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Chinese fairy tales and fantasies /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publication details: New York : Pantheon Books, 1979.Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 039442039X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.1/3/008
LOC classification:
  • PL2658.E8 C48
Contents:
Tales of enchantment and magic: Cricket -- Waiting maid's parrot -- Sea prince -- Girl in green -- Butterfly dreams -- Suited to be a fish -- Li Ching and the rain god -- Jade leaves -- Wizard's lesson -- Priest of hardwork mountain -- White lotus magic -- Peach thief -- Tales of folly and greed: Magic pear tree -- Wine well -- Gold, Gold -- Stump watching -- Buying shoes -- Missing axe -- Overdoing it -- Horsetrader -- Silver swindle -- Family's fortune -- Leaf -- Tiger behind the fox -- Rich man of Sung -- Flying bull -- Social connections -- Small favor -- Pitted loquats -- Memory trouble -- Medical techniques -- Lost horse -- Deer in the dream -- Loss of memory -- Sun -- Animal kingdom: Faithful mouse -- Loyal dog -- Black and white -- Dog goes to court -- Tale of the trusty tiger -- Repentant tiger of Chaoch'eng -- Tiger boys -- Human bait -- Educated frogs and martial ants -- Snakeman -- North country wolf -- Counselor to the wolves -- Monkey keeper -- Man and beast -- Man or beast -- Fish rejoice -- Wagging my tail in the mud -- Women and wives: Li Chi slays the serpent -- Black general -- Master and the serving maid -- Cure for jealousy -- Fortune teller -- Dead son -- Golden toothpick -- King's favorite -- Divided daughter -- Ghosts and souls: Scholar's concubine -- Three former lives -- Monk from Everclear -- Monk's sins -- Truth about ghosts -- Sung Ting-po catches a ghost -- Ai Tzu and the temple ghost -- Escaping ghosts -- Test of conviction -- Drinking companions -- Censor and the tiger -- Underworld justice -- Sharp sword -- Skull -- Judges and diplomats: Sheep butcher and his king -- Prime minister's coachman -- Royal jewel -- Country of thieves -- Strategy -- Buying loyalty -- Groom's crimes -- Chain -- Hearsay -- Dreams -- Mortal lord -- One word solves a mystery -- Wise judge -- Clever judge -- Fine Phoenix -- Sun tribute -- Unofficial history of the Confucian Academy: Nature -- Civilization -- Note on the translation and transcription of Chinese -- List of sources -- Index of the tales.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 895.1 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PL2658.E8 C48 1 Available 34517000205289

Includes index.

Tales of enchantment and magic: Cricket -- Waiting maid's parrot -- Sea prince -- Girl in green -- Butterfly dreams -- Suited to be a fish -- Li Ching and the rain god -- Jade leaves -- Wizard's lesson -- Priest of hardwork mountain -- White lotus magic -- Peach thief -- Tales of folly and greed: Magic pear tree -- Wine well -- Gold, Gold -- Stump watching -- Buying shoes -- Missing axe -- Overdoing it -- Horsetrader -- Silver swindle -- Family's fortune -- Leaf -- Tiger behind the fox -- Rich man of Sung -- Flying bull -- Social connections -- Small favor -- Pitted loquats -- Memory trouble -- Medical techniques -- Lost horse -- Deer in the dream -- Loss of memory -- Sun -- Animal kingdom: Faithful mouse -- Loyal dog -- Black and white -- Dog goes to court -- Tale of the trusty tiger -- Repentant tiger of Chaoch'eng -- Tiger boys -- Human bait -- Educated frogs and martial ants -- Snakeman -- North country wolf -- Counselor to the wolves -- Monkey keeper -- Man and beast -- Man or beast -- Fish rejoice -- Wagging my tail in the mud -- Women and wives: Li Chi slays the serpent -- Black general -- Master and the serving maid -- Cure for jealousy -- Fortune teller -- Dead son -- Golden toothpick -- King's favorite -- Divided daughter -- Ghosts and souls: Scholar's concubine -- Three former lives -- Monk from Everclear -- Monk's sins -- Truth about ghosts -- Sung Ting-po catches a ghost -- Ai Tzu and the temple ghost -- Escaping ghosts -- Test of conviction -- Drinking companions -- Censor and the tiger -- Underworld justice -- Sharp sword -- Skull -- Judges and diplomats: Sheep butcher and his king -- Prime minister's coachman -- Royal jewel -- Country of thieves -- Strategy -- Buying loyalty -- Groom's crimes -- Chain -- Hearsay -- Dreams -- Mortal lord -- One word solves a mystery -- Wise judge -- Clever judge -- Fine Phoenix -- Sun tribute -- Unofficial history of the Confucian Academy: Nature -- Civilization -- Note on the translation and transcription of Chinese -- List of sources -- Index of the tales.

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