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This book is a collection of Huaben and Huahua novels compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. Together with the other two collections of novels compiled by him, "Awakening Words" and "Warning Words", they are collectively called "Three Words". "Yu Shi Ming Yan" contains forty novels with themes involving love, marriage, family, friendship, ghosts, gods, witchcraft, etc. It extensively describes social life in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and truly reflects the thoughts and feelings, life aspirations and aesthetic tastes of the people at that time, especially the citizens.

This book shows that Hou Fangyu, a famous scholar in the late Fushe, fell in love with Li Xiangjun, a famous Qinhuai prostitute. Ruan Dacheng, a remnant of the eunuch party, tried to win over Hou Fangyu, but failed due to Li Xiangjun's opposition and turned to the treacherous minister Ma Shiying. Ma, Ruan and others welcomed King Fu, controlled the government, excluded and attacked decent people. Hou Fangyu was forced to rely on Shi Kefa, and Li Xiangjun was also selected into the palace. Later, when the Qing troops went south and captured Nanjing, Hou and Li were reunited at Qixia Mountain in Nanjing, and eventually became monks together. The script takes the marriage of Hou and Li as its sutra and the painful history of the Ming Dynasty as its weft. It depicts the rise and fall of the Hongguang Dynasty in the Southern Ming Dynasty and reveals the inevitable fall of the Hongguang Dynasty.

"The Story of Konsai" is a collection of folklore stories from the late Heian period in Japan. It was formerly known as "The Tales of Uji Dainagon". It is said that the editor was Gentakaguni Uji Dainagon. It has a total of thirty-one volumes and more than a thousand stories. Volumes 1 to 5 are the Tianzhu (India) part, volumes 6 to 10 are the Cathay (China) part, and volumes 11 to 31 are the Honjo (Japan) part. The content includes Buddhist stories and secular stories. The former explains the merits of Buddhist belief, while the latter describes the anecdotes of historical figures and moral stories such as filial sons and martyrs. In addition, there are various legendary stories about literature, love, creatures, monsters, foxes, immortals, thieves and so on. Each story contains a fable with common lessons in life. Because there are two words "Jin and Xi" at the beginning of each volume, it is called "Jin and Xi Monogatari". The part of this book translated into this Dynasty was translated by the Beijing Translation and Translation Press in the 1950s and 1960s, and was revised by Zhou Zuoren for two years.

"Shishuoxinyu" was compiled by Liu Yiqing, King of Linchuan in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is a representative work of "note novels" in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and includes 36 categories in total. The book mainly records people and words, using short words to record the words, deeds and anecdotes of the scholar group from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It focuses on showing the turbulent and divided era of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and reflects the social atmosphere at that time that valued talent, good wit, good conversation, and respect for nature.

This work tells the story of the ancient Sassan Kingdom between India and China. King Shanruyar killed his queen because of her misbehavior. After that, he married a girl every day and killed her the next morning as revenge. In order to save the innocent woman, Scheherazade, the daughter of the prime minister, voluntarily married the king and attracted the king by telling stories. She told the most exciting part every night. It was just dawn and the king couldn't bear to kill her, so he allowed her to continue telling the story the next night. Her story has been told for one thousand and one nights, and the king was finally moved and grew old together with her.

This book excavates, organizes, and integrates 10 stories about Emperor Shun that embody the glory of the national spirit from hundreds of classics, reflecting some new characteristics that have emerged in history as it approaches or develops into the era of "family world". Among them, Shun's method of handling family relationships is quite inspiring to today's people. The ethical and moral spirit headed by "filial piety" and the ideological core of "doctrine of the mean" embodied in Shun obviously laid the foundation for Chinese ethical norms in later generations.

This book excavates, organizes and integrates 10 myths about Shennong from hundreds of classics that embody the brilliance of the national spirit and are of great significance to modern education. They reflect Shennong's great personality charm, as well as the hardships, hardships, twists and tribulations in the evolution of civilization.

This book excavates, organizes, and integrates 10 mythological stories about Emperor Ku that embody the brilliance of the national spirit and are of great significance to modern education from hundreds of classics. They respectively tell the sun and moon myths and bizarre stories related to Emperor Ku, reflecting the ancient Chinese people's pursuit of light and rich imagination, and conveying the profound philosophy of life in a way that they enjoy hearing and seeing.

This book excavates, organizes, and integrates 10 myths about the Yellow Emperor from hundreds of classics that embody the glory of the national spirit and have great educational significance for modern education. It reflects the diligent, brave, wise and upright spiritual traits of the Chinese nation.

This book excavates, organizes and integrates 10 myths about Nuwa from hundreds of classics that reflect the glory of the national spirit and are of great significance to modern education. They respectively tell the story of Nuwa's great achievements and a series of ancient myths related to Nuwa.

