Chinese Fable Stories – Old Custom
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·老规矩》 杨叔贤郎中异,眉州人,言顷有太守初视事,人排乐。乐人口号云:“为报吏民段庆贺,灾星移去福星来!”守大喜,问口号谁撰,优人答曰:“本州自来旧例,止此一首。” ——《湘山野录》 Old Custom A newly-appointed prefect was giving a grand banquet for the local gentry with many musicians to entertain the party. In the midst of the revelry, a singer intoned: “Out with the old, in with the new; out with the evil star, in with the lucky star!” The prefect was […]
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