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• 1.郑人买鞋
• In the State of Zheng, there was a man who wanted to go into town to buy a pair of new shoes. Before leaving home, he measured his foot with a piece o...
• 2.视石为宝
• In ancient times, a man of the State of Song picked up a stone in Linzi. He examined it over and over and regarded it as a treasure. He quickly took i...
• 3.和氏献璧
• One day, a man named He Shi of the State of Chu got a piece of uncarved jade in a hill. He quickly went to present it to King Li of the State of Chu. ...
• 4.不死之药
• There was, a man who came to the palace of the State of Chu and gave the guard a kind of medicine for immortality to be presented to the king. As the ...
• 5.燕王学道
• During the Warring States Period, a man was willing to teach the King of Yan the ways to attain immortality. The King of Yan was very glad when he hea...
• 6.祀人忧天
• In the past, a man in the State of Qi went off into wild flights of fancy all day long. He was afraid that the sky might collapse, the land might cave...
• 7.小儿辩日
• Once, Confucius went to the east to advocate his ideas. On the way he met two children arguing hotly with each other. Confucius asked: Children, what ...
• 8.同道异功
• During the Spring and Autumn Period, a Shi family in the State of Lu had two sons. One of them studied liberal arts and the other martial arts. The so...
• 9.致富妙法
• There lived a rich man named Guo in the State of Qi and a poor man named Xiang in the State of Song. The poor man came to the State of Qi to visit the...
• 10.疑人偷斧
• Once upon a time, there was a villager who lost a hatchet. He suspected that his neighbour's son had stolen it. Thereupon, he watched every move of th...