The Chinese Culture Company
The tale of Cinderella is famous all around the world, and almost every country has a different version of the story. The Chinese version is the story of Ye Xian (in Chinese: 叶限 Yè xiàn), first written down around 860AD.
Listen to part one of the story and find out more about it here.
Read on to find out more about the story and listen to part 2 of our narration!
The tale of Cinderella is famous all around the world, and almost every country has a different version of the story. The Chinese version is the story of Ye Xian (in Chinese: 叶限 Yè xiàn), first written down around 860AD.
Read on to find out more about the story and listen to our narration!
Continue reading “Chinese Folk Tales: The Chinese Cinderella (Part 1)”
The story of The Man Who Tried to Steal a Bell (in Chinese: 掩耳盗铃 yǎn ěr dào líng) was originally a caution against rulers refusing to listen to good advice, but later became used as an idiom meaning a person who deceives himself as well as others.
Read on to find out more about the story and listen to our narration!
Continue reading “Audio Story: The Man Who Tried to Steal a Bell”
The story The man who lost his horse (塞翁失马 Sàiwēngshīmǎ) is a classic Chinese tale of equanimity in the face of changing fortunes, with a moral roughly comparable to the English idiom of “a blessing in disguise” – though of course misfortune also comes in disguise!
Read on to find out more about the story and listen to our narration!
The story Yugong Moves a Mountain (愚公移山 Yúgōng Yíshān) is a classic Chinese tale of perseverance with a moral comparable to the English idiom of “where there’s a will, there’s a way!”
Read on to find out more about the story and listen to our narration!