Enlight Fire hunt Zhao Xiangzi with a hundred thousand people went on a fire hunt in the Middle Mountains. Using tall grass, they set fire to the forest, and the flames engulfed it for hundreds of li. And then a man ca... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight He found When Lin-lei was about a hundred years old, one spring he put on a robe and went to pick up grains dropped by the reapers. As he moved across the field, he sang. Confucius, who was then walking to Wei... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight A true artist The Song king Yuan wanted to have the painting. All the court scribes came to him and stood at the throne, holding ritual tablets in their hands, licking their brushes and rubbing their ink. The same ... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight About manners and food The wise Pig was asked: - Why do you put your feet in the food when you eat? “I love to feel food not only with my mouth, but also with my body,” answered the wise Pig. “When, when I’m full, I feel th... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight Gift from the king Teacher Le Tzu fell into poverty and was growing thin from hunger. Some guest told the Zheng king Tzu-Yang about this. “Will not the sovereign,” he asked, “be known as an enemy of men, if a man who ha... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight Understanding life Zhuang Tzu's wife died, and the Creator of Good came to mourn her. Chuang Tzu sat on his haunches and sang, striking a beat on a clay basin. The Creator of Good said: - Not only do you not mourn the d... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight The final wish A certain woodcutter met a Taoist immortal in the mountains. The immortal, who liked the woodcutter, promised to fulfill his every wish. Of course, the woodcutter asked for gold. The immortal touched ... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight Denial of the path Hesitant, nicknamed Sweet Lotus, and Sacred Tiller studied together with Old Dragon Happy. One day the Sacred Farmer closed the doors and, leaning on the table, dozed off. And at noon, opening the doo... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight Behavior with the killer When Yan He was appointed tutor to the heir to the throne at the court of the Wei king Ling Gong, he asked Qu Boyu: “Let’s imagine that next to us lives a man whom Heaven has endowed with a passion fo... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight The benefits of the useless The Creator of Good said to Chuang Tzu: - You're talking about useless things. “You can talk about useful things with those who have known useless things,” answered Zhuang Tzu. “After all, the earth i... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight About relative value A stingy peasant built a latrine so that the sewage, pouring into the barnyard, would partially end up in the pigs' feeder. One day, a goat, grazing behind a fence on lush green grass, could not stand... Parables Taoist Parables
Enlight Didn't like cars Tzu-Gong was returning home from a trip to Chu with his students and on the way he saw an old man digging up a garden and watering it, climbing into a well with a clay jug. The old man worked tireless... Parables Taoist Parables
