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A collection of thirty Ancient Chinese fables selected by renown Chinese scholars Liu Zheng and Hou Yimin. These stories are transcribed from the classical Chinese to modern Chinese by Hou Yimin. Each story is accompanied by a contemporary poem by Liu Zheng and a watercolor painting interpretation by Hou Yimin. The thirty stories and poems in this volume are translated to English by John Minford, a well known tranlsator of Chinese classical literature, and professor of Chinese at Australian National Univeristy. The introduction is written my Don Hahn producer of Disney's Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.