Chinese Fiction

Sima Guang found a stone near the tank, and he lifted the stone very high and threw it towards the tank. Why does he do it? Let's enjoy listening!

There was once a little bird. She sang a lot. Everyone was happy. The king saw the bird.... A short Chinese story for your kids. Let's enjoy listening!

There once was a young boy who worked in the hills above his village. He was a shepherd, and it was his job to take care of the sheep from sunrise to sundown.

Once upon a time, there was a shepherd in China. The shepherd herded his sheep on a large, green grassland every day. Let's enjoy listening!

The dragon snorted! Flames shot through the air and began to melt the gold coins. Bang! BANG! He hammered the molten gold coins into a sparkling bow!

Shanghai in the 20s was a fabulous place, a gaudy, immoral, violent, unjust, optimistic free-for-all where rickshaws competed with Rolls-Royces and a wealthy Englishman, American, or Japanese who spent an afternoon at the dog races might be inconvenienced by the sight of a public beheading on his way to the club for cocktails. It was also an improbable model for the future where racial barriers were rigid in certain neighborhoods and completely lacking in others only a few blocks away.

Eleven-year-old Danny’s life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother comes to live with his family in England. Things get worse when Danny finds out he’ll have to share his room with her, and she took the top bunk! At first, Danny is frustrated that he can’t communicate with her because she doesn’t speak English—and because he’s on the verge of failing math and Nai Nai was actually a math champion back in the day. It just feels like he and his grandmother have nothing in common.

Les proverbes sont une véritable sagesse populaire. Ils sont le fruit de centaines d'années d'histoires, de légendes, de spiritualité d'un peuple. Transmis oralement pendant des siècles, leur vérité et leur simplicité nous parlent immédiatement. Ces proverbes visent à donner accès à un peuple, une culture populaire, dans un format accessible à tous. Un proverbe est plus qu'une phrase anodine, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow arranged marriages juxtaposed with torrid forbidden love affairs; and the vanity of newly minted millionaires clashing with the desperation of the poor.

Following his runaway best seller, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie gives us a delightful new tale of East meets West: an adventure both wry and uplifting about a love of dreams and the dream of love, and the power of reading to sustain and inspire the spirit.

The Jade Kingdom has been taken over by Daji, evil fox spirits, and the Jade Emperor has lost his life force chi! Can Jack figure out how to use the power of the dog zodiac before it's too late? With a brilliant cast of troublesome animal zodiac creatures, deadly demons and spine-tingling spirits, this series is for fans of Adam Blade and Percy Jackson.

Morning service in the quiet village church. Josie Welford, licensee of the White Hart, is daydreaming during Father Tim Martin’s sermon. The peace is shattered when a filthy Chinese youth flings himself into the church demanding sanctuary. The Church must decide whether to accede to a request that no long has legal standing or to hand Tang over to the authorities. Josie’s friend and long-term lodger, Nick Thomas, fears for the boy’s life.

Chelsea's family is celebrating Chinese New Year! Chelsea gets to stay up late. She watches fireworks and a parade with a dragon! She and her family have a big feast. Find out the different ways people celebrate this special day!

This is a short story about a haunted Chinese restaurant. The angry spirits of hundreds and hundreds of cats, dogs, and birds banded together for retribution. The animals wanted justice against Mr. Chong. His evil secret was that he kidnapped hundreds of animals only to butcher them and serve them as food to the unknowing public.

Watch out, Stanley! Ouch! Stanley accidentally caused twin acrobats Yin and Yang to take a tumble, right before their Chinese New Year show. Yang's foot is broken, but luckily Flat Stanley is flexible enough to take his place. To make up for his mistake, Stanley travels to China to help out, but can he learn all their amazing tricks in time?

The Analects or Selected Sayings is an ancient Chinese text comprising sayings and wisdom teachings attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, as well as fragmentary dialogues between the philosopher and his students. The Analects has been one of the most influential books in China for the last two millennia, and continues to contribute to Chinese and East Asian culture and thought.

小小美容编辑沐雨瞳遭遇车祸竟然穿越到了大明朝！她现代人的思维做派，在宫中掀起一轮又一轮的风潮……小小美容編輯沐雨瞳遭遇車禍竟然穿越到了大明朝！她現代人的思維做派，在宮中掀起一輪又一輪的風潮…… 

赵蒙生凭借母亲的关系外派到连部担任指导员，他的到来闹得连部的气氛很是紧张……趙蒙生憑藉母親的關係外派到連部擔任指導員，他的到來鬧得連部的氣氛很是緊張……

潘耀明受著名国学大家曹聚仁先生的影响，从事当代中国作家的研究……潘耀明受著名國學大家曹聚仁先生的影響，從事當代中國作家的研究……

从《论语》中挑选出近百个影响深远、富有哲理的句子，讓大家更清楚地了解孔子的思想。……從《論語》中挑選出近百個影響深遠、富有哲理的句子，讓大家更清楚地了解孔子的思想。