This book excavates, organizes, and integrates 10 myths about Zhuan Xu from hundreds of classics that embody the glory of the national spirit and are of great significance to modern education. It reflects the ancient Chinese people's exploration of life and death issues and their positive and optimistic spirit (such as being optimistic about fate).

This book excavates, organizes and integrates 10 myths about Fuxi from hundreds of classics that embody the brilliance of the national spirit and are of great significance to modern education. They respectively tell a series of inventions and creations by Fuxi and a series of related ancient mythological stories, answering the characteristics of early Chinese culture (such as the concept of yin and yang) and the development of national self-confidence.

This book tells a series of mythical characters and stories related to Emperor Yao. These stories emphasize qualities such as "virtue", "justice" and "selflessness" and are the concentrated expression of the Chinese national spirit.

There are many folklore and anecdotes circulating in Macau. Many of these stories have been told for a long time, with content and plots becoming increasingly enriched and characters' personalities becoming more distinct. Its content includes not only the folk customs of Chinese society, but also many imprints of Portuguese culture. The book has important data preservation value. It is an exploration and inheritance of the collective memory and unique culture of Macao people, and reflects Macao's unique position in the exchange between the East and the West.

The new editor of the story refers to the previous text, rewrites it and gives the story new meaning. This book contains four new stories: "The Treasure Chest Sinking in Anger", "Meng Jiangnu", "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" and "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", which were serialized in newspapers and periodicals in the 1960s by the famous Hong Kong writer Liu Yichang. The story of "Meng Jiangnu" about the collapse of the Great Wall, "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" about their meeting on the magpie bridge and "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother" are adapted from myths about agarwood overcoming all odds to save her mother's family; "The Sinking of the Treasure Box" about the famous prostitute Du Shiniang is adapted from a classical novel. The four novels, which have been dormant in old newspapers for many years, are now combined into a book for the first time. The novels retain rich raw materials of myths and legends and have made great contributions to the preservation and dissemination of folk literature. They are also meaningful for examining the development trajectory of Liu Yichang and Hong Kong literature. Liu Yichang's new stories have always been highly praised, and this work is different from Liu Yichang's experimental explorations such as "In the Temple" and "Spider Spirit", with simple and delicate writing. Liu Yichang used his rich knowledge of folk literature to rewrite the stories of Du Shiniang, Meng Jiang, Weaver Girl and Our Lady of Mount Huashan, describing the tortured lives of the four women, thereby expressing his care for women, especially the working-class women of Hong Kong in the 1960s. This is a work rich in cultural significance.

This book takes the study of Chinese mythology in the English-speaking world as its object, and diachronically introduces and discusses the academic achievements of representative scholars. By sorting out and discussing the research characteristics, research contents, characteristic scholars and their representative results in different periods, it attempts to uncover the intricate academic world of Chinese mythology research in the English-speaking world. It also attempts to conduct comparative analysis based on relevant domestic research, so as to provide an overall introduction and study of the overseas research on Chinese mythology. This article attempts to initially explore the in-depth thinking and exploration of Chinese mythology as the carrier of Chinese civilization by scholars from different civilizations, hoping to provide some reference and inspiration for the broadening of domestic research methods.

Do you remember the first time you heard a fairy tale? Is it "Once Upon a Time" written by your grandparents on an autumn afternoon, or is it the story your parents read to you before going to bed? Only when I grew up did I realize that the way I dealt with life contained the shadow of these fairy tales: bravery, tenacity, kindness, honesty... Hesse's fairy tales also have these qualities, but at the same time, they are many different. Hesse, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, uses poetic language to deconstruct fairy tales, just like a movie script, showing the other side of fairy tales around the world and the details that we have ignored. While constructing fairy tales, it also presents the truth of life. Brave adults, please open this "Hesse's Fairy Tales".

This book is a collection of local myths, folklore, local stories of anti-Japanese heroes, and stories of famous historical figures that Guo Xingcheng has studied for a long time while studying the local culture of Changbai Mountain. It has strong Changbai Mountain regional customs and has certain reference value for people to understand local folk customs and historical evolution. The stories are easy to understand and the language has local characteristics.

Aesop lived in ancient Greece in the 6th century BC. He was once a slave, and his divine wisdom and suffering life experience made him a great wise man. When he was released from slavery and gained freedom because of his intelligence, he did not become a priest. Instead, he chose the profession of bard and traveled around, telling fables and spreading wisdom to the uninformed lower-class slaves.

The content of this book includes the story of the king and his brothers, Alibaba and the forty thieves, the king and the young man, the king and the country girl, the caliph and the little shepherd boy, the man who helps others without expecting anything in return, the story of the caliph, the story of the buffalo and the donkey, the story of the water bird and the turtle, the story of the little sparrow, the shepherd and the beauty, the story of the cat and the mouse, the story of the ascetic, the story of the crow and the viper, the story of the fox and the wild ass, etc.

