Old Tales Retold

Gu Shi Xin Bian

Old Tales Retold or Gu Shi Xin Bian

was Lu Xun's third and last collection of short stories. It was published in 1935 and included 8 stories written between 1922 and 1935. The stories in this collection are either old Chinese stories that were reworked by Lu Xun and told from his particular perspective or they have ancient writers such as Lao Zi

(aka Lao Tze, author of Tao Te Ching), Confucius

and others as characters.

Mending Heaven (1935)
The Flight to the Moon (1926)
Curbing the Flood (1935)
Gathering Vetch (1935)
Forging the Swords (1926)
Leaving the Pass (1935)
Opposing Aggression (1934)
Resurrecting the Dead (1935)

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