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...

If you see people washing a tree in a painting...

A night in the countryside, full of life.

How to be lazy thoughtfully