The author of this book was an American teacher in the Provincial College near Peking, China, and the stories are based on legends picked up among Chinese children.
Friedrich Kösters Sammlung ist zunächst eine Frucht seiner Liebe zu der Provinz, die ihm nicht zuletzt aufgrund der Tüchtigkeit ihrer Bewohner lieb geworden ist.
This legend traces back to the times when a true warrior was considered to be a man of honour and might and the formations of empires were built on quests for wealth and power.
