Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Oxford University Press (1962), First edition. B&W and duo-tone illustrations.
Description
This collection of Chinese stories begins with the great legends of how Earth and Heaven came into being, and of how the archer Yi rid the Emperor Yao of the menace of the ten suns. There are folk-tales too, about ghosts and rain-makers, poor students and magicians, and the man who was nearly made into fishpaste. Throughout all these stories the author has kept the subtle oriental flavour of the originals and brings to life all the magic and mystery of China.
Subjects
Original publication date
1961
Local notes
Retellings of Chinese folk tales.
CONQUERORS OF CHAOS
• Heaven and Earth and Man
• The Greatest Archer
• The Quellers of the Flood
FAIRIES, GHOSTS AND OTHERS
• The Dinner that Cooked Itself
• How Marriages Are Made
• The Three Precious Packets
• The Man Who Nearly Became Fishpaste
• A Shiver of Ghosts
• Magicians of the Way
• The Inn of Donkeys
• The Pavilion of Peril
• The Rainmakers
THE REVOLT OF THE DEMONS
• Aunt Piety
• Eggborn
• The Text
• Eterna
• Recruits
• Revolt
CONQUERORS OF CHAOS
• Heaven and Earth and Man
• The Greatest Archer
• The Quellers of the Flood
FAIRIES, GHOSTS AND OTHERS
• The Dinner that Cooked Itself
• How Marriages Are Made
• The Three Precious Packets
• The Man Who Nearly Became Fishpaste
• A Shiver of Ghosts
• Magicians of the Way
• The Inn of Donkeys
• The Pavilion of Peril
• The Rainmakers
THE REVOLT OF THE DEMONS
• Aunt Piety
• Eggborn
• The Text
• Eterna
• Recruits
• Revolt