Hulin and the Mad Goose: Four Chinese Folk Tales in Simplified Chinese and Pinyin, 600 Word Vocabulary Level

Folk tales are immensely popular in China. Passed down orally over the centuries from grandparents and parents to children, they serve as an unwritten handbook for living. Nearly all Chinese folk tales are about simple people who find themselves in difficult situations. These people are often helped (and occasionally hindered) by talking animals, as well as by powerful gods, wizards and other supernatural beings who actively interfere in events here on earth (天下, tiānxià, "under heaven"). A...