第一百三十四篇第一百三十四篇Story One Hundred and Thirty-Four

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Story One Hundred and Thirty-Four · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Baozhu

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on a moonlit night in a prince's mansion courtyard, a lean young officer in soldier's dress crouches on a thick bough of a great locust tree, a pipa held to his chest and a grin over his shoulder, while below a long tiled garden wall one guard draws a bow and another holds up a lantern and points at him, with pavilions and roofs rising in the distance and arrows flying past.

吳藩未叛時,嘗諭將士:有獨力能擒一虎者,優以廩祿,號「打虎將」。將中一人名保住,健捷如猱。邸中建高樓,梁木初架。住沿樓角而登,頃刻至顛,立脊檁上疾趨而行,凡三四返;已,乃踴身躍下,直立挺然。

吴藩未叛时,尝谕将士:有独力能擒一虎者,优以廪禄,号「打虎将」。将中一人名保住,健捷如猱。邸中建高楼,梁木初架。住沿楼角而登,顷刻至颠,立脊檩上疾趋而行,凡三四返;已,乃踊身跃下,直立挺然。

Before the feudal prince Wu rebelled, he once proclaimed to his officers and men that anyone who could capture a tiger single-handed would be given generous pay and the title of Tiger-Fighting General. One of these officers, named Baozhu, was as quick and nimble as a monkey. A tall tower was being built in the Prince’s residence, and its beams had only just been raised. Baozhu climbed up the corner of the tower and was at the top in a moment. Standing on the ridgepole, he ran along it at full speed, back and forth three or four times. Then he sprang off and leapt down, and landed standing bolt upright.

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