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...