Aesop's Fables (Bilingual Chinese and English) (Centenary Edition)

"Aesop's Fables (Bilingual in Chinese and English) (Centennial Edition)" is the oldest collection of fables in the world. It is the essence of Eastern and Western folk literature and the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people. "Aesop's Fables" is short in length and informal in form. Sparks of wisdom often appear in the simple stories and contain profound meanings. "Aesop's Fables (Bilingual in Chinese and English) (Centennial Edition)" is very popular and has a great influence on European allegorical literature. La Fontaine's famous "Fables" uses "Aesop's Fables" as the main material. The famous philosopher Apollonius commented: "I very much enjoy Aesop's fables. They are the oldest and most influential fables in the world. They have been circulated around the world for more than 2,500 years because of their vivid images, profound implications, and rich philosophy. Reading Aesop's fables makes people become smarter, rational, and calm. These delicacies served on simple plates, he tells the simplest story Simple things teach people the greatest truth. These stories are closer to the truth than poetry. After each story, he also attached a suggestion and advice to warn people about what they should or should not do. "The ancient Greek historian Herodotus, the writer Aristophanes, the famous philosopher Plato, etc. All praised these stories told by Aesop. "Aesop's Fables (Chinese-English Bilingual) (Centennial Edition)" is a Chinese-English bilingual version of the English translation published by V. S. Vernon in 1912, with illustrations by the famous British illustrator Arthur Lackham and a preface by the famous litterateur Gilbert Chelston. It is a classic collection of family reading stories and an excellent virtue education book for children. About This Book Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many of the stories, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" derives), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper are well-kn