In spite of much research and conjecture, the origin of the Chinese people remains undetermined. We do not know who they were nor whence they came. Such evidence as there is points to their immigration from elsewhere; the Chinese themselves have a tradition of a Western origin. The first picture we have of their actual history shows us, not a people behaving as if long settled in a land which was their home and that of their forefathers, but an

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Presents the Disney version of the Chinese story about Mulan, a young woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight in the Imperial Army.

Vividly retells traditional myths and legends of the Chinese people and illustrated by an intriguing array of paintings and illustrations.

Illustrated Myths & Legends of China is a profusely illustrated collection of 32 carefully chosen tales of Chinese Myth and legend. With more than 100 illustrations drawn over two thousand years of all aspects of Chinese art, including painting, pottery and porcelain, jade, bronzes and tomb decoration, Illustrated Myths & Legends of China is not only a vividly written collection of tales of the universe's emergence from chaos and the creation of the...

本书将历史人物的种种疑难、困惑表现出来，并从中寻找精神出路。走入他们的内心世界，写出他们的本色、格调、活法，理智与情感、付出与收获、飞扬与落寞；探寻他们在历史、国家、社会和个人关键时刻的心路历程，还原一代代中国人年复一年历经风霜雨雪、一步步走出困境的荆棘之路。 This book presents various difficulties and perplexities of...

Based on a Chinese legend of a man who falls in love with a thousand-year-old white snake transformed into a woman. The sorcerer discovers the white snake's true identity and battles to save the man's soul.