In China, as I dare say you know, the Emperor is a Chinaman, and all his courtiers are also Chinamen. The story I am going to tell you happened many years ago, but it is worth while for you to listen to it, before it is forgotten. The Emperor’s Palace was the most splendid in [...]

One morning a fox sees a cock. He think,”This is my breakfast.” He comes up to the cock and says, “I know you can sing very well. Can you sing for me?” The cock is glad. He closes his eyes and begins to sing. The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and [...]

Audio Story: Blacksmith’s Note “Near the end of Sui Dynasty there was a poor scholar who lived in Taiyuan City. This scholar earned his meager income from teaching. His home was near an official storehouse. One day he went into it and found several thousand strings of cash. He could not help taking some of [...]

John was selected to be a judge for the town’s annual Liars Contest. “This is an important occasion,” John thought. “I must dress appropriately to be a judge.” He checked his closet. His funeral suit was in good condition. He was saving it for his own funeral, but for this one day, he thought, he [...]

There once lived in a small town in China a man named Hok Lee. He was a steady industrious man, who not only worked hard at his trade, but did all his own house-work as well, for he had no wife to do it for him. ‘What an excellent industrious man is this Hok Lee!’ [...]

Rewritten by Zhao Zhen Ji Xiaolan, a gifted man of letters from the Qing Dynasty, recorded many unusual things in his book Notes of Yuewei Cottage. The following are two of his stories. 1) Heaven Disapproves of Insincere and Cunning People Feng Shunan from Hejianfu was an intelligent and educated person. However, he was unable [...]

Podcast story: the saint and the lion. a story about the virtuous of kindness. Enjoy listening!