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2024年1月30日星期二

Cut out flesh to repair sores

 


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.

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  1. 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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