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Ancient Tales of Wisdom

  • Aesop’s Fables: Mercury and the Woodman
    Aesop’s Fables: Mercury and the Woodman
    A poor Woodman was cutting down a tree near the edge of a deep pool in the forest. It was late in the day and the Woodman was tired. He ...
    December 14, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Aesop’s Fables: The Lark and Her Young Ones
    Aesop’s Fables: The Lark and Her Young Ones
    A Lark made her nest in a field of young wheat. As the days passed, the wheat stalks ...
    November 24, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Aesop’s Fables: The Peacock and the Crane
    Aesop’s Fables: The Peacock and the Crane
    A Peacock, puffed up with vanity, met a Crane one day, and to impress him spread his gorgeous ...
    November 17, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • The Loving Creator and His Lost People: A Tale of Wisdom for Everyone
    The Loving Creator and His Lost People: A Tale of Wisdom for Everyone
    The Epoch Times brings you Ancient Stories, a treasure trove of traditions and morals from different cultures across ...
    October 12, 2024BY Ancient Stories
  • Seeing Its Owner Fighting With a Traveler Over Its Shadow, the Ass Teaches Them a Lesson
    Seeing Its Owner Fighting With a Traveler Over Its Shadow, the Ass Teaches Them a Lesson
    A Traveler had hired an Ass to carry him to a distant part of the country. The owner ...
    September 13, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Lion Pretending to Be Sick Invites Fox for a Chat, But It’s Way Too Wise to Be Fooled
    Lion Pretending to Be Sick Invites Fox for a Chat, But It’s Way Too Wise to Be Fooled
    An old Lion, whose teeth and claws were so worn that it was not so easy for him ...
    July 3, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • King Orders All Aged People Put to Death, Then an Old Mother’s Selfless Love Creates a Miracle
    King Orders All Aged People Put to Death, Then an Old Mother’s Selfless Love Creates a Miracle
    A poor farmer lived with his old widowed mother at the bottom of a mountain. They had a ...
    June 27, 2024BY Ancient Stories
  • Woman Approaches a Lonely Little Girl Who Was Rejected by Everyone, Gets a Big Surprise
    Woman Approaches a Lonely Little Girl Who Was Rejected by Everyone, Gets a Big Surprise
    One day, while I was walking in the park I noticed a little girl. She stood barefoot and dirty ...
    June 1, 2024BY Ancient Stories
  • 2 Stubborn Goats Crossing a Narrow Path Refuse to Give Way—Their Egoistic Clash Turns Fatal
    2 Stubborn Goats Crossing a Narrow Path Refuse to Give Way—Their Egoistic Clash Turns Fatal
    Two Goats, frisking gayly on the rocky steeps of a mountain valley, chanced to meet, one on each ...
    May 30, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Mama Goat Tells Baby a ‘Safety Code’ to Keep Wolf Away—But the Lurking Predator Hears It All
    Mama Goat Tells Baby a ‘Safety Code’ to Keep Wolf Away—But the Lurking Predator Hears It All
    Mother Goat was going to market one morning to get provisions for her household, which consisted of but ...
    May 18, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Spiteful Gnat Teaches Angry Lion a Good Lesson—See What Happens When It Flies Away in Pride
    Spiteful Gnat Teaches Angry Lion a Good Lesson—See What Happens When It Flies Away in Pride
    "Away with you, vile insect!" said a Lion angrily to a Gnat that was buzzing around his head. ...
    April 26, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Man Hiding From Huge Bear Thinks It Whispered a Secret to His Fellow Traveler—Learns a Lesson
    Man Hiding From Huge Bear Thinks It Whispered a Secret to His Fellow Traveler—Learns a Lesson
    Two Men were traveling in company through a forest, when, all at once, a huge Bear crashed out ...
