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Chinese picture books published in 2016

By Li Hongrui (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-12-22

Chinese picture books published in 2016

A New Account of the Tales of the World, Six Dynasties 2. [Photo/amazon.cn]

A New Account of the Tales of the World, Six Dynasties 2

With long hair and fair skins and wearing somewhat revealing clothes, the men in the pictures all wear an air of aloofness and casualness. They are the legendary "Seven Worthies of Bamboo Grove" from the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420) in Chinese history.

Picturing their stories, the 2016 published book is one of the comic series adapted from the classic, A New Account of the Tales of the World. In the stories, the seven worthies are big-hearted yet lonely. And cultural customs and social conventions in the Wei and Jin dynasties were humorously pictured.