One summer, Cao Cao was leading his troops in a punitive expedition against Zhang Xiu. It was extraordinarily hot. The burning sun was like a fire, and the sky was cloudless. The soldiers were walking on the winding mountain paths. The dense forest and the hot rocks exposed to the sun on both...

  One day at sunset ,Zhuangzhou dozed off and dreamed that he turned into a butterfly .He flapped his wings and made sure he was a butterfly .He had such joyful feeling as he fluttered about that he completely forgot that he was Zhuangzi .Soon though,he realized that that proud butterfly was...

  Once upon a time ,a farmer in the State of Song was working in the field when he saw a rabbit accidentally bump into a tree stump and break its neck .The farmer took the rabbit home and cooked himself a delicious meal . So from then on he gave up farming ,and simply sat by the stump waiting...

  Xi Shi,a famous beauty ,had a pain in her bosom .so she had a frown on her face puttinf her hands on her bosom when she went out . A ugly girl named Dong Shi lived nearby .She saw Xi Shi and thought she looked very beautiful .Therefore when she went home ,she also put her hands on her bosom...

  Seven states were locked in battle at the end of the Warring States Period (220-280 AD). The Duke Hui of the State of Zhao wanted to conquer the State of Yan. Real bad. That is, until he talked to Su Dai, one of those advisers. Su said: "One fine day, a mussel went out to the beach to...

At the end of the Qin Dynasty (BC221-206), the State of Han fought controlling of the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was besieged at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang Xiang Yu was in a desperate situation, with little food and only and only few soldiers. At night, Han...

  At the end of the Qin Dynasty (BC221-206), the State of Han fought controlling of the country. Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, was besieged at a place called Gaixia by the Han army led by Liu Bang Xiang Yu was in a desperate situation, with little food and only and only few soldiers. At night,...

1  乐府 王之涣 出塞 黄河远上白云间， 一片孤城万仞山。 羌笛何须怨杨柳， 春风不度玉门关。 Folk-song-styled-verse Wang Zhihuan BEYOND THE BORDER Where a yellow river climbs to the white clouds, Near the one city-wall among ten-thousand-foot mountains, A Tartar under the willows is lamenting on his flute That spring never blows...

The Book of Songs 《诗经》 國風 (LESSONS FROM THE STATES) 國者、諸候所封之域、而風者、民俗歌謠之詩 也。謂之風者、以其被上之化以有言、而其言 又足以感人、如物因風之動以有聲、而其聲又 足以動物也。是以諸候采之以貢於天子、天子 受之而列於樂官、於以考其俗尚之美惡、而知 其政治之得失焉。舊說二南為正風、所以用之 閨門鄉黨邦國而化天下也。十三國為變風、則 亦領在樂官、以時存肄、備觀省而垂監戎耳?B� ��之凡十五國云。 周南 (THE ODES OF ZHOU AND THE SOUTH) 1. 關睢 GUAN...

  The global economic summit 全球经济峰会 After the fall 萧瑟秋风后 Nov 13th 2008 From The Economist print edition On November 15th world leaders are due to sit around a table in Washington, DC, to fix finance. They have their work cut out 11月15日世界领袖们将聚会华盛顿来修整金融体系，他们重任在肩 Illustration by Bill...