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Ancient Chinese Fables
Contents
How the Fool Moved Mountains
Suspicion
Too Many Paths
Presenting Doves
Felling the Plane Tree
The Man Who Saw Nobody
The Conceited Coachman
The Load Who Loved Dragons
The Thousand Taels of Gold
The Tomtit and the Giant Roc
The Ointment for Chapped Hands
The Bird Killed by Kindness
The Art of Carving Dragons
Learning the Wrong Thing
The Frog in the Dry Rut
The Carp the Dry Rut
How Two Shepherd Boys Lost Their Sheep
Three Chestnuts or Four
The Prince and His Bow
Learning to Play Draughts
The Chicken Thief
Helping Young Shoots to Grow
The Man Who was Afraid of Ghosts
Doctor and Patient
The Man Who was Found in the Well
Marking the Boat to Locate the Sword
The Son of a Good Swimmer
Stealing the Bell
Punishing the Horse
The Clever Old Woman
Painting Ghosts
The Crumbling Wall
Ivory Chopsticks
Why Zeng Shen Killed the Pig
The Man Who Pretended he Could Play Reed Pipes
The Man Who Sold Spears and Shields
Buying a Pair of Shoes
A Recipe for Immortality
The Dog Who Soured Wine
Waiting for a Hare to Turn Up
How Two Water Shakes Moved House
The Bow and the Arrow
Selling the Casket Without the Pearls
The Lamb in a Tiger's Skin
The Snipe and the Mussel
The Fox Who Profited by the Tiger's Might
The Rumour About Zeng Shen
The Wrong Direction
Drawing a Snake with Lege
Borrowing the Light
Which was the More Handsome
Buying a Good Horse
The Clay Figure and the Wooden Image
The Owl Moves House
The Use of Parables
A Parable on Study
The Dragon Who Changed into a Fish
The Cicada, the Praying Mantis and the Sparrow
On Wearing Armour
The Fur and the Hide
Who Deserved the Place of Honour?
Playing the Harp to an Ox
Lamenting a Mother's Death
The Blind Man and the Lame Man
Two Pairs of Eyes
One-Hole Nets
The Reflection of the Bow
The Pig with the White Head
The Holy Eel
Carving a Phoenix
A Scholar Buys a Donkey
"It was here all the time!"
Cowardice Makes Men into Fools
The Lost Bag
The Well
The Falcon and the Adder
The Man Who Liked Money Better than Life
The Donkey of Guizhou
The Hunter Who Used Tricks
The Silly Famn
Old Custom
The Wild Goose Sentry
A New Lake for an Old
Ancient Books for Ancient Bronze
The Boat-Owner's Bright Idea
What does the Sun Look Like?
The Fighting Oxen
Whence Comes Rice?
Swallowing a Date Whole
The Compassionate Man
The Wolf of the Zhongshan Mountain
Will you flatter me?
Two Ways of Cooking the Goose
Treating Hunchbacks
The Dream
No Dregs for the Swine
The Man Who Would not Admit His Mistake
Nothing to do with me
Patience
Honesty
Abnormal Weather
Sour Wine
Issuing an Order to the Tigers
A Good Man Is Easy to Bully
Laugh with Others
The Low Stool
Grinding an Iron Pestle into a Needle
The Kingfisher
Baboons
A Moment of Idleness
The Cuttlefish
Tree Forks
I want your Finger
All for the Love of a Donkey
Pilgrimage to the South
Short-Sightedness
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