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• 1.The king and his Bow 国王与他的弓
• King Xuan was fond of shooting an arrow and liked to be boasted as a powerful bowman he was, although he could draw no bow heavier than thirty jin, Wh...
• 2.The crumpling wall 破墙
• There was once a rich man in the State of Song. After a downpour of rain his wall began to rumple. If you don't mend that wall, warned his son, a thie...
• 3.井底有人
• The Ding family in the State of Song had no well of its own. someone in the family sometimes had to spend a whole day doing nothing but fetch water fr...
• 4.一叶障目
• In the State of Chu, there was a man whose family was very poor. Even at night he often dreamt of striking it rich, but he never worked hard. One day,...
• 5.磨砖成镜
• In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) Temple on the Southern Mountain of Hengshan. The temple was stately and solemn, with incense...
• 6.扣槃扪烛
• 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 kno...
• 7.秦士好古
• 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. ...
• 8.囫囵吞枣
• In the past, someone said: The pear is good for the teeth, but bad for the spleen; the date is good for the spleen, but bad for the teeth. A young man...
• 9.稀世珍琴
• Gong Zhiqiao obtained a piece of fine Chinese tung wood and made a qin (stringed musical instrument) out of it. When installed with strings and plucke...
• 10.师旷调琴
• Ping Gong of Jin ordered someone to make a stringed musical instrument. The strings of the instrument were of the same size, with no difference betwee...