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Which Lay A Carbuncle Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

Which Lay A Carbuncle

Which Lay A Carbuncle: Then the king was alarmed and said: “What the fickle boy did was not to be endured, it is true. But still you were a little too rough

The Wonderful Man Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Wonderful Man

The Wonderful Man: There is a certain Prefectural city in the south of China, which has earned a reputation distinguishing it from all such towns throughout

The Widow Ho Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Widow Ho

The Widow Ho: One day in the early dawn, a distinguished mandarin was leaving the temple of the City God. It was his duty to visit this temple on the first and

The Vengeance Of The Goddess Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Vengeance Of The Goddess

The Vengeance Of The Goddess: In a certain temple in the northern part of the Empire, there once lived a famous priest named Hien-Chung, whose reputation had

The Tragedy Of The Yin Family Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Tragedy Of The Yin Family

The Tragedy Of The Yin Family: In a certain district in one of the central provinces of China, there lived a man of the name of Yin. He was possessed of

The Spirits Of The Yellow River Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Spirits Of The Yellow River

The Spirits Of The Yellow River: are called Dai Wang Great King. For many hundreds of years past the river inspectors had continued to report that all sorts of

The Reward Of A Benevolent Life Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Reward Of A Benevolent Life

The Reward Of A Benevolent Life: On the banks of a river flowing through the prefecture of Tingchow, there stood a certain city of about ten thousand A

The Mysterious Buddhist Robe Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Mysterious Buddhist Robe

The Mysterious Buddhist Robe: The short visit which the Emperor Li Shih-ming paid to the Land of Shadows had produced a profound impression on his mind.

The Monk Of The Yangtze-Kiang Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Monk Of The Yangtze-Kiang

The Monk Of The Yangtze-Kiang: Buddhism took its rise in southern India, on the island of Ceylon. It was there that the son of a Brahminic king lived, who had

The Kingdom Of The Ogres Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Kingdom Of The Ogres

The Kingdom Of The Ogres: In the land of Annam there once dwelt a man named Su, who sailed the seas as a merchant. Once his ship was suddenly driven on a

The Kindly Magician Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Kindly Magician

The Kindly Magician: Once upon a time there was a man named Du Dsi Tschun. In his youth he was a spendthrift and paid no heed to his property. He was given to

The Heartless Husband Chinese Folk Tales All Ages

The Heartless Husband

The Heartless Husband: In olden times Hanchow was the capital of Southern China, and for that reason a great number of beggars had gathered there. These