Love Tales of Ancient China

Gathered together for the first time in English, seventeen love stories from China bring to the American reader characters well-known through Chinese literature as well as movies and drama. In the feudal society of ancient China, relationships were often based on duty more than the bidding of one's heart. Yet the imagination is always full of possibility, and here, misty mountains, mysterious pagodas, butterflies and genies set the scene where a beautiful smile can work its magic. Some stories t