唐代传奇即唐代的短篇小说，内容主要表现唐代的生活，以所写故事及人物命运来表达作者的思想。由于作品大多描写人世真情，因此引起广大民众的共鸣和欣赏，受到社会的广泛喜爱。其中还有如《任氏传》《柳毅传》《霍小玉传》等名篇，不断被后世的戏曲和白话小说所改编流传，并由此走进民间大众，成为中国脍炙人口的故事。 为了继承中国的优秀文化遗产，使文明古国的传统文化得以发扬光大，我们精选了中国唐代传奇名著10篇，以古籍原著加今、英译的形式出版。译文力求准确、流畅，使读者能够直面中国古代文化之精华，并在阅读中受益。 唐代传奇曾被译成英、日等外文出版流传。本书所选作品，由已故的张友鹤先生等校订，王中立先生作了今译，杨宪益、戴乃迭夫妇完成英译。
大仲马，法国著名通俗历史小说家。《基督山伯爵》是他的代表作。 法老大副堂泰斯船长委托，为拿破仑党人送了一封信，遭到两个卑鄙小人和法官的陷害，被打死牢。狱友法里亚神甫向他传授各种知识，并在临终前把埋于基督山岛上的一批宝藏秘密告诉了他。堂泰斯越狱后找到了宝藏，成为巨富。从此名基督山伯爵，经过精心策划，报答了恩人，惩罚了仇人。本书充满浪漫的传奇色彩，章章奇特新颖，引人入胜。
寓言是一种历史悠久而生命力强大的古老文体，虽多形制短小，却有丰厚的内涵。中国古代寓言大多数以人物故事为载体，说理深刻透辟，包含许多人生智慧。 中国先秦时期寓言创作很为兴盛，不少寓言作者是世界品质的思想家。《庄子》、《列子》中的寓言，想象飞驰，语言富丽，表现了道家重道、贵虚、齐物、逍遥的思想；《韩非子》中的寓言，文字简洁准确，表现了法家因时变法、严刑峻法的主张；《战国策》中的寓言，手法铺张，气势宏伟，针对外交、内政、军事方面的大事，随机应变，往往能够收到化险为夷的效果。 本书从这些先秦有名典籍中编选了许多寓言，同时还收录了后世其他寓言佳作，共选取121篇作品。它们流传广，饱含智慧，对文学创作和语言的发展影响很大。 本书英译者为有名文学翻译家杨宪益、戴乃迭先生。
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许渊冲--诗译英法专家 ，北京大学教授，翻译家。希望这套许氏译本能使英语读者对中国经典诗文也能“知之，好之，乐之”，能够分享孔子、老子的智慧，分享唐诗、宋词、中国古典戏曲的优美，并以此促进东西文化的交流。值得珍藏。许渊冲先生从事翻译工作70年，2010年12月荣获“中国翻译文化终身成就奖”。他被称为将中国诗词译成英法韵文的专家，经他的妙手，许多中国经典诗文被译成出色的英文和法文韵语。这套“中国经典诗文集”就是由他所译，前半部分是英文，后半部分是中文。
The Palace of Eternal Youth is one ofthe most important classic repertory pieces of Knn Opera. It'sabout the tragic love sloty of Tahng Emperor Li Longji and hisimperial concubine Yang Yuhuan one of the most inspiring beautiesin Chinese history. Their legend conveys the universal value thattrue love will transcend the boundaries of time and overcome alldiMculuies. This book with plain words; intends to help foreignreaders understand the story and appreeiate classic Chineseopera.
《约翰·克利斯朵夫(上下)(精)》是罗曼·罗兰的长篇小说代表作，作品通过约翰·克利斯朵夫一生的经历去反映现实社会一系列矛盾冲突，宣扬人道主义和英雄主义。小说描写了约翰·克利斯朵夫奋斗的一生，从儿时音乐才能的觉醒，到青年时代对权贵的蔑视和反抗，再到成年后在事业上的追求和成功， 后达到精神宁静的崇高境界。1915年罗曼·罗兰凭借《约翰·克利斯朵夫》获诺贝尔文学奖。
The Peach Blossom Fam is a greatmasterpiece of Kun opera and has been a favorite of Chineseaudiences for more than300 years, it takes the love story betweenthe Revival Society poet Hou Fanyu and the beautiful rivercourtesan Li Xiangiun as its basis; but as a historical epic, itreflects the brief splendor and fall of the short-lived SouthernMing dynasty. This book, with plain words, intends to help foreignreaders understand the story and appreciate classic Chineseopera.