    March 30, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • House Dog Tells Wolf to Leave the Woods and Live Like Him, Just Then Wolf Sees Dog’s Chafed Neck
    House Dog Tells Wolf to Leave the Woods and Live Like Him, Just Then Wolf Sees Dog’s Chafed Neck
    There was once a Wolf who got very little to eat because the Dogs of the village were ...
    March 5, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • ‘Stop, Thief!’: 2 Men See a Purse on the Road and One of Them Picks It Up—Then They Hear a Mob Yelling
    ‘Stop, Thief!’: 2 Men See a Purse on the Road and One of Them Picks It Up—Then They Hear a Mob Yelling
    Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse. ...
    January 20, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Aesop’s Fables: A Foolish Grasshopper Gets Taken In by an Owl’s Flattering Words
    Aesop’s Fables: A Foolish Grasshopper Gets Taken In by an Owl’s Flattering Words
    The Owl always takes her sleep during the day. Then after sundown, when the rosy light fades from ...
    January 3, 2024BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Aesop’s Fables: Expect No Reward for Serving the Wicked
    Aesop’s Fables: Expect No Reward for Serving the Wicked
    A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could ...
    October 13, 2023BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • The Monkey and the Cat: The Flatterer Seeks Some Benefit at Your Expense
    The Monkey and the Cat: The Flatterer Seeks Some Benefit at Your Expense
    Once upon a time a Cat and a Monkey lived as pets in the same house. They were ...
    September 7, 2023BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • The Peacock: Do Not Sacrifice Your Freedom for the Sake of Pomp and Show
    The Peacock: Do Not Sacrifice Your Freedom for the Sake of Pomp and Show
    The Peacock, they say, did not at first have the beautiful feathers in which he now takes so ...
    August 16, 2023BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Destroy the Seed of Evil, or It Will Grow Up to Your Ruin
    Destroy the Seed of Evil, or It Will Grow Up to Your Ruin
    It happened that a Countryman was sowing some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some ...
    August 10, 2023BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Don’t Pretend to Be What You’re Not: Borrowed Feathers Do Not Make Fine Birds
    Don’t Pretend to Be What You’re Not: Borrowed Feathers Do Not Make Fine Birds
    A Jackdaw chanced to fly over the garden of the King's palace. There he saw with much wonder ...
    July 28, 2023BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Don’t Pretend to Be What You’re Not: Borrowed Feathers Do Not Make Fine Birds
    Don’t Pretend to Be What You’re Not: Borrowed Feathers Do Not Make Fine Birds
    A Jackdaw chanced to fly over the garden of the King's palace. There he saw with much wonder ...
    July 28, 2023BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Choosing a Role Model: Do Not Listen to Those Who Seek to Lower You to Their Own Level
    Choosing a Role Model: Do Not Listen to Those Who Seek to Lower You to Their Own Level
    A Fox that had been caught in a trap, succeeded at last, after much painful tugging, in getting ...
    July 18, 2023BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Ancient Tales of Wisdom: Confucius Discusses the Fate of a Nation
    Ancient Tales of Wisdom: Confucius Discusses the Fate of a Nation
    Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over ...
    January 14, 2022BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Ancient Tales of Wisdom: The Tailor in Heaven
    Ancient Tales of Wisdom: The Tailor in Heaven
    Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over ...
    January 7, 2022BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Ancient Tales of Wisdom: ‘Male Left, Female Right’—Yin and Yang in Traditional Culture
    Ancient Tales of Wisdom: ‘Male Left, Female Right’—Yin and Yang in Traditional Culture
    Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over ...
    December 31, 2021BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Ancient Tales of Wisdom: The Light on the Hills
    Ancient Tales of Wisdom: The Light on the Hills
    Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over ...
    December 17, 2021BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Ancient Tales of Wisdom: Heaven Honors the Man Who Is Truly Concerned for the People
    Ancient Tales of Wisdom: Heaven Honors the Man Who Is Truly Concerned for the People
    Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over ...
    December 10, 2021BY Epoch Inspired Staff
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