The Chinese Fairy Book
The Chinese Fairy Book features 74 Chinese folk tales divided into categories. The sections feature: Nursery Fairy Tales, Legends of the Gods, Tales of Saints and Magicians, Nature and Animal Tales, Ghost Stories, Historic Fairy Tales, and Literary Fairy Tales. The tales contained in the collection range from the fantastical to the religious, and take place centuries ago. Edited by Dr. Richard Wilhelm, The Chinese Fairy Book was published in 1921.
Wilhelm was a German sinologist (studier of China), and translated multiple philosophical works from China. He resided in China for 25 years, and fell in love with the country, giving the West one of the first views of Chinese literature. He has been credited as having the most influence on sharing the spirituality of Asia to the West, and was the founder of the China Institute. He died in 1930, but up to the end, he focused on promoting the culture, religion and heritage of China with all.
Many of the books’ Chinese folktales and fairy tales are available in audiobook in the Fairytalez Audio App for Apple and Android devices.
Fairy tales by The Chinese Fairy Book
- The Dragon After His Winter Sleep
- The Dragon-Princess
- The Disowned Princess
- The Dangerous Reward
- Dschang Liang
- Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck
- The Fox and the Tiger
- The Fox and the Raven
- The Fire-God
- The Flower-Elves
- Fox-Fire
- The Flying Ogre
- The Frog Princess
- The Great Flood
- The Girl with the Horse's Head or the Silkworm Goddess
- The God of War
- The Ghost Who Was Foiled
- The Golden Cannister
- Giauna the Beautiful
- How Greed for a Trifling Thing Led a Man to Lose a Great One
- How the Five Ancients Became Men
- Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden
- Halos of the Saints
- Help in Need
- How the River God's Wedding was Broken Off
- How Molo Stole the Lovely Rose-Red
- The Heartless Husband
- King Mu of Dschou
- The King of Huai Nan
- The Kindly Magician
- The King of the Ants
- The Kingdom of the Ogres
- Sky O'Dawn
- The Spirit of Wu-Lian Mountain
- The Spirits of the Yellow River
- The Sorcerer of the White Lotus Lodge
- The Three Rhymsters
- The Tiger's Decoy
- The Three Ruling Gods
- The Two Scholars
- The Talking Silver Foxes
- The Three Evils
- How Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because of Two Peaches
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