Selected Jokes from Chinese History.4 (Chinese-English Parallel Text)

Author: Fei Bozhu Compiler
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Publishing Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Jokes are a form of oral creation by the working people, relying on the oral transmission among the masses. In this collection, we have selected jokes from various prose, notes, and discussions such as Mencius, Han Feizi, Laughing Forest, Han Dan Chun, Enlightening Records, Humorous Records, and Broad Records of Events. Most of them retain their original form, while a few have been slightly revised. These jokes depict various phenomena of foolishness, incompetence, greed, cruelty, stinginess, ignorance, hypocrisy, fraud, and opportunism, creating a special atmosphere of humor and wit. Therefore, they not only provide entertainment but also allow people to relax and rest, leaving them with a sense of reflection, thereby offering aesthetic enjoyment and artistic refinement. The content of this book includes a preface, "Drilling a Hole in the Stern," "Looking for Copper Coins," "Picking Up Good Words," "It Doesn’t Matter If You Swallow It," "Three Sons Write Articles," "Illiterate Reading a Notice," "Foolish People Learning Skills," "Elixir of Life," "It’s All Worth It," "Still Too Early to Get Rich," "A True Friend," "Not a True Friend," "Giving Gifts," "I’m Clearer Even While Asleep," "Polishing," "The Freshness of Past Bamboo Shoots," "Afraid to Be a Horse," "Judging Cases by Checking Books," "Dog-Handling Hands," "County Magistrate Investigating Famine," "Where Does Rice Come From," "Why Don’t You Get Off Your Horse," "Eating Bamboo Shoots," "Giving Me Glue," "Measuring the Heart," "Almost the Same Whether Alive or Dead," "A Hundred Irrelevant Matters," "Sneezing," "Compiling the Almanac," "Which Pocket Was Crushed," "Our Lord Is a Yellow Fox," "Who Are You," "Zhou Cang Looking for a Horse," "Torn Hat," "Three Ears," "Not Enough Wine at the Bottom of a Bucket," "Scholarly Person Fighting a Snake," "Waiting for the Notice," "Making It Easy to Find Me," "Selling Cattle," "Miser Selling Wontons," "Winning at Cards Without Losing," "The Unfortunate Donkey," "Not Afraid to Die," "The Horse Is Still There," "Lifting the Donkey," "Hairy Mustache," "Standing in the Wrong Place," "Please Don’t Move," "Not Speaking While Watching a Game," "Honest Official," "Money-Driven," "Auspicious Sign of Wealth," "Gift Giving," "Why Only Give Me This," "Shaving," "Learning to Fall Like Urban People," "Clear-Minded Winter Melon Soup," "Borrowing an Axe," "The Kitchen God in White," "Almost New," "The ‘Foolish’ Eater," "Sitting in the Eye of Money," "Eyes on Money," "County Officials Painting Tigers Cancel Each Other Out," "Just Eat and Lie," "You Are Wu Song," "Running East and West," "A Treasure for Generations," "The Secret of Heaven Cannot Be Revealed," "All Things Are One," "Thankfully I Ran Fast," "The Promise Was Not Fulfilled," "A Sawed in Half," "Soul in a Box," "Forgetting to Add Rice," "This Dog Is Really Long," "Robbers and Tycoons Are Confused," "Quickly Cook the Vegetables," "Fathers and Drunk Sons," "Thank You for Being a Dog," "Picking Up the Past to Help Grow," "Worthless," "Rain Afraid of Taxes," "My Surname Is Gold," "The Charm of Gold," "Stealing Wine," "Beggar," "Debt," "Fear of Reputational Harm," "Picking Medicine," "Fearless and King Da Wang," "Verbal Skill," "Trouble from Your County."