The folk tales of West Lake have a long history, are appreciated by both refined and popular people, and have become classics. This book selects more than a hundred popular stories, including legends about West Lake attractions, legends about celebrities related to the West Lake, legends about place names, legends about scenery, etc. Sorted according to the golden routes of West Lake tourism, it is convenient for tourists to follow the pictures and take an in-depth tour while sightseeing. It also comes with exquisite illustrations specially drawn by the famous painter Wu Yongliang for this book, which adds a lot of color.

The accumulation of history, the prosperity of culture, and the people's yearning for a happy life in Kecheng have made Kecheng a place with many stories. Many touching legends and beautiful memories, some are still passed down orally among the people, some are scattered in ancient books and chronicles, and many more have been lost without a trace in the long river of history. At the end of 2015, the Kecheng District Folk Literature and Artists Association came up with the idea of ​​compiling "Kecheng Folk Stories" while going to the countryside to collect folk stories, excavating, organizing, and compiling a collection of historical and cultural village stories in the region. Since then, the Kecheng District Folk Literature and Artists Association has taken the lead in collecting folk tales from the society, and many have responded. "Kecheng Folktales" is also fortunate to be listed as a support project of Quzhou City's literary and artistic creation project in 2016.

"Aesop's Fables" is said to be a collection of fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was freed in the sixth century BC. It also added Indian, Arabic and Christian stories, with a total of 357 fables. "Aesop's Fables" contains more than 300 fables, most of which are related to animals. The stories told in the book are short and concise, and the images depicted are vivid and vivid. Each story contains philosophy, either exposing and criticizing social contradictions, or expressing insights into life.

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Russian folktales are unique in their literature and art, like a string of bright pearls, and today they have become an extremely rich treasure in Russian culture. This book collects many classic Russian folktales for reading and experiencing Russian culture.

Zhou Zuoren's first translated novel, "The Slave Girl," was published under a female pseudonym in the famous women's newspaper "Women's World" in the late Qing Dynasty. This work is considered to embody the feminist translation strategy.

Conduct a "pulse diagnosis" on idioms, explore their origins and context, and focus on explaining the origin, meaning and usage changes of idioms. Taking into account academic rigor and narrative popularity. It is close to life and has a strong story. It integrates the seemingly unfamiliar "quoting from classics" into colloquial expressions. The writing is smooth, simple, popular and natural, and the form is lively and easy to understand. Even readers who are not engaged in literary work can also use this book as a story reader, which can also increase their understanding and full of interest.

"Memories Scattered in the World" collects historical materials and writes a series of historical culture, folk customs, biographies, and legends in the long history of mankind: the mystery of the sinking silver at the mouth of the Zhang Xianzhong River has made countless people crazy; the long voice of the "Flute Player" mural in the Han Dynasty Tomb in Qijiang tells the story of thousands of years of love; the culture of the surname Guo has been revealed for thousands of years. The secret... Many chapters use vivid stories to reveal the cultural inheritance of folk door gods, seven-day Spring Festival music, spring society, and toilets; the mysteries of Shaanxi's top ten weird "houses with half lids", "pot helmets like pot lids", and "girls are not open to the outside world" are all explained one by one; the biographies describe Ji Kang, the most handsome blacksmith in the Spring and Autumn Period, from multiple angles. Finally, let's take a look at the stories behind the "Materia Medica" plants: Polygonum multiflorum turns out to be human, medicine, and fairy grass; Pinellia ternata does not seek immortality but seeks good fortune; Cynomorium desert is extremely cold and has strong firepower; Cordyceps sinensis sparks the flame of love on the snowy plateau, etc. It is dizzying to see.

The rich and colorful myths and folklore are echoes of ancient history and truly record the magnificent fantasies, tenacious struggles and faltering footsteps of our nation in its growth period. We have selected the most widespread, far-reaching, and representative classic myths and legends from classics of all eras, and carefully compiled this "Chinese Myths and Folklore". The content is systematic and comprehensive, and the genealogy of mythological characters is clear. At the same time, the editor also selected more than a hundred exquisite illustrations to express the plot of the story, reproducing the strange and magnificent scenes in the story, presenting the mythological story vividly and vividly in front of readers, leading readers into a magical and gorgeous world.

The author of this book examines history from a historical perspective, and makes a reflection and pursuit of the "grand and glorious" Dunhuang civilization full of humanistic feelings and ideological considerations with the spirit of clear mind and Taoism.

Iathion and Dardanus were both sons of Zeus and the sea goddess Pleiades. They ruled the Aegean Sea island of Samoth. Iacion believed that he was the son of a god, so he dared to spy on a woman on the sacred mountain of Olympus, and pursued the goddess Demyrtle fanatically.

