Chinese Fable Stories – Treating Hunchbacks
古代寓言原是民间口头创作,文学体裁的一种。含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事。它的结构简短。主人公可以是人,可以是动物,也可以是无生物。多借用比喻手法,使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单的故事中体现,而还需要自己去理解,思考,这就是和西方寓言的不同之处。 《古代寓言·医驼背》 昔有医人,自媒能治背驼,曰:“如弓者、为虾者、如曲环者,延吾治,可朝治而夕如矢。”一人信焉,而使治驼。乃索板二片,以一置地下,卧驼者其上,又以一压焉,而即踩焉,驼者随直,亦复随死。 其子欲鸣诸官,医人曰:“我业治驼,但管人直,那管人死。” ——《雪涛小说》 Treating Hunchbacks There was once a charlatan who claimed he could cure deformities of the spine. “Whether your back is like a bow, a shrimp, a ring, or whatever you please, come to me and I’ll straighten it in no time.” One hunchback was credulous enough to take his words […]
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