Wisdom & Cleverness
Explore 315 folk tales about wisdom and cleverness from cultures around the world. These stories celebrate the power of the mind — featuring clever jackals, wise sages, resourceful heroes, and quick-thinking tricksters who outwit stronger opponents through intelligence rather than force. From Panchatantra’s cunning animals to Aesop’s shrewd fables, these moral stories about wisdom teach children that brains are mightier than brawn.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Great Flood
The Great Flood. Kids-friendly retelling with setting, characters, moral, and a lesson for today.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Girl With The Horse’s Head Or The Silkworm Goddess
The Girl With The Horse's Head Or The Silkworm Goddess: In the dim ages of the past there once was an old man who went on a journey. No one remained at home
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
The God Of The City
The God Of The City: One evening in the distant past a fisherman anchored his boat near the bank of a stream which flowed close by a great city, whose walls
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Ghost Who Was Foiled
The Ghost Who Was Foiled: There are ghosts of many kinds, but the ghosts of those who have hung themselves are the worst. Such ghosts are always coaxing other
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
The Flower-Elves
A retired scholar's sincere spiritual cultivation attracted flower-elves from celestial realms, proving inner development creates transcendent connection.
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
Sky O’Dawn
Sky O'Dawn: Once upon a time there was a man who took a child to a woman in a certain village, and told her to take care of him. Then he disappeared. And
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
Sam-Chung And The Water Demon
Sam-Chung And The Water Demon: Sam-chung was one of the most famous men in the history of the Buddhist Church, and had distinguished himself by the earnestness
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Pearl From Beneath The Chin Of A Black Dragon
Pearl From Beneath The Chin Of A Black Dragon - a folk tale retold for young readers with a clear moral, simple words, and the warmth of a bedtime story...
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
Old Dschang
Old Dschang: Once upon a time there was a man who went by the name of Old Dschang. He lived in the country, near Yangdschou, as a gardener. His neighbor, named
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
Kwang-Jui And The God Of The River
Kwang-Jui And The God Of The River: China is a land where the great masses of the people have to toil and struggle incessantly in order to obtain even the bare
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
Giauna The Beautiful
Giauna The Beautiful: Once upon a time there was a descendant of Confucius. His father had a friend, and this friend held an official position in the South and
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
A Legend Of Confucius
A Legend Of Confucius: When Confucius came to the earth, the Kilin, that strange beast which is the prince of all four-footed animals, and only appears when