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Myths and Legends of China
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Fairy Tales and Folklore

Myths and Legends of China

By Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers), 1864-1954
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Myths and Legends of China
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'Myths and Legends of China' by E. T. C. Werner is a comprehensive exploration of Chinese mythology, folklore, and ancient traditions. The book delves into the stories of gods, heroes, and mythical creatures, offering insights into China's rich cultural heritage and spiritual beliefs. It serves as an engaging introduction to the fascinating world of Chinese myths and legends.
Mythological WorldFolkloreGods & MortalsRoyalty & CourtsSupernaturalPolitical IntrigueFamily

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GenreFairy Tales and Folklore
Length12 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 1922
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Sociology Of The Chinese
200The Marriage Of The River-god
2Southern Origin Improbable
201Legend Of The Building Of Peking
3Expansion Of Races From North To South
202Chu-ti
4Arrival Of The Chinese In China
203The Sealed Packet
5The K’un-lun Mountains
204A Desolate Region
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6Provisional Conclusion
205The Prince Opens The Sealed Packet
7Inorganic Environment
206The City Is Founded
8Organic Environment
207General Prosperity
9Sociological Environment
208A Drought And Its Cause
10Physical, Emotional, And Intellectual Characters
209The Prince’s Dream
11Marriage In Early Times
210The Pursuit Of The Dragons
12Marriage In Monarchical And Republican Periods
211An Unexpected Flood
13Parents And Children
212The Waters Subside
14Political History
213The Origin Of Chên-shui T’a
15General Government
214The Ministry Of Fire
16Laws
215A Conflagration
17Local Government
216C’ih Ching-tzŭ
18Military System
217The Red Emperor
19Ecclesiastical Institutions
218Hui Lu
20Professional Institutions
219The Fire-emperor
21Accessory Institutions
220The Ministry Of Epidemics
22Bodily Mutilations
221The President Of The Ministry
23Funeral Rites
222The Plague-disseminating Umbrellas
24Laws Of Intercourse
223The Five Graduates
25Habits And Customs
224The Emperors Strategy
26Sports And Games
225The Musicians Are Slain
27Domestic Life
226The Emperor Tormented
28Industrial Institutions
227The Graduates Canonized
29Arts
228The Ministry Of Medicine
30Agriculture And Rearing Of Livestock
229The Medicine-gods
31Sentiments And Moral Ideas
230The Ministry Of Exorcism
32Religious Ideas
231The Exorcism Of ‘emptiness And Devastation’
33Superstitions
232The Guardian Angel Of Buddhism
34Knowledge
233The Buddhist Saviour
35Language
234Miao Chuang Desires An Heir
36Achievements Of The Chinese
235Prayers To The Gods
37Mythology And Intellectual Progress
236The Murder Of The Tais
38The Chinese Intellect
237A Message For Yü Huang
39The Influence Of Religion
238Birth Of The Three Daughters
40History And Myth
239Miao Shan’s Ambition
41Chinese Rigidity
240Her Sisters Marry
42The Prerequisites To Myth
241Miao Shan’s Renunciation
43Stimulus Necessary
242She Is Exiled To The Garden
44Persistent Soul-expression
243The Nunnery Of The White Bird
45The Character Of Chinese Myth
244Her Reception At The Nunnery
46Periods Fertile In Myth
245She Makes Offering To The Buddha
47Sources Of Chinese Myth
246Spiritual Aid
48Phases Of Chinese Myth
247The Nunnery On Fire
49Tso-ch’iu Ming And Lieh Tzŭ
248The Execution Of Miao Shan
50The T’ang And Sung Epochs
249Miao Shan Visits The Infernal Regions
51Myth And Doubt
250Hell A Paradise
52Myth And Legend
251A Test Of Virtue
53The Fashioner Of The Universe
252Miao Shan Attains To Perfection
54The Sun And The Moon
253A Ruse
55P’an Ku And Ymer
254The Transformation Of Shan Ts’ai
56P’an Ku A Late Creation
255‘brother And Sister’
57Nü Kua Shih, The Repairer Of The Heavens
256The King’s Punishment
58Early Cosmogony Dualistic
257The Disguised Priest-doctor
59The Canon Of Changes
258Strange Medicine
60The Five Elements
259A Conspiracy That Failed
61Monism
260A Confession And Its Results
62Chou Tzŭ’s “t’ai Chi T’u”
261The Gruesome Remedy
63Chu Hsi’s Monistic Philosophy
262Half-measures
64Lao Tzŭ’s “tao”
263The King Cured
65Confucius’s Agnosticism
264The King’s Daughter
66Mo Tzŭ And Creation
265The King And Queen Taken Prisoners
67Mencius And The First Cause
266The King’s Repentance
68Lieh Tzŭ’s Absolute
267Sackcloth And Ashes
69Chuang Tzŭ’s Super-tao
268The King Renounces The Throne
70Popular Cosmogony Still Personal Or Dualistic
269Pardon Of The Green Lion And The White Elephant
71The Birth Of The Soul
270Miao Shan Becomes A Buddha
72The Populous Otherworld
271The Eight Immortals
73Worship Of Shang Ti
272Li T’ieh-kuai
74Worship Of T’ien
273Chung-li Ch’üan
75Confusion Of Shang Ti And T’ien
274Lan Ts’ai-ho
76The Otherworld Similar To This World
275Chang Kuo
77The Three Religions
276Ho Hsien Ku
78The Super-triad
277Lü Tung-pin
79Worship Of The Living
278Han Hsiang Tzŭ
80Confucianism
279Ts’ao Kuo-chiu
81Confucius Not A God
280Pa Hsien Kuo Hai
82The God Of Literature
281The Guardian Of The Gate Of Heaven
83Wên Ch’ang And The Great Bear
282An Avatar Of The Intelligent Pearl
84Wên Ch’ang And Tzŭ T’ung
283A Precocious Youth
85Heaven-deaf And Earth-dumb
284The Slaying Of The Dragon-king’s Son
86Image Of K’uei Hsing
285An Unruly Son
87Mr Redcoat
286Drastic Measures
88Mr Redcoat Nods His Head
287No-cha Draws A Bow At A Venture
89Mr Golden Cuirass
288Another Encounter
90The God Of War
289No-cha Commits Hara-kiri
91The Meat-seller’s Challenge
290A Habitation For The Soul
92The Oath In The Peach-orchard
291Li Ching Destroys His Son’s Statue
93Buddhism In China
292No-cha Consults His Master
94Buddha, The Law, And The Priesthood
293A New No-cha
95Diamond Kings Of Heaven
294A Battle Between Father And Son
96Legend Of The Diamond Kings
295Peace At The Last
97Hua-hu Tiao Devours Yang Chien
296A Battle Of The Gods
98The Three Pure Ones
297Chun T’i
99The Three Causes
298The One-eyed Peacock
100Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun
299Arrangements For The Siege
101An Avatar Of P’an Ku
300Impediments
102Yü Huang
301Offence And Defence
103The Cask Of Pearls
302Attempts At Revenge
104The Legend Of Yü Huang
303The Golden-bearded Turtle
105T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu
304The Battle Won
106Immortals, Heroes, Saints
305Buddhahood
107The God Of The Immortals
306How The Monkey Became A God
108Hsi Wang Mu
307Legend Of Sun Hou-tzŭ
109The Feast Of Peaches
308A Rod Of Iron
110The First Taoist Pope
309Grand Master Of The Heavenly Stables
111The Founder Of Modern Taoism
310Grand Superintendent Of The Heavenly Peach-garden
112The Peach-gathering
311Double Immortality
113Chang Tao-ling’s Great Power
312Sun Hou-tzŭ Captured
114Kings Of Heaven
313Sun Escapes From Lao Chün’s Furnace
115T’ai I
314Broad-jump Competition
116Goddess Of The North Star
315Conditions Of Release
117Snorter And Blower
316Sha Ho-shang
118Blue Dragon And White Tiger
317Sha Ho-shang Becomes Baggage-coolie
119Apotheosized Philosophers
318Chu Pa-chieh
120Fanning The Grave
319Hsüan Chuang, The Master
121Husband And Wife
320The Released Carp
122Canonized Generalissimos
321The Chuang Yüan Murdered
123The Three Musical Brothers
322Hsüan Chuang Finds His Grandmother
124The Dragon-boat Festival
323The Murderer Executed
125Chiang Tzŭ-ya
324The Carp’s Gratitude
126The Battle Of Mu Yeh
325Pai Ma, The White Horse
127A Legend Of Chiang Tzŭ-ya
