What are the classic Chinese children’s stories?

1. Mr. Dongguo and the Wolf

Mr. Dongguo applied his "universal love" to the evil wolf, and thus almost suffered misfortune.

This fable tells us that even in the relationship between people, there are also "Mr. Dongguo" problems.

A person should love the people sincerely, but he should not pity the wolf-like evil people at all.

Now, "Mr. Dongguo" and "Zhongshan Wolf" have become fixed words in Chinese. "Mr. Dongguo" refers specifically to those who do not distinguish right from wrong and show excessive compassion, while "Zhongshan Wolf" refers to An ungrateful person who repays kindness with evil.

2. The Tortoise and the Hare

"The Tortoise and the Hare" is an intriguing fable in which a proud hare and a persevering little tortoise are portrayed. .

One day, the hare and the tortoise had a running race. The hare laughed at the tortoise for being slow. The tortoise said that one day he would win.

The rabbit said, let’s start the game now.

The rabbit ran quickly, and the tortoise crawled desperately. After a while, the rabbit and the tortoise were already a long way away.

The rabbit thought the competition was too easy, so it wanted to sleep for a while, and said self-righteously that even if it woke up, the turtle might not be able to catch up with it.

As for the tortoise, it kept crawling. When the hare woke up, the tortoise had reached the end.

This story tells everyone: Don’t underestimate others easily.

Mobility makes people progress, and pride makes people fall behind. Only by doing things in a down-to-earth manner and not giving up halfway can you achieve success.

3. Sit back and wait for the rabbit

According to legend, in the Song Dynasty during the Warring States Period, there was a farmer who worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. When there is a good year, you can only have enough to eat and clothe yourself; when there is a famine, you will go hungry. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and very timid. He is lazy and afraid of everything he does, and always wants to encounter the windfall that comes to his door.

The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the fields, and people were hunting around him.

The sound of shouting undulated everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran desperately. Suddenly, a rabbit hit and died on the root of a tree at the edge of his field.

That day, he had a delicious meal. From then on, he stopped farming.

Guarding the magical tree roots all day long, waiting for the miracle to appear.

Use this story to criticize those thinking methods that do not know how to adapt and adhere to dogma.

Standing back and waiting for rabbits can be used as a compliment. As long as the rules are mastered, it is also possible to plant a few trees on the path that rabbits must pass and wait for rabbits to hit them. For example, a certain place is a place that the Japanese army must pass through. We only need to be prepared here and wait.

4. Kong Rong Lets Pears

A moral education story that has been circulated in China for thousands of years. This story tells people that public order and good customs should be observed in everything. These are moral common sense that should be known at a young age. It is a true story about Kong Rong, a writer at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in ancient China. It educates people that they should abide by public order and good customs in everything.

This is the reason why "if you are four years old, you can make pears" in the "Three Character Classic".

5. The Farmer and the Snake

In a cold winter, a farmer returning home from the market found a snake on the roadside. He thought it was frozen, so he let it go. In arms. The snake was frightened, and when it fully woke up, it instinctively bit the farmer and finally killed him.

Before he died, the farmer said with great regret: "I wanted to do good things, but because of my shallow knowledge, I killed myself, so I suffered this kind of retribution."

Extended information:

Children's stories refer to short literary works that focus on the process of narrating events and are suitable for children to listen or watch. The themes are wide-ranging and directly reflect the real life of society, especially the real life that children are familiar with. Some of the contents are real people and real events, and some are fictional works extracted and summarized from life.

The theme is simple and clear, and the plot is vivid, interesting and fascinating.

Mainly narrated, the language is simple, concise and colloquial, suitable for oral narration. There are many types. In terms of the creative process, there are folk tales and creative stories; in terms of subject matter, there are life stories, animal stories, and historical stories; in terms of expression, there are written stories and picture stories.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia Children’s Stories