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Title
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Selected Fables (Chinese)
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Translation Series of Ancient Chinese Classics
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Description
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Language note: Bilingual: English/Chinese
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First printing
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Zhuang Zhou et al; modern translation by Zhao Chongxing; English translation to Yang Xianyi, Gladys Dai et al
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Creator
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Zhou, Zhuang
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Contributor
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Cemetery, Fan Jin
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Date
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2025-05-20T17:10:15Z
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2024-03
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2002
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Date Available
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2025-05-20T17:10:15Z
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Date Issued
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2002
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Abstract
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Line drawings. T of C at the beginning. I do not notice any Western fables. Striking among the early fables here is "The Chicken Thief" (16). By the way, page numbers are only in Chinese. A daily thief of chickens was admonished and promised to cut down to one a month. Why still one a month if stealing them is wrong? "The Snipe and the Mussel" (33 ) is like our rat and oyster fable: snipe pecks at opening mussel and mussel clamps down. Both wait for the other to die. A fisherman comes and catches them both. "The Cicada, the Praying Mantis, and the Sparrow" (60) is the story of each predator not realizing that there is a bigger predator behind him, the last predator being a man with a catapult ready to get the sparrow. There are full-page line drawings along the way. 5¼" x 8". 313 pages.
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Identifier
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13535 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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New World Publishing House
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Beijing
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Subject
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Chinese