Myths & Legends of China

By

E.T.C. Werner

H.B.M. Consul Foochow (Retired) Barrister-at-law Middle Temple Late
Member of The Chinese Government Historiographical Bureau Peking
Author of "Descriptive Sociology: Chinese" "China of the Chinese" Etc.


George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
London Bombay Sydney




In Memoriam

_Gladys Nina Chalmers Werner_



Preface

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. In writing the following pages I
have translated or paraphrased largely from these works. I have also