Choix de contes et nouvelles traduits du chinois

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pavie, Théodore, 1811-1896

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Choix de contes et nouvelles traduits du chinois" by Théodore Pavie is a collection of translated Chinese short stories written in the early 19th century. This work invites readers to explore the rich tapestry of Chinese storytelling, featuring narratives that intertwine history, legend, and moral lessons. The opening story centers around an eccentric man named Tsieou-Sien, who has an obsessive passion for flowers, which shapes his relationships and life in profound ways. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Tsieou-Sien, a devoted gardener who prefers the beauty of his flowers to worldly affairs. After a series of uninvited intrusions from the unscrupulous Tchang-Oey and his companions, Tsieou-Sien is bullied and his beloved flowers are threatened. Despite the initial chaos and destruction levied upon his garden, a mysterious young girl, who reveals herself as an immortal, restores his flowers and offers him a deeper connection to the natural world. The opening sets the stage for themes of compassion versus cruelty, and the interplay between benevolence and the retribution of fate, which weave throughout this enchanting collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Les pivoines

Le bonze Kai-Tsang sauvé des eaux

Le poète Ly-Taï-Pe

Le lion de pierre

La légende du roi des dragons

Les renards-fées

Le Luth brisé.

Credits:

Produced by Madeleine Fournier and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2014-04-14