燕子赋【英】

“The Story of a Swallow”

定义

唐代故事赋。共两种，名同体异。第一种，大约形成于唐代前期。以四言、六言韵文为主，叙黄雀占据燕子宅舍，黄雀获罪进而因功抵罪，并向燕子道歉。第二种，大约形成于开元年间。为五言长诗。

It is a narrative fu poem from the Tang Dynasty. There are generally two versions, which share the same title but vary in their literary forms. The first version, taking shape in the early Tang Dynasty, consists mostly of four-character or six-character verses, telling the story of a siskin or finch who is convicted of stealing the nest of a swallow, so that it must atone for its crime through good deeds and an apology to the swallow. The second version, dating to the Kaiyuan Reign in the Tang Dynasty, is mainly a long poem with five-character verses.