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Good Stories from China: Use Your Spear to Pierce Your Shield
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:01:00 PM
This week's tale explains the origin of a Chinese proverb.   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Confucius Learned to Play the Harp
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:15:00 PM
Confucius, the most famous Chinese thinker and educator of the 5th Century BC, once took lessons on the harp with the musician Shi Xiangzi. One day, Shi Xiangzi gave him a new piece of music without m ...   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Pulling the Seedling to Help It Grow
Monday, July 10, 2006 7:05:00 PM
There once lived an impatient man in the State of Song during the Spring and Autumn Period about 2,500 years ago. One day, he was concerned that the crops in his field were growing too slowly.   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Extend One's Own Concerns onto Others
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:05:00 PM
This tale, from the Good Stories from China series, describes how a Duke learned to think as a ruler of people rather than a man of privilege.   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Lord Ye's Love of Dragon
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 7:45:00 PM
Today, the expression "Lord Ye's love of dragon" is used commonly to indicate an inconsistency between words and actions.   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Goddess Chang'e of the Moon
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:45:00 PM
Chang'e is a goddess whose beauty is unsurpassed. According to legend, she came down to earth to accompany her husband Houyi, the divine warrior who assisted the human world by shooting down nine ...   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Ballad of Mulan
Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:15:00 PM
This is a well-known story from the Northern Dynasties (420-589 A.D.) of the maiden Mulan who disguised herself as a man to serve in the army in her elderly father's place.   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Houyi Shot Down Nine Suns
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:30:00 PM
Houyi was said to be a god that came to the human world during the time of the pre-historic Emperor Yao. At that time, there were ten suns that rose at the same time over the sky, scorching the earth ...   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Painting the Dragons' Eyes
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:10:00 PM
About 1,500 years ago in China's South Dynasty (420-589), there was a renowned painter whose name was Zhang Sengyou. In addition to serving as the court's royal librarian, Zhang also held the ...   Full Story
 

Good Stories from China: Fear Not That Others Know But That I Know
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:12:00 PM
During the Yongzheng era (1723-1735) of the Qing Dynasty, there was a principled and unselfish official named Ye Cunren who served as a government administrator for over thirty years.   Full Story
 

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