Chinese Fable Stories – The Donkey of Guizhou
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·黔驴技穷》 黔无驴,有好事者,船载以入;至则无可用,放之山下。虎见之,庞然大物也,以为神;蔽林间窥之,稍出近之,憗憗然,莫相知。他日,驴一鸣,虎大骇远遁,以为且噬已也,甚恐;然往来视之,觉无异能者;益习其声,又近出前后,终不敢博。稍近益狎,荡倚冲冒,驴不胜怒,蹄之。虎因喜,计之曰:“技止此耳!”因跳踉大?,断其喉,尽其肉,乃去。 ——《柳河东集》 The Donkey of Guizhou There were no donkeys in Guizhou until an eccentric took one there by boat; but finding no use for it he set it loose in the hills. A tiger who saw this monstrous-looking beast thought it must be divine. It first surveyed the donkey from under cover, […]
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