Ancient Chinese Fables

Title

en_US Ancient Chinese Fables

Description

en_US Yang Xianyi, Gladys Yang et al

Creator

en_US Yang, Gladys See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Zikai, Feng

Date

2016-01-25T16:15:26Z

en_US 1996-03

en_US 1983

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:15:26Z

Date Issued

en_US 1981

Abstract

en_US 121 fables from various eras. Note the large amount of overlap with, for example, Ancient Chinese Fables (1957). This book is a parallel translation with Fabulas Antiguas de China (1961/80/84). One surprise out of the comparison of this book with that is that El Arte there is translated to be about slaying (matar) dragons while here the story is about a culinary artist: The Art of Carving Dragons (italics mine). I recommend especially Suspicion (4), The Title-Deed Lost on the Road (7), The Bird Killed by Kindness (11), the work of Han Fei Zi (23-30), the material from the Warring States Anecdotes (23-30), A Good Man Is Easy to Bully (76), The Holy Eel (49), The Donkey of Guizhou (55), and The Compassionate Man (65, the cover story). There is a Show me how it happened story here; in it the old man counsels the scholar to knife the wolf once he is back in the bag (66).

Identifier

en_US 083511158X

en_US 2400 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77956

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Foreign Languages Press

en_US Beijing

Subject

en_US PL2449.A45 1981 See all items with this value

en_US Chinese See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole