Folk Tales and Legends

　　Wang Zhenhua, ed and tr, New Translations of Stories of the Snowland, Gansu Children's Publishing House, Lanzhou, April 1992.383 pp. 19cm. ISBN 7-5422-0606-0.
　　Eighty Tibetan folk stories including "Legends About the Yangtse and Yellow Rivers," "Legends About the seven Sisters Mountain," and "Ogre with Nine Heads." With a preface by Wang Xingxian.

　　He Qunying, Stories of A-khu-bstan-pa: Tibetan Folk Stories, Xinlei Publishing House, Tianjin, May 1992.147 pp.Illus.19 cm. ISBN 7-5037-0919-4 .
　　Fifty-one stories about A-khu-bstan-pa, a Tibetan legendary figure, including "Fate," "The Sunlight Cannot Be Blotted Out," and "Harvesting Season."

　　Phur-bu-rdo-rje, ed, Bome Folk Stories, Tibetan People's Publishing House, Lhasa, July 1992. 358 pp. 19 cm. ISBN 7-223-00410-x.
　　Fifty-nine folk stories humorously castigating the evil and supporting the good, exposing the greedy and benighted nature of some people in sociedty and praising industrious and honest character of the laboring people.

　　Byang-chub-chos-vphel and Mig-dmar, ed, Smart Tortoise: Children's Fairy Tales Series, Volume I, Tibetan People's Publishing House, Lhasa, August 1992. 67 pp. 18cm. ISBN 7-223-00453-3.
　　Twenty-one short animal fables favored by children in the snowland.

　　bsTan-vdzin-tshe-ring, ed, Selecting a King among birds, Gansu Nationalities Publishing Hlouse, Lanzhou, March 1993. 168 pp. 19 cm. ISBN 7-5421-0132-3.
　　Thirteen chapters, written in a personification style telling a story about birds selecting a king among themselves. Because of a divergence of opinions, a cuckoo from the south is invited to be the Bird King, who preaches the Dharma of Buddha and governs the birds according to it.

　　A-lo Phur-pu-rdo-rje and bKra-shis-phun-tshogs,ed, A Gold Image of Buddha, Tibetan People's Publishing House, Lhasa, April 1993. 82 pp. 19 cm. ISBN 7-223-00459-2. Fairy Tales Series, II.
　　Including "A Gold Image of Buddha," "Three brothers," "The Hare Defeats the tiger with Its Wisdom," "The Elephant and the Thrush," "Eyesight Competition Between the Crow and the Magpie," and "Merchant Nor-bu-bzang-po."

　　Ji Wenzheng, ed, Tibetan Folk Stories, Volume 6:Special Collection of Medog Folk Stories, Tibetan People's Publishing House, Lhasa, June 1993 . 245 pp. Illus. 20 cm. ISBN 7-223-00464-9.
　　Eighty-seven Lhoba and Moinba folk legends and stories in Lhoyu region, including "Legend About five Lhoba brothers," "Changes in Medog County" and "The Creation."

　　Li Xueqin and Yan Yulan, ed and tr, Tibetan Folk Stories, Volume 7: Legend about Famous Historical Figures, Tibetan People's Publishing House, Lhasa November 1993. 276 pp. Illus. 20 cm. ISBN 7-223-00618-8.
　　Forty -one folk legends about historical figures in Tibet in five sections: "Legends About Ministers in Tubo Kingdom," "Legends About Eminent Monks," "Legends About famous doctors" and "Legends About tribes and Clans."

　　Qi Jixian, et al, tr, Deqen Tibetan Folk Stories, Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, Kunming, august 1993. 460pp. 20cm. ISBN 7-5367-0734-7.
　　More than 60 Tibetan folk stories of Deqen, Yunnan, covering myths about the formation of the world, customs and habits, legends about heroes, love stories, animal fables, humors, etc. Selectecd translation according to Deqen Tibetan Folk Stories (Chinese edition) Published by Yunnan nationalities Publishing House.

　　sTag-drag Tshe-ring-g yu-sgron, ed and tr, Folk Stories of Northern Tibet, tibetan People's Publishing House, Lhasa, October 1993. 363 pp. 20 cm. ISBN 7-223-00613-7.
　　Seventy-three folk stories of northern Tibet, such as: "Mountain God's Groom and Shepherdess," and "A Young Lady and A Groom," Reflecting the brilliant culture of Byang-thang. With a preface by Yu Naichang and an article by sTag-drag Tshe-ring-gyu-sgron, the translator, entitled "Myths, Stories, Legends and Me."

　　sTag-phu-ba, mGrin-sngon-zla-wa's Story(second edition), Qinghai Nationalities Publishing House, Xining, December 1993. 283 pp. 19cm. ISBN 7-5420-0427-1.
　　The same story in different editions of Story of a Green-necked Bird published by Tibetan People's Publishing House in April 1981 and listed in the Catalogue of Chinese Publications in Tibetan Studies (1949-1991) published by the Foreign Languages Press in 1995.

　　Song Weijia, ed, Whipping a King: Story of Tibetan A-khu-bstan-pa; gansu Children's Pulishing House, Lanzhou, March 1994. 157 pp. 19cmk. ISBN 7-5422-0756-3.
　　Sixty-one stories about A-khu-bstan-pa, such as "Thloroughly Understanding Birds' Language," "Turquoise," and "Whipping a king."

　　Story of Monkeys and Birds (second edition), Qinghai Nationalities Publishing House, Xining, May 1994. 45 pp. 19cm. ISBN 7-5420-0461-1.
　　A revised version of the first edition published in 1978 and listed in the Catalogue of Chinese Publications in Tibetan Studies, 1949-1991. Published by the Foreign Languages Press in 1995.

　　Qinghai Nationalities Publishing House Tibetan-language Compilation Group, ed, An Endless Story; Qinghai Nationalities Publishing House, Xining, July 1994. 214 pp. Illus. 19 cm. ISBN 7-5420-0503-0.
　　A revised version, complete with a newly designed cover, of the first edition published in 1963 and listed in the Catalogue of Chinese Publications in Tibetan Studies(1949-1991)published by the Foreign Languages Press in 1995.