Duan Chengshi (Chinese: 段成式; Wade-Giles: Tuan Ch'engshih, d. Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin 863) was an author and scholar of the Tang Dynasty in China. Events By Place Europe Constantine I succeeds as king of Scotland (or 862 The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National He was born to a wealthy family in present day Zibo, Shandong. Zibo ( is a Prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China.
Duan is best known for being the author of the earliest known version of Cinderella. Cinderella ( French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta In all probability, it was a folktale told by peasants before it was recorded on paper. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological A peasant is an agricultural worker who subsists by working a small plot of ground
Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang was a collection of stories he had gathered and published approximately 853, shortly after he returned to Chang'an after his term of acting Governor of Jizhou. The Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang ( is a Miscellany of Chinese and foreign legends and hearsay reports on natural phenomena short anecdotes and Events By Place Byzantine Empire A Byzantine fleet destroys Damietta, Egypt. Chang'an ( is an ancient Capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history. Administration Under its direct administration it has two city districts one city and ten counties In this compilation of stories was Yeh-Shen, the story we know as Cinderella. Ye Xian ( Simplified Chinese: 叶[[wikt 限|限]] Traditional Chinese: 葉[[wikt 限|限]] pinyin: Yè Xiàn or in the southern Cinderella ( French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta
Duan Chengshi is also known for describing in his written work of 863 AD the slave trade, ivory trade, and ambergris trade of Bobali, which is now Berbera in Somalia, East Africa (see Maritime section of Tang Dynasty for more). Events By Place Europe Constantine I succeeds as king of Scotland (or 862 The history of slavery uncovers many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures throughout history Ivory is formed from Dentine and constitutes the bulk of the Teeth and Tusks of animals such as the Elephant, Hippopotamus, Ambergris ( Ambra grisea, Ambre gris, ambergrease, or grey Amber) is a solid waxy flammable substance of a dull gray or blackish History The city was first described in the eighth chapter of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea written by a Greek merchant in the first century CE Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by [1]
Notes
- ^ Levathes, 38.
References
- Levathes (1994). When China Ruled the Seas. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-70158-4.
External links
- Cinderella Around The World
- Professor Derk Bodde. Chinese ideas in the West (pdf)
- A Chinese Cinderella
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