"Chinese children are made to learn (proverbs and maxims)by heart, and ordinary grown-up Chinamen may be almost said to think in proverbs." Professor Herbert A. Giles, 1892.
This quote from Herbert A. Giles (he compiled the first exhaustive Chinese-English dictionary in 1892) aptly describes the contents of Chinese Fables, a handsome new ebook. This program presents the sensibility and pragmatism of Chinese culture and thought. It's a collection of 43 fables with beautiful Chinese artwork and music. These traditional proverbs were originally told from 722 through 221 BC (mostly by Chuang Tzu and Lieh Tzu). Now they're in a navigable ebook format to be learned and treasured for millenniums to come. If you've never experienced Chinese Fables, they're similar to the tales of Aesop. Each fable contains a brief story with an underlying moral. Using the ebook, you can casually browse through each fable and print each page, as you'd like. Use a complete index to find proverbs by name. There's even a search tool that will help you retrieve fables based on particular words and concepts. Chinese Fables is a rewarding handbook for the intellect and conscious. The tales and anecdotes, passed down from generation to generation, will be a wonderful addition to your ebook collection. The morals are more often implied than spelled out,
Our Review: Chinese Fables is a collection of very short storiesm (fables), which usually have small sections of text in a different color, highlighting the parts we should think of to help us understand the moral behind the fable. The program is easy to use, contains a large selection of good fables, and comes with an illustration per fable.
This software's licence is Demo, which means that this software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the software is with you. Should the software prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
If you wish to register and receive the full version of this Demo program, it will cost you US$ 10.00