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This is a collection of African folktales introduced from South Africa. It was selected and prefaced by Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the "Father of the Founding of South Africa". The book includes 32 stories of different styles compiled or created by different writers, spanning the entire African continent, including Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. These stories embody the richness of African folktales and the essence of African culture, making them highly readable; at the same time, these stories also convey universal significance when describing topics such as human nature, beasts, and mystery.

"One Thousand and One Nights", also known as "Arabian Nights", is a collection of Arabic folk tales. According to legend, King Shanruyar of the Sassan Kingdom hated the queen for having personal affairs with others and killed her. From then on, he married a girl every day and killed her the next morning. In order to save an innocent woman, Scheherazade, the daughter of the prime minister, voluntarily married the king and told stories every night to arouse the king's interest. Her story was told for One Thousand and One Nights, and finally the king was moved. The stories include myths and legends, fables, marriage and love, sailing adventures, court anecdotes and celebrity anecdotes, etc. They are precious materials for studying Arab and Eastern history, culture, religion, folk customs, etc. This translation is the exclusive copyright of our company. Mr. Nahun translated "One Thousand and One Nights" directly from Arabic. The translation has a huge print run, has a wide audience, and the arrangement method has his own characteristics.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Cover source: Monster Whisperer Zhang Yun, the full text is selected from "A Guide to Living with Monsters", specially produced for the Forced Demolition Laboratory of People's Literature Publishing House. Zhang Yun, the founder of Chinese monster studies, takes you to "travel" to ancient times through monster stories from ancient Chinese classics and folklore, to find out the details of monsters and become familiar with the mountains, lakes, seas, and villages and towns where monsters live.

Guo Degang vividly depicts the various aspects of China's secular world by telling stories that happened in the marketplace, and humorously tells the ups and downs of the world. Praising the true and praising the beautiful, stabbing at the greed and stabbing at the cruelty are all penetrating into the wood. The story tells truth, human nature, and knowledge, and also has the Guo-style joking style that the common people love to hear. The laughter and curses are all turned into articles, which can educate and entertain. The readers can get a relaxing and enjoyable reading experience, and at the same time, they also gain insight into human affairs.

Through literature review and field investigation, this book explores how people told the story of the White Emperor in different historical periods, why they told it in this way, and the resulting narrative evolution. This book believes that the story of the White Emperor and the Heavenly King originated from the ancestral memory of the "Northern Heavenly King" of the Yang family in Jingzhou during the Song Dynasty. Later, it was introduced to the local area as some Yang family members migrated to today's western Hunan area. It spread through the further development of local society in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, forming increasingly diverse versions of the story. The evolution of the narrative of the White Emperor and Heavenly King from "ancestral memories" to "local legends" is a historical microcosm of the increasing integration of Western Hunan society into a dynastic state since the Song Dynasty.

The Manchu shaman culture is a primitive cultural custom with strong local, national and historical characteristics, which still survives in Northeast my country. It is a historical practice of human historical development, cultural heritage, a summary of social life experience, and an experience of understanding the close relationship between the natural universe and human beings. This book contains four kinds of Manchu folk Manchu texts, the first is the Yang Xian text, the second is the "Fang Yu Tang Ji" text, the third is the "Thirteen Chapters", and the fourth is the "Manchu Vocabulary" version, also called the "Saili version". The names of these texts are all given by researchers for the convenience of research, to preserve the name of the person who wrote the text, or to distinguish the type of text based on their place of residence.

This book is a literary work compiled from selected classic mythological stories of ancient Persia. It is compiled by Yuan Wenqi and Yu Guili, well-known Persian language experts in my country. The content of the book is composed of "Part 1", "Part 2" and "Appendix". The stories in "Part 1" are derived from "Avesta", Iran's oldest collection of poetry and prose, which was written approximately from the 11th century BC to the 8th century BC, as well as "Yasht", "Wandidad", "In Memory of Jalil", etc. From ancient Persian myths and legends and religious classics. These stories selected from ancient Persian scriptures are not only fresh in writing and elegant in style, but also contain a large number of primitive myths, heroic legends and folk tales, which have important historical and literary value. "Part 2" selects the legendary story of the hero Rustam from the "Book of Kings" (Book of Kings). The "Appendix" contains 4 "Classic Myths and Legends of Zoroastrianism" and 2 "Classic Stories of Medieval Persian Literature", a total of 6 classic stories. It tortuously reflects the ancient Persians' hopes and good wishes for the prosperity of their nation, as well as their praise and praise for the heroic deeds of their nation's leaders.

