The Summer Palace Of Beijing，the largest and best preserved of all Chinese imperial gardens ，boasts many features-a lake that occupies three-fourths of its 290 hectares ，a traditional seventeem-arched bridge ， ahill with palatial buildings as weell as quiet spots dotted by rustic pavilions and cottages ， a 36-metre Marble Boat to remind visitors that the garden was built by the despotic Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty with funds earmarked for a Chinese navy……

PART Ⅰ
I.ANCIENT LEGENDS，FAIRY TALES AND FABLES
Mother of Sericulture
嫘祖养蚕
The King Calls on a Young Farmer
尧王访舜
Yaowang Fang Shun
娥皇和女英
Ehuang He Nuying jiang Ziya the Peculiar Angler
姜太公钓鱼
Jiang Taigong Diaoyu
King Wen Visits a Wise Man
王文访贤
Winwang Fang Xian
Thousand League Eye and Wind Borne Ear
千里眼和顺风耳
Qianlian He Shunfeng'er
chenxiang Rescues His Mother
劈山救母
Pi Shan Jiu Mu
Han River Nymphs
江妃
Jiang fei
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Ⅱ.THE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY（770 B.C-221 B.C）
Ⅲ.THE HAN DYNASTY(206 B.C-220 A.D)
Ⅳ.THE THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD(220-265)
Ⅴ.THE JIN(265-420)AND THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN DYNASTIES(420-589)
Ⅵ.THE TANG KYNASTY(618-907)
Ⅶ.THE FIVE DYNASTIES(907-960)
Ⅷ.THE SONG DYNASTY(960-1279)
Ⅸ.THE YUAN DYNASTY(1279-1368)
Ⅹ.THE MING DYNASTY(1368-1644)
PARY Ⅱ
Ⅺ.THE STORY OF THE WHITE SNAKE
Ⅻ.PILGRIMAGE TO THE WEST
XⅣ.THE RED CHAMBER DREAM
XV.THE ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
XVⅡ.THE YANG FAMILY OF GENGRALS
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亨德里克·威廉·房龙（1882-1944）享德里克·威廉·房龙出生于荷兰的鹿特丹，1903年开始在美国康奈尔大学和德国慕尼黑大学学习，获得博士学位。早年混迹社会，作过教师，编辑，记者和播音员等等。这位体重两百磅，粗壮结实的荷裔美国人于1921年出版了《人类的故事》一书，从此饮誉世界。一生中出版了30余种书籍，以人文主义的立场，通俗易懂、俏皮睿智的文风，将人类各方面的历史几乎全部都复述了一遍。他的绝大部分著作均是风靡世界的畅销书，历经近一个世纪仍不失魅力，影响了一代又一代的读者。房龙本人更是多才多艺，他精通十种文字，善拉小提琴，他还为自己的绝大多数著作配画了许多稚拙可爱的插图。