Fables: Feng Hsueh-feng

Title

en_US Fables: Feng Hsueh-feng

en_US 0

Description

Feng Hsueh-feng, translated by Gladys Yang

Creator

en_US Hsueh-feng, Feng

Contributor

en_US Yung-Yu, Huang

Date

2020-01-23T17:39:12Z

2018-07

en_US 2005

Date Available

2020-01-23T17:39:12Z

Date Issued

en_US 2005

Abstract

en_US This is a curious book. The verso of the title-page says simply "Reprinted from the 1953 edition." From all I can learn, that is true, but that original was printed not by the University Press of the Pacific but by the Foreign Languages Press in Beijing. Indeed, it seems as though this book is a photocopy reprint of that original, and so even the page references in my comment on that book still apply here. These fables are often directly admonitory and/or of a highly political slant. Thus the author writes of skylarks "Poets like these are the true friends of the people" (6). The best of the fables, I believe, are "The Snake and the Rabbit" (42) and "The Original Rat" (61), which may also have the best illustration. Among the most overtly political are those on the imperialist weasel munching a duckling (27) and the imperialist snake against the collective bees (29). Other good fables include "The Hunter and His Wife" (12), "The Lion and the Setting Sun" (15), "The Lion and the Lamb" (34), "The Fox and the Rabbits' Farm" (39), "The Cow and Her Rope" (53), "The Curious Crow" (44), and "The Cow and Her Calf" (54). There is a T of C at the front after the highly political "Publisher's Note." 7½" x 9¼".

Identifier

en_US 11817 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125523

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US University Press of the Pacific

en_US Honolulu

Subject

Hsueh-Feng