The story of Lady Chang É Flying to the Moon (¿¿¿¿, Chang E Ben Yue) originated from the worship of the stars by the ancient Chinese. In fact, the myths and legends from ancient times in China tell the story of Chang E (¿¿) being forced by Fengmeng (¿¿). According to the existing written records, it first appeared in ancient books such as Huainanzi (¿¿¿¿¿) in the in the Western Han Dynasty (¿¿). Helplessly, after eating an immortal medicine given to her husband Houyi (¿¿) by the Queen Mother of the West (¿¿¿), Chang E flew to the Moon Palace. According to Huainanzi, Chang E fled because she stole the medicine that her husband Houyi took from the West Queen Mother, and flew into the Moon Palace, turning into a poisoned toad.
The book has 9 chapters in the following order:Chapter 1: The Ancient Sun (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 2: Houyi Appears (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 3: Three-footed Raven (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 4: Chang E's Life (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 5: Beautiful Legends (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 6: Every Mongolia (¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 7: At the Moon (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 8: Different Chang E (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 9: The Story of Spring (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
The current book volume, Chinese Short Stories 5, is a Level 1 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the famous Chinese folk story of the Lady Chang É Flying to the Moon. The 5th volume in the Selected Chinese Short Story Series (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With about over 500 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.