"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is a classic about strange things written by Pu Songling in the Qing Dynasty. Wang Yuebo, a famous storytelling writer, gave this classic a new lease of life with his unique Beijing-style language and humorous and sharp interpretation. This book selects representative ghost, fox, fairy and monster stories from "Liao Zhai", such as "Crow Head", "Ma Jiefu", "Ruiyun", "Zhang Cheng", etc., And transforms Wang Yuebo's on-site storytelling art into wonderful and readable texts, allowing readers to feel the charm of "immersive" storytelling between the lines.

This book is a collection of traditional Chinese folk jokes. It is divided into 12 volumes. The jokes either point directly to reality or implicitly satirize the world's conditions. Some of them are elegant and full of wit. They fully demonstrate the agility and humor of the working people and their ridicule of the evil habits and styles of the world.

The descendants of Tantalus constitute a cursed aristocratic family in Greek mythology. Its bloody power struggle and ethical tragedy profoundly affected the narrative structure of Greek literature and became the core carrier for later generations to explore human nature, justice and destiny. The descendants of Tantalus are not only a model of the "cursed family" in Greek mythology, but also the epitome of the transformation of ancient Greek civilization. Their stories interweave divine rights, ethics, and legal principles into bloody narratives, and finally declare the breakthrough of human reason against the shackles of fate through the trial of Orestes.

As one of the most widely circulated folk love stories in my country, the legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai has a wide-ranging influence and is deeply loved by people of all ethnic groups. Almost all art forms have created popular works on this theme. In the study of Butterfly Lovers culture, the research on the legend, place and time of its origin, and the origin and development of the story have always been the focus of academic circles, but there is still no conclusion yet. This book focuses on these issues, starting from many aspects such as handed down documents (local chronicles, poetry collections, literati's notes, etc.), Folklore and related cultural sites, and comprehensively considering all aspects of the legend of the Liang Zhu.

During the Republic of China, Beihewan was prosperous. A small river divided the town into east and west parts. Although China was very unstable at that time, the fireworks of war could hardly burn into this relatively closed town, so in the age of war, it was considered peaceful and stable. There was coal there. The government opened coal mines there and many workers came. Beihewan also became rich. Many businesses lined Beihewan Street, but most of them belonged to the two major landlords in Beihewan. The Hu family was in Hedong and the Pang family was in Hexi. Because Pang and Hu had a long-standing grudge, they were fighting openly and secretly in Beihewan. In the turmoil of the current situation, the Pang and Hu families continued to struggle in business and politics. Some of their descendants joined the Kuomintang army and fought bloody battles with the Japanese, while others joined the Communist Party and sacrificed their lives for the revolution. Love, family, friendship, and all kinds of entanglements connected the two families, but in the end they settled their differences and welcomed the founding of New China together.

Telling myths and legends from ancient history, these stories are full of fantasy and imagination. From Greek mythology to Chinese mythology, from Nordic mythology to Indian mythology. Let you feel the charm and mystery of ancient culture.

Published in 1942, this book is an enduring bestseller. It has been translated into multiple languages ​​and has sold millions of copies around the world. It has become a classic work in the field of classical mythology and has been listed as a designated reading book by many well-known universities and high schools in Europe and the United States, influencing generations of readers. This book is a complete translation of the classic work of the famous American classical literature writer Edith Hamilton. It is widely recognized as the best introductory book on Greek and Roman mythology, and can be called a general work on Greek and Roman mythology. In the book, the author uses the themes of gods, heroes, family legends, etc. To narrate mythological stories, so that readers can effectively grasp the whole picture of the mythical world. It can be said to be a collection of classic stories for ordinary readers. The mythological stories in this book are vivid and delicate, and the language is beautiful and friendly. They not only satisfy the readers' reading interest, but also take into account the needs of literary research. The beginning of each chapter explains the source of the quotation, briefly introduces the features of the original work, and quotes the essence of the original poem at appropriate times in the text, presenting readers with a version of the story that is close to the original work and true to the spirit of the myth. This book is printed in color with both pictures and texts. On the basis of understanding mythological stories, you can also appreciate more than 80 masterpieces of world painting masters with mythological stories as the theme. It not only allows readers to have an immersive feeling, but also improves their art appreciation ability and enjoys aesthetic education. The accompanying diagram of the relationship between Greek mythology characters in the book makes it easier to sort out the intricate background of the mythological story and the relationship between the characters, making it easier to fully grasp the mythological system. The English-Chinese comparison table of names of people and places is checked and revised with reference to authoritative works. It can be read for comparison or used as a desk reference book.

