The laughing Innin Wang Zifu of Lodian lost his father early. Mother did not take her eyes off him. She grabbed a young lady from the Xiao family, only she died before the wedding. Somehow, on the lantern festival, a cousin went to Van and carried him along to watch the festivities. Soon, the brother returned home on an urgent matter, ...

Notes on a screen with lotus flowers A young official named Ying set off by water to a duty station. The boatman took a look at their goods, threw Ina into the river, killed the servants, and decided to marry the widow, Ms. Wang, as her son. The young lady, lulled by obedience to the vigilance of the thief, through a short ...

Sister Mo, having escaped, miscalculated twice, but then she was married by law with John the Second. A certain official-writer was married to a frivolous woman, prone to love affairs. Even after the birth of her son, she did not care about the child, but only had fun. Somehow my husband left ...

Wan was a tea merchant, and Tao helped him with the nickname Iron Monk. He stole from the owner famously. Once Wan caught him at the count of stolen money and drove him out. Throughout the city, he exiled the former servant as a thief, so no one took the Iron Monk to serve. He was already starving to the last extreme, ...

The old peasant is constantly thinking about the economy; a shepherd boy enjoys honor and glory every night. For a long, long time, not far from each other lived a sage-Taoist Zhuangzi and a certain Mo Guang, a venerable rich peasant. And in the village found an orphan who found shelter with strangers. His ...

The Fourth Song made great trouble for Zhang, nicknamed the Greedy Womb. In antiquity, a certain Shi Chun was known for his infinite wealth. He got it on the occasion: he helped the old river dragon defeat the young. For this he received countless treasures as a reward. Only in vain did they boast of them. Envied ...

The young rake and mot, abandoning the affairs of the family, didn’t know how to restrain himself in reckless spending. He let all property go in the wind, and none of his relatives wanted to shelter him. Starving, he wandered around the city, complaining and moaning. Suddenly an unknown old man appeared in front of him and offered as much money as needed ...

They say that a concubine named Han Yuqiao once got into the palace to the sovereign. But the beauty of Anfei reigned supreme in the heart of the lord. So Yuqiao began to be ill. Then, in order for the girl to improve her health, they decided to give her to the house of an official, Yang Jian, who recommended her to the court. Received by guest ...

The story of how the righteous Lee went to the Transcendental Gate. In ancient times, a certain Li Qing, the head of a vast family, a rich man and the owner of several dyes, should have been equal for seventy years. Chad and family members prepared gifts for him, but the old man asked everyone to give him a piece ...

I heard this story from one of its participants, Prince’s grandson In, and I remembered it almost verbatim. Inya had a relative, a husband. His name was Zheng. He was very eager for wine and women. Somehow friends went to a feast. Zheng suddenly remembered an urgent matter and mounted a donkey in the southern quarter ...

Tribute, the heir to the kingdom of Yan, lived as a hostage in Qin. The prince there mocked him, did not let him go home. The insulted Tribute planned to take revenge on the offender. Having finally escaped from captivity, he began to call on the brave warriors to march on Bishop Qin. But the plans of the heir Danya resisted him ...

Fen Chunyu became famous as a brave warrior. He was generous, hospitable, but obstinate. Yes, and did not shun wine. That's why they demoted him from the post of deputy commander of the Huainan region. And he didn’t care at all: he settled in his own house, which is near the old, old ash, and washed down more than ever....

A girl named Yang was orphaned early. The reigning emperor Xuanzong honored her with his favor, elevated him to the rank of "guifei" ("precious concubine") and generously bestowed. A rain of graces fell and the whole family of Yang, sister and brothers gained unprecedented power. Gradually the emperor stopped visiting ...

It happened once to a certain Zhang Yu to drive past Lishan Mountain. He recalled the story of sovereign Xuanzong, the beautiful Yang Taizhen and commander An Lushan. Poems formed by himself, Spent the night in the courtyard. It was somehow dimly in my heart. Barely dozed off, two messengers in yellow appeared at the bed....

Tower of the united reflection Once lived in friendship, two scientists - Tu and Guan. And they married sisters. True, they were very different characters: Guan had the most stringent rules, and Tu was frivolous, even unbridled. And they brought up their wives in accordance with their own views. At first, both families lived ...

Somehow the fortuneteller prophesied a great fate to the future wife of the Han emperor. She really gave birth to a son, who became sovereign of U-di. From childhood, the boy was distinguished by a clear mind, he was able to draw hearts to himself. At first, the son of the concubine Lee was considered to be the heir, but on the side of Wu, his mother-in-law appeared ...

Notes on Xiaolian One powerful man, nicknamed Lilanzhong, somehow bought a thirteen-year-old slave girl. It turned out that she was not inclined to either music or homework, so he decided to return it to the former mistress. The girl begged not to do this, she promised to thank and eventually ...

Notes on the Peony Lantern The custom of admiring the lanterns is very ancient. A student, widowed, indulged in anguish and did not go to the festival. Just stood at the gate. I noticed a maid with a lantern in the form of a pair of peonies and a beauty of rare beauty. Tailed after them. Beauty addressed the student with the word ...

In ancient times, a certain Taoist monk, the elder Lu, who comprehended the secret of immortality, met at the inn with a young man named Lu. They got into a conversation, and the young man began to complain about his unfortunate fate: he had studied for so many years, and he had been living on everything without a great deal of work. Then he began to prevail ...

About how Wang Xinzhi saved the whole family with his death. During the Southern Song Dynasty, many were awarded sovereign favors. But it happened more than once that worthy men never met with a happy fate. The rich man Wang Shizhong was put on trial for the murder, but somehow got out. He had a younger ...