Transmigrations of the Mandarin Fum Hoam or Chinese Tales
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780766157521
Subjects: Folklore; Folklore & Mythology; Sociology
First sentence: HOLONJAH, the nephew of Tahi-Kia, who was prime wazir to Tongluck, King of Gannan, was sent by his uncle into Circassia, to buy up the most beautiful damsels he could meet with in that country, designing them for a present to the Sultan of China ; and the young man discharged his commission with so much exactness that never was there a seraglio stored with such variety of beauties as was the vessel wherein he embarked these Circassian women from Bassorah.