Except for Recollections of Hainan,written in 1963,all the pieces in this collection of stories and essays by the celebrated Chinese movelist of stories and essays by the celebrated Chinese novelist Mao Dun(1896-1981) were written before the People`s Republic of China was founded in 1949.
This is a biography of a legendary Chinese emperor. In remote antiquity, the Yellow River Valley was stricken by rampant floods year after year, which brought great calamities to the country and the people. Yu, leader of the Xia tribe, was appointed by Emperor Shun to tame the floods. Through 13 years of unremitting efforts, he finally pleted dredging channels to lead the floodwaters to the sea, thereby bringing the Yellow River under permanent control and resettling the homeless people. The legend of Yu the Great as the most celebrated flood tamer in Chinese history is a much-told tale. A variety of miraculous stories about him have been told for over 2,000 years, all having their origins in "Emperor Yu tames the flood" This story about Emperor Yu tames the flood and later ruling the country presents a crystallization of all the romances and myths about this heroic figure that have circulated in China from time immemorial.
The Peony pavilion is one of Tang's"Four Dreams" and has traditionally been performed as a Kun opera.The opera tells a romantic love story of Du Liniang and LiuMengmei, with its focuses on love, beauty, relationship, andmarriage.This passionate story has always been considered a Chinesenalional treasure, and continues to resonate with audienceeverywhere, even in this modern day and age. This book, with plainwords, intends to help foreign readers understand the story andappreciate classic Chinese opera.
Since the appeance of this play TheRomance of the Western Chamber in the thirteenth century, it hasenjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise toinnumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings; it has influencedcountless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played acrucial role in the development of drama crilicism. The theme ofthe drama is an attack on feudal mores, supporting the longing ofyoung people in those days for freedom of marriage, although itfollows the timeworn pattern of a gifted scholar and a beautifullady falling in love at first sight. This book, with plain words,intends to help foreign readers understand the story and appreciateclassic Chinese opera.
雨果著的长篇小说《悲惨世界》讲述了： 冉·阿让因饥饿偷取了一块面包而入狱，出狱后又偷盗主教的银器，因受到主教的感化而从善，改名马德兰，兴办工业，救济穷人。后被选举为市长，却被新任警长沙威认出。为解救被误认为冉·阿让的无辜者，主动自首而再度被捕。出狱后收养了死去女工芳汀的女儿珂赛特。珂赛特长大后与贵族青年马里尤斯相恋，马里尤斯赴巴黎参加起义，冉·阿让为成全二人，亲赴战场寻找马里尤斯，却恰好碰见起义军将要处决被俘的沙威。冉阿让以德报怨，放走沙威。沙威受到感化，投水自尽。后起义失败，冉·阿让冒险救出受伤的马里尤斯，在成全他与珂赛特的婚事后死去。
塞万提斯所著的《杨绛译堂吉诃德（上下）（精）／中国翻译家译丛》读骑士小说入迷的没落绅士吉哈达，自号堂吉诃德，试图用虚幻的骑士之道还世界以公正与太平，先后三次骑着老马出外行侠。他雇请崇尚实际的农夫邻居桑丘·潘萨作为侍从，与己一起经历了风车大战、英勇救美、客栈奇遇、恶斗群羊……挑战雄狮、入地穴探奇……等等奇特事变。小说通过塑造与刻画堂吉诃德这一滑稽可笑、可爱而又可悲的人物形象，成功反映了西班牙当时的人文主义思想和现实之间的矛盾。
本书描写的是从东汉灵帝元年到西晋武帝太康元年的近百年的历史故事。本书塑造出诺葛亮、刘备、曹操、关羽、张飞等众多典型人物，描写了大大小小一系列的战争场面，展现了战争的复杂性与多样性，深刻地反映了当时社会政治军事的复杂矛盾和斗争，这是《三国演义》
