(517-540)
"The Story of the Stone"
(521-540)
- This stone was a rejected building piece by one of the gods, Nu-wa.
- A monk find this stone which is now small and translucent, and he decides to carve several words into it so that people would know that it was a special rock.
- Another finds this rock but is not as interested in the rock because it does not hold a time period or dynasty it was made in/belonged to.
- This made the stone defend himself describing why he should be looked at with significance.
- The rock claimed he only wanted to show men who were drunk or in questionable condition would see the story engraved on him to turn their life around. This made the Vanitas think and finally he decided to copy it and bring it to a publisher.
- The stone was an element of love. The Vanitas sought greed got it published and changed his name to Brother Amor. Even changing the name of the book from "The Story of the Stone" to "The Tale of Brother Amor".
- The book was later changed back to it's original name.
-Zixing is in opposite clans from Yucan.
- Miss Wang's first child was married off but then died.
- Man or woman can be struck with evil/bad ways it just depends on how easy they are able to crack.
- The rest of the story describes numerous characters who are in a way reacting the things in which are engraved on the stone. The character hold lies, secrets, and grudges. But the theme is love and compassion which is an element of the stone and an element of the story that plays out between castles and royal families.
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694): Basho was born into a samurai family and is known as being one of the many Halkai masters. He later started teaching poetry and then became a writer himself.
(616-628)
"The Narrow Road to the Deep North"
(617- 628)
- Basho sets out on an adventure claiming he was possessed by a spirit and accepted the path it would take him.
- The start of his journey was unpleasant because already he claimed his bag was hurting his shoulders.
- He journeys on visiting monuments, shrines, and observing great mountain peaks.
- Sora's family name is Kawaii and he was neighbor of Basho. He would help Basho with many things and he was happy to be able to see Matsushima and Kisagata with Basho.
- Soro wrote a poem called, "Black Hair Mountain" for Soro had shaved his hair off on top of the mountain.
- Basho felt like he was committed into the journey once he reached Shirakawa Barrier.
- The journey was taking a toll on Basho mentally but having his friends and poems with him he was able to gladly continue.
- The journey ends and he would never be the same. Him and his friends often wrote during and about there journey. The story closes out with describing them taking one more boat ride to pay their respects to a shrine at Ise.
Xueqin, Cao. "The Story of the Stone." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 517-540
Basho, Matsuo. "The Narrow Road to the Deep." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 617-628
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