale where a cat patiently teaches a tiger all its skills, only for the tiger to tu...
Uphold Justice at the Cost of One's Blood Relation | 大义灭亲
This story from the Spring and Autumn Period tells how minister Shi Que, placing state justice ab...