The History and Philosophy of China in Comics

I am fortunate enough to have a Chinese friend who has sent me some wonderful books that narrate, in comic form, various histories and philosophies of China. The books have been created by the artist Tsai Chih Chung and are comical as well as informative. The English translations are good with some humourous colloquialisms that I can only hope are an accurate representation of the original Chinese text.

I have 15 of these books on my shelf and have read them in bits and pieces over the last year or two. I am going to make these my main source of recreational reading from now until I get through them all. I will provide reviews on this site as I complete each book. I will start with History Speaks. The complete list of books that I have by Tsai Chih Chung is:

• History Speaks: The Four Princess of the Warring States
• Zen Stories: The Staff and Shout of the Venerable Ones
• The Dao Speaks I: Whispers of Wisdom
• The Dao Speaks II: More Whispers of Wisdom
• The New Dao: Mystery and Pure Conversation
• The Analects of Confucius
• Mencius Speaks: The Cure for Chaos
• Sunzi Speaks: The Art of War
• Zhuangzi Speaks I: The Music of Nature
• Zhuangzi Speaks II: More Music of Nature
• The Roots of Wisdom
• Madam White Snake
• Journey to the West Book I
• Journey to the West Book II
• Ghosts and Wizards: Fables and Fairy Tales from Late China