CHINA TALES AND STORIES SERIES
GUAN YU
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Cheng Shibi, Charlotte Wetzel
The Guan Yu story is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories.
Guan Yu is a great adventure, based on the life of one of the most beloved characters in Chinese history. By telling some of the life events of a real person, the story also presents some of China’s exciting and interesting history.
Guan Yu’s bold tale was told and retold so many times that he became more than a famous hero – he became almost an archetype. In that way, Guan Yu even became part of China thinking. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
Guan Yu is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration. Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
The Guan Yu story is available in multiple different Mead-Hill editions.
SAI WENG LOSES A HORSE
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Cheng Shibi, Alexander Pfeuffer, Tatiana Samarskaya-Vozniouk, Mojgan M. Rahbar
Sai Weng Loses a Horse reminds us that things are not always as they seem…
The Sai Weng Loses a Horse story is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories.
Sai Weng Loses a Horse is a great moral tale, based on the doings of one of the most beloved characters in Chinese literary history.
Sai Weng’s tale was told and retold so many times that he became almost more famous than a hero – he became almost an archetype. In that way, Sai Weng even became part of China thinking. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
Sai Weng Loses a Horse is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration. Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Sai Weng Loses a Horse is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
BO LE CHOOSES A HORSE
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Cheng Shibi, Charlotte Wetzel, Tatiana Samarskaya-Vozniouk
Bo Le Chooses a Horse reminds us that “things of quality have no fear of time.” Also, that some of us are quite good at listening and paying attention, and so of recognizing and appreciating others – though all of us can improve on that, of course….
Bo Le Chooses a Horse is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories.
Bo Le Chooses a Horse is a great moral tale, based on the doings of one of the most beloved characters in Chinese literary history. In fact, Bo Le was so widely revered that nowadays simply describing someone as a “Bo Le” is to pay a very gracious compliment.
Bo Le’s tale was told and retold so many times that he became almost more famous than a hero – he became almost an archetype. In that way, Bo Le even became part of China thinking. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
Bo Le Chooses a Horse is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration.
Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Bo Le Chooses a Horse is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
LIU HAI AND THE TOAD
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Cheng Shibi
Liu Hai inspires us not to be overcome by difficulties, but to turn them into treasures instead!
The Liu Hai and the Toad story is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories.
Liu Hai and the Toad is a great moral tale, based on the doings of one of the most beloved characters in Chinese literary history.
Liu Hai and the Toad’s tale was told and retold so many times that he became almost more famous than a hero – he became almost an archetype. In that way, Liu Hai and the Toad even became part of China thinking. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
Liu Hai and the Toad is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration. Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Liu Hai and the Toad is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
HOU YI AND CHANG E
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Luo Xiaotong
Hou Yi and Chang E is perhaps the most romantic tale in the entire Chinese literary tradition. The story reminds us that dedicated, heroic lives and beautiful, enduring love are not only compatible, but are always possible – quite often even going hand in hand…
Hou Yi and Chang E is a tale from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories. It follows the journey of a young man sent from Heaven to perform an important task on earth. Equally powerful and memorable are the relationship between the young man and his wife, how she helps him in critical ways with the task, and how the two move off into an adventuresome future together. An unlikely intervention destroys that future together, but not without launching something larger still in the universe: a special love and a special day and a special confection and a special way of celebrating love and familial and interpersonal intimacy, year after year.
The story of Hou Yi and Chang E is so loved and so famous that not only is every Chinese person aware of it, but it has even grown to be swept up into the most romantic holiday of the year – the Mid-Autumn Festival. (This holiday celebrates an important point in the China calendar, roughly corresponding in time to the “harvest moon” in the West. For more about these ideas, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
Hou Yi and Chang E is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
XUAN ZANG
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Tan Xingqi, Alexander Pfeuffer
Mead-Hill’s Xuan Zang tells the story of the actual beginnings of the esteemed monk, Xuan Zang’s, journey to the west. Beginning with his life as a young boy, the tale progresses through his confronting a variety of obstacles on his way to living out what became a lifelong adventure. Setting out from his hometown, the boy moves steadily westward in his life, visiting, residing, and studying in a variety of foreign lands. He finds his way, of course, to India – his goal. After some years there, he puts together all his gathered knowledge so as to fulfill what he’d always intended: to bring it all back home. Overall, his passion, determination, and subsequent adventure beginning through end, are what in combination is credited with providing for the true beginning of Buddhism in China.
