《孟姜女哭长城》的英语民间故事.pdf

During the Qin dynasty, there was a kind and beautify
woman, called Meng JiangNv. One day, she was in her garden
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dangerous mountains and treacherous rapids, Meng JiangNv
never spoke one word of complaint, never spilled one tear,
and finally, drawing strength from her tenacious willpower,
and drawing strength from her deep love for her husband, she
reached the Great Wall. The Great Wall at this time was made
up of many small construction sites that had been strung
together to form a long city wall, and Meng JiangNv went from
each construction site to the next, but she never saw a trace
of her husband. Finally, she drummed up her courage, and
asked a group of workers who were just about to begin work:
“Do any of you know a Fan XiLiang?” The workers said, “Yes,
there was a man like that, he’d just arrived.” When Meng
JiangNv heard that, she was indescribably happy! She
immediately asked, “Where is he?” The worker said, “He’
s dead, his corpse has already been tossed into the wall.”
When Meng JiangNv heard this grievous news, it was like
a clap of thunder from a clear sky, Meng’s eyes went dark,
and [she felt] a burst of sadness, and began to sob. She cried
for a full three days and three nights, she cried until the
sky was twilight and the earth was dark, [until] even Heaven
and Earth were moved. The sky became more and more gloomy,
the wind mor