Chinese translation of preface to Canterbury Tales
Nature fiddled with their heartstrings:
The monks also vowed to travel to a foreign land.
Especially in Britain,
They come from all corners of the state,
To Canterbury,
To thank their benefactor for saving the patient,
Blessed martyrs and saints.
Summer rain brought joy to the earth,
When the soil cracked, it sent away the March,
Bathed in the filar silk meridians of plants,
Suddenly, flowers are in full bloom and full of vitality.
The west wind blows gently, leaving a faint fragrance.
The fields wake up and spit out green grass;
A red sun rises in the blue sky,
The sun of youth shed thousands of Hui Jin.
How to sleep peacefully on a charming summer night-
Beautiful nature touches the heartstrings of everything,
Affectionate birds sing the joy of love.
Pilgrims look forward to a platform for worshipping saints,
Monks vowed to travel in strange coastal areas.
Believers come from all over the country,
To thank the benefactor who saved the world from disease,
In memory of the great saints.
It was early summer,
29 people come from all walks of life.
Let me take a moment of your time,
It seems to me that this is necessary,
Introduce everyone's situation.
Talking about what they do,
Social status belongs to which class,
What about looks, clothes and manners,
Then I'll start with the knight,
No one can travel that far to this country,
Moved to a Christian and pagan country,
Be praised for outstanding achievements.
He attacked Alexander;
At the Prussian celebration dinner,
This outstanding person has served as the chief for many times;
Follow the landing army to defeat the enemy.
Fifteen times, he showed his talent,
Under the armor is the cloth I met.
There are stains everywhere from top to bottom.
He just got back from the battlefield,
I hurried to church non-stop.
Extended data:
Canterbury Tales is a novel by Chaucer, an English writer. This painting depicts a group of pilgrims gathered in a small hotel in London, ready to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury. The shopkeeper suggested that pilgrims tell two stories on their way back and forth to see who told the best story. The story set includes 24 stories.
Among them, the most wonderful stories are: tragic love stories told by knights, knight stories told by Basf people, fable stories told by atonement ticket sellers, animal fable stories told by priests, family disputes stories told by businessmen, touching love and generous loyalty stories told by farmers.
The works widely reflect the British social life in the embryonic period of capitalism, expose the corruption of the church, the greed and hypocrisy of priests, condemn the asceticism that stifles human nature, and affirm the secular love life.
Canterbury Tales has a high artistic achievement, far exceeding the previous contemporary English literary works, and it is the first model of realism in the history of English literature. The work is a mixture of humor and satire, with a strong comic color. Most of the stories were written in rhyming poems, which had an influence on later English literature.
The characters are vivid and the language is lively. Chaucer wrote in the vibrant London dialect, which also laid the foundation for the English literary language. His heroic couplets were widely used by later English poets, so Chaucer was known as "the father of English poetry".
Introduction to the work:
1387 In mid-April, 29 pilgrims happened to get together in a small hotel on the south bank of the Thames in London. They are all going to visit the temple of St. Thomas A. Beckett in Canterbury, 70 miles from London.
After dinner, the innkeeper Halle Bailey suggested that pilgrims tell two stories on their way back to Canterbury. He volunteered to be a guide and judge to see who told the best story and get a good meal for free. The writer Chaucer also joined them.
Bailey is smart, elegant, generous and enthusiastic. I suggest everyone take turns telling stories as a pastime along the way. Let's talk about two on the way and two on the way back, and draw lots in order to decide. These stories include court anecdotes, knight legends, biographies of church saints, sermons to persuade the good, animal fables, fable narrative poems and so on. 29 pilgrims and innkeepers, and the poet Chaucer, the number of pilgrims is 3 1. Representing all walks of life in medieval England.
The knight and his son, the trainee knight, represent the noble class and chivalry. Knight is a man full of honor and noble virtue, who has been to Palestine and Russia. Accompanied by a servant, he is an honest man who loves labor. Then came a group of church figures, headed by a female abbot, who was more obsessed with high society than with religion.
There is a nun and three priests who serve her. They are greedy, lustful and love money. Other church figures include a monk and a dervish. Buddhist monks use all means to extract money from believers. Representatives of other social classes have a cloakroom businessman. He is a formidable businessman and cunning. No one knows that he is heavily in debt.
A thin scholar reveres Aristotle, whose only property is 20 books. A lawyer, familiar with all laws and legal precedents since William the Conqueror. Doctors are knowledgeable and good at astrology, and can speculate on the development of any disease. Women in city of bath have made a fortune by weaving business, representing new women, and have had five husbands.
In addition, there are five craftsmen from London, including a carpenter, a weaver, a dyer and a tapestry maker. They all belong to the same prestigious mutual aid association and are good citizens. They also brought a chef, who is as skilled as a sailor who has experienced storms. A student of Oxford University will also become a monk in the church after graduation. He is full of naive illusions about his future life and is struggling fiercely between church abstinence and secular happiness.
A miller who owns his own small mill is a rich farmer in the countryside and full of foul language. A grain buyer, although extremely vulgar, is very thoughtful and can take advantage of 30 jurists. A real estate agent did a lot of things for granted.
. A low-ranking rural priest, only he is a true devout believer, and he sets an example in everything. In addition, there are messengers of the church court, and the church sells atonement vouchers, all of which are liars, using the ignorance of ordinary people to cheat money and so on.
So these pilgrims began to tell stories, and the story unfolded a picture of a vibrant, optimistic and happy life.
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