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Overview
A short variant in Wilhelm and Martens’s account of Dschang Go gives him a white mule capable of travelling a thousand miles in one day. At his destination he folds it up and puts it in his trunk. When he needs it again, he sprinkles water on it from his mouth, and it resumes its former shape. The preceding notice instead depicts Dschang Go riding backward on a black ass while beating a bamboo drum. The edition introduces the white mule as another legend; its colour, form and folding ability are not silently transferred to the black ass.
Origins & earliest records
Chinese tales mediated by Richard Wilhelm and Frederick H. Martens
Records & interpretation
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Selected bibliography
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The Chinese Fairy Book
XXX, The Eight Immortals (I), pp.76–82; specific notice p.76; New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company
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Primary records and illustrations
Richard Wilhelm/Frederick H. Martens, The Chinese Fairy Book (Stokes1921)
Tales of Saints and Magicians. XXX, The Eight Immortals (I), p.76
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- Historical translated taleWilhelm/Martens, The Chinese Fairy Book, XXX, The Eight Immortals (I), p.76Research access: 2026-10-05
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