How Long to Read Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations

How Long Does it Take to Read Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations by E. T. C. Werner

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The chief literary sources of Chinese myths are the Li tai shên hsien t'ung chien, in thirty-two volumes, the Shên hsien lieh chuan, in eight volumes, the Fêng shên yen i, in eight volumes, and the Sou shên 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 Père Henri Doré, comprised in the valuable series Variétés Sinologiques, published by the Catholic Mission Press at Shanghai. The native works contained in the Ssŭ K'u Ch'üan Shu, one of the few public libraries in Peking, have proved useful for purposes of reference. My heartiest thanks are due to my good friend Mr Mu Hsüeh-hsün, a scholar of wide learning and generous disposition, for having kindly allowed me to use his very large and useful library of Chinese books. The late Dr G.E. Morrison also, until he sold it to a Japanese baron, was good enough to let me consult his extensive collection of foreign works relating to China whenever I wished, but owing to the fact that so very little work has been done in Chinese mythology by Western writers I found it better in dealing with this subject to go direct to the original Chinese texts. I am indebted to Professor H.A. Giles, and to his publishers, Messrs Kelly and Walsh, Shanghai, for permission to reprint from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio the fox legends given in Chapter XV.This is, so far as I know, the only monograph on Chinese mythology in any non-Chinese language. Nor do the native works include any scientific analysis or philosophical treatment of their myths.My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments, and dealing as fully as possible, consistently with limitations of space (limitations which have necessitated the presentation of a very large and intricate topic in a highly compressed form), with the philosophy of the subject, has been to set forth in English dress those myths which may be regarded as the accredited representatives of Chinese mythology--those which live in the minds of the people and are referred to most frequently in their literature, not those which are merely diverting without being typical or instructive--in short, a true, not a distorted image.Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner

How long is Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations?

Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations by E. T. C. Werner is 461 pages long, and a total of 115,711 words.

This makes it 156% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 32 minutes to read Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations aloud.

What Reading Level is Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations?

Myths and Legends of China : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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