Tales from China (Oxford Myths and Legends)

by Cyril Birch (Adapter)

Other authorsRosamund Fowler (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

J4A.Bir

Publication

Oxford University Press

Pages

195

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.

Description

Table of Contents:
Heaven and Earth and Man
1
The Greatest Archer
6

The Quellers of the Flood
17
The Dinner that Cooked Itself
33
How Marriages are Made
39
The Three Precious Packets
45
The Man Who Nearly Became Fishpaste
52
A Shiver of Ghosts
58
Magicians of the Way
76
The Inn of Donkeys
85

The Pavilion of Peril
91
The Rainmakers
97
Aunt Piety
109
Eggborn
119
The Text
134
Eterna
147
Recruits
161
Revolt
171

Collection

Barcode

3161

Language

Original language

Chinese

Original publication date

1961

Physical description

195 p.; 7.8 inches

ISBN

019275078X / 9780192750785

Rating

½ (4 ratings; 3.8)

Call number

J4A.Bir
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