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Written in the style of a Chinese folktale, this book presents the story of "The Lady in the Painting" with vocabulary and structures familiar to students who have completed a basic course in Chinese. It uses an inventory of only about 300 Chinese characters, serving as a smooth transition between the short and long reading passages.

One of the most famous episodes from Water Margin, a traditional Chinese novel, is here retold in simple Chinese. This text is the fifth volume designed to supplement the Intermediate Chinese Reader by John DeFrancis. It is presented in simplified characters, with pinyin romanization, and an accompanying audio program is available.