Understand Chinese Mythology (Teach Yourself) (Reprint) By Moorey, Teresa Publisher : McGraw-Hill Published Date : 2012/08 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9781444163490 BookWeb Price : S$ 24.95 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : S$ 19.96 Availability Status : In stock at the Fulfillment Centre. Usually dispatches within 5 working days. Language : English

 
Meet the author                                    vii
Introduction                                       viii
Myths interpreted                                  viii
Jung and the theory of archetypes                  ix
Myths, dreams and the individual                   ix
    1 The context of Chinese myths                 1   (10)
      Strands of Chinese belief                    3   (4)
      The Chinese Pantheon                         7   (2)
      The literature of China                      9   (2)
    2 Pangu and the Creation                       11  (3)
      Commentary                                   12  (2)
    3 Yi the Archer                                14  (7)
      Commentary                                   16  (5)
    4 Yu and the Floodwaters                       21  (14)
      Commentary                                   25  (10)
    5 His Father's Crave                           35  (8)
      Commentary                                   39  (4)
    6 The King of the Underworld                   43  (6)
      Commentary                                   45  (4)
    7 The Eight Immortals                          49  (10)
      Commentary                                   55  (4)
    8 The Feng Shui Master                         59  (6)
      Commentary                                   62  (3)
    9 Wen Chang, God of Literature                 65  (7)
      Commentary                                   69  (3)
    10 The Silkworm Goddess                        72  (4)
      Commentary                                   73  (3)
    11 Monkey King                                 76  (19)
      Commentary                                   88  (7)
    12 Tales of Dragons                            95  (10)
      The Dragon King's Daughter                   95  (2)
      The Dragon's Pearl                           97  (2)
      Commentary                                   99  (6)
    13 The Willow Pattern                          105 (5)
      Commentary                                   107 (3)
    14 The Herdsman and the Weaver Girt            110 (4)
      Commentary                                   112 (2)
    15 The Chinese Zodiac                          114 (29)
      Twelve signs                                 114 (1)
      The legend of the naming of the years        114 (2)
      The history of the zodiac                    116 (1)
      Confucianism and the zodiac                  116 (3)
      The significance of the animals              119 (24)
    16 The Kitchen Cod and Chinese New Year        143 (4)
      Commentary                                   144 (1)
      Chinese New Year                             145 (2)
Conclusion                                         147 (2)
Appendix 1 Feng Shui                               149 (4)
Appendix 2 The I Ching and the Eight Trigrams      153 (7)
Further reading                                    160 (1)
Index                                              161