The First Heroes: How People Learned to Survive
Before crowns and armies, the first heroes answer colder questions: where to sleep, how to make fire, and how to leave a mark that lasts.
Fuxi, Nüwa, and the Day the Sky Broke
Fuxi gives people patterns for living. Then Gonggong's fury breaks the sky, and Nüwa must mend what no human custom can hold together.
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The Golden Age That Could Not Last
In an age when nobody steals a stranger's grain, one fence seems harmless. It becomes the first sign that the old trust may not last.
Pangu and the Sun Trapped Inside a Mountain
Pangu has split heaven from earth, but the world is still dark. To give it a morning, he must free the sun trapped inside a mountain.
From Creation to Civilization: A Roadmap to Chinese Mythology
A guided journey through four great movements in Chinese mythology: the making of the world, the disasters that unmake it, the heroes who repair it, and the arts that build human civilization.
Sun Wukong and Havoc in Heaven
Before the pilgrimage west, the Monkey King challenged death, stole celestial treasures, and refused every limit heaven tried to impose.
The White Snake Legend at West Lake
At Broken Bridge, a transformed snake spirit meets a mortal scholar and begins one of China’s most enduring supernatural love stories.