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Shambhala Publications Inc Tales Of The Taoist Immortals by Eva Wong
As a girl growing up in Hong Kong Eva Wong heard and memorized many tales told to her by Hong Kongs finest professional storytellers by actors on the radio and by her grandmother. These popular tales of the Taoist immortals were also often dramatized in Chinese operas. The stories are of famous characters in Chinese history and myth: a heros battle with the lords of evil the founder of the Ming dynastys treacherous betrayal of his friends a young girl who saves her town by imitating rooster calls. Entertaining and often provocative these tales usually include a moral. The immortals are role models in Chinese culture as well as examples of enlightenment. Some of the immortals were healers some were social activists some were aristocrats and some were entrepreneurs. The tales chosen by Eva Wong here are of the bestknown immortals among the Chinese. Their names are household words and their stories are told and retold by one generation to the next.