Chinese Folk Stories Gan Jiang and Mo Yeh 干將莫邪 聽故事學英文,看看你聽懂多少 說明裡有中文

Gan Jiang and Mo Yeh

In the Spring and Autumn Period, (722-481 B.C.), There was a famous blacksmith in the state of Wu named Gan Jiang

One day the king of Wu wanted a sword that would be famous throughout the world, so he said to Gan Jiang,
"please, with all your efforts, make me a sword that could hardly be found in the world.

After receiving the king of Wu's command, Gan Jiang Went out to look for the best iron he could find. He picked a lucky day, then with all his might he began making the sword. Because Gan Jiang looked so serious, many spirits appeared in his workshop, but Gan Jiang's mind was fully concentrated on his work, so he was no bothered by them at all. His whole body covered with sweat, Gan Jiang fanned the flames in his furnace until they seemed violent enough to burn the heavens, but he could not make the iron melt at all.

Gan Jiang quickly threw his own hair and fingernail-clippings,
into the fire and also called to his wife, "Cut your hair and fingernails and throw them in the furnace, too!" His wife, who was named Mo Yeh, immediately threw her hair and fingernail-clippings into the furnace. Gan Jiang the found three hundred young boys and girls to come and pump the bellows and add charcoal to the fire. The blacksmith and his wife with great effort finally got the iron to melt.

They make two precious swords and named them "Gan Jiang" and "Mo Yeh". Gan Jiang said, " These really are name swords could not be easily had. It would be a pity if we gave both swords to the king of Wu". So he hid "Gan Jiang" and just presented the king "Mo Yeh". The king of Wu was extremely delighted with "Mo Yeh", but he never knew that there existed another name sword.

干將和莫邪

春秋時期（公元前722-481年），吳國有一位著名的鐵匠，名叫干將。

有一天，吳王想要一把名揚天下的劍，就對干將說：
“請您盡全力，為我打造一把世間難得一見的劍。

干將接到吳王的命令後，出去尋找最好的鐵。
他選了一個幸運的日子，
然後他竭盡全力開始製作這把劍。
由於干將神色嚴肅，他的工作室裡出現了許多精靈，
但干將的心思完全集中在工作上，
所以他根本不被他們打擾。
全身都被汗水浸濕了，干將爐火煽動，猛烈到足以焚天，
但他根本無法讓鐵融化。 干將趕緊扔掉自己的頭髮和指甲屑，
跳進火裡，還呼喚他的妻子，“把你的頭髮和指甲剪掉，也扔進爐子裡！”
他的妻子莫邪立即將自己的頭髮和指甲屑扔進了爐子裡。干將便找來了三百名童男童女，來鼓風添炭。鐵匠和他的妻子費了九牛二虎之力，終於把鐵熔化了。

他們製作了兩把寶劍，並命名為“干將”和“莫邪”。
干將道：“這真是名劍，不易得，若將兩把劍都獻給吳王，未免可惜了。”

於是，他把“干將”藏起來，只獻給吳王“莫邪”。 吳王對“莫邪”非常滿意，卻不知道還有另一名劍。