Xuan Zang is another tale from Mead-Hill’s collection, published in a variety of different editions. Each book is illustrated by a different Chinese artist, each artist using a different style of illustration. Each illustrated set can be collected, the collections put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Xuan Zang is available is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
A PEACH BLOSSOM STORY
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Zhang Yunman
A Peach Blossom Story reminds us that a beautiful life and a beautiful love are always possible – even if it may take attention and sacrifice and dedication to find and attain them…
A Peach Blossom Story is a tale from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories. It follows the journey of a thoughtful young man and a caring and attentive young woman as they find love singing in their hearts for the first time, and come to realize its importance in themselves. Eventually in the story they find the courage to declare it.
A Peach Blossom Story is one of the most romantic tales in all of Chinese literature. In fact, it is so famous and so loved that not only is everyone in China aware of it, but it has become swept up in an equally famous concept called “peach blossom spring.” (This famous myth tells of a Shangri-La kind of place where all is peace and love and beauty. The inner search for lies is deep in the heart of every Chinese, thus the widespread fame of the phrase itself. For more about these ideas, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
A Peach Blossom Story is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration. Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Moreover, A Peach Blossom Story is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
MR. FOOL MOVES THE MOUNTAIN
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Tan Xiangdong, Alexander Pfeuffer, Tatiana Samarskaya-Vozniouk
Mr. Fool Moves the Mountain is one of China’s most widely known, highly regarded stories. It was a favorite of Chairman Mao’s, and he often quoted from it.
Mr. Fool Moves the Mountain is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories. It is a kind of moral tale telling a charming and timeless story of faith, optimism, determination, perseverance, and hard work. Mr. Fool reminds us of that universal premise: persistence overcomes adversity.
At the same time, Mr. Fool Moves the Mountain has given rise to one of the most beloved characters in Chinese folk literature. So widely known is he, in fact, that nowadays simply describing someone as a “Mr. Fool” is to pay a highly intelligent – if complicated – compliment.
Mr. Fool’s tale has been told and retold so many times that he has become almost more famous than a hero – almost an archetype, in fact. In that way, Mr. Fool has even become part of China thinking itself. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
Mr. Fool Moves the Mountain is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration.
Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Mr. Fool Moves the Mountain is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
HAN SHAN AND SHI DE
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Tan Xiangdong, Alexander Pfeuffer
Han Shan and Shi De is an exquisitely beautiful story about love, loyalty, and friendship.
Not only is it one of the most lovely stories in the literature of China, but it has put into China culture two of its most highly regarded symbols – both connected to the celebration of a wedding, and a marriage. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.) And finally, best of all – the story is based on the events in the lives of two real people from long ago.
Han Shan and Shi De is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories.
Han Shan and Shi De is a great moral tale, told and retold so many times that the two have became almost as famous as heroes – almost archetypes, in fact.
Han Shan and Shi De is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration.
Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Han Shan and Shi De is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
SENDING A SWAN FEATHER A THOUSAND MILES
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Tan Xiangdong, Charlotte Wetzel
Sending a Swan Feather a Thousand Miles reminds us that though the package be small, the gift is profound, or as they say in English “good things come in small packages.”
But far more profound is that this story provides an outstanding example of how humility, patience, and loyalty are forever things of value and quality in the world.
Sending a Swan Feather a Thousand Miles is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories.
Sending a Swan Feather a Thousand Miles is a great moral tale, based on one of China’s most beloved stories. The doings of the gentle messenger in the story have been so widely revered that nowadays a reminding hint about his little package serves to pay a very gracious compliment.
In this way, the messenger’s tale was told and retold so many times that he became almost as famous as a hero – almost an archetype, in fact. In that way, the tale even became part of China thinking. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
Sending a Swan Feather a Thousand Miles is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration.
Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.
Sending a Swan Feather a Thousand Miles is available in multiple Mead-Hill editions.
NO THREE HUNDRED TAELS OF SILVER BURIED HERE
by Zhou Wenjing, Joseph Janeti, Zhou Chunlai
No Three Hundred Taels of Silver Buried Here is a figure of speech which comes from a folktale, it describes someone who imagines him/herself to be more clever than those around. Such a person might perform some action meaning to show his/her intelligence, but only ends up having an outcome exactly opposite to what was intended.
The tale was told and retold so many times that even became part of China thinking. (For more about that idea, please see Mead-Hill’s, China Thinking – An Introduction.)
The No Three Hundred Taels of Silver Buried Here story is from the Mead-Hill collection, China Tales and Stories, and is published in multiple Mead-Hill editions. Each edition is illustrated by a different artist. Each artist uses a different style of Chinese illustration. Each illustrated set can be collected; the collections can be put together to build a special library of China tales and stories.