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本書從《百傢姓》中精選瞭一些廣泛流傳的故事，以簡短而生動有趣的方式講述齣來。內容包括：姓氏來源故事；名人故事；姓氏關係故事等。

The Hundreds Surnames came out during the Song Dynasty times. It is a primer reading related to Chinese surnames. With a total of 568 characters in each sentence, it introduced 504 Chinese surnames in all.

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Contents

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姓氏來源故事

Tales of the Origins of Surnames

名人故事

Tales of Famous People

姓氏關係故事

Tales of Relations among Clans

少數民族姓氏故事

Tales of Minority Clan Names

趣味姓氏故事

Tales about Curious Surnames

《百傢姓》

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嚴子陵本姓莊

原文：

孔曹嚴華

溫彆莊晏

故事：

嚴子陵被公認為是中國古代一位品德高尚的人，他生活在西漢末年到東漢初年。。。

Original Surname of Yan Ziling Was Zhuang

Yan Ziling, lived in the end of the Western Han and the beginning of the Eastern Han. He was recognized as a man of great morality. In fact, the original surname of Yan Ziling was Zhuang. Since the name of Emperor Hanmingdi of the Eastern Han was Liu Zhuang, in order to avoid Zhuang, the given name of Emperor Hanmingdi, people changed his surname to Yan whcih had a similar meaning with Zhuang in Chinese. However, Yan Ziling himself didn’t know it, because he had passed away when Liu Zhuang became emperor, i.e. people changed his name after his death. Now, we call him Yan Ziling according to the name in the ancient books; but his surname was Zhuang when the following story happened.

In his childhood, Yan Ziling had gone away from home to study. Since he was diligent, straightforward and knowledgeable, he had been very famous at a young age. At that time, controversial Wang Mang came into power and asked Yan Ziling to help him govern the country. But Yan Ziling declined and became a hermit.

Afterwards, Liu Xiu came to power and became Emperor Guangwu, the first emperor of the Eastern Han. Liu Xiu and Yan Ziling had been close friends when they were young. During that period, they studied together in the day and slept on the same bed at night, so there was a profound friendship between them. After becoming emperor, Liu Xiu looked for Yan Ziling everywhere because he wanted Yan Ziling to take on an official position of the Eastern Han...

前言/序言

前言

中國古代重視對兒童和青少年的教育，産生瞭多種流傳很廣的啓濛讀物，以使學生加強修養，增長智慧。《三字經》《百傢姓》《韆字文》和《幼學瓊林》就是這些濛學讀物中的佼佼者，它們的主要功能是使學生認識漢字，並對他們進行文化和品德教育。

這些濛學讀物內容通俗易懂，形式簡單，讀起來很像歌謠，非常適閤讀者朗讀和背誦。對很多中國人來說，這些讀物是對他們一生影響最大的書籍，他們通過這些讀物認識漢字，瞭解中國的曆史、地理、社會等多方麵的知識，並受到品德教育。直到今天，中國人仍然喜愛和重視這些濛學讀物。

上麵提到的四本書中，《韆字文》産生最早，是南北朝時梁朝人編寫的，4個字一句，共250句，1000個字，所以稱為“韆字文”。

《三字經》産生於宋代，並經過後人的修改。它每句3個字，所以叫“三字經”。全書總共約500句，其中講的許多觀念和道理，對中國人影響深遠。《三字經》已經被聯閤國教科文組織選入兒童道德修養的必讀書目，譯成多國文字，在全世界範圍內發行。

《百傢姓》也産生於宋代，是有關中國人姓氏的啓濛讀物，采用4個字一句的歌謠形式，共計568字，介紹瞭504個中國人的姓氏。

《幼學瓊林》在這四本書裏産生最晚，是明朝人編寫的。它內容極為豐富，幾乎是一部小型的自然和社會百科全書，所以有人說“讀瞭《幼學》走天下”。

這些書中蘊藏著豐厚的中華民族曆史文化傳統，尤其是其中提到的那些雋永、生動的故事，令讀者印象深刻。“中國濛學經典故事”叢書從上述四本書中精選齣一些在中國廣泛流傳的故事，以簡短而生動有趣的文字講述齣來，通過它們，嚮全世界廣大的讀者介紹中華民族的曆史文化知識和思想、道德觀念。書中的故事分成若乾現代人容易理解的類型，並配以幽默生動的漫畫。

這套叢書不僅適閤兒童和青少年，也適閤廣大對中國文化感興趣、初步接觸中國曆史文化的讀者。

Preface

The ancient China long ago has stressed on the child and youth education. Many primer readings spreading far and beyond came into focus, thus strengthening the cause of child upbringing and brightness. The Three Character Classic, the Hundreds Surnames, the Thousand Character Classic, and the Children's Knowledge Treasury are the best examples of such primer readings. Their main goal is to enable the child to learn characters and educate them about culture and morality.

The readings are easy to understand, and simple to read and recite as they resemble songs. They influenced the lives of many Chinese. They learned Chinese, as well as gaining knowledge on Chinese history, geography, and society. They are well-educated on morality too. Till today, Chinese still love and stress these readings.

Of the above-mentioned four books, the Thousand Character Classic came out earliest. It was compiled by a man of the Liang Dynasty. With four characters in each sentence, there are 250 sentences and 1,000 characters in the book. Due to this reason, the book is titled the Thousand Character Classic.

The Three Character Classic came out during the Song Dynasty times and was modified later. As it has three characters in each sentence, the book is titled the Three Character Classic. It comprises about 500 sentences. Many ideas and truths in it have profound impact on the Chinese people. UNESCO incorporated the book into a list of compulsory books dedicated for the child moral education. It was translated into many languages and circulated globally.

The Hundreds Surnames came out during the Song Dynasty times. It is a primer reading related to the Chinese surnames. With a total of 568 characters and in the form of songs with four characters in each sentence, it introduced 504 Chinese surnames in all.

The Children’s Knowledge Treasury came out the latest. The people of Ming Dynasty compiled this book. With rich contents, it became a miniencyclopeadia of natural and social sciences. It owns the reputation of “Making you knowledgeable enough after reading the Children's Knowledge Treasury”.

We can see profound historical and cultural traditions clearly in these books - especially those vivid and meaningful tales greatly impress the readers. Tales from China's Classic Essential Readings has selected tales spreading far and beyond in China from the above four books and tells them in short, lively and interesting truths. Readers, around the world, can learn the historical and cultural knowledge of the Chinese nation, ideology and morality through them. The tales are divided into categories to be easily understood by modern people, with the support of humorous and vivid cartoons.

The books are not only suitable for children and youth, but also for readers with interest in Chinese culture. They can experience the contact with Chinese history and culture.