A Thousand Pieces of Gold: Growing Up Through China's Proverbs more books like this

by Adeline Yen Mah

Still very much a part of Chinese life, age-old proverbs form part of the fabric of cultural heritage and continue to influence personal behavior and the conduct of leaders. Yen Mah combines personal reflections, rich historical insights, and proverbs handed down to her by her grandfather to share the wealth of Chinese civilization with Western ...

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The little book of Chinese proverbs more books like this

by Jonathan Clements

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Proverbs East and West more books like this

by Kim Yong-Chol, Lee Hyunjoo (Illustrator)

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The Fortune Cookie Book more books like this

by Margery Read, Emily Read (Illustrator)

The Fortune Cookie Book is a novelty cookbook and gift item that brings the tradition of the fortune cookie to our relationships with family and friends. Containing recipes for various flavors, it explains how to make cookies and provides more than 500 unique fortunes.

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Dictionary of 1000 Chinese Proverbs more books like this

by Schalk Leonard (Editor), Leonard Schalk (Editor), Marjorie Lin (Editor)

Chinese origins are listed alphabetically by key words. Written in Chinese Pinyin (phonetic transcription) and followed by the English equivalent.

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Everything I Understand about America I Learned in Chinese Proverbs more books like this

by Wendy Liu

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If You Have Two Loaves of Bread, Sell One and Buy a Lily: And Other Proverbs of China more books like this

by Guy A Zona

Four thousand years of Chinese history have provided us with an especially rich treasury of these pithy expressions of wisdom. From time immemorial shrewd observations of human relationships have been condensed in concise proverbs, and passed from generation to generation to serve as guiding principles in the lives of the Chinese people. To ...

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Chinese Proverbs more books like this

by Ruthanne Lum McCunn

In the bestselling tradition of Irish Proverbs and Jewish Proverbs, this charming book presents centuries of Chinese wisdom in a delightfully accessible bilingual format. (Each illustrated proverb is accompanied by its corresponding Chinese character.) Timed to coincide with Chinese New Year on February 4, 1992. Two-color throughout.

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The Dragon Lover and Other Chinese Proverbs more books like this

by YongSheng Xuan

This is a bilingual retelling of five Chinese proverbs that use animals of the land, sea, and sky in metaphor. Accompanied by delicate and dimensional paper-cut illustrations, the text clearly conveys the essence of five important values. The Lazy Farmer wishes to achieve something without any effort. The Musician and the Water Buffalo stresses ...

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Chinese Proverbs for Today's World more books like this

by Emil William Chynn, Ariel Books

Simple, insightful truths from the East-a treasure trove of wisdom for any reader.

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As the Saying Goes: An Annotated Anthology of Chinese and Equivalent English Sayings and Expressions, and an Introduction to Xiehoyu (Chinese Wit) more books like this

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The Cat and the Tao more books like this

by Kwong Kuen Shan

This book combines 40 original cat paintings with a selection of ancient Chinese wisdom, ranging from proverbs to Confucian sayings.

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A Chinese-English Dictionary of Enigmatic Folk Similes (Xiehouyu) more books like this

by John S Rohsenow

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ABC Directory of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu) more books like this

by John S Rohsenow (Editor)

This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4,000 Chinese proverbs alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal (and when necessary also a figurative) English translation. Additional ...

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ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu) more books like this

by John Rohsenow

This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4000 Chinese proverbs. They are alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb, according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal (and when necessary also a figurative) English translation. ...

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Kung Fu meditations & Chinese proverbial wisdom. more books like this

by Ellen Kei Hua

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Chinese proverbs more books like this

by T. C. Lai (Compiled by), Yeu Ting Kwong

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The wisdom of the Orient more books like this

by Brian Brown (Editor)

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Wisdom of sages : stories based on Chinese sayings more books like this

by Heng-ling Wu Wang

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Chinese religion seen through the proverb more books like this

by Plopper Clifford Henry

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