Macgowan. Chinese folk-lore tales

Today's free book is Chinese folk-lore tales by J. D. Macgowan (1910). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

Kwang-Jui and the God the River
The Beautiful Daughter of Liu-Kung
The Mysterious Buddhist Robe
The Vengeance of the Goddess
"The Wonderful Man"
The God of the City
The Tragedy of the Yin Family
Sam-Chung and the Water Demon
The Reward of a Benevolent Life

Giles. Pu's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

Today's free book is Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Songling Pu, translated by Herbert A. Giles. This is a literary work with many supernatural elements, along with some sexual themes that the 19th-century translator, Herbert Giles, was not comfortable with; for some comments about that, see Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The Giles translation was published in two volumes, but the Gutenberg online edition combines both volumes into one, and the table of contents below is from that online edition.

In addition to the Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox with stories from the first volume.

Volume 1

Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel
Talking Pupils
Painted Wall
Planting a Pear-tree
Taoist Priest of Lao-shan
Buddhist Priest of Ch‘ang-ch‘ing
Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter
Miss Chiao-no
Magical Arts
Joining the Immortals
Fighting Quails
Painted Skin
Trader’s Son
Judge Lu
Miss Ying-ning; or Laughing Girl
Magic Sword
Shui-mang Plant
Little Chu
Miss Quarta Hu
Considerate Husband
Magnanimous Girl
Boon Companion
Miss Lien-hsiang Fox-girl
Perseverance Rewarded
Jen Hsiu Gambler
Lost Brother
Three Genii
Singing Frogs
Performing Mice
Tiger of Chao-ch‘êng
Dwarf
Hsiang-ju’s Misfortunes
Chang’s Transformation
Taoist Priest
Fight with the Foxes
King
Engaged to a Nun
Young Lady of the Tung-t‘ing Lake
Man who was changed into a Crow
Flower-nymphs
Ta-nan in Search of his Father
Wonderful Stone
Quarrelsome Brothers
Young Gentleman who couldn’t spell
Tiger Guest
Sisters
Foreign Priests
Self-punished Murderer
Master-thief
Flood
Death by Laughing
Playing at Hanging
Rat Wife
Man who was thrown down a Well
Virtuous Daughter-in-law
Dr. Tsêng’s Dream
Country of the Cave Men
Foot-ball on the Tung-t‘ing Lake
Thunder God
Gambler’s Talisman
Husband Punished
Marriage Lottery

Volume 2

Lo-ch‘a Country and the Sea Market
Fighting Cricket
Taking Revenge
Tipsy Turtle
Magic Path
Faithless Widow
Princess of the Tung-t‘ing Lake
Princess Lily
Donkey’s Revenge
Wolf Dream
Unjust Sentence
Rip van Winkle Chinese
Three States of Existence
Infernal Regions, In the
Singular case of Ophthalmia
Chou K‘o-ch‘ang and his Ghost
Spirits of the Po-yang Lake
Stream of Cash
Injustice of Heaven
Sea-serpent
Magic Mirror
Courage Tested
Disembodied Friend
Cloth Merchant
Strange Companion
Spiritualistic Séances
Mysterious Head
Spirit of the Hills
Ingratitude Punished
Smelling Essays
His Father’s Ghost
Boat-girl Bride
Two Brides
Supernatural Wife
Bribery and Corruption
Jonah Chinese
Chang Pu-liang
Dutch Carpet
Carrying a Corpse
Taoist Devotee
Justice for Rebels
Theft of the Peach
Killing a Serpent
Resuscitated Corpse
Fisherman and his Friend
Priest’s Warning
Metempsychosis
Forty Strings of Cash
Saving Life
Salt Smuggler
Collecting Subscriptions
Taoist Miracles
Buddhist Priestsrrival of
Stolen Eyes
Invisible Priest
Censor in Purgatory
Mr. Willow and the Locusts
Mr. Tung; or, Virtue Rewarded
Dead Priest
Flying Cow
“Mirror and Listen” Trick
Cattle Plague
Marriage of the Virgin Goddess
Wine Insect
Faithful Dog
Earthquaken
Making Animals
Cruelty Avenged
Wei-ch‘i Devil
Fortune-hunter Punished
Life Prolonged
Clay Image
Dishonesty Punished
Mad Priest
Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory
Picture Horse
Butterfly’s Revenge
Doctor
Snow in Summer
Planchette
Friendship with Foxes
Great Rat
Wolves
Singular Verdict
Grateful Dog
Great Test
Alchemist
Raising the Dead
Fêng-shui
Lingering Death
Dreaming Honours
She-wolf and the Herd-boys
Adulteration Punished
Solomon Chinese
Roc
Faithful Gander
Elephants and the Lion
Hidden Treasure
Boatmen of Lao-lung
Pious Surgeon
Solomonnother
Incorrupt Official

