东周列国故事选(英汉对照)
Publisher’s NoteA nnals of the Easter n Zhou War ring States is a classicalnovel reflecting the splendid days known as the Warring-Statesperiod ( 770-221 B .C .) in Chinese history .Handed down fromgeneration to generation through folk tales and t raditional localoperas , the characters and deeds depicted in this work havelong been household words throughout the count ry , exercisinga great influence on Chinese life and culture .However , althougha few episodes , such as“ The Zhao Family Orphan”,became popular in the West as soon as they were translated intoFrench as early as in the 18th century , no complete t ranslation ,and no English-language version at all , has hitherto appeared .