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1、Yun,Ithink,isoneoftheloveliestwomeninChineseliterature.Sheisnotthemostbeautiful,fortheauthor,herhusband,doesnotmakethatclaim,andyetwhocandenythatsheistheloveliest?Sheisjustoneofthosecharmingwomenonesometimesseesinthehomesofone’sfriends,sohappywiththeir
2、husbandsthatonecannotfallinlovewiththem.Oneisgladmerelytoknowthatsuchawomanexistsintheworldandtoknowherasafriend’swife,tobeacceptedinherhousehold,tobeabletocomeuninvitedtoherhomeforlunch,ortohaveherputablanketaroundone’slegswhenonefallsasleepwhilesheis
3、discussingpaintingandliteratureandcucumbersinherwomanishmannerwithherhusband.Idaresaythereareanumberofsuchwomenineverygeneration,exceptthatinYunIseemtofeelthequalitiesofacultivatedandgentlewifecombinedtoagreaterdegreeofperfectionthanwhatfallswithinourc
4、ommonexperience.Forwhowouldnotliketogooutsecretlywithheragainstherparent’swishtotheTaihuLakeandseeherelatedatthesightofthewideexpanseofwater,orwatchthemoonwithherbytheBridgeofTenThousandYears?Andwhowouldnotliketogowithher,ifshewerelivinginEngland,andvi
5、sittheBritishMuseum,whereshewouldseethemedievalilluminatedmanuscriptswithtearsofdelight?Therefore,whenIsaythatsheisoneoftheloveliestwomeninChineseliterature,andChinesehistory—―forshewasarealperson—―IdonotthinkIhaveexaggerated.Herlife,inthewordsofSuDong
6、po,“waslikeaspringdreamwhichvanishedwithoutatrace.”Haditnotbeenforaliteraryaccident,wemightnothaveknownthatsuchawomanlived,lovedandsuffered.Iamtranslatingherstoryjustbecauseitisonethatshouldbetoldtothewholeworld;ontheonehand,topropagatehername,andonthe
7、other,becauseinthissimplestoryoftwoguilelesscreaturesintheirsearchforbeauty,livingalifeofpovertyandprivations,decidedlyoutwittedbylifeandtheirclevererfellowmen,yetdeterminedtosnatcheverymomentofhappinessandalwaysfearfulofthejealousyofthegods,Iseemtosee
8、theessenceofaChinesewayoflifeasreallylivedbytwopersonswhohappenedtobehusbandandwife.Twoordinaryartisticpersonswhodidnotaccomplishanythingparticularlynoteworthyintheworld,butmerelylovedthebeautifulthingsinlife,livedtheirquietlifewithsome