As a Manchu epic, "Tiangong War" retains a large number of creation myths, flood myths, fire-stealing myths and other contents in the memories of the Manchu ancestors. Three hundred goddesses, mainly the three goddesses, have built a magical temple of goddesses. After many battles between the three hundred goddesses as gods of good and the gods of evil in the Yale pantheon, the goddesses won and established the order of heaven and the world. "Tiangong Zhan" was originally performed and recited in Manchu. Later, due to the decline of Manchu, people recorded the text in the form of Manchu notated with Chinese characters. "The Battle of the Heavenly Palace" was originally written as 9 Philings. This translation annotation translates the 7 Philings that have been preserved so far, in order to restore the Manchu language.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, The Legend of the White Snake, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and Meng Jiangnu Crying at the Great Wall are the four most classic folk legends in Chinese history. This book focuses on examining the canonization process of the four legends, the public's acceptance psychology, and the current ideological and artistic value. The first four chapters each focus on a classic legend, analyzing the significance and role of the characters, scenic spots, regions, and plots in the legend, as well as the evolution mechanism of the legend. The last two chapters focus on the commonality and individuality, the present and the future of the classic legend. "There is a pond full of water, and the pulse is speechless." The protagonists of the four legends all faced difficulties and contradictions, that is, "obstacles". They each broke through the difficulties and obstacles, showing their persistence and pursuit of "love". Barrier and love show the "complex across the river" in human love stories, conveying the shocking tragic beauty and warm and upward power of classic legends.

This book takes the development and spread of ballad and proverb culture in the Han Dynasty as the research object. By carefully sorting out the documents of the past dynasties, it sorts out the nature, origin, quantity, and categories of ballad and proverb works during this period. It analyzes the diverse forms, contents, styles, and artistic expressions of ballad and proverb works, and examines the regional distribution of ballad and proverbs in the Han Dynasty and the scope of dissemination of different types of works. By analyzing the occasions and ways in which ballads and proverbs were used in the Han Dynasty, this paper discusses the situations and motivations of people from all walks of life in the Han Dynasty, including lower-class people, literati and Confucian scholars, imperial students, court officials, prophecies, and political activists, who used ballads and proverbs. This paper examines the complex social communication of ballads and proverbs in the Han Dynasty from the three aspects of communication methods, carriers and variations; and summarizes the reasons for the prevalence of ballads and proverbs culture in the Han Dynasty from three aspects: the development and perfection of the ballad and proverb art itself, the influence of relevant official policies, and people's daily spiritual needs.

What kind of historical figure is Chunshenjun Huang Xie (? - 238 BC), who has been widely circulated as a flood control hero in the Taihu Lake Basin since ancient times? How do his deeds, relics and inheritance relate to Shanghai's current urban construction? Through comprehensive combing and on-site investigation of oral traditions, texts and relics centered on Chun Shenjun, the author explores why the legend of Chun Shen Jun's flood control was generated, inherited and evolved in this region, how the historical Chu Prime Minister Chun Shen Jun became the leader of water control, and how the legend of Chun Shen Jun was resourced in contemporary Shanghai's urban life, revealing the space for legend inheritance, genealogy and its relationship with local identity. Through analysis and argumentation, the author points out that local residents established temples to worship Chun Shenjun as the god of "fighting away floods", which is inseparable from the local nature of frequent disasters such as floods and droughts. The belief also contributed to the spread and inheritance of Chun Shenjun's legend and became an important cultural resource for urban construction.

