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Title
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Chinese Fables & Folktales I
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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In English, with some text in Chinese.
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First printing
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Chinese text by Zheng Ma and Zhing Li; Translation by Wu Ying; Illustrations by Liu She, Ma Rujin, Jiang Jianzhong, and Zhang Peicheng
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Creator
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Zheng, Ma
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Contributor
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She, Liu
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Date
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2016-03-01T14:44:36Z
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2016-01
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2008
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Date Available
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2016-03-01T14:44:36Z
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Date Issued
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2008
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Abstract
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There are five tales in this nicely produced book. It is based on a Chinese original of 2007. The stories here include "Xue Tan Learns What it Means to Sing"; "The Parrot that Put Out a Fire"; "Jiu Fanggao's Eye for Horses"; "The Wrong Way"; and "Helped by an Expert." Though they are folktales, they seem to me to be fables. In the first, a student of song has decided too soon that he is ready. The master sits him down and sings him a song. The student gets the idea! The second reminds one of a Jakata story: a noble parrot dips his wings in water to drop some water on a fire that has broken out in his old territory. A cloud sees his generous act and contributes his much greater water to the cause. In the third, an expert is so focused on the important qualities of a horse that he fails to notice either its color or its gender. No matter! He knows the horse's quality. "The Wrong Way" I have seen before. A traveler warned time after time that he is going the wrong way trusts in his speed, his driver, his money -- all to no avail. In the last story, a poor man needs to sell a horse but cannot. He calls on the same horse expert mentioned in the third story, and Jiu generously comes by to look the horse over. Immediately all sorts of people take an interest in the horse, spurred on by the interest of an expert.
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Identifier
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9781602209626; 1602209626
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10594 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Better Link Press: Shanghai Press and Publishing Development Company
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New York, NY
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Subject
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PN989.C5Z44 2008 v. 1
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Chinese
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole