Dragon Tales:A Collection of Chinese Stories

In China,its home,there are many fantastic stories and legends about the dragon.Contained in this collection are some of the finest classical an modern example .They include"The Rakshas and the Sea Market" and "The Princess of the west lake",both by the well-known Qing-dynasty writer Pu SongLing(1640-1715),telling of wonders of a dargon palace and of love between dragons and human beings; "Tripod Lake and the Golden Lotus Flowers", the story of how the first Chinese ruler,HuangDi,was transported to fairyland on the back of a dragon;and "The Looking-to-Mother Shoal"; which tells how human beings were transformed into dragons .There intriguing,entertaining tales reglect the rich imagination and high aspirations of Chinese people .