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9780761442165

The Ancient Chinese

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761442165

  • ISBN10:

    0761442162

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-09-01
  • Publisher: Benchmark Books

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Summary

These timeless tales of gods and heroes give us a window into the beliefs, values, and practices of people who lived long ago.

Table of Contents

The Magic of Mythsp. 6
Meet the Ancient Chinese
At the Center of the Worldp. 13
From Village to Empirep. 17
The Social Pyramidp. 21
A Blending of Faithsp. 25
In touch with the Heavenly Empirep. 29
Timeless Tales of Ancient China
The Origins of the World and Humans: Pangu the Giant and Nü Gua the Serpent Goddessp. 35
Wars of the Gods: The Yellow Emperorp. 43
The Adventures of a Hero: Yi the Archer and the Ten Sunsp. 53
Reshaping The Face of the Earth: Yu Conquers the Great Floodp. 61
A Myth of the Stars: The Weaver Maid and the Cowherdp. 69
A Spiritual Journey: The Monkey Kingp. 77
Glossaryp. 86
Sources of the Mythsp. 87
To Find out Morep. 90
Selected Bibliographyp. 92
Notes on Quoatationsp. 94
Indexp. 94
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