Chronology Entry
Year
1904
Text
Hagete [Haggard, H. Rider]. Aisilan qing xia zhuan. Lin Shu, Wei Yi tong yi. [ID D12115].
Lin Shu schreibt im Vorwort : "The people of Iceland were uncivilized. As I see it, both their men and their women were bellicose. If they feld humiliated, they would resort to sword and shield. Their acts seem not far from those of bandits, but in their tribes they had fathers and elder sons to dispense justice, which is similar to our ancient clan system. Though they did not reach the apex of civilization, they would never suffer any humiliation without taking revenge. Most of this book is about assault and robbery, which are far from civilized, but the speech and spirit in it are heroic.
The reason that the translation is entitled The story of an amourous cavalier from Iceland is that it tells of the amorous affairs between a man and a woman, hence part of the title suggests the romantic substance of the novel ; however, my true intention is to tell the readers of the valour of the hero. The chivalrous trait of the hero is thus emphsized for the purpose of arousing my people from their lethargic sleep and spurring them on to vrave deeds."
Lin Shu schreibt im Vorwort : "The people of Iceland were uncivilized. As I see it, both their men and their women were bellicose. If they feld humiliated, they would resort to sword and shield. Their acts seem not far from those of bandits, but in their tribes they had fathers and elder sons to dispense justice, which is similar to our ancient clan system. Though they did not reach the apex of civilization, they would never suffer any humiliation without taking revenge. Most of this book is about assault and robbery, which are far from civilized, but the speech and spirit in it are heroic.
The reason that the translation is entitled The story of an amourous cavalier from Iceland is that it tells of the amorous affairs between a man and a woman, hence part of the title suggests the romantic substance of the novel ; however, my true intention is to tell the readers of the valour of the hero. The chivalrous trait of the hero is thus emphsized for the purpose of arousing my people from their lethargic sleep and spurring them on to vrave deeds."
Mentioned People (2)
Haggard, H. Rider
(Wood Farm, West Bradenham, Norfolk 1856-1925 London) : Schriftsteller
Lin, Shu
(Minxian = Fuzhou, Fujian 1852-1924 Beijing) : Übersetzer
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (2)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2006 | Fan, Shouyi. Translation of English fiction and drama in modern China : social context, literary trends, and impact. In : Meta ; vol. 44, no 1 (1999). http://www.erudit.org/revue/meta/1999/v44/n1/002717ar.html. | Web / Fan3 |
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| 2 | 2013 | Kwan, Uganda Sze Pui. Rejuvenating China : the translation of Sir Henry Rider Haggard's juvenile literature by Lin Shu in late Imperial China. In : Translation studies ; vol. 6, no 1 (2013). | Publication / Hagg1 |