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Resumen de Algunos fantasmas chinos
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You will love this if you enjoy ghost stories, folk legends and fairy tales from other cultures, and if you like prose that sounds like music, full of colour, incense, silk and fire.
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Why does the great bell of Pe-king end each stroke with a sob? Lafcadio Hearn begins with that mystery in a collection of six retold legends about love, duty and the unseen world. Hearn draws on translated stories and traditions and gives them a rich, musical voice. The first tale begins with the bell.
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- 1A great bell is ordered and the metals refuseFree
- 2A young tutor meets a lady in the woods
- 3A silent bride arrives and promises to provide
- 4A judge rides alone toward a rebel camp
- 5A wandering monk fights one memory all night
- 6An artist is told to make clay feel a thought
- 7Duty and love bind every tale together
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A great bell is ordered and the metals refuse
Hearn begins in Pe-king, in the Tower of the Great Bell. The bell speaks with a deep golden moan and then a soft, sobbing cry, and every child in the city knows why.
Five hundred years ago the Emperor Yong-Lo orders the official Kouan-Yu to cast a bell that can be heard for one hundred li. Brass will strengthen it, gold will deepen it and silver will sweeten it. Twice the metals refuse to blend, and the bell comes out cracked and split. The Emperor sends a letter on lemon-coloured silk and threatens Kouan-Yu with death if a third casting fails.
Kouan-Yu has a daughter, Ko-Ngai, who loves him so much that she turns away a hundred suitors. In secret she sells her jewels to pay an astrologer for advice. The tale shows how an emperor's demand lands on one family, and how far a daughter's love will go.
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Questions about Algunos fantasmas chinos
What is Some Chinese Ghosts about?
It is a collection of six legends retold by Lafcadio Hearn. They follow a bell-maker's daughter, a young tutor, a devoted son, a loyal judge, a Buddhist monk and a potter facing an emperor's demand.
Are the stories in Some Chinese Ghosts real Chinese legends?
Most draw on Chinese books and traditions, such as the Kin-Kou-Ki-Koan and the Kan-ing-p'ien. The tea-plant tale draws on a Japanese legend that Hearn thinks may have come from China. His sources include works in French and English, and he retells the tales in his own style. The book first appeared in 1887.
Who is Ko-Ngai in The Soul of the Great Bell?
Ko-Ngai is the daughter of the official Kouan-Yu, who is ordered to cast a giant bell for the Emperor Yong-Lo. She loves her father deeply and goes to an astrologer to save him.
Who is Sië-Thao in The Story of Ming-Y?
Sië-Thao is the beautiful woman the student Ming-Y meets in a forest house. She loves poetry and music, sings the songs of the Thang poets, and asks him to keep their love a secret.