Chinese Fables

"Chinese children are made to learn (Proverbs and maxims)By Heart, and ordinary grown-up Chinamen may be almost said to think in proverbs." Professor Herbert A. Giles, 1892.This quote from Herbert A. Giles (he compiled the first exhaustive Chinese-English Dictionary in 1892) aptly describes the contents of Chinese Fables, a handsome new ebook. This program presents the sensibility and pragmatism of Chinese culture and thought. It`s a collection of 43 fables with beautiful Chinese artwork and music. These traditional proverbs were originally told from 722 through 221 BC (mostly by Chuang Tzu and Lieh Tzu). Now they`re in a navigable ebook format to be learned and treasured for millenniums to come. If you`ve never experienced Chinese Fables, they`re similar to the tales of Aesop. Each fable contains a Brief story with an underlying moral. Using the ebook, you can casually browse through each fable and print each PaGE, as you`d like. Use a complete index to find proverbs by name. There`s even a search tool that will help you retrieve fables based on particular words and concepts. Chinese Fables is a rewarding handbook for the intellect and conscious. The tales and anecdotes, passed down from generation to generation, will be a wonderful addition to your ebook collection. The morals are more often implied than spelled out,