Chinese Myths and Fantasies

by Birch, Cyril; Kiddell-Monroe, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780192741523
• ISBN10: 0192741527
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 here, too: about ghosts and rain-makers, poor students and magicians, and the man who was nearly made into fishpaste. Throughout all of these stories Cyril Birch has kept the subtle flavor of the originals and brings to life all of the magic and mystery of China.

Table of Contents

The Conquerors of Chaos
Heaven and Earth and Man	p. 3
The Greatest Archer	p. 9
The Quellers of the Flood	p. 20
Fairies, Ghosts and Others
The Dinner that Cooked Itself	p. 37
How Marriages are Made	p. 43
The Three Precious Packets	p. 48
The Man Who Nearly Became Fishpaste	p. 55
A Shiver of Ghosts	p. 62
Magicians of the Way	p. 80
The Inn of Donkeys	p. 89
The Pavilion of Peril	p. 95
The Rainmakers	p. 101
The Revolt of the Demons
Aunt Piety	p. 113
Eggborn	p. 123
The Text	p. 138
Eterna	p. 152
Recruits	p. 166
Revolt	p. 176
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