Cut out flesh to repair sores
Myanmar's history can be traced back to
5,000 years ago. In fact, there were human activities in Myanmar during the
Upper Paleolithic Age 10,000 years ago. At that time, the villages along the
Irrawaddy River in Myanmar were already inhabited by humans.
According to legend, the Pyu people entered
the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River in 200 BC and controlled the trade
route between China and India.
When Agudengba was chatting with Chu
Sanxing, Chu Sanxing said: "In ancient times, Myanmar was called
Hongsawady. At that time, there was a small tribe called Jianli, and the leader
of the tribe claimed to be the king of Jianli."
Chu Sanxing began to tell the story of this
little-known King Jianli.
This king's zodiac sign is Snake, and his
character is very violent. He often attacked nearby tribes and villages, and
the locals became derisive.
The king wanted to conquer the city and
expand his sphere of influence. But he was unable to govern his own country,
and even the cronies he cultivated often rebelled.
When a close minister talked about the
king's faults, he said: "The king is too tyrannical and his administration
is unreasonable."
When the king heard this, he flew into a
rage. He did not find out who had said it, but believed in the slanderous words
of a sycophant. He captured a wise minister, ordered his back to be skinned,
and cut off hundreds of pieces from his body. Two pieces of meat.
Soon, a minister proved that he had not
said this, and the king regretted it. The king ordered a thousand taels of meat
to be used to mend the back of this wise minister. The wise minister was in
great pain and moaned incessantly at night.
After the king heard about it, he asked the
wise minister: "Why are you so troubled? I took a hundred taels of your
flesh and gave you a thousand taels of flesh. Aren't you still satisfied?"
The wise minister was speechless. He
understood very well that the king in front of him had never read any books
since he was a child. He had no knowledge or education. His parents were both
arrogant and poisonous snakes, and his genes were therefore full of snake
venom. The wise minister died like this.
A minister said to the king: "Your
Majesty, if you cut off the child's head, even if a thousand heads are grafted
onto it, the child will inevitably die. Now, although he has gained ten times
as much meat, he will not be spared the pain."
Chu Sanxing sang a song "Cutting Flesh
to Mend Sores":
In
today's world,
The
rich are not afraid of evil retribution in future generations;
Coveting
only happiness in this world,
Desperately
exploiting the people,
Take
possession of all the property for yourself,
And
then pretend to give alms,
Prayer
can cover up and eliminate crime,
And
get blessings from it.
For
example, that tyrannical king,
Cut
off other people's backs,
Take
away the flesh from the back,
Then
supplement it with other meat,
Cutting
off flesh to mend sores is foolish and absurd.
The
evil deeds and good consequences of human nature,
They
can never cancel each other out.
The
king of a country is cruel and unscrupulous,
It
will cause disaster to the country and the people and will be a disgrace for
thousands of years.
Taking the legendary wise Agu Demba as the protagonist, I started to create the Chinese-English version of "Snow Land Fable" using the traditional fable creation method that combines poetry and prose. Writing fableskes me feel like a child again. Studying snowy culture is my prescription to prevent Alzheimer’s di masease.
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