《嫦娥奔月》的故事英文版如下:
英文:
Legend has it that in ancient times,there was a year when ten suns appeared in the sky,causing the Earth to crack,the seas to dry up,and people to lose hope for survival.The hero Hou Yi was determined to save the people.He ascended to the top of Kunlun Mountain,summoned his divine strength,drew his divine bow,and shot down nine of the ten suns.
He also commanded the remaining sun to rise and set at its proper time,bringing prosperity back to the land.
Chang'e,the wife of Hou Yi,secretly consumed an elixir and flew to the moon after he had shot down the nine suns,becoming an immortal in the Moon Palace.To commemorate Chang'e,Hou Yi would host a feast and admire the moon in her favorite garden every year.
譯文:
相傳,遠古時候有壹年,天上出現了十個太陽,使得大地幹裂,海水枯幹,人們逐漸失去了生存的希望。英雄後羿決心為民除害,他登上昆侖山頂,運足神力,拉滿神弓,壹連射下九個太陽,並嚴令最後壹個太陽按時起落,為人們造福。
嫦娥是後羿的妻子,後羿將九個太陽射下後,嫦娥偷吃了仙藥,飛到了月亮上,成為了月宮中的仙女。後羿為了紀念嫦娥,每年都會在嫦娥最喜歡的後花園裏設宴賞月。
嫦娥奔月的文獻記載
東漢高誘為《淮南子》作的註解中寫道:“姮娥,羿妻也。羿請不死之藥於西王母,未及服之,姮娥盜食之,得仙奔入月中,為月精也。”
晉代幹寶所著《搜神記》中的記述並認為是引自《靈憲》。
南朝齊國的劉勰在成書於公元501至502年的《文心雕龍·諸子》篇中記載:“《歸藏》之經,大明迂怪,乃稱羿斃十日,姮娥奔月。”
南朝梁國蕭統在《文選》中選入了王僧達的《祭顏光祿文》,其中有“涼陰掩軒,娥月寢輝”的句子。
唐朝的李善在註釋時寫道:“《周易》、《歸藏》曰,昔日常娥以西王母不死之藥服之,遂奔月,為月精”。同樣提及《歸藏》中嫦娥奔月的記錄。
以上內容參考:百度百科-嫦娥奔月