Most of the research on folktales in the past 70 years has centered on the multiple values ​​of folktales. While absorbing materials from other places, it also pays attention to local characteristics, forming multiple theoretical approaches such as the collection and adaptation of folktales, comparative research, genre research, cultural anthropology research, story morphology research, folk tale history, etc., Showing a tortuous path forward. Based on an extensive search and careful reading of nearly 70 years of research on Chinese folktales, this book focuses on in-depth analysis of typology, comparative research, cultural anthropology, morphological research, collection research, and the terminology system of storyology. It combines academic comments and academic interviews to summarize the research track and achievements of Chinese folktales while reflecting on the current dilemma of Chinese storyology and exploring the way forward for storyology in the future.

The Cantonese rap literature materials of Singapore and Malaysia collected in this book, including Nanyin, Cantonese opera, banben, clapper songs, dragon boat songs, etc., All come from Chinese newspapers and periodicals in Singapore and Malaysia. They are important documents and materials of Chinese rap literature in Singapore and Malaysia. There are no scholars in China to compile them. This systematic collection and arrangement will lay a good foundation for subsequent research on Chinese newspaper and periodical literature in Singapore and Malaysia. The Cantonese rap literature of Singapore and Malaysia has a very close relationship with the Cantonese rap literature of China. They are highly related in form, language and content. The rap literature of Singapore and Malaysia is not simply inheritance. It includes innovation and attention to the local Chinese people and culture in Singapore and Malaysia.

This book comprehensively organizes and systematically studies the most important deformed narrative themes in Pre-Qin mythological documents. Based on interdisciplinary perspectives such as narratology, iconography, and mythology, it deeply explores the representation and generation of deformed narrative types and styles in Pre-Qin myths, and refines deformed narrative models. Based on the concept of "image turn" and "images as evidence of history", the book broadens the form of myths and selects more than 300 mythological images, which are clustered together by analogy, pictures and texts, and through interactive interpretation of handed down classics, unearthed documents, archaeological heritage, folk customs, etc., It comprehensively displays the narrative dimension of the deformation of Pre-Qin myths, reveals the generation mechanism of the deformation narrative of Pre-Qin myths, and outlines the trajectory of its overall dynamic development.

As an art form that reflects people's lives and thoughts during the Anti-Japanese War, Anti-Japanese War ballads not only have the "populist" characteristics of ballads, but also have a strong official color, political consciousness and characteristics of the times, as can be seen from its production process and dissemination methods. As the times continue to change, the social functions of anti-war ballads continue to change. During the Anti-Japanese War, in the southeastern Shanxi region, the Communist Party of China made comprehensive and in-depth use and reference of folk songs, making the Anti-Japanese War ballads no longer just an expression for rural people to entertain themselves, but also became a propaganda tool with strong political meaning. The inherent entertainment function of the songs was replaced by the political function. After the reform and opening up, the Anti-Japanese War ballads in southeastern Shanxi have played a new historical function. They have begun to serve local economic development and local cultural cognition. The service economy and cultural entertainment functions have gradually replaced the existing powerful political functions and become the main function of Anti-Japanese War ballads in the new era.

This book is a selection of the author's long-term research results in folklore, folk literature and other fields. The content covers myths, legends, stories, ballads and other folklore phenomena, as well as novels, film and television and other fields. The author draws on and applies new theories and methods from contemporary international academic circles, with novel perspectives, broad ideas, and well-founded arguments. This reflects the author's decades of study and research, and also reflects from one aspect the academic concerns and progress in related contemporary disciplines.

"Collection of Legends of the Tang and Song Dynasties" is a collection of legends compiled by Lu Xun over more than ten years of hard work. Lu Xun divided it into 8 volumes. The first 5 volumes contain 32 legends of the Tang Dynasty, and the last three volumes contain 13 legends of the Song Dynasty. According to works such as "Wenyuan Yinghua", "Taiping Guangji", "Qingsuo Gaoyi" and other works, single legends were selected and compiled into this collection. At the end of the book, there is a volume of "Barnyard Xiaozhu", which provides a textual research explanation of the author, version and story content of each article. This book is compiled with reference to a number of readers published in different years, including "Collection of Legends of the Tang and Song Dynasties" included in the 10th volume of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun" published by Shanghai Beixin Book Company, Shanghai Lianhua Book Company, and People's Literature Publishing House. In addition, the editor extracted several essences from "Tang Dynasty Novels" edited by Wang Pijiang, a famous modern writer, as an appendix to this book, so that readers can appreciate the charm of Tang legends.