Pitman. Chinese Fairy Stories

Today's free book is Chinese Fairy Stories by Norman Hinsdale Pitman. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

Yow-To's First Lesson
The Boy who Slept
The Boy and the Porridge
The Gods Know
Lo-Sun, The Blind Boy
Sing Li's Fortune
Fairy Old Boy and the Tiger
Yu-Kong and the Demon
The Boy who Became Emperor
The Ashes of Deceit
The Bride of the Dragon King

Hinsdale Pitman. Chinese Wonder Book.

Today's book is A Chinese Wonder Book by Norman Hinsdale Pitman. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is also available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Hathi Trust. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

(illustration by Li Chu-T'ang)

Table of Contents

The Golden Beetle or Why the Dog Hates the Cat
The Great Bell
The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog
How Footbinding Started
The Talking Fish
Bamboo and the Turtle
The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest
The Nodding Tiger
The Princess Kwan-Yin
The Two Jugglers
The Phantom Vessel
The Wooden Tablet
The Golden Nugget
The Man Who Would Not Scold
Lu-San, Daughter of Heaven

Brown. Chinese Nights Entertainments

Today's free book is Chinese Nights Entertainments: Stories of Old China by Brian Brown. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

The Wicked Empress
The Origin of Tea
The Merchant's Son
The Stone from Heaven
The Thunder God
Yang Sung's Dream
The Wood Cutter
The Painted Cat
The Fisherman
The Taoist's Description of Heaven
The Taoist Explains Love
Story of Effort and Destiny
The Illness of Chi Liang
The Intelligence of Animals
A Bad Memory
The Dreams of Kan Yin
The Wood Gatherer
The Journey of Life
On Evolution
Man and the Universe
Dreams
A Taoist Charlatan
The Taoist Keeper
The Donkey's Revenge
Han Hsiu - Hero
The Wild Goose and the Sparrow
The Country of Gentlemen
Contentment in Humbleness
The Monkey that Became King
The Taoist's Garden
The Flower Nymphs

Brown. The Wisdom of the Chinese

Today's free book is The Wisdom of the Chinese, edited by Brian Brown. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Introduction, followed by selections from
Confucius: Analects
Confucius: Doctrine of the Mean
Confucius: Great Learning
Mencius: The Real Man
Lao Tzu: Tao-teh-king
Lao Tzu: Wu-wei
Lao Tzu: Precepts and Sayings
Chuang Tzu
Yang Chu
Kang-hsl's Sacred Edict
Kuan-yi-wu; Yu Tse; Tse-chan
The Poetry of the Chinese
Proverbs and Maxims
Moral Maxims

Hearn. Some Chinese Ghosts

Today's free book is Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

The Soul of the Great Bell
The Story of Ming-Y
The Legend of Tchi-Niu
The Return of Yen-Tchin-King
The Tradition of the Tea-Plant
The Tale of the Porcelain God

Fielde. Chinese Fairy Tales

Today's free book is Chinese Fairy Tales: Forty Stories Told by Almond-Eyed Folk by Adele Marion Fielde. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Google Books.

The Strayed Arrow
The Five Queer Brothers
The Three Talismans
The Origin of Ants
The Mistake of the Apes
The Moon-Cake
The Fool of the Family
A Fool Who Tried to Be Like his Brother-in-Law
A Dreadful Boar
The Two Melons

The Fairy Serpent
What the Birds Said
The Man in a Shell
The Young Head of the Family
Prospect and Retrospect
A Foreordained Match
Marrying a Simpleton
Baling with a Sieve
The Widow and the Magistrate
A Lawyer as Debtor

The Singing Prisoner
Self-Convicted
The Ladle that Fell from the Moon
A Wife's Vengeance
Stolen Garlic
Two Frugal Men
The Most Frugal of Men
Misapplied Wit
Similar Diseases
A Dream Inspired

A Fortuitous Application
Jean Valjean in Cathay
A Polite Idiosyncrasy
Verified Predictions
The Three Sworn Brothers
The Peasant-Girl's Prisoner
Crabs in Plenty
False Economy
The Thriftless Wife
A Wife with Two Husbands

Mackenzie. Myths of China and Japan

Today's free book is Myths of China and Japan by Donald Mackenzie. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive.

