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In English dress those myths which may be regarded as the accredited representatives of Chinese mythology-those which live Of a very large and intricate topic in a highly compressed form), with the philosophy of the subject, has been to set forth My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments,Īnd dealing as fully as possible, consistently with limitations of space (limitations which have necessitated the presentation

Nor do the native works includeĪny scientific analysis or philosophical treatment of their myths. This is, so far as I know, the only monograph on Chinese mythology in any non-Chinese language. Shanghai, for permission to reprint from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio the fox legends given in Chapter XV. Giles, and to his publishers, Messrs Kelly and Walsh, Very little work has been done in Chinese mythology by Western writers I found it better in dealing with this subject to goĭirect to the original Chinese texts.

Let me consult his extensive collection of foreign works relating to China whenever I wished, but owing to the fact that so Morrison also, until he sold it to a Japanese baron, was good enough to Mu Hsüeh-hsün, a scholar of wide learning and generous disposition, for having kindly allowed me to use his very large and My heartiest thanks are due to my good friend Mr Public libraries in Peking, have proved useful for purposes of reference. The native works contained in the Ssŭ K’u Ch’üan Shu, one of the few Variétés Sinologiques, published by the Catholic Mission Press at Shanghai. I have also consultedĪnd at times quoted from the excellent volumes on Chinese Superstitions by Père Henri Doré, comprised in the valuable series In writing the following pages I have translated or paraphrased largely from these works. The chief literary sources of Chinese myths are the Li tai shên hsien t’ung chien, in thirty-two volumes, the Shên hsien lieh chuan, in eight volumes, the Fêng shên yen i, in eight volumes, and the Sou shên chi, in ten volumes. With Thirty-two Illustrations In Colours By Chinese Artists Peking Author of “Descriptive Sociology: Chinese” “China of the Chinese” Etc. Consul Foochow (Retired) Barrister-at-law Middle Temple Late Member of The Chinese Government Historiographical Bureau

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