The Chinese Fairy Book

By Richard Wilhelm

Book Overview

"An Eastern wonder book for Western boys and girls, and withal, a book that no student of folklore can ignore." -Asia, The American Magazine on the Orient The Chinese Fairy Book features 74 Chinese folktales divided into categories, making, as the translator notes, "probably the most comprehensive and varied collection of oriental fairy tales ever made available for American readers". The sections feature: Nursery Fairy Tales, Legends of the Gods, Tales of Saints and Magicians, Nature and Animal Tales, Ghost Stories, Historic Fairy Tales, and Literary Fairy Tales. The tales contained in the collection range from the fantastical to the religious, and take place centuries ago. CONTENTS Preface NURSERY FAIRY TALES I Women's Words Part Flesh and Blood II The Three Rhymsters III How Greed for a Trifling Thing Led a Man to Lose a Great One IV Who Was the Sinner? V The Magic Cask VI The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck VII The Bird with Nine Heads VIII The Cave of the Beasts IX The Panther X The Great Flood XI The Fox and the Tiger XII The Tiger's Decoy XIII The Fox and the Raven XIV Why Dog and Cat are Enemies LEGENDS OF THE GODS XV How the Five Ancients Became Men XVI The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden XVII Yang Oerlang XVIII Notscha XIX The Lady of the Moon XX The Morning and the Evening Star XXI The Girl with the Horse's Head or the Silkworm Goddess XXII The Queen of Heaven XXIII The Fire-God XXIV The Three Ruling Gods XXV A Legend of Confucius XXVI The God of War TALES OF SAINTS AND MAGICIANS XXVII The Halos of the Saints XXVIII Laotsze XIX The Ancient Man XXX The Eight Immortals (I) XXXI The Eight Immortals (II) XXXII The Two Scholars XXXIII The Miserly Farmer XXXIV Sky O'Dawn XXXV King Mu of Dschou XXXVI The King of Huai Nan XXXVII Old Dschang XXXVIII The Kindly Magician NATURE AND ANIMAL TALES XXXIX The Flower-Elves XL The Spirit of the Wu-Lian Mountain XLI The King of the Ants XLII The Little Hunting Dog XLIII The Dragon After His Winter Sleep XLIV The Spirits of the Yellow River XLV The Dragon-Princess LVI Help in Need XLVII The Disowned Princess XLVIII Fox-Fire GHOST STORIES XLIX The Talking Silver Foxes L The Constable LI The Dangerous Reward LII Retribution LIII The Ghost Who Was Foiled LIV The Punishment of Greed LV The Night on the Battlefield LVI The Kingdom of the Ogres LVII The Maiden Who Was Stolen Away LVIII The Flying Ogre LIX Black Arts HISTORIC LEGENDS LX The Sorcerer of the White Lotus Lodge LXI The Three Evils LXII How Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because of Two Peaches LXIII How the River God's Wedding Was Broken Off LXIV Dschang Liang LXV Old Dragonbeard LXVI How Molo Stole the Lovely Rose-Red LXVII The Golden Canister LXVIII Yang Gui Fe LXIX The Monk of the Yangtze-Kiang LITERARY FAIRY TALES LXX The Heartless Husband LXXI Giauna the Beautiful LXXII The Frog Princess LXXIII Rose of Evening LXXIV The Ape Sun Wu Kung

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508945845
• ISBN13: 9781508945840
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"