格萨尔王传-英文

本书特色

降边嘉措、吴伟编译的藏族英雄史诗《格萨尔王传(英文版)》通过主人公格萨尔一生不畏强暴、不怕艰难险阻,以惊人的毅力和神奇的力量征战四方的英雄故事,热情讴歌了正义战胜邪恶、光明战胜黑暗的斗争。与世界上其他一些著名的英雄史诗相比,本书有两个显著特点:**,它世代相传,至今在藏族群众、尤其是农牧民当中广泛流传,是一部活形态的英雄史诗。一部典型的非物质文化遗产。第二,它是世界上*长的一部英雄史诗,有120多部、100多万诗行、2000多万字。仅就篇幅来讲,堪称世界史诗之*。

内容简介

King Gesar is an epic from Tibet based on Tibetan folktales, legends, folk songs and proverbs. Representing the highestachievement of ancient Tibetan culture, it has been in circulationfor centuries. It is an encyclopedia-like masterpiece reflecting thehistory of the ancient Tibetan society. Compared with the world's other famous heroic epics, KingGesar has two outstanding characteristics. First, it has been passed down orally and musically from onegeneration to the next. Even today the epic is still widespreadamong the Tibetan people, especially among farmers andherdsmen. It is a "living" heroic epic and belongs to the Tibetancultural heritage. Second, it is the longest heroic epic in the world. It is animmense work, with more than 1 million verses, which would fill120-plus volumes if written down. The State of Ling generally refers to the ancient Tibetan-inhabited areas. In the light of its structural order, we selected thehigh spot of this epic to entertain readers at home and abroad. Wehope our readers, through reading King Gesar, will get to knowand love both this great epic and the Tibetan culture.

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作者简介

Wu Wei graduated from the Graduate School of the ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences with an MA degree in 1988. Sheengaged in the publishing business as an editor and manager forprolonged period of time.