[Extensive Reading] Ancient novel: Gejin and Yuban

This is a story from Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio. Chang Dayong of Luoyang loved peonies very much. He went to Caozhou when he learned that the peonies there were the best of all. He resided in a big garden to wait for the peonies to blossom.

[Extensive Reading] Ancient novel: A Painted Hide

This is a story from Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio. One day a scholar named Wang Sheng in Taiyuan met， on his way out， a beautiful girl. He brought her back to be kept in his study. The girl adked him not to tell anybody...

[Extensive Reading] What declining registration rates for post-grad exam mean?

The weak increase in the number of students applying to take the entrance examination for graduate schools this year suggests a turning point, indicating that students will be less interested in graduate studies in the future...

[Extensive Reading] Monkey Hit Lady White Bone Thrice

This is a story from<Journey to the west>.The Tang Priest (San zang) and his three disciples were on their way to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures...

[Extensive Reading] Making Havoc in Heaven

This is a story from <Journey to the west>.Though Monkey was versatile and boasted supernatural powers, Great Sage Sun as he was called, was fooled into coming up to heaven by the Great White Planet. The Jade Emperor conferred upon Monkey the title of Protector of the Horses.

[Extensive Reading] Escape from Eight Trigrams Furnace

This is a atory from < Journey to the west>.The Great Sage caused havoc in Heaven and the Jade Emperor ordered Heavenly soldiers and generals to punish him. But no one could manage to subdue him.

[Extensive Reading] Strict father

This is a story from the book Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio. There was an old man with the surname Feng,he had a son named Xiangru. Xiangru studied hard but failed several times in passing the imperial examination. One night when Xiangruwas reading books in the courtyard, he was surprised to see a beautiful girl on the wall looking at him affectionately. Xiangru invited her to come down from the wall and knew that her name was Hong Yu.

[Extensive Reading] Marriage of parrot

This is a story from Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio. Old man Gan had two sons. He died when the second was only five. After his death,the parrot he had kept flew away. The second son grew up into a very handsome young man. His brother and sister-in -law decided to choose as suitable girl for him.

[Extensive Reading] 'Resigned' to higher housing prices

The ever-rising price of property in China has become cause of worry for an increasing number of people, shows a survey.

[Extensive Reading] For happiness

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I d know better.