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夷坚志选-汉英对照 作者简介
p><作者简介>= 《(夷坚志)》是宋代著名志怪小说集，为洪迈晚年所撰，记载
了传闻的怪异之事，是宋代志怪小说中篇幅最大的一部。原书
420卷，搜罗丰富，举凡神仙鬼怪、冤狱报应、幻象异闻，甚至
习俗风尚等等，无不收录。《(夷坚志)》在文学史上有重要价值，宋
元以来，有不少话本和戏曲都取材于其中的故事；它也为研究宋
代社会生活保存了不少可贵资料。
然而，原书以多为胜，不加抉择，因此难免芜杂。本书由美
国波士顿西蒙兹大学阿历斯特·英格尔斯教授选译了其中的代表
性篇目，共113篇。这些篇目故事性强，读来饶有趣味；读者也
可以藉此进一步了解北宋末、南宋初的社会状况。
Record of the Listener (Yijian zhi) is a renowned zhiguai collection
from the Song Dynasty written by Hong Mai during his later years.
Recording stories of the strange circulated by word of mouth, it is the
largest zhiguai compilation of the Song period-- originally comprising
420 chapters. Its rich content includes topics such as gods and ghosts,
injustice and retribution, fantasy and the uncanny, as well as regional
customs. The Record of the Listener has enjoyed a privileged place in
Chinese literary history; indeed, numerous vernacular short stories and
dramas have sought inspiration from its storylines. It also preserves
much precious research material on daily life during the Song.
Nevertheless, the value placed on quantity and minimal selectivity
in the original work led to an unwieldy, rambling corpus. For this
volume, Professor Alister Inglis of Simmons College, Boston USA,
has selected and translated a total of 113 stories which typify the
collection's overall nature. All the stories encapsulate a charming
narrative quality which will hold readers spellbound while, at the same
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