The Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period were a golden age for Chinese fables. These …
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Fan Ji: Earning King Zhuang’s Respect Through Virtue and Sage Advice
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisFan Ji, the beloved queen of King Zhuang of Chu, stood out among his many consorts for her …
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Who in this world always has a smooth and easy life? Year after year, people go through the …
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Yan Ying’s Wisdom and Virtue: A Beacon of Integrity from the Spring and Autumn Periods
During the Spring and Autumn Periods, there lived a talented prime minister of the State of Qi named …
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Throughout Chinese history, there have been many beautiful women, including Xi Shi. Not only were they beautiful people, …
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Fan Li, a great statesman in the late Spring and Autumn period, was known as a literati, wealth …
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老馬識途 means “An old horse knows the way” (老 old, lǎo; 馬 horse, mǎ; 識 know, shí; 途 way, tú). It is …
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One Kind Act Is Everlasting and Creates Another and Another…
by Emma Luby Emma LuA kind act is timeless. In the year 601 B.C., during the Spring and Autumn period, Prime Minister …
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Many stories were passed down from the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty (770-476 B.C). One …
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Among popular Chinese idioms is a saying that goes like this: “Irrigating the neighboring state’s melon fields” or …