{"collection":"Confucian Documents","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_cfu_mlc_mlc01_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_cfu_mlc_mlc01_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_cfu_mlc_mlc01_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/mlc/mlc01.htm","summary":"The chief literary sources of Chinese myths are the Li tai sh\u00ean hsien t\u2019ung chien, in thirty-two volumes, the Sh\u00ean hsien lieh chuan, in eight volumes, the F\u00eang sh\u00ean yen i, in eight volumes, and the Sou sh\u00ean chi, in ten volumes. In writing the following pages I have translated or paraphrased largely from these works. I have also consulted and at times quoted from the excellent volumes on Chinese Superstitions by P\u00e8re Henri Dor\u00e9, comprised in the valuable series Vari\u00e9t\u00e9s Sinologiques, published\u2026","tags":["Chinese Folklore","Chinese Mythology","Comparative Religion"],"text":null,"title":"Myths and Legends of China: Preface","tradition":"Confucian Documents","translated_text":null,"word_count":416}