Chinese fables and folk stories by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung
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| Author | Davis, Mary Hayes, 1884?-1948 |
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| Author | Chow-Leung |
| Author of introduction, etc. | Wang, Zengshan |
| Title | Chinese fables and folk stories |
| Original Publication | New York: American Book Company, 1908. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Fables_and_Folk_Stories |
| Contents | How the moon became beautiful -- The animals' peace party -- The widow and her son -- The evergreen tree and the wilderness marigold -- The snail and the bees -- The proud chicken -- The lemon tree and the pumelo -- Woo Sing and the mirror -- Two mothers and a child -- A boy who would not tell a lie -- A great repentance and a great forgiveness -- The man who loved money better than life -- The hen and the Chinese mountain turtle -- The boy of perfect disposition -- What the Yen Tzi taught the hunter -- A lesson from Confucius -- The wind, the clouds, and the snow -- The fish and the flowers -- The hen, the cat, and the bird -- The boy who wanted the impossible -- The boy who became a Hsao-tsze -- The hunter, the snipe, and the bivalve -- The mule and the lion -- The Fa-Nien-Ts'ing and the Mön-Tien-Sing -- The body that deserted the stomach -- The proud fox and the crab -- A little Chinese rose -- The eagle and the rice birds -- The children and the dog -- The two mountains -- A Chinese prodigal son -- The lion and the mosquitoes -- The thief and the elephant -- The general, the bird, and the ant -- Three girls who went to a boys' school -- The rattan vine and the rose tree -- The melon and the professor. |
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| Language | English |
| LoC Class | GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Folklore -- China |
| Subject | Tales -- China |
| Subject | Fables, Chinese |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 74897 |
| Release Date | Dec 14, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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