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经典中国神话故事阅读 经典中国神话故事：三王墓 Gangjiang and Moye, who were husband and wife and lived in the state of Chu, were obliged to forge swords for the king. Three years had passed before they could finally produce them. Annoyed, the king intended to kill Ganjiang. The couple made two swords, one male, the other female. Just then Moye, the wife, was about to give birth to a child. The husband said to her,Since it has taken me three long years to make the swords, the king must be angry. It is certain that he will put me to death when I go and present the swords to him. If the child turns out to be a boy, tell him this as soon as he is grown up, `Go out of the house, look at the southern mountains and search for the place where a pine tree is growing on a rock. Try to find one of the swords on its back. After he had said this, Ganjiang left for the palace with the female sword. The king became furious when he saw only one sword, and ordered it to be examined. When he was told that there were actually two swords, one male and the other female, and that the one he saw was female, while the male one was not there, the king flew into a rage and had Ganjiang beheaded at once. 楚国铸剑名将干将替楚王铸剑，过了三年才铸成。楚王发怒，想要杀掉他。铸成的剑有雌雄两柄。干将的妻子莫邪怀有身孕，即将临产。干将对妻子说：“我替王铸剑，过了三年才铸成。王发怒，我去送剑，王一定会杀我。你生下孩子，假若是个男孩，等他长大成人，告诉他说：‘出门望着南山，松树长在石头上，剑就在松树背上’。”于是干将就带着雌剑去见楚王。楚王大发脾气，派人察看干将带来的剑。剑有两柄，一雄一雌。干将莫邪只带来了雌剑，雄剑却没带来，楚王发怒，就把干将杀了。 Moye named her son Chibi. When he grew up, he asked her, Where is my father? Your father once had to forget two swords for the king, Moye replied, and it took him three years to finish them. The king killed him in a fury. Before he left home, your father asked me to give you this message, Go out of the house, look at the southern moun tains and search for the place where a pine tree is