Excerpts From Three Classical Chinese Novels

by Yang Xianyi (Translator), Gladys Yang (Translator)

Excerpts from 3 classical Chinese novels:
Three Kingdoms, Pilgrimage to the West, Flowers in the mirror.

295 pages, Paperback

First published January 29, 1987

Reviews

[Jorg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinerende verhalen. Dit boek, of eigenlijk deze delen van drie boeken is/ zijn een must read voor iedereen die zijn literaire horizon wil verbreden.

[Arthur Cravan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing find. I found this cheap in a second-hand bookstore & out of a strange morning hunger a few weeks later, picked it off my shelf at 5am to flick through. I read the whole thing that day without putting it down. It is a great introduction to Chinese literature. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is amazing, as is the (comparatively more famous in the West, I'd imagine) tale of Monkey & friends in Journey To the West. The former is a tale of a war-torn nation & gives a spectacular introduction to the legend of Zhuge Liang, who became an inspiration to me after reading these sample chapters. The latter you may know from the Monkey Magic show, or even vaguely from "Dragon Ball". I bought the complete four-volume of each shortly after. The remaining tale, Flowers in the Mirror, is not of the same caliber as the other two, but is quite worth a read, & if I ever find a cheap/library copy of that complete tale, I would be happy to dive back into its (rather crazy) world.