Story source: The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
1. The Little Hunting Dog
(Image Information: White Horse Temple)
- in the city of Shansi, there was a scholar who made his home in a Buddhist temple
- one night, two knights with plumes rode into the room
- they were two inches high
- the scholar pretended to be asleep, and watched them
- they vanished without a trace
2. Fox-Fire
- strong young farmer saw something shiny floating in the air
- fox preparing the elixir of life
- the fox was angry, but feared the farmer's strength
3. The Talking Silver Foxes
- silver foxes are yellow, fire-red, or white in color
- they can influence human beings
- behind the temple is a cave where the foxes used to live
- one time a farmer was plowing on the side of the mountain
- he saw a man with a straw hat, Neighbor Wang
4. Retribution
- boy named Ma whose father taught him at home
- little Ma ignored the affair with the frightened old man
- the constable gave notice to the dead man lying on the river-bank
- nine years passed, and Ma became 21
5. The Night on the Battlefield
- merchant wandering toward Shantung
- heavy storm blew in
- merchant could not sleep because of hunger and thirst
- officers received his commands and withdrew
- merchant stole from his room and looked through the crack of the door
6. The Maiden Who Was Stolen Away
- a beautiful maiden was sitting in her courtyard
- a cyclone came and carried her off
- a student was polite and affable at the top of the pagoda
- she said she wished to remain, and not marry him, but he appeared each day to see if she changed her mind
- the maiden was seized with terror
7. The Flying Ogre
- Buddhist monk loved to wander in lonely places
- saw a girl running barefoot and in a red coat
- she said a man was pursuing her
- she ran up a hollow tree and crawled in it
- the monk protected the girl, until he said she was a flying ogre
8. The Sorcerer of the White Lotus Lodge
- a sorcerer knew how to deceive many with his blank arts
- one day, he wanted to go out so he placed a bowl and ordered his pupils to watch it
- the pupils denied that they disobeyed him
- eventually, one pupil insulted the sorcerer and he was turned into a pig
9. The Three Evils
- young man named Dschou Tschu
- wore a hat on his head and his garments were embroidered silk and he had a dragonspring sword
- first evil = evil dragon at the long bridge
- second evil = tiger with the white forehead
- third evil = himself, Dschou Tschu
10. How the River God's Wedding Was Broken Off
- at the time of seven empires, Si-Men Bau was a governor on the Yellow River
- he heard an evil custom when he entered the office
- the girl's parents said farewell, but Si-Med told them to wait
- he sent the girl back to her home and ended the evil custom
11. Yang Gui Fe
- favorite wife of the emperor Ming Huant of the Tang dynasty
- she enchanted the emperor with her beauty
- his own soldiers mutinied and said that Yang Gui Fe's cousin was to blame
- the cousin was killed, but they weren't satifsied
- Yang Gui Fe became a blessed spirit and dwells in the great south palace
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