Myths and Legends of China

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Myths and Legends of China, by E. T. C. WernerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Myths and Legends of ChinaAuthor: E. T. C. WernerRelease Date: March 4, 2005 [EBook #15250]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CHINA ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jeroen Hellingman and the PG OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team. Myths & Legends of China By E.T.C. Werner H.B.M. Consul Foochow (Retired) Barrister-at-law Middle Temple Late Member of The Chinese Government Historiographical Bureau Peking Author of "Descriptive Sociology: Chinese" "China of the Chinese" Etc. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London Bombay SydneyIn Memoriam_Gladys Nina Chalmers Werner_PrefaceThe chief literary sources of Chinese myths are the _Li tai sh n hsien �t'ung chien_, in thirty-two volumes, the _Sh n hsien lieh chuan_, �in eight volumes, the _F ng sh n yen i_, in eight volumes, and the � �_Sou sh n chi_, in ten volumes. In writing the following pages I�have translated or paraphrased largely from these works. I have ...