All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
The Three Ruling Gods
Three brothers meditate on a sea island until they become the gods of heaven, earth and the waters, and a race for the best seat leaves one of them glaring.
Chinese Folk Tales
The Tragedy of the Yin Family
A rich man schemes to win a lucky burial ground by marrying his son to a poor girl, but his cruelty brings thunder, ghosts and ruin on his house.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Two Scholars
Two herb-gathering scholars marry peach-cave brides, return to find seventy years gone, and meet two very different fates at home.
Chinese Folk Tales
The Vengeance of the Goddess
A priest restores a murdered king with help from a magical guide, then reveals an earlier crime for which the king must answer.
Chinese Folk Tales
The Widow Ho
A whirlwind and a widow's clothing prompt an official's suspicion; a disguised inquiry finds the witness on whom the murder verdict rests.
Chinese Folk Tales
The Wonderful Man
A puzzling memorial arch reading only “The Wonderful Man” hides the story of a poor widow who lived for twenty years as a laborer to make her son a scholar.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Why Dog and Cat Are Enemies
A dog and a cat team up to bring back their owners’ lucky golden ring, but only the cat gets the praise, and the dog has chased cats ever since.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Women’s Words Part Flesh and Blood
A spiteful sister-in-law boils her brother-in-law’s seed, but one sprout grows huge, and a giant Roc flies him to an island heaped with gold and silver.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Yang Gui Fe
After the emperor’s beloved Yang Gui Fe is killed in a mutiny, a magician searches the Underworld, the heavens and fairyland to bring him word of her.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Yang Oerlang
The shape-shifting son of a heavenly princess rescues his mother from under the mountains, then crushes nine of the ten burning suns between two peaks.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Ape Sun Wu Kung
A stone ape learns magic, steals Heaven’s peaches and pills of life and defeats whole armies of gods, until he makes a bet with Buddha he cannot win.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Mulan, the Maiden Chief
Mulan rides her father's horse to the northern wars, wins glory and refuses a reward, then returns home, where removing her helmet reveals her identity.