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1、TheProjectGutenbergEBookofMythsandLegendsofChina,byE.T.C.WernerThiseBookisfortheuseofanyoneanywhereatnocostandwithalmostnorestrictionswhatsoever.Youmaycopyit,giveitawayorre-useitunderthetermsoftheProjectGutenbergLicenseincludedwiththiseBookoronlineatwww.gutenberg.netTitle:MythsandLegendsofChinaAu
2、thor:E.T.C.WernerReleaseDate:March4,2005[EBook#15250]Language:EnglishCharactersetencoding:ISO-8859-1***STARTOFTHISPROJECTGUTENBERGEBOOKMYTHSANDLEGENDSOFCHINA***ProducedbyJulietSutherland,JeroenHellingmanandthePGOnlineDistributedProofreadingTeam.Confucius:TeacherandPhilosopherMyths&LegendsofChinaB
3、yE.T.C.WernerH.B.M.ConsulFoochow(Retired)Barrister-at-lawMiddleTempleLateMemberofTheChineseGovernmentHistoriographicalBureauPekingAuthorof“DescriptiveSociology:Chinese”“ChinaoftheChinese”Etc.WithThirty-twoIllustrationsInColoursByChineseArtistsGeorgeG.Harrap&Co.Ltd.LondonBombaySydneyInMemoriamGlad
4、ysNinaChalmersWernerPage7PrefaceThechiefliterarysourcesofChinesemythsaretheLitaishänhsient’ungchien,inthirty-twovolumes,theShänhsienliehchuan,ineightvolumes,theFängshänyeni,ineightvolumes,andtheSoushänchi,intenvolumes.InwritingthefollowingpagesIhavetranslatedorparaphrasedlargelyfromtheseworks.Iha
5、vealsoconsultedandattimesquotedfromtheexcellentvolumesonChineseSuperstitionsbyPâreHenriDorã,comprisedinthevaluableseriesVariãtãsSinologiques,publishedbytheCatholicMissionPressatShanghai.ThenativeworkscontainedintheSsŭK’uCh’ûanShu,oneofthefewpubliclibrariesinPeking,haveprovedusefulforpurposesofref
6、erence.MyheartiestthanksareduetomygoodfriendMrMuHsûeh-hsûn,ascholarofwidelearningandgenerousdisposition,forhavingkindlyallowedmetousehisverylargeandusefullibraryofChinesebooks.ThelateDrG.E.Morrisonalso,untilhesoldittoaJapanesebaron,wasgoodenoughtoletmeconsulthisextensivecollectionofforeignworksre
7、latingtoChinawheneverIwished,butowingtothefactthatsoverylittleworkhasbeendoneinChinesemythologybyWesternwritersIfounditbetterindealingwiththissubjecttogodirecttotheoriginalChinesetexts.IamindebtedtoProfessorH.A.Giles,a