I. The Dawn of Civilization
II. A Far-travelled Invention
III. Ancient Mariners and Explorers
IV. The World-wide Search for Wealth
V. Chinese Dragon Lore
VI. Bird and Serpent Myths
VII. Dragon Folk-stories
VIII. The Kingdom under the Sea
IX. The Islands of the Blest
X. The Mother-goddess of China and Japan
XI. Tree-, Herb-, and Stone-lore
XII. How Copper-culture reached China
XIII. The Symbolism of Jade
XIV. Creation Myths and the God and Goddess Cults
XV. Mythical and Legendary Kings
XVI. Myths and Doctrines of Taoism
XVII. Culture Mixing in Japan
XVIII. Japanese Gods and Dragons
XIX. Rival Deities of Life and Death, Sunshine and Storm
XX. The Dragon-slayer and His Rival
XXI. Ancient Mikados and Heroes

Macgowan. Chinese Folklore

Today's free book is Chinese Folklore by J. Macgowan. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Internet Archive.

(fox spirit)

I. — A Chapter on Fairies
II. — The Infamous Chow Sin and the Beautiful T'a Ki
III. — The Fairy and the Pear Seller
IV. — The Love Adventures of the Fox Fairy, Prince Hu
V. — Yu Kong the Athlete
VI. — Li, the Man with the Iron Staff
VII. — Wong Sing; or, How the Fortunes of a Royal Family were restored by a Fairy
VIII.— The Stirring Adventures of the Scholar Wang
IX. — The Mysterious Peach
X. — The Strange Adventures of the Scholar Siu
XI. — The Romantic Story of the Phoenix Fairy
XII. — Mr. Tang, the Filial Son
XIII. — Soat-Lip and the Youthful Fairy
XIV. — The King of the Nine Mountains
XV. — The Fairy Scholar
XVI.— Phoenix, the Beautiful Fox Fairy
XVII. — The Scholar Hai, and the Fairy Songster, Lady Kwey
XVIII. — Mr. Wang and the Taoist Abbott
XIX. — The King of the Snakes
XX. — How an Expectant Prime Minister was Cured of his Ambition by the Ingenious Device
of a Fairy

Macgowan published another book which is available at Project Gutenberg: Chinese Folklore Tales, but pages were missing from the book, and I have not been able to find another scan of the book to supplement the missing pages. If you are curious, though, here are the titles of the stories in that book (not all of which are complete): I. The Widow Ho Ii. Kwang-jui and the God of the River Iii. The Beautiful Daughter of Liu-kung Iv. The Fairy Bonze V. The Mysterious Buddhist Robe Vi. The Vengeance of the Goddess Vii. "the Wonderful Man" Viii. The God of the City Ix. The Tragedy of the Yin Family X. Sam-chung and the Water Demon Xi. The Reward of a Benevolent Life

James. A Book of Chinese Fairy Tales

Today's free book is The Jeweled Sea; A Book of Chinese Fairy Tales by Hartwell James with illustrations by John R. Neill. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust.

The Jeweled Sea

The Moon Hare

The Willow Tree

Davis-Chow-Leung. Chinese Fables and Folk Stories

Today's free book is Chinese Fables and Folk Stories by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

How the Moon became Beautiful
The Animals' Peace Party
The Widow and her Son
The Evergreen Tree and the Wilderness Marigold
The Snail and the Bees
The Proud Chicken
The Lemon Tree and the Pumelo
Woo Sing and the Mirror
Two Mothers and a Child
A Boy Who Would Not Tell a Lie
A Great Repentance and a Great Forgiveness
The Man who loved Money better than Life
The Hen and the Chinese Mountain Turtle
The Boy of Perfect Disposition
What the Yen Tzi taught the Hunter
A Lesson from Confucius
The Wind, the Clouds, and the Snow
The Fish and the Flowers
The Hen, the Cat, and the Bird
The Boy who wanted the Impossible
The Boy who became a Hsao-tsze
The Hunter, the Snipe, and the Bivalve
The Mule and the Lion
The Fa-Nien-Ts'ing and the Mon-Tien-Sing
The Body that deserted the Stomach
The Proud Fox and the Crab
A Little Chinese Rose
The Eagle and the Rice Birds
The Children and the Dog
The Two Mountains
A Chinese Prodigal Son
The Lion and the Mosquitoes
The Thief and the Elephant
The General, the Bird, and the Ant
Three Girls who went to a Boys' School
The Rattan Vine and the Rose Tree
The Melon and the Professor

Werner. Myths and Legends of China.