This book is a work that focuses on oral expressions such as traditional Chinese folk songs, stories, and customs, and shows the regularity and complexity of the occurrence, spread, and variation of Chinese folk stories. The whole book is divided into five parts: "Legends of Ballads and Singers", "Legends of Love and Marriage", "Legends of God Praise and Creation", "Legends of Numerology and Geography", "Legends of Natural Disasters and Man-made Disasters". Through folklore field investigation, the author's reasoning about folk tales and legends is unfolded layer by layer. Those ancient stories and legends that are diverse and full of interest also reveal the vitality of their growth and spread through the author's investigation, research and reasoning analysis.

Through an interdisciplinary perspective, the author of this book combines a large amount of newly discovered archaeological evidence and knowledge, travels through the tunnel of time and space, and explores the profound cultural implications of the myths of various ethnic groups, as well as the far-reaching mythological origins behind cultural phenomena that are closely related to people's daily lives, such as New Year and dumplings, Dragon Boat Festival and traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese Valentine's Day and the Weaver Girl.

In the vast land of Australia, there are countless mysterious and fascinating myths and stories, which carry the beliefs, wisdom and emotions of the Aboriginal people. "Australian Mythology" is carefully compiled by Shun Yan, taking you into this fantasy world. In the book, you will meet Baiami and Pangdejir, who created human beings, and witness their great achievements; you will also see the punishment that human beings suffer for disobeying God's will, as well as their struggle and growth in difficult situations. From the origin of animals to explanations of natural phenomena, from heroic legends to the love and hatred of gods, each story is full of imagination. Follow this book to embark on a wonderful journey of exploring Australia's ancient civilization and experience the unique charm of mythical stories.

"Secrets of Ancient Scams Revealed" reveals the mystery of ancient deceptions for you. There are a lot of exciting stories in the book, from the bald Jin Sheng pretending to be a monk to cheating, to the fatal conspiracy of a man encountering a woman, covering scams in officialdom, shopping malls, private sector and other fields. These stories profoundly analyze the greed, ignorance and cunning of human nature, and vividly demonstrate the complexity of ancient society. By reading this book, you can not only marvel at the bizarre deceptions of the ancients and gain preventive enlightenment from it, but also gain insight into the true style and mentality of ancient society. It is an interesting and warning read.

Did you know? The branch that Prometheus stole fire from actually came from a plant called Asafoetida; the poignant love between Aphrodite and Adonis, the goddess of love, gave birth to the side marigold, which symbolizes love. "Side B of Greek Mythology" written by Shun Yan takes you into these stories. The book cleverly blends Greek mythology and plant knowledge, telling the legends of heroes and gods while revealing the plant mysteries behind them. Follow this book to explore the unique meaning of plants in mythology, feel the charm of the intertwining of mythology and nature, and embark on a unique journey of cultural exploration.

Want to know what mysterious stories are hidden behind the constellations? "When Constellations Meet Greek Mythology" written by Shun Yan will reveal the answer for you. This book will take you into the wonderful world of the starry sky, cleverly integrating Greek mythology and constellation knowledge. From the moving legends of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor to the heroic stories of Orion, each constellation has a gripping mythology. While telling myths, the book also introduces a wealth of astronomical knowledge, such as the positions and characteristics of constellations and the mysteries of related celestial bodies. By reading this book, you can not only feel the charm of Greek mythology, but also learn astronomical knowledge, embark on a journey of exploring the starry sky full of fun and surprises, and reap the dual nourishment of knowledge and imagination.

