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本书从《百家姓》中精选了一些广泛流传的故事，以简短而生动有趣的方式讲述出来。内容包括：姓氏来源故事；名人故事；姓氏关系故事等。

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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姓氏来源故事

Tales of the Origins of Surnames

名人故事

Tales of Famous People

姓氏关系故事

Tales of Relations among Clans

少数民族姓氏故事

Tales of Minority Clan Names

趣味姓氏故事

Tales about Curious Surnames

《百家姓》

精彩书摘

严子陵本姓庄

原文：

孔曹严华

温别庄晏

故事：

严子陵被公认为是中国古代一位品德高尚的人，他生活在西汉末年到东汉初年。。。

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

中国古代重视对儿童和青少年的教育，产生了多种流传很广的启蒙读物，以使学生加强修养，增长智慧。《三字经》《百家姓》《千字文》和《幼学琼林》就是这些蒙学读物中的佼佼者，它们的主要功能是使学生认识汉字，并对他们进行文化和品德教育。

这些蒙学读物内容通俗易懂，形式简单，读起来很像歌谣，非常适合读者朗读和背诵。对很多中国人来说，这些读物是对他们一生影响最大的书籍，他们通过这些读物认识汉字，了解中国的历史、地理、社会等多方面的知识，并受到品德教育。直到今天，中国人仍然喜爱和重视这些蒙学读物。

上面提到的四本书中，《千字文》产生最早，是南北朝时梁朝人编写的，4个字一句，共250句，1000个字，所以称为“千字文”。

《三字经》产生于宋代，并经过后人的修改。它每句3个字，所以叫“三字经”。全书总共约500句，其中讲的许多观念和道理，对中国人影响深远。《三字经》已经被联合国教科文组织选入儿童道德修养的必读书目，译成多国文字，在全世界范围内发行。

《百家姓》也产生于宋代，是有关中国人姓氏的启蒙读物，采用4个字一句的歌谣形式，共计568字，介绍了504个中国人的姓氏。

《幼学琼林》在这四本书里产生最晚，是明朝人编写的。它内容极为丰富，几乎是一部小型的自然和社会百科全书，所以有人说“读了《幼学》走天下”。

这些书中蕴藏着丰厚的中华民族历史文化传统，尤其是其中提到的那些隽永、生动的故事，令读者印象深刻。“中国蒙学经典故事”丛书从上述四本书中精选出一些在中国广泛流传的故事，以简短而生动有趣的文字讲述出来，通过它们，向全世界广大的读者介绍中华民族的历史文化知识和思想、道德观念。书中的故事分成若干现代人容易理解的类型，并配以幽默生动的漫画。

这套丛书不仅适合儿童和青少年，也适合广大对中国文化感兴趣、初步接触中国历史文化的读者。

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.