pickThis book was interesting reading small tales makes it very hard to get bored.
I‘m definitely rereading more than once The herdsman and the Weaver Girl, the Nodding Tiger, and The beautiful daughter of Liu-Kung, those stories were just SO beautiful that stuck with me.
I would recommend this book to anyone, especially to those interested in other cultures, but anyone would like this book the tales are not only interesting but beautifully written.
“Your love has been so great that it has entered into my very soul, and there is nothing that can ever efface it
from my heart. A thousand re-births may take place, but never shall I love any one as I love you."
Page: 273
"The only love that loves aright
Is that which loves in every plight.
The beggar in his sad array
Is moulded of the selfsame clay.
"Who knows a man by what he wears,
By what he says or by his prayers?
Hidden beneath that wrinkled skin
A fairy may reside within.
"Then treat with kindness and with love
The lowly man, the god above;
friendly nod, a welcome smile
For love is ever worth the while."
Page:245
The herdsman and the Weaver girl and the Nodding Tiger are definitely my favorite ones for now ✨
“Kwang-Jui and his wife were once more reunited, and for many a long year their hearts were so full of gladness and contentment, that the sorrows which they had endured gradually became effaced from their memories. They always thought with the deepest gratitude of the God of the
River, who for eighteen years had kept the unconscious husband alive and had finally restored him to his heart-broken wife.”
Page:97
“Chen-Li and the little weaver girl spent so much time in the sky, they eventually turned into stars; that is why, when we look up into the night sky, we can still see them both shining there (...) And if you look closely at the Milky Way on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month
you will see these two stars meet as the two lovers are reunited for a few, precious hours, giving
courage and hope to parted lovers throughout the world.” 66
“knowing that mankind was forced to eat the flesh of other living creatures, the emperor became unhappy”
the God of the Sun invented veganism
“Many scholars believe that the earliest human societies worldwide were matriarchal in organization, but with the advent of the bronze and iron ages, if not earlier, a shift seems to have occurred in many cultures to a patriarchal system that downgraded the female status” :(
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