Ancient Chinese fable – Issuing an Order to the Tigers
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·对考虑发命令》 杨叔贤为荆州幕时,虎伤人。杨就穴磨崖刻戒虎文,其略曰:“咄乎尔彪,出境潜游。” 后知郁林,致书知事赵定基,托拓戒虎文数本。云:“岭南俗庸犷,欲以此化之。”赵遣人打碑。次日耆申:“磨岩下大虫咬杀打碑匠二人。”赵乃以状寄答。 ——《宋稗类抄》 Issuing an Order to the Tigers When Yang Shuxian was in office in Jingzhou, the tigers there were a scourge to the people. So Yang had an edict engraved on a big rock on a nearby mountain, ordering the tigers to leave the place. Later, when he was transferred to […]
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