Chinese fairy tales and mythology question
I need to know if, among all the thousands of years of fairy tales, stories, myths, and legends of China....are there any that feature ALL of these elements in one specific story and/or one specific hero:

- hero fights for his love
- hero is tricked by a demon or a spirit and led by this demon or spirit
- hero deceives or loses his love because of trickery from this demon or spirit
- hero's other friends and family in danger too
- hero must be decisive and break free of demon or spirit's control

Remember....ALL of these elements or, at the very least, a majority of them. Thanks.As mentioned in the first answer, the first element is most likely non-existent in such Chinese stories....so....the rest?

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Chinese fairy tales and mythology question
I need to know if, among all the thousands of years of fairy tales, stories, myths, and legends of China....are there any that feature ALL of these elements in one specific story and/or one specific hero:

- hero fights for his love
- hero is tricked by a demon or a spirit and led by this demon or spirit
- hero deceives or loses his love because of trickery from this demon or spirit
- hero's other friends and family in danger too
- hero must be decisive and break free of demon or spirit's control

Remember....ALL of these elements or, at the very least, a majority of them.  Thanks.As mentioned in the first answer, the first element is most likely non-existent in such Chinese stories....so....the rest?

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中國四大民間傳說 不是全部要素都具備 但可參考看看

《梁山伯與祝英台》http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_Lovers
《白蛇傳》http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_White_Snake
《孟姜女》http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Meng_Jiang
《牛郎織女》http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%9B%E9%83%8E%E7%BB%87%E5%A5%B3

"fight for his love" 和 "decisive and break free" 的類型 是有的
如《聊齋誌異 聶小倩》(改編為電影 倩女幽魂)

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- hero fights for his love
- hero is tricked by a demon or a spirit and led by this demon or spirit
- hero deceives or loses his love because of trickery from this demon or spirit
- hero's other friends and family in danger too
- hero must be decisive and break free of demon or spirit's control

*look above* nope, "fight for his love"isn't traditional for China
"decisive and break free" isn't the type as well

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There are stories about that.Maybe you can find them in 《山海经》，《聊斋》，《中国神话与传说》.But Chinese fairy tales, stories, myths, and legends usually not refer to demon,they are usually about the nature,the people in the history，fairies and the god.Hope you could find them.By the way,there's a cartoon named 《葫芦娃》，and the youngest of the brother heroes may answer the purpose.

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anita998710的回答比较全了，《聊齋誌異》被翻译成英文版了： 《Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio》

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