China's Courts and Concubines: Some People in Chinese History [Hardcover]

This book, first published in 1956, contains the stuff of other peoples memories. Thus you will read of magicians and immortals; of dragons and pills of eternal life; of generals and eunuchs; of emperors and poets; of palaces and concubines. The author has made nothing up; if there are liars along the route, they were there before he came along. The study of stories and ballads from deep in a countrys past can tell a reader much about the present-day culture of a society; this is surely true with these tales from Chinas history.

1. The Cinderella of Chulo  2. The Builder and the Burner  3. Wu and the Wizards of Han  4. The Sleeping Dragon  5. The Shady Emperor  6. The Banished Immortal  7. The Queen of Concubines  8. The Prince of Painters  9. The Unholy Nun  10. The Recluse of the Eastern Slope  11. The Execrated Eunuch  12. The Captive Concubines  13. The Emperor and the Monk  14. The Buddha of the Great Within

This book, first published in 1956, contains tales of magicians and immortals; of generals and eunuchs; of emperors and poets; of palaces and concubines. The study of stories from deep in a countrys past can tell a reader much about the present-day culture of a society; this is surely true here.