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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9787513043342
Section 1: Legends and Mythologies about
the Universe and Human Beings
1. The Giant Creator of the Universe Pangu
and the Heaven-repairing Goddess Nvwa
2. Nvwa and the Big Dipper
3. The Rooster and the Sun
4. Another Version of Multiple Suns
5. The Origin of Weeds
6. Why Does the Moon Shine?
7. Why Do People Have Three Skin Colors?
8. Why Are Human Beings Mortal?
Section 2: About Historical Figures (I)
9. Bole and the Fabled Qianlima ( 千里马; “thousand-li
horse”)
10. Lu Ban Learning the Technical Skill of
Woodworking
11.Zhang Yi Got Everything from Nothing
with a Silken Tongue
12. The Story between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi
13. Three Stories about Zhuge Liang
14. Zuo Si and Paper Became Expensive in
Luoyang
15. Hua Mulan’s Marriage (Unofficial
Historical Story)
16. Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty and the
Messenger from Tibetan Regime in
Ancient China
17. Several Legends about Lord Bao
18. Two Legends about Su Dongpo
19. The Legend about the Fictional
Tiger-fighting Hero, Wu Song, Learning Skills
20. The Origin of Gengcun Village—Zhu
Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor) Conferred Titles of Nobility on King of Geng
21. The Legend of Li Shizhen Selling Quack
Medicine to Help Others
Section 3: About Historical Figures (II)
22. Kangxi Emperor and Lord Shi
23. Yongzheng Emperor Banned Gambling
24. Qianlong Emperor and Fortune-telling
25. Qianlong Emperor and a Couplet
26. Qianlong Emperor and His Riddle
27. Heshen, Shen Rulin and Hu Pinsan
28. Heshen Repaired the Road Used by the
Emperor
29. The Story of Pu Songling Opening a
Teahouse
30. Zheng Banqiao’s Two Visits at the Same
Restaurant
31. Zheng Banqiao’s Visit at a Temple
32. Zheng Banqiao Took a Boat
33. The Magic Painting of Meng Luling
34. A Story about Wang Duo and His Son
Section 4: Buddhist and Taoist Stories
35. The Monkey King Teases the Black Dragon
36. Li Jing at Chentang Pass Burned the
Temple
37. Bai Mudan Outwitted Lü Dongbin
38. Lü Dongbin Enlightened “Three Men of Virtue”
39. The Great Immortal Tieguai Li
40. Thousand-armed Guanyin
41. Zhao Gongming as the God of Fortune
Section 5: Life Folktales
42. Jin Yunu
43. A Tale of a Jade Bracelet
44. A Pearl Shirt
45. Xiucai’s Daughter Repelling the Suitor
with Wit
46.The Story of Giving out a Treasured
Object
47. A Princess Choosing Her Husband
48. Being Blessed Because of a Good Heart
49. Three Unfilial Couples
50. Zhang Er Selling Noodles
51. A Murder Mystery of a Strange Flower
52. A Lawsuit about a Horse
53. Rooster’s Egg
54. Daredevil Ma
55. Fake Silver Ingots
56. An Old Teapot
57. A Prodigal Who Returns Is More Precious
than Gold
As one of the national intangible cultural
heritage items, Gengcun stories
are undoubtedly a gem of folk oral
literature and an exemplar of traditional folk
culture. Gengcun, a village located in
north China, presents us with a unique
cultural phenomenon: almost all the
residents of various ages in this small
village can tell stories. Those stories
they tell range from ancient mythologies
and legends, historical figures, love
stories, religious legends and cultural norms
and customs to animal fables and plant
stories. Such phenomenon is rare not
only in China, but also in the world. It is
considered as modern China’s One
Thousand and One Nights attracting
folklorists, artists, performers, scholars
and researchers from China and many other
countries. This remarkable
phenomenon stood out as early as in 1986
during the national general
investigation of folk literature. By the
year 2004, eleven rounds of large-scale
investigations and collections of stories
in the village had been conducted. 230
male and female story-tellers had been
discovered. There are till now 15 books
on Gengcun stories and related academic
research, totaling 11.23 million
characters. At the seminar about the
story-telling groups at Gengcun village
and their works convened in 1988, hundreds
of delegates from the United
States, France, Germany, Japan and other
countries came and investigated
this unique phenomenon of local and folk
culture. Most of them established
long-term relations and carried out
exchange programs with Gengcun
village. Among them, the most active and
inspiring one should be the Nu Wa
Storytelling Delegation and Eth-Noh-Tec
from San Francisco.
As the key translator of the 119 selected
Gengcun stories in this book,
I got to know two members of this group
coincidentally in 2015 when they
again went to Gengcun to collect stories
and exchange with the local people.
It was my great honor to meet Robert
Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang. I also
got to know some others from this
delegation such as Doris, Doris’ daughter
Kirsten, Luanda, Melinda and Elaine. We
both wished we could have met with
each other earlier after we realized that
both of us have a plan to publish those
Gengcun stories since the original oral
form of its transmission is limited both
in time and space. This idea inspired me to
finally get started and translate the
stories. The original texts I chose are
from the book Gengcun’s One Thousand
and One Nights in six volumes. The stories
are categorized into eleven sections: Section 1,
Legends and Mythologies about the Universe
and Human Beings, Section 2-3, Historical Figures;
Section 4, Buddhist and Taoist Stories;
Section 5, Life Folktales; Section 6, Social Customs and
Local Folklores; Section 7, Four Love
Stories; Section 8, Legends of Animals and Plants; Section
9, Fantasy Stories; Section 10, Animal
Stories and Fables; and Section 11, Ghost Stories. Since
time was limited, it was quite hard for me
to cover all the stories. Instead, I only chose the most
representative and meaningful ones to translate.
During the whole process, I translated 78,866
words. For other parts, I would like to
express my gratitude to my friends Wang Junya (translated
31,673 words), Liu Liyong (translated
22,023) and Wang Xiaoling (translated 2,267).
Besides, my special thanks also go to my
illustrator and best friend Hossain MD Abrarul
whose efforts have made this book a graphic
one with vivid images and thus quite fascinating.
We hope in the near future we could
translate more from the huge volumes of Gengcun
stories and make the outside world know and
appreciate this cultural phenomenon.
Wei Yi
April 5th, 2016
From left to right: Doris, Doris’ daughter
Kirsten, Nancy Wang, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Luanda, Melinda and Elaine
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