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    Chinese Fairy Tales
    Chinese Fairy Tales
    Chinese Fairy Tales
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    Chinese Fairy Tales

    By Herbert Allen Giles

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    A fascinating collection of delightful Chinese fairytales. It contains twelve captivating short stories that will intrigue readers of any age and keep them connected during each tale. This collection will be a perfect way to develop imagination and reading habits in children.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateNov 22, 2022
    ISBN8596547414957
    Chinese Fairy Tales

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      Chinese Fairy Tales - Herbert Allen Giles

      Herbert Allen Giles

      Chinese Fairy Tales

      EAN 8596547414957

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: [email protected]

      Table of Contents

      Chinese Fairy Tales — Title and ToC

      Preface

      The Magic Pillow

      The Stone Monkey

      Stealing Peaches

      The Painted Skin

      The Wonderful Pear-Tree

      The Country of Gentlemen

      Learning Magic

      The Theft of a Duck

      Living for Ever

      Football on a Lake

      The Flower Fairies

      The Talking Bird

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      Chinese Fairy Tales — Title and ToC

      Table of Contents

      CHINESE

      FAIRY TALES

      Table of Contents

      TOLD IN ENGLISH BY

      Prof. HERBERT A. GILES, CAMBRIDGE

      GOWANS & GRAY, Ltd., London & Glasgow

      LEROY PHILLIPS, Boston, U.S.A.

      1920

      Chapters(not individually listed)

      Preface

      The Magic Pillow

      The Stone Monkey

      Stealing Peaches

      The Painted Skin

      The Wonderful Pear-Tree

      The Country of Gentlemen

      Learning Magic

      The Theft of a Duck

      Living for Ever

      Football on a Lake

      The Flower Fairies

      The Talking Bird

      Preface

      Table of Contents

      ​This little volume of Chinese fairy tales has been written by Dr. Herbert A. Giles, Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge, formerly British Consul at Ningpo, China, and for twenty-six years resident in that country. It is intended as a companion to the Japanese fairy tales published in the same series.

      It is very interesting to compare the tales in the two volumes. They are equally quaint and delightful, but the national spirit of the Chinese is very different from that of the Japanese, both being reflected in the stories in a thoroughly characteristic manner.

      A. L. G.

      The Magic Pillow

      Table of Contents

      THE MAGIC PILLOW

      One day, an old priest stopped at a wayside inn to rest, spread out his mat, and sat down with his bag. Soon afterwards, a young fellow of the neighbourhood also arrived at the inn; he was a farm-labourer and wore short clothes, not a long robe like the priest and men who read books. He took a seat near to the priest and the two were soon laughing and talking together. By and by, the young man cast a glance at his own rough dress and said with a sigh, See, what a miserable wretch I am. You seem to me well fed and healthy enough, replied the priest; why in the middle of our pleasant chat do you suddenly complain of being a miserable wretch? What pleasure can I find, retorted the young man, in this life of mine, working every day as I do from early morn to late at night? I should like to be a great general and win battles, or to be a rich man and have fine food and wine, and listen to good music, or to be a great man at court and help our Emperor and bring prosperity to my family;—that is what I call pleasure. I want to rise in the world, but here I am a poor farm-labourer; if you don't call that miserable wretchedness, what is it? He then began to get sleepy, and while the landlord was cooking a dish of millet-porridge, the priest took a pillow out of his bag and

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