📁 Tragedies
4 Stories
Sad endings, lost work, and tragic fates
👤 Ge Hong
Counting Ten Doors to Find Nine Empty
A fourth-century magistrate counts ten village homes to find nine abandoned, revealing a stark nine…
👤 Li Qingzhao
Ancient Poet Opens Craft Pub for Burned Out Workers
A Song dynasty poet opens a modern craft pub to cure corporate burnout, only to discover that even …
👤 Xiao Q
My Hairline’s Fleeing, My Savings Are Just Playing Defense
A late-night office worker discovers her overtime pay exactly covers the cost of repairing the phys…
👤 Thales of Miletus
Thales Measured the Heavens with a Stick
Thales of Miletus used a wooden staff and shadow geometry to measure the heavens around 600 BC, tur…