CONTENTS

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Preface[v]
NURSERY FAIRY TALES
CHAPTER
IWomen’s Words Part Flesh and Blood[1]
IIThe Three Rhymsters[4]
IIIHow Greed for a Trifling Thing Led a Man to Lose a Great One[6]
IVWho Was the Sinner?[9]
VThe Magic Cask[10]
VIThe Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck[11]
VIIThe Bird with Nine Heads[13]
VIIIThe Cave of the Beasts[17]
IXThe Panther[20]
XThe Great Flood[24]
XIThe Fox and the Tiger[27]
XIIThe Tiger’s Decoy[28]
XIIIThe Fox and the Raven[29]
XIVWhy Dog and Cat are Enemies[30]
LEGENDS OF THE GODS
XVHow the Five Ancients Became Men[35]
XVIThe Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden[37]
XVIIYang Oerlang[42]
XVIIINotscha[44]
XIXThe Lady of the Moon[53]
XXThe Morning and the Evening Star[55]
XXIThe Girl with the Horse’s Head or the Silkworm Goddess[56]
XXIIThe Queen of Heaven[58]
XXIIIThe Fire-God[61]
XXIVThe Three Ruling Gods[62]
XXVA Legend of Confucius[64]
XXVIThe God of War[66]
TALES OF SAINTS AND MAGICIANS
XXVIIThe Halos of the Saints[71]
XXVIIILaotsze[73]
XXIXThe Ancient Man[75]
XXXThe Eight Immortals (I)[76]
XXXIThe Eight Immortals (II)[82]
XXXIIThe Two Scholars[84]
XXXIIIThe Miserly Farmer[88]
XXXIVSky O’Dawn[90]
XXXVKing Mu of Dschou[95]
XXXVIThe King of Huai Nan[99]
XXXVIIOld Dschang[102]
XXXVIIIThe Kindly Magician[107]
NATURE AND ANIMAL TALES
XXXIXThe Flower-Elves[119]
XLThe Spirit of the Wu-Lian Mountain[124]
XLIThe King of the Ants[125]
XLIIThe Little Hunting Dog[127]
XLIIIThe Dragon After His Winter Sleep[130]
XLIVThe Spirits of the Yellow River[131]
XLVThe Dragon-Princess[137]
XLVIHelp in Need[142]
XLVIIThe Disowned Princess[151]
XLVIIIFox-Fire[161]
GHOST STORIES
XLIXThe Talking Silver Foxes[165]
LThe Constable[168]
LIThe Dangerous Reward[174]
LIIRetribution[177]
LIIIThe Ghost Who Was Foiled[180]
LIVThe Punishment of Greed[184]
LVThe Night on the Battlefield[186]
LVIThe Kingdom of the Ogres[189]
LVIIThe Maiden Who Was Stolen Away[196]
LVIIIThe Flying Ogre[199]
LIXBlack Arts[201]
HISTORIC LEGENDS
LXThe Sorcerer of the White Lotus Lodge[209]
LXIThe Three Evils[212]
LXIIHow Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because of Two Peaches[215]
LXIIIHow the River God’s Wedding Was Broken Off[218]
LXIVDschang Liang[220]
LXVOld Dragonbeard[223]
LXVIHow Molo Stole the Lovely Rose-Red[231]
LXVIIThe Golden Canister[235]
LXVIIIYang Gui Fe[240]
LXIXThe Monk of the Yangtze-Kiang[243]
LITERARY FAIRY TALES
LXXThe Heartless Husband[251]
LXXIGiauna the Beautiful[261]
LXXIIThe Frog Princess[271]
LXXIIIRose of Evening[280]
LXXIVThe Ape Sun Wu Kung[288]