Another joke from Feng Menglong's collection Gujin tangai 古今譚槩.

A Ming dynasty joke.

Another autumn delight...

Two suggestions for an autumn delight from the thirteenth century.

Lu Xun's review of the story about Guo Ju burying his son.

One of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars

Summer nuisances.

A 14th-century tale from Yulizi 郁離子.

A few words of consolation for a recent incident in the woods.

An anecdote from the Ming dynasty.

For the peach season.

A celebrated "swindle".

Chinese leaf... better than lamb with wine (?!)

Album leaf and inscription by Shen Zhou 沈周

A joke from Feng Menglong's Xiaofu.

Summer metamorphosis...

An anecdote about lizards from the 11th century.

On a fairy beast that visits me every day lately...