the story about the origin of the festival goes like this. buddhism first entered china during the reign of emperor mingdi of the eastern han dynasty. that was in the first century. however, it did no...
To Borrow Arrows with Thatched Boats
This is an episode from the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu ordered Zhuge Liang to manufacture 100,000 arrows within ten days. Zhuge said, "Give me three days." He al.....
In the Three Kingdoms Period, during a battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the latter ordered his generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to capture Cao Cao’s supplies. Cao Cao led a large force again...
during the eastern jin dynasty, fu jian, king of the state of qin, controlled northern china. in the year 383, fu jian led 900,000 infantry(步兵) and cavalry(骑兵) troops to assault the state of j...
in the spring and autumn period, a man in the state of song raised monkeys. the monkeys could understand what he said. as the man became poor, he wanted to reduce the monkeys' food. he first suggeste....
A wolf and a jackal(豺,走狗) often went hunting together. Once they came to a sheepfold(羊圈) the walls of which were frimly built and too high for them to get over. Then they had an idea: Since ...
this is a story from three kingdoms. after suppressing the separatist(分离主义的) forces in the north and taking control of the court, cao cao led his 830,000-strong army to the north bank of the ya...
One day, when Houyi was out, Chang'e secretly swallowed the potion(一剂) in the hope that she would become immortal. The result was quite unexpected: she felt herself becoming light, so light that ....
This is a story from the novel Three Kingdoms.
这是一则关于三国演义的故事。
Zhuge Liang led 300,000 Shu State troops in a march towards Chencang, the vital communication stronghold(要塞,据点) of ...