Like a Raging Fire
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Fu Chai of Wu led a huge army against the State of Jin. He ordered his men to
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An Old Horse Knows the Way
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi led an army to attack a small state in the north. They went in spring w
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His Heart Was Pained When His Mother Bit Her Finger: Zeng Shen
During the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history, there lived a student of Confucius, Zeng Shen, who become well-k
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Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a minister called Lu Yifu who was always affable and smiling. But in his heart he was ver
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Carrying Faggots to Put Out a Fire
In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly a
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Does dating a native really help your Chinese?
But since I haven't had a (very long) romantic relationship with any Chinese girls, I decided to invite an American friend of mine (using her Chinese name) to do the first ever guest post.
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Sleeping on Brushwood and Tasting Gall
IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod,theStateofWudefeatedtheStateofYue,andtookthekingofYue,GouJian,andhiswifeprisoner.Forseveralye
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Personally Checking His Mother’s Prescriptions: The Learned Emperor Of Han
During the Western Han Dynasty in China, after its founding patriarch Liu Bang died, the throne came by succession to hi
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Latecomers become the first
Ji Anlived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright
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