Today's free Kindle ebook is Myths and Legends of China by E.T.C. Werner (1921). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image, and for more information see the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook China unit.

Also available at: Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

(P'an Kuan)

Table of Contents

I. The Sociology of the Chinese
II. On Chinese Mythology
III. Cosmogony—P’an Ku and the Creation Myth
IV. The Gods of China
V. Myths of the Stars
VI. Myths of Thunder, Lightning, Wind, and Rain
VII. Myths of the Waters
VIII. Myths of Fire
IX. Myths of Epidemics, Medicine, Exorcism, Etc.
X. The Goddess of Mercy
XI. The Eight Immortals
XII. The Guardian of the Gate of Heaven
XIII. A Battle of the Gods
XIV. How the Monkey Became a God
XV. Fox Legends
XVI. Miscellaneous Legends

Wilhelm. Chinese Fairy Book.

Today's book is The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm. You can find out more about this book in the The Monkey King unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook, and also in the Chinese Fairy Tales unit.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

You can also find the book online at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Google Books, and Hathi Books. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

(The Weaving Maiden)

Table of Contents

NURSERY FAIRY TALES
I Women’s Words Part Flesh and Blood
II The Three Rhymsters
III How Greed for a Trifling Thing Led a Man to Lose a Great One
IV Who Was the Sinner?
V The Magic Cask
VI The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck
VII The Bird with Nine Heads
VIII The Cave of the Beasts
IX The Panther
X The Great Flood
XI The Fox and the Tiger
XII The Tiger’s Decoy
XIII The Fox and the Raven
XIV Why Dog and Cat are Enemies

LEGENDS OF THE GODS
XV How the Five Ancients Became Men
XVI The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden
XVII Yang Oerlang
XVIII Notscha
XIX The Lady of the Moon
XX The Morning and the Evening Star
XXI The Girl with the Horse’s Head or the Silkworm Goddess
XXII The Queen of Heaven
XXIII The Fire-God
XXIV The Three Ruling Gods
XXV A Legend of Confucius
XXVI The God of War

TALES OF SAINTS AND MAGICIANS
XXVII The Halos of the Saints
XXVIII Laotsze
XXIX The Ancient Man
XXX The Eight Immortals (I)
XXXI The Eight Immortals (II)
XXXII The Two Scholars
XXXIII The Miserly Farmer
XXXIV Sky O’Dawn
XXXV King Mu of Dschou
XXXVI The King of Huai Nan
XXXVII Old Dschang
XXXVIII The Kindly Magician

NATURE AND ANIMAL TALES
XXXIX The Flower-Elves
XL The Spirit of the Wu-Lian Mountain
[ix]XLI The King of the Ants
XLII The Little Hunting Dog
XLIII The Dragon After His Winter Sleep
XLIV The Spirits of the Yellow River
XLV The Dragon-Princess
XLVI Help in Need
XLVII The Disowned Princess
XLVIII Fox-Fire

GHOST STORIES
XLIX The Talking Silver Foxes
L The Constable
LI The Dangerous Reward
LII Retribution
LIII The Ghost Who Was Foiled
LIV The Punishment of Greed
LV The Night on the Battlefield
LVI The Kingdom of the Ogres
LVII The Maiden Who Was Stolen Away
LVIII The Flying Ogre
LIX Black Arts

HISTORIC LEGENDS
LX The Sorcerer of the White Lotus Lodge
LXI The Three Evils
LXII How Three Heroes Came By Their Deaths Because of Two Peaches
LXIII How the River God’s Wedding Was Broken Off
[x]LXIV Dschang Liang
LXV Old Dragonbeard
LXVI How Molo Stole the Lovely Rose-Red
LXVII The Golden Canister
LXVIII Yang Gui Fe
LXIX The Monk of the Yangtze-Kiang

LITERARY FAIRY TALES
LXX The Heartless Husband
LXXI Giauna the Beautiful
LXXII The Frog Princess
LXXIII Rose of Evening
LXXIV The Ape Sun Wu Kung