Reading Notes: The Chinese Fairy Book Part B

Three Evils

A young man named Dschou Tschu who has super strength and undisciplined. A mandarin went into the village and listened to people's problems. They told him there are three evils in the village, the first is the evil dragon at the long bridge, who causes the water to rise so that man and beast are drowned in the river. The second evil is the evil with the white forehead, who lives in the hills. The third evil is Dschou Tschu himself. Ashamed, Dschou Tschu want to improve himself so he hunted the tiger and slayed the dragon. He defeated two evils and for the third evil, he enlisted as a soldier to be away from the village. He gained reputation and went he realized he could not save himself, he killed himself with his sword.

 

 

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Bibliography: "The Chinese Fairy Book" by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens. Source.