Selected Fables (Chinese)
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Zhuang Zhou et al; modern Zhao Chongxing; English translation to Yang Xianyi, Gladys Dai et al
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2002
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Line drawings. T of C at the beginning. I do not notice any Western fables. Striking among the early fables here is "The Chicken Thief" (16). By the way, page numbers are only in Chinese. A daily thief of chickens was admonished and promised to cut down to one a month. Why still one a month if stealing them is wrong? "The Snipe and the Mussel" (33 ) is like our rat and oyster fable: snipe pecks at opening mussel and mussel clamps down. Both wait for the other to die. A fisherman comes and catches them both. "The Cicada, the Praying Mantis, and the Sparrow" (60) is the story of each predator not realizing that there is a bigger predator behind him, the last predator being a man with a catapult ready to get the sparrow. There are full-page line drawings along the way. 5¼" x 8". 313 pages.
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New World Publishing House