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by Frederick H. Martens,Richard Wilhelm,George W. Hood
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ISBN: 0486454355 Dover Publications Price: $10.95 |
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These 73 fairy tales from ancient China have a distinctive Far Eastern glow about them. Some, like "The Lady of the Moon," are exquisitely poetic. Others, such as "The Kindly Magician," are filled with black magic. All will appeal to young and old alike. Includes 3 full-color illustrations on cover.
Reprint of the J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1921 edition.
Table of Contents for The Chinese Fairy Book
| 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 | |||||||
| XXIX. 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 | |||||||
| XLVI. 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 Ros | |||||||
| 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 |