四大名著的英文介绍

中国四大名著英文简介Chin ese Literature - Novels and ficti on Hongloumeng 红楼梦"The Dream of the Red Chamber" Also called "The story of the Stone （Shitouji 石头记）",this novel written by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹（d. 1763） is said to be the greatest master pi ece of Chin ese ficti on. A wide bran ched scholarship does not consent about the main theme of this no vel, should it be a no vel of sen time nt, of Daoist-Buddhist en lighte nment, of social observati on, of the decay of an aristocratic familiy, or eve n a veiled attack on Man chu rule. The frame of the no vel is the con test of a Buddhist and a Daoist priest who make be born a young n oble boy called Jia Baoyu 贾宝玉and his girl cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉・With a loving detail describ ing the life of the two cous ins in a huge n oble mansion, betwee n garde ns and palaces, the red thread is the trian gular love betwee n Baoyu, Daiyu and a sec ond girl cous incalled Xue Baochai 薛宝钗that is of more plumper character tha n the ever sick Daiyu. Switchi ng betwee n their life, the divi ne world and dreams, Baoyu becomes dera nged after the disa pp eara nee of a stone (the origi n of the sec ond title) he had in his mouth whe n he was born. Not knowing, his love Daiyu died, he is tricked to marryi ng Baochai. Becom ing aware of being tricked, Baoyu leaves the world of the "red dust" and becomes a monk. With hun dreds of persons and their stories, p aralleli ng the life and feeli ngs of serva nts to the life of the mai n pers ons, the story is very complex and full of symbolisms, but very in teresti ng and convincing for its en cycl op edic character, dep ict ing the lifeof a no ble familiy in the 18th cen tury Qing China 清.三国演义Roma nee of The ThreeKin gdomsRoma nee of The Three Kin gdoms is one of the great chin ese classics and is com piled into a semi-ficti on al literary masterpiece duri ng the Ming Dyn asty by Luo Gua nzhong. The no vel comprises aro und 70+% fact and 20+% ficti on. Some issues such as Guan Y u's weap on weigh ing around 40+ kilograms, the capabilties of Lu Bu, Liu Bei's horses as well as the existe nee of the Hill of the Falle n P hoe nix and some others are probablyficti on al. That period in history can be said as the golde n age of chivalry and although it happened more tha n 1700 years ago, characters such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao,Guan Yu, Zha ng Fei and Zhuge Lia ng have become household n ames among the chin ese. Tales of their exploits, courage, adve ntures and many more are told in the no vel "Roma nee of The Three Kin gdoms".It is one of the most turbule nt periods in China's history tak ing place toward the end of the Han Dyn asty where corrupti on is rampant in theimp erial court due to eunu ches hold ing power. Coupled with n atural disasters such as floods, plague and locust swarms devouri ng the crops grow n by the p easa nts, hun ger and disatisfacti on among the p easa nts soon escalated rapidly un til a major rebelli on known as the "Y ellow Scarves Rebelli on" led by Zha ng Jiao broke out. (It was dubbed "Y ellow Scarves" because the rebels tied a yellow scarf on their head). In itially just a small band of rebels, due to widespread hun ger and ill-se ntime nt among the populace, swarms of comm on folks joined in the rebelli on across many parts of the coun try.三国演义人物介绍刘备Liu Bei (161 -223 AD), styled Xu nefe (玄徳),was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han duri ng the Three Kin gdoms era of Chi na. Although hav ing a later start tha n his rivals, also lack ing both the material resources and social status they comma nded, Liu Bei overcame his many defeats to carve out his own realm, that at its p eak spanned moder n day Sichua n, Guizhou,Hunan, part of Hubei, and part of Gan su.Culturally, due to the treme ndously popular no vel Roma nee of the Three Kin gdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Liu Bei is widely known as the ideal ben evole nt, huma ne ruler who cared for his people and picked good advisors. His character was to advocate the Con fucia n set of moral values, such as loyalty and com passi on. 张飞Zhang Fei (?-221 AD) was a military gen eral of Shu Han duri ng the Three Kin gdoms era of China.Zhang Fei was show n to have bee n a masterful gen eral rather tha n simply a warrior. He treated his superiors with respect, but had little respect forhis un derli ngs・He was ofte n warned by LiuBei that his habit of over-p uni shi ng his own soldiers by lashi ng and killi ng would eve ntually bring himself disaster.Zha ng Fei married Xiahou Yuan's daughter, who was cap tured by Zhang Fei's troops as she was outgatheri ng firewood. They had a total of two daughters, and the older daughter became the empress of Shu Han after marrying Liu Shan, with Zhuge Lia ng as the matchmaker. After Zhang Fei's eldest daughter had p assed away due to n atural causes, Zhuge Lia ng once aga in played the role of matchmaker, and Liu Sha n married Zha ng Fei's youn ger daughter, who thus succeeded her older sister to become the empress of Shu Han.Zha ng Fei is best portrayed through his descripti on and acti ons depicted in Records of Three Kin gdoms biography by Che n Shou. Some claim that Zha ng Fei was also an excelle nt pain ter.Zha ng Fei was killed by his own menZha ng Da and Fan Jia ng, while prepari ng his troops to attack the rival Easter n Wu to ave ngethe death of Guan Yu・Zhang Da and Fan Jia ng went on to defect to Wu.水浒传Outlaws of the MarshThe novel "Outlaws of the Marsh" is somewhat likethe Iliad and Odyssey... An an cie nt epic tale... no one remembers the period it was composed and immortalized. One knows this story is based on real facts and has in spired many storytellers.One knows the North So ng Dy nasty (XIIIth Cen tury) lived its apogee and decli ned, a victim of corrupti on and decade nee.One finds historical traces of these outlaws who challe nged the imperial authority and died un der the executi on er's blade.At last, as anyone knows today that a man called Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, no one doubts an ymore that a man called Shi Nai-a n wrote dow nduri ng the XIVth cen tury the no vel Outlaws of the Marsh that reached us.Every one recog ni zes that Jin Shen g-ta n, duri ng the XVIIth cen tury, published what is now famous as the origi nal vers ion of a no vel that obta ined the in terest and in fatuati on ofsuccessive gen erati ons・Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh ("All men are brothers" i n Pearl Buck's tran slati on, "Shui hu zhua n" in Chin ese, "Au Bord de r Eau" i n French ) is an immortal no vel because its tale is uni versal : it sp eaks of beings (outlaws but also no tables, strong muscled heroes but also in tellectual, an archists but also philosophers...) who cannot bear injustice nor abuse nor arbitrari ness...That is the reas on they are immortal and their popularity has lasted for cen turies . Discover the 108 heroes, the episodes , the paper-cuts represe nting them, the Beiji ng operas their fighti ng exploits inspired...人物Gai Ping Health gave special love make the world any way, famous are na. Like charges to stick, chicke n, and did not take wives, all hit others physique. Village Creek Village haun ted lege nds, villagers digg ing a river in the tow n en graved art, ghost was rushed to the East seve n. Classical hell, the n alone will be en graved Creek Villagein places away from the East side dow n. Thus so-called "Tota kings". 晁盖西游记Pilgrimage to the West生仗义疏财，专爱结交天下好汉，闻名江湖。