As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Eva Wong heard and memorized
many tales told to her by Hong Kong's 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
hero's battle with the lords of evil, the founder of the Ming
dynasty's 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 best-known immortals among
the Chinese. Their names are household words and their stories are
told and retold by one generation to the next.
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