[ Edit this paragraph] Introduction to Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables, whose original title is Essopos Stories Integration, is an allegorical story circulated among the people in ancient Greece, which has been processed by later generations and become Aesop's Fables now. According to legend, the story was written by an Ethiopian black slave, and "Aesop" is the homonym of "Ethiopia". Judging from the works, the time span is large, and the tendency of each article is not exactly the same. It is speculated that it is not a one-time work, but can be regarded as a collective creation of ancient Greeks in a long historical period. Aesop may be one of the important authors. Aesop's Fables. Aesop's Fables is the earliest collection of fables in the world. According to legend, Aesop was an ancient Greek in the 6th century BC and was good at telling animal stories. The existing Aesop's Fables is a story handed down from ancient Greece and Rome, which was collected by later generations and belongs to Aesop. Aesop's Fables embodies the truths in daily life that are not perceived by us through short and concise fables. These short stories are concise, approachable and philosophical. Not only has a large number of readers, but also has a great influence in the history of literature. Writers, poets, philosophers and ordinary people have all been inspired and enjoyed. Today, thousands of years later, Aesop's fables have become a model of western fable literature. It is also one of the most widely circulated classic works in the world. Aesop's Fables is the earliest collection of fairy tale fables in the world.

[ Edit this paragraph] Introduction to Aesop's Fables Author

Aesop was a Greek fable writer in the 6th century BC. An ugly and intelligent fable master. The Phrygians. According to Herodotus, he was a slave of the Yademon family in Samos Island, and was later killed by the Delphi people. After his death, there was a plague in Delphi, and the Delphi people paid for his life. The money was taken by the grandson of the same name of old Yademon. Legend has it that after Yademont set him free, he often went in and out of the court of King Cloisons of Lydia. It is also said that during the reign of Petrato, he visited Athens and told the Athenians the fable "Frog Asking for a King" to discourage them from replacing Petrato with others. In a copy of Aesop's Biography discovered in the 13th century, he was described as ugly, and many stories about him came from this biography. By the end of 5th century BC, the name Aesop was well known to the Greeks, and all Greek fables began to belong to him. Demetrios (345-283 BC) edited the first collection of Greek fables (lost). In the 1st and 2nd centuries, Federus and Ba Briouse wrote two poetic Aesop fables in Latin and Greek respectively. Aesop's Fables, which is common now, was compiled by later generations according to the fables collected by the Byzantine monk Pranudus and the copied versions of ancient Greek fables discovered one after another.

[ Edit this paragraph] A detailed explanation of Aesop's fables

Aesop's Fables is an allegorical story circulated among the people in ancient Greece, which has been processed by later generations and has become Aesop's Fables. Judging from the works, the time span is large, and the tendency of each article is not exactly the same. It is speculated that it is not a one-time work, but can be regarded as a collective creation of ancient Greeks in a long historical period. Aesop's Fables means "Aesop's Fables", and Aesop may be one of the important authors. A small part was created by later generations and sent under the name of Aesop, a master.

Aesop's fables come from the people, so the life, thoughts and feelings of the people at the lower level of society have been more prominently reflected. Such as exposing the greed and selfishness of the rich; Whip the cruel nature of the wicked; Affirmation that labor creates wealth; An attack on social inequality; A satire on cowardice and laziness; Praise for the brave struggle. There are also many fables that teach people how to behave, how to be a man, how to distinguish right from wrong, and how to become smart and wise. Aesop's fable is an overview, refinement and summary of the life and struggle of the ancient Greeks, and it is a spiritual legacy left by the ancient Greeks to future generations.

Aesop's Fables is concise in words, vivid in story, rich in imagination, full of philosophy, and integrated with ideology and artistry. Among them, The Farmer and the Snake, The Fox and the Grape, The Wolf and the Lamb, The Race between the Tortoise and the Rabbit, The Shepherd and the Wolf, The Farmer and His Children have become household names all over the world.

This book has the most readers in the world, and it has the greatest influence on western ethics and political thought. The essence of eastern and western folk literature and the crystallization of the wisdom of working people. One of the 1 books that have influenced human culture is the oldest collection of fables in the world.

Aesop's Fables, the world's oldest collection of fables, is short in length and informal in form. The light of wisdom often shines in the simple stories, and the sparks of wit erupt, with profound implications on the first. It is not only an enlightenment textbook to instill the concepts of good, evil, beauty and ugliness in children, but also a textbook of life, which has a great influence on later generations. In the history of European literature, it laid the foundation for fable creation. Aesop's Fables is often quoted in literary works and even political works all over the world, either as a metaphor for reasoning or as a weapon of attack and satire. The essence of this book still has positive practical significance. In the history of the development of European fables, ancient Greek fables occupy an important position. It initiated the development of European fables, and influenced the whole process of the development of European fables. Fables are a kind of folk oral creation, which mainly reflects people's life wisdom, including social activities, productive labor and daily life. Aesop's Fables is compiled from various manuscripts handed down from generation to generation, including more than 3 fables, some of which are well known. Animals in Aesop's Fables, except some animals, generally have no fixed personality characteristics, such as foxes, wolves, etc. Sometimes they are endowed with negative personalities, and sometimes they are affirmed. Some thoughts of the author are expressed by personifying animals. These animal stories are undoubtedly fictional, but they are natural and realistic. This is different from the basic stereotyped personality characteristics formed by the fables of future generations.

Aesop's Fables had a great influence on the subsequent development of European fables. Federus, an ancient Roman fable writer in the 1st century AD, directly inherited Aesop's fable tradition, borrowed many stories from Aesop's Fables, and called his fable "Aesop-style fable". Briouse, a Greek fable writer in the 2nd century A.D., adopted Aesop's fables more. This tradition was inherited by the late ancient Greek and Roman fable creation. After the Renaissance, the rearrangement and publication of Aesop's fables greatly promoted the development of European fable creation, and many outstanding fable writers appeared successively, such as La Fontaine of France, Lessing of Germany and krylov of Russia.

with the spread of western learning to the east, Aesop's Fables was introduced into China in the Ming Dynasty. Matteo Ricci, the first western missionary who came to China, wrote Ten Freaks during his life in China, in which Aesop was introduced and Aesop's Fables was quoted. Diego de Pantoja, a missionary after him, also introduced and quoted Aesop's Fables in Seven Grams. The first translation of Aesop's Fables in China was Kuang Yi published in Xi 'an in 1625. After the Qing Dynasty, many versions of Aesop's Fables appeared. The above situation shows that Aesop's Fables has been circulating in our country for a long time, and it is still loved and fondled. It is a book worth reading.

Aesop's Fables are mostly animal stories, which use animals as metaphors to teach people the truth of living and being a man. Aesop's fables are short and pithy, with appropriate metaphors and vivid images, which have a great influence on future generations.

Aesop's Fables * * * has collected 3 or 4 short stories, which are different from lyric poems, mainly reflecting the thoughts and feelings of aristocratic slave owners. These short stories are mainly the summary of the struggle experience and life lessons of bullied lower-class civilians and slaves. Fables show the social relations at that time by describing the relations between animals, mainly the unequal relations between the oppressors and the oppressed. The fable writer condemned the oppression of people in society at that time and called on the bullied people to unite to fight against the wicked. For example, the story of The Farmer and the Snake advises people not to be kind to their enemies. "Dog and Rooster and Fox" tells people to be good at using wisdom to defeat the enemy; In stories such as The Lion and the Deer, The Bird Catcher and the Cockfinch, and Two Pots, the author reveals that it is impossible for poor people to live safely when the political power is in the hands of greedy and cruel rulers.