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1、THESTORYOFTHESTONEACHINESENOVELBYCAOXUEQININFIVEVOLUMES*VOLUME1‘THEGOLDENDAYS’*TRANSLATEDBYDAVIDHAWKESTheStoryoftheStoneCHAPTER1ZhenShi-yinmakestheStone’sacquaintanceinadreamAndJiaYu-cunfindsthatpovertyisnotincompatiblewithromanticfeelingsGENTLEREADER,What,youmayask,wastheo
2、riginofthisbook?Thoughtheanswertothisquestionmayatfirstseemtoborderontheabsurd,reflectionwillshowthatthereisagooddealmoreinitthanmeetstheeye.Longago,whenthegoddessNǚ-wawasrepairingthesky,shemelteddownagreatquantityofrockand,ontheIncredibleCragsoftheGreatFableMountains,mould
3、edtheamalgamintothirty-sixthousand,fivehundredandonelargebuildingblocks,eachmeasuringseventy-twofeetbyahundredandforty-fourfeetsquare.Sheusedthirty-sixthousandfivehundredoftheseblocksinthecourseofherbuildingoperations,leavingasingleoddblockunused,whichlay,allonitsown,atthef
4、ootofGreensicknessPeakintheaforementionedmountains.Nowthisblockofstone,havingundergonethemeltingandmouldingofagoddess,possessedmagicpowers.Itcouldmoveaboutatwillandcouldgroworshrinktoanysizeitwanted.Observingthatalltheotherblockshadbeenusedforcelestialrepairsandthatitwasthe
5、onlyonetohavebeenrejectedasunworthy,itbecamefilledwithshameandresentmentandpasseditsdaysinsorrowandlamentation.Oneday,inthemidstofitslamentings,itsawamonkandaTaoistapproachingfromagreatdistance,eachofthemre-markableforcertaineccentricitiesofmannerandappearance.Whentheyarriv
6、edatthefootofGreensicknessPeak,theysatdownonthegroundandbegantotalk.Themonk,catchingsightofalustrous,translucentstone—itwasinfacttherejectedProducedbyKolistan-1-TheStoryoftheStonebuildingblockwhichhadnowshrunkitselftothesizeofafan-pendantandlookedveryattractiveinitsnewshape
7、—tookituponthepalmofhishandandaddresseditwithasmile:‘Ha,Iseeyouhavemagicalproperties!Butnothingtorecommendyou.Ishallhavetocutafewwordsonyousothatanyoneseeingyouwillknowatoncethatyouaresomethingspecial.AfterthatIshalltakeyoutoacertainbrilliantsuccessfulpoeticalcultivatedaris
8、tocraticelegantdelectableluxuriousopulentlocalityonalittletrip.’Thestonewasdelight
