Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on revelatory new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective.This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full ethnic spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places (Kunlun Mountain), mythical animals and plants (the crow with three feet; Fusang tree), and appurtenances (Xirang—a kind of mythical soil; Bu Si Yao—mythical medicine for long life). No other work captures so well what Chinese mythology means to the people who lived and continue to live their lives by it.

中国神话手册》从古代和分散的文本中汇编而成，并以具有启示意义的新研究为基础，是有史以来从中国人的角度撰写的关于该主题的最全面的英文作品。该作品侧重于汉族，但涵盖了古代和现代中国的所有民族，展示了关键神话如何随着时间的推移而延续和演变。快速参考部分涵盖了所有主要的神灵和半神，以及重要的地方（昆仑山）、神话中的动物和植物（三足乌；扶桑树）和附属物（西凉-一种神话中的土壤；不思瑶-神话中的长生药）。没有其他作品能如此准确地捕捉到中国神话对那些靠它生活并继续生活的人们意味着什么。