上行下傚 (Shàng xíng xià xiào) Subordinates follow the example of their superiors From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=440 In the Garden of Stories (說苑) compiled by Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty, the chapter “Way of Kings (君道)” happened to contain a relevant anecdote that we can use for reference here. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Jing…
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006. The Tortilla or The Enchanted Canary
Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 1 – Magnificent Stories, Stories of Animals, Anecdotes (Cuentos maravillosos, Cuentos de animales, Anécdotas) 006. The Tortilla or The Enchanted Canary (La Tortilla o El Canarito Encantado) (Referred to by Mr. Osvaldo Martínez, a Priest, from Santiago, in 1912) There was a King who…
Shāng fēng bài sú (傷風敗俗 – 伤风败俗)
傷風敗俗 (Shāng fēng bài sú) Lit. Offending public morals (idiom) From https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E5%82%B7%E9%A2%A8%E6%95%97%E4%BF%97/833172 Han Yu was a scholar and philosopher in the Tang Dynasty. At the age of 35, he went to the capital to serve as a rector (博士) at the Imperial College (國子監), and later as a Vice-Minister at the Ministry of Justice (刑部侍郎)….
005. The Little Rooster
Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 1 – Magnificent Stories, Stories of Animals, Anecdotes (Cuentos maravillosos, Cuentos de animales, Anécdotas) Note from the author: In this story that follows, which is Spanish [in origin], but which I have not seen in print, the development is almost the same as that…
Sān shēng yǒu xìng (三生有幸 – 三生有幸)
三生有幸 (Sān shēng yǒu xìng) (1) the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)(2) (courteous language) it’s my good fortune… From https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E4%B8%89%E7%94%9F%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%B8/601887 In the Tang Dynasty, there was a layman named Li Yuan (李源), whose father, Li Deng (李登), was an official in the imperial court. When An Lushan started his rebellion, Li Deng vowed to resist…
004. The Little Hummingbird
Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 1 – Magnificent Stories, Stories of Animals, Anecdotes (Cuentos maravillosos, Cuentos de animales, Anécdotas) 004. The Little Hummingbird (La Tenquita) (Recited in 1905 by 50-year old Polonia Gonzalez, from the province of Colchagua) Know so one can tell, and tell so one can learn….
Sān lìng wǔ shēn (三令五申 – 三令五申)
三令五申 (Sān lìng wǔ shēn) Lit. Thrice ordered, five times explained Fig. To order again and again (idiom) From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=267 Sun Wu was a famous strategist from the Spring and Autumn period. Originally from the State of Qi, he later became a general under King Helu of Wu, defeated the State of Chu, threatened the…
003. Delgadina and the Culebrón
Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. Laval Part 1 – Magnificent Stories, Stories of Animals, Anecdotes (Cuentos maravillosos, Cuentos de animales, Anécdotas) 003. Delgadina y el Culebrón (Delgadina and the Culebrón) [Nguyen: the culebrón is a giant winged serpent-dragon of the Asturian and Cantabrian mythology.] (Retold by 13-year old Pedro Danús…
Sān gù máo lú (三顧茅廬 – 三顾茅庐)
三顧茅廬 (Sān gù máo lú) (1) lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage(2) a famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times Near the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow…
002. The Enchanted Little Fish
Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – Ramón A. Laval Part 1 – Magnificent Stories, Stories of Animals, Anecdotes (Cuentos maravillosos, Cuentos de animales, Anécdotas) 002. The Enchanted Little Fish (El Pescadito Encantado) (Referred to by 9-year old Samuel Antonio Letelier from Molina in 1911. He heard it told in Linares in 1910) There was…