Kingdom of the Black Flower

Kingdom of the Black Flower; Folk Tales from China by Rief Juba MacGowan Publisher: Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Center for Arabic Language, Kalima Project for Translation Publisher's note: In Chinese folk tales, we learn about one of the most prominent roles that tales have played throughout history, which is the educational and moral role, aiming through stories that are somewhat close to real life - in which we find the good and the evil, the rich and the poor, the beautiful and the ugly - to shed light on basic human values, such as justice, love, mercy, and goodness, and to highlight the flaws of emotions that can corrupt the human heart, such as envy, jealousy, injustice, and anger. Perhaps what distinguishes these tales is that they employ the supernatural, specifically various gods who watch over human actions and sometimes intervene to serve noble values.