Chinese Fable Stories – The Holy Eel
《古代寓言·神鱼》 会稽石亭埭,有大枫树,其中空朽,每雨水辄满溢。 有估客,载生鳣至此,聊放一头于朽树中,以为狡狯。 村民见之,以鱼鳣非树中之物,咸谓是神。乃依树起屋,宰牲祭祀,未尝虚日,因遂名鳣你庙。人有祈请及秽慢,则祸福立至。 后估客返,见其如此,即取作臛,于是遂绝。 ——《异苑》 The Holy Eel At Stone Pavilion Dam in Kuaji there stands a great maple tree. The trunk has rotted and is hollow; so whenever it rains, a hole in the tree becomes filled with water. A merchant passing here with a load of eels put one eel in the […]
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