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The Butterfly Lovers is a very famous Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The Liang Zhu legend and love story include certain real events that have happened in history as they are supported by historical data and cultural relics. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty (¿¿, 317¿¿420¿), the folktale has already been circulated for more than 1,700 years. In Chinese culture, the story is often described as an eternal song of love. In fact, the folk story is one of the four major love stories of ancient Chinese folk (the remaining three are: The White Snake, The Legend of Meng Jiangnv, and The Cowherd and the Weaver). The current book volume, Chinese Short Stories 4, is a Level 1 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the famous Chinese folk story of the Butterfly Lovers ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.
The book has 4 chapters in the following order:Chapter 1: Yingtai Wanted to Go Out to Study (¿¿¿ :¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 2: Cao Tingyi and Jinlan (¿¿¿: ¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 3: Three Years of College Life (¿¿¿: ¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 4: Becoming a Butterfly for Love (¿¿¿: ¿¿¿¿¿¿) The 4th 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.