All the way to the Altair and the fable of cowherd and the weaving maiden

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10.2991/etmhs-16.2016.156How to use a DOI?

Keywords

cowherd and weaving maiden; Altair and Vega; “All the way to the Altair”; deification; humanization; plebification;

Abstract

The fable of cowherd and the weaving maiden sprouted in the Pre-Qin period, and did not form a story with integrated plots until Han Dynasty. The poetry, “All the way to the Altair” (“Tiao Tiao Qian Niu Xing”), marks the most vivid description in the Han Dynasty. The evolvement of the fable of cowherd and the weaving maiden has undergone the processes of deification, humanization, and plebification. This poem, as one of the evidences of these processes, is influenced by folklore to reflect the objective reality with fables to show the poet’s unique thinking on social life. Therefore, “All the way to the Altar” entails special value and charm.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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