梁山伯與祝英臺·同窗
Three Years as Classmates
Level 5 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 76 vocabulary words
Source: 民间传说 · Folk tradition
祝英台女扮男装去杭州读书,路上遇到梁山伯,两人结拜成兄弟。
Disguised as a boy to study in Hangzhou, Zhu Yingtai met Liang Shanbo on the road; they swore brotherhood.
同窗三年,英台处处留情,山伯一点也不知道她是女的。
Three years together — she hinted constantly; he never guessed she was a woman.
英台要回家了,山伯送她十八里路。英台一路打比方:池塘里的鸳鸯、井里的影子,山伯都不明白。
Escorted home eighteen li, she tried every riddle — the paired ducks, their double reflections in the well — in vain.
最后英台说:我家有个九妹,你来我家提亲吧。等山伯明白过来赶到祝家,英台已经许给了马家。
At last she said: I have a ninth sister — come ask for her hand. By the time he understood and came, she was promised to the Ma family.