A Chinese Wonder Book: Fairy Tales of China

by Norman Hinsdale Pitman (Adapter)

CONTENTS
The Golden Beetle or Why the Dog Hates the Cat
The Great Bell
The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog
How Footbinding Started
The Talking Fish
Bamboo and the Turtle
The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest
The Nodding Tiger
The Princess Kwan-Yin
The Two Jugglers
The Phantom Vessel
The Wooden Tablet
The Golden Nugget
The Man Who Would Not Scold
Lu-San, Daughter of Heaven

Genres: Short Stories, Classics, Fairy Tales, Mythology, Fiction

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1919

Reviews

[A.R. Jarvis]

For a "Wonder Book" this volume was very bland. There were one or two stories that I somewhat enjoyed, while the rest I just sort of endured because they weren't bad enough to stop reading.

Themes include filial piety, being nice to beggars, Filial Piety, and...realistic-feeling dreams. Oh, also FILIAL PIETY. DID I MENTION THE FILIAL PIETY?

Because of subtle Euro-centrism and racism, and less-subtle concepts like multiple wives and selling children, this book is most suited to teens or older. Although it's so terribly dull I don't know why they'd read it.

[Kerri]

As with any collection of short stories, I liked some and I didn't like some. Overall they were fun reads and an interesting look into ancient Chinese culture. I think my favorite story was probably the one about the 2 friends who find a lump of gold in the forest. It just made me happy.

I read this book for free on Project Gutenburg

[Mark Schlechty]

Many good stories.

This book was full out good stories about fairies, fish, fantasies and familial love . I enjoyed reading the stories.

[Kathy Chung]

Interesting stories. Some I have heard before but still it's good to read it again. Love the illustration too. Missed this type of picture.

[LudmilaM]

4.5 stars. Loved it.

[Isadora Urbano]

3,5/5 ✅

Algumas histórias bem legais, como The Golden Beetle, The Nodding Tiger e The Princess Kwan-Yin, e outras nem tanto, mas vale a leitura pelas que são boas. :)

[Deb Bookworm]

Am not sure if it's the translation style but I felt " disconnected" while reading the stories.

[Dzura]

Akhirnya tamat juga baca kumcer rakyat dari cina ini :) entah mengapa suka banget. kebanyakan ceritanya fantasi dan bisa di kembangkan satu-satu, ngebayangi kumcernya di bikin stand alone. finally, pesan moral yang dibisa diambil ialah ketika kita mendapatkan musibah atau kebahagiaan senangtiasa lah berdoa kepada tuhan dan hanya kepada tuhan lah kita berdoa.

[Nova]

15 short stories depicting some of the Chinese mythologies such as the goddess Kwan-yi, the Iron Rod, the fairy Old Boy, the Fox sprite and some of the good fortune brought by dragons and snakes to kind-hearted people.