326Perils By The Way
128No-cha Defeats Chang Kuei-fang
327The Grove Of Cypress-trees
129Tzŭ-ya Goes To K’un-lun
328A Proposal Of Marriage
130He Receives The List Of Immortals
329Blind Man’s Buff
131The Soaring Head
330The Lotus Cave
132The Ancient Immortal Saves The Situation
331The Monkey Under The Mountain
133Ch’iung Hsiao’s Magic Scissors
332The Magic Gourd
134Chiang Tzŭ-ya Defeats Wên Chung
333The Magic Rope
135The Red Sand Battle
334The Master Rescued
136Further Fighting
335The Red Child Demon
137Thousand-li Eye And Favourable-wind Ear
336A Prospective Feast
138How The Brothers Were Defeated
337The Generals Tricked
139Celestial Ministries
338The Demons Of Blackwater River
140Protectors Of The People
339The Slow-carts Country
141The Ch’êng-huang
340Restraints On Freedom
142The Kitchen-god
341Immortal For Suffering
143Ts’an Nü
342The Saviour Of The Buddhists
144The God Of Happiness
343Anger Of The Buddhist Priests
145The God Of Wealth
344Sun Bestows Talismans
146The God Of Longevity
345The Magic Circle
147The Door-gods
346Help From Ju Lai
148Chinese Polytheism
347The Fire-quenching Fan
149Myths Of The Stars Astrological Superstitions
348The Power Of The Magic Fan
150Various Star-gods
349Defeat Of The Ox-demon
151Shooting The Heavenly Dog
350The Lovely Women
152The Sun-king
351An Awkward Predicament
153The Steep Summit
352How The Master Was Rescued
154The Divine Archer
353The Spiders And The Extinguisher
155Vanquishes The Wind-spirit
354Shaving A Whole City
156Dispels The Nine False Suns
355The Return To China
157Marries The Sister Of The Water-spirit
356The Travellers Honoured
158Slays Various Dangerous Creatures
357The Fox
159Builds A Palace For Chin Mu
358Fox Legends
160Kills Chisel-tooth
359Friendship With Foxes
161Hêng Ô Flies To The Moon
360The Marriage Lottery
162The Sun-palace And The Bird Of Dawn
361The Magnanimous Girl
163Shên I Visits The Moon
362The Boon-companion
164Star-worship
363The Alchemist9
165The Herdsman And The Weaver-girl
364The Unnatural People
166The Twenty-eight Constellations
365The Pygmies
167A Victim Of Ta Chi
366The Giants
168Myths Of Time
367The Headless People
169The Planet Jupiter
368The Armless People
170Legend Of T’ai Sui
369The Long-armed And Long-legged People
171Worship Of T’ai Sui
370The One-eyed People And Others
172The Ministry Of Thunder And Storms
371The Feathered People, Etc
173The President Of The Ministry Of Thunder
372The People Of The Punctured Bodies
174The Duke Of Thunder
373The Women’s Kingdom
175Lei Kung In The Tree
374The Land Of The Flying Cart
176The Mysterious Bottle
375The Expectant Wife
177Lei Chên-tzŭ
376The Wild Men
178The Mother Of Lightning
377The Jointed Snake
179The Origin Of The Spirit Of Lightning
378The Casting Of The Great Bell
180The God Of The Wind
379The Cursed Temple
181The Master Of Rain
380The Maniac’s Mite
182The One-legged Bird
381The City-god Of Yen Ch’êng
183Ma Yüan-shuai
382The Origin Of A Lake
184The Dragons
383Miao Creation Legends
185The Dragon-kings
384The Dream Of The South Branch
186The Foolish Dragon
385Ch’un-yü Fên Enters The Locust-tree
187The Ministry Of Waters
386He Marries The King’s Daughter
188An Unauthorized Portrait
387He Writes To His Father
189The Shipwrecked Servant
388He Takes Office
190A Battle And Its Results
389He Meets With Disasters
191The Dragon In The Pond
390He Returns Home
192The Spirits Of The Well
391Ch’un-yü Regenerate
193The Dragon-king’s Daughter
392Why The Jung Tribe Have Heads Of Dogs
194Golden Dragon Great Prince
393Two Tribes At War
195The Old Mother Of The Waters
394The Chief’s Promise
196The Magic Vermicelli
395A Strange Contract
197Hsü, The Dragon-slayer
396The Chiefs Curiosity
198The Spiritual Alligator
397The Origin Of A Custom
199The Great Flood
398And Of A Worship

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