"Ye Xian" (; ) is a Chinese fairy tale that is similar to the European Cinderella story, the Malay-Indonesian Bawang Putih Bawang Merah tale, the Vietnamese Tấm Cám story, and stories from other ethnic groups including the Tibetans and the Zhuangs. It is one of the oldest known variants of Cinderella,Terri Windling, first published in the Tang dynasty compilation Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang written around 850 by Duan Chengshi. Chinese compilations attest several versions from oral sources.Zhang, Juwen. "Rediscovering the Brothers Grimm of China: Lin Lan." The Journal of American Folklore 133, no. 529 (2020): 285-306. Accessed July 24, 2020. doi:10.5406/jamerfolk.133.529.0285.
