Chinese Ghost Fables 1

My lifetime goal has always been to usher in traditional Chinese wisdom to the English-speaking world. By learning from each other, the East and the West could reduce alienation, avoid confrontation and promote cooperation for the ultimate welfare of mankind.

By utilizing your intelligence, you will be able to enhance your own sophistication and your chances at finding success in life. The traditional Chinese wisdom provides sagacious methods and new perceptions in dealing with conflicts and resolving issues, which also can be applied to our day-to-day problems.

Ji Yun (aka Ji Xiao-Lan, 1724-1805) was the editor-in-chief of the famous Four Encyclopedic libraries, which consisted of 3503 categories, 79337 volumes, and 36304 books which took him 15 years, from 1773 to 1788, to complete. After the completion of supervising this massive editorial task, he started writing ghost fables. In total, within ten years, from 1789 to 1798, he finished five books:

1) "Summertime in Ruan-Yan" (Chengde, Hebei providence, China ), located on the North-East of and 158 miles away from Beijing.

2) "That is What I Heard"

3) "Sketchbooks from Hwai-Xi" (Shi-Jia-zhuang, capital city of Hebei providence, China), located on the South-West of and 176 miles away from Beijing.

4) "Take It with a Grain of Salt"

5) "Another Summertime in Ruan-Yan"

This is the gem of the first book and I hope you will enjoy reading it.