The 90th anniversary commemorative edition of Zheng Zhenduo's classic translation is the pinnacle of translations of Chinese ancient Greek mythology in the 20th century. The classic has been selling well for 90 years! One book to clarify the intricate Greek mythology system! This book was carefully compiled by literary historian Zheng Zhenduo, who spent more than ten years collecting, translating, and sorting out relevant Western works. He created 7 new systems, involving more than 600 gods and heroes, clarifying Greek mythology and explaining the origin and origin of Western civilization. The author Zheng Zhenduo is a famous modern Chinese writer, translator, poet, scholar, literary critic, and literary historian. He has devoted himself to the study of ancient Greek culture for many years. In the book, the young artist BENYO carefully draws large and beautiful illustrations, and the pictures are magnificent and interpret the beautiful Greek mythology! Greek mythology is a magnificent achievement of European culture. It is a myth that has a huge influence on human civilization, especially Western civilization. It is a window to the source of Western civilization. The book is divided into seven parts, including the legends of Dessara, the Argosian legends, the heroes of Ares, the founder of Thebes, the life and death of Heracles, the Athenian legends and the Pelopsian legends. The writing is beautiful, the narrative is vivid, and the story line is clear. It is an excellent book for readers to understand Greek myths and heroic legends.

"Chinese Classic Myths" is a book that displays the ancient wisdom and rich imagination of the Chinese nation. The book begins with Nuwa's creation of human beings, and tells the story of Nuwa, with her kindness and divinity, chopping earth to create human beings and patching up the sky to save the world. The Yellow Emperor unified the Chinese tribes and fought against Chiyou and Zhuolu. His inventions, creations and cultural contributions laid the foundation of Chinese civilization. Zhuanxu carried out rule and reforms, and Emperor Ku promoted the development of the country with his noble moral character and outstanding achievements. Yao's wise rule and the beginning of the abdication system, Shun's filial piety and governance of the world, and Yu's great deeds of flood control all demonstrate the courage and wisdom of the ancients...

This book carefully selects very interesting foreign mythological stories. While reading, you can gradually understand the overall spirit of the original Chinese culture contained in them through understanding the myths of your ancestors. The stories in the book introduce the most representative myths from many nations with long cultures, such as Greece, Arabia, India, Poland, and Egypt. These stories reflect the lives and thoughts of ancient humans and promote the development of literature and art in later generations. Early exposure to these mythical stories that have been passed down for a long time can enable readers to understand the different cultures of various ethnic groups in the world, thereby stimulating rich imagination and creativity. The language of this book is easy to understand. While reading the story, readers will also subtly understand the traditional culture of other countries and feel the power of culture, so that these cultures can be better inherited and carried forward.

If you do unrighteousness, you will surely die, so what's the use of setting up institutions. Something is created out of nothing and ends up being nothing, and adding flowers and trees only creates doubt. If you look at the good and evil things in the world, there will be no trace of the claws in the snow and mud. Dear readers, there is a saying that it is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger but its bones. The twenty-four strange cases we are going to talk about tonight in the bookstore, some come from public cases, some come from unofficial anecdotes, some are weird and cruel, making people sweat, and some are so imaginative that they make people applaud... The person said, here you have swords and swords everywhere, ghosts, fires and foxes roaring, mysterious and scary, can it be true? Let me tell you responsibly, of course they are all fake and made up by the ancients! So why do people still like to hear these stories over thousands of years? Because these myths, ghosts, and lies are actually people's inner thoughts. Although the stories are false, human nature is all true! Without further ado, let's start the book!

Myths are ancient people's exploration and surprising reveries of nature, and are ancient people's understanding and imagination of social and cultural phenomena. These myths and stories are the most primitive thinking and philosophy of ancient humans, allowing us modern people to have a deeper understanding of the lives of ancient humans. This book introduces many ancient myths and legends, including the romance of flying into the sky and embracing the moon, the magic of soaring in the clouds and the creation of the world, and the very interesting legends about various folk customs.

This book tells a classic story that is widely circulated and familiar among Chinese people, giving people inspiration and beautiful yearning. These folk stories can help people better understand China's traditional culture and love their own nation's precious cultural heritage more.

Jokes, as a special form of folk literature, occupy an important position in ancient Chinese cultural heritage, embodying cultural humor and language arts that have won thousands of years of appreciation. This book is mainly extracted from "Xiao Lin Guang Ji", "Qi Yan Lu", "Ai Zi Za Shuo" and other collections. The sources of all works are indicated. Many ancient jokes cleverly carry out political criticism in humorous and vivid language, which reflects the mainstream of traditional Chinese culture that values ​​justice and relies on wisdom, and can also provide useful enlightenment to people today.

This book is the essence extracted from a vast number of ancient ghost stories, from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" to "Legends of the Tang Dynasty", from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" to "Notes from the Yuewei Thatched Cottage", exploring the various horrors and weirdness of the netherworld, and exploring the various secrets of the ghost world.

This book tells readers about classic legends and stories that are widely circulated among Chinese people and are familiar to ordinary Chinese people. By reading these widely circulated folk tales, I believe readers will get spiritual enlightenment, and at the same time they will have more love and yearning for a better life. On the other hand, these folk stories can help people better understand China's traditional culture, and then love their own nation's excellent and precious cultural heritage even more.

This is a mythology book with adults as its main readership, and can also be used as extracurricular reading for middle school students. The four volumes of the book total about 1.28 Million words: the first volume mainly contains myths and legends about the origin of heaven, earth and man, about 380,000 words; the second volume mainly contains myths and legends about human ancestors and the origin of various Chinese nations, about 450,000 words; the third volume contains myths and legends about human life and death, love and hate and other folk culture-related myths and legends, about 270,000 words; the fourth volume mainly contains myths and legends about ghosts and monsters, about 230,000 words. There are more than 300 mythological stories in the book, covering the oral living myths and legends of 56 ethnic groups in my country. The author has selected the best, which not only provides reliable works that are helpful for cultural exchanges, but also provides a Chinese mythology masterpiece that is not inferior to ancient Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology, Roman mythology, Hebrew mythology, and Indian mythology and has a complete range of varieties. The book has a beautiful narrative and contains rich cultural and historical value. It is also a beautiful literary and artistic reading material that can be enjoyed by both refined and popular people, and is suitable for all ages.

Folktales are the crystallization of ancient wisdom, the treasure of national culture, and the spiritual wealth of all mankind. Wanma Tseden is best known as a film director, secondly as a novelist, and as a lesser-known creative identity, as a literary translator. The "Collection of Ruyi Stories" compiled and translated by him is based on the Tibetan folklore corpse language stories passed down from generation to generation about the Ruyi treasure corpse that can make the world full of gold and silver and extend the life of a hundred years. It contains twenty-four touching stories told by the Ruyi treasure corpse to the person who carries the corpse, Dejue Zangbu. The Prince in Bird Clothes, the Pig-Head Divination Master, the Devil Brothers, the Soul-Transferring Technique... Each and every exciting story provoked Dejue Sambu to ask questions frequently. The Ruyi Bodhisattva used this method to escape back to the cave again and again, and Dejue Sambu also started over again. The wonderful stories told by the Ruyi Bodhisattva were passed down one after another, which can be called a miniature Tibetan version of "One Thousand and One Nights".

Illustrated guide of water gods and sea monsters in myths and legends: Yao Ji, Shui Bo Tian Wu, Salt Water Goddess, Big Crab, Country of Women, Pig Woman Dragon, Ba Snake... Illustrated guide of water monsters and river ghosts in myths and legends: Mermaid, Jellyfish, Yuanxu, Dansheng, Guiwei , Ghost Mother, Jealous Fujin, Mianshui River Demon... Illustrated illustrations of river spirits and monsters in myths and legends: Snail Spirit, Black Fish Spirit, Frog Girl, Ding Gu, Wang Liulang, Eight Kings, Water Mang Ghost, Bald-tailed Old Li, Dragon Girl, He Bo...

Illustrations of mountain spirits and wild monsters in myths and legends: Jianmei Human Skin, Five Paths Generals, Plague Chong, Disaster Spirit, Mountain God, Southern Star and Beidou... Illustrations of mountain spirits and monsters in myths and legends: Wuzhiqi, Mandrill, Lei Jing, Zhao Yannu, Turtle Spirit Ghost, The wood spirit book monster, the tiger god, the fox fairy, the boy in white... The illustrated guide to the wild charms of Shanyin in myths and legends: ghost seller, ghost boy, ghost spirit, ghost report, ghost scholar, paper-made statue, persuasion, headless mountain ghost, yellow fairy, private charm...