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• 1.Choice of Counsellors
• Bianque，a famous physician，came to see King Wu of the state of Qin．The King told the doctor about his disease and Bianque was ready to give him a t...
• 2.Socrates and His Friends
• Socrates having laid for himself the foundation of a small house，one of the people，no matter who，amongst such passing remarks as are usual in these...
• 3.The Love for the Child
• Once a farmer led a cow to a slaughter-house，but the cow would not go．The farmer started to drag the cow by force，but the cow planted her feet firm...
• 4.The Boy Who Cried Wolf
• There was once a shepherd boy who looked after sheep for all the people in the village where he lived．Every morning he collected the sheep from their...
• 5.Each to His Own Kind
• Yanzi came to the state of Chu as an ambassador．The men of the state of Chu knew him to be a short man so they specially opened a little door next to...
• 6.The Rose Bush and the Apple Tree
• Near an apple tree grew a rose bush．The rose bush saw how much she was admired and said，Who can compare with me，and who is as worthy as I am？My fl...
• 7.The Crab and Her Mother
• Walk straight，said a mother crab to her daughter，stop dragging yourself sideways all the time． Mother，replied the daughter，just show me how．If y...
• 8.Ostrich Logic
• At the time when Fan，a nobleman of the state of Jin，became a fugitive，a commoner found a bell in Fan's house and wanted to carry it off on his back...
• 9.The Peacock and the Crane
• A peacock，spreading its gorgeous plumage，mocked a cranethat passed by，ridiculing the ashen hue of its feathers，I am robed，like a king，in gold an...
• 10.Making His Mark
• A man from the state of Chu was crossing a river in a boat when his sword fell into the water．Immediately he made a mark on the boat．This is where m...