A thousand-year-old oak tree grows on a hillside in the Kingdom of Phrygia. There is a Bodhi tree next to it, which is also a thousand years old. A low wall surrounded the two trees, and the spreading branches were hung with beautiful garlands of flowers. Not far away is a lake with herons and loons flying on the water. The scenery here is elegant and quiet.

The written history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty. What are the myths and stories after the Shang Dynasty? This volume of folklore records the wonderful parts that are familiar to people. "Chinese Mythology and Folklore Volume" This volume of mythology tells the story of the destruction of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty because he blasphemed the goddess Nuwa, and a little hero Nezha was born in the subsequent war; the distant Shu land not only has the story of the emperor turning into a cuckoo, but also the myth of Li Bing's flood control; the determined Foolish Old Man vows to move In addition to the Wangwu and Taihang Mountains in front of him, the kind-hearted Liu Yi traveled thousands of miles just to rescue the trapped dragon girl; the filial Chen Xiang raised the magic ax and split the mountain to save his mother... Not to mention the enduring legends such as the Eight Immortals crossing the East China Sea, the Cowherd meeting the Weaver Girl, Dong Yong's Seven Fairies, Xu Xian Bai Suzhen, and Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall. These stories, with their moving plots and literary beauty, are an indispensable part of Chinese mythology.

Where did the world come from? How did humans appear? How is fire used? Why did Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang fight? "Chinese Mythology Stories: Creation of Gods and Gods" starts from the creation of the heaven, earth, sun, moon and all things in the world, and combs through the Chinese civilization created by Pangu, continuing to Fuxi, Nuwa, and then to Emperor Yan and Huangdi. It presents the longest genealogy of gods in Chinese mythology in the form of stories. This book revolves around the five main mythological figures Pangu, Nuwa, Fuxi, Yandi and Huangdi, and extends the classic mythological stories such as opening the sky, creating man, mending the sky, drawing hexagrams, making fire, tasting grass, filling the sea, and crashing into the mountain. The images of mythological characters such as Suirenshi, Linjun, Jingwei, Chiyou, Xingtian, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, and Gonggong are embedded in it, using mythological imagination to interpret the birth of the world and various human innovations on the earth. In the story in this volume, gods are the protagonists and humans are the supporting roles. It is like a wonderful stage play. On the stage are classic mythological characters. They appear on the stage one after another and begin to perform scenes of immortal legends for the audience...

"Wandering Stories" is Mr. Lin Geng's interpretation of the classic work: "Journey to the West" reflects the heroic ideals of civil society in the form of fairy tales. The image of Sun Wukong originates from market culture; and the world of gods and demons depicted in "Journey to the West" is closely related to secular civil society.

This is a selection of the author's literary criticism since 2006. It is divided into five series: 1. Literary Criticism, 2. Opera and Music Criticism, 3. Calligraphy and Painting Criticism, 4. Film and Television Criticism, and 5. Cultural Essays. The collection is called "The Analects of Banana Peel" due to an interesting incident at a certain seminar. At the meeting, the host gave each person two minutes to speak. In desperation, the author took a banana from the fruit bowl in front of him and wrote three sentences on the banana peel, which was regarded as a speech. Someone took a photo of the banana peel and posted it in his online space, which aroused everyone's laughter. This collection is named "The Analects of Banana Peel", which not only records this commentary phenomenon, but also pokes fun at some heavy literary and artistic topics.

"Aunt Mizhi Suidehan" is the only work in our province that won the Drama Wenhua Award. It is a large-scale Chinese musical with lyrics written by Bai Aying, music composed by Zhao Jiping, and directed by Chen Xinyi. This book is the text version of the script.

This set of books can not only be used as a reference book for primary and secondary school students to learn idioms, but also suitable for readers of different levels to read as stories. It has wide applicability. Therefore, this set of books is very suitable for reading and collection by readers, and is also very suitable for collection and display in libraries at all levels.

This set of books can not only be used as a reference book for primary and secondary school students to learn idioms, but also suitable for readers of different levels to read as stories. It has wide applicability. Therefore, this set of books is very suitable for reading and collection by readers, and is also very suitable for collection and display in libraries at all levels.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.

This book is a collection of the most intelligent and beautiful stories from home and abroad. It is short, concise, meaningful, and full of wise philosophy. It is the easiest for readers to read and the most touching. A grain of sand contains a whole world, a drop of dew is enough to reflect the brilliance of the sun, and a short story is full of great truths in the world. This is the charm of every story. From these most touching short stories, readers can absorb the light of spiritual wisdom, touch the spark of life, turn the small into the great, the ordinary into the magical, thereby gaining great spiritual inspiration and integrating into the never-ending pursuit of life.