Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Nai-Tung Ting. A Type Index of Chinese Folktales in the Oral Tradition and Major Works of Non-Religious Classical Literature. FFC no. 223. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.

A taxonomy of oral folktales from a wide variety of sources. Uses Aarne-Thompson categorization, finding 843 types and subtypes, 268 of which are putatively Chinese and 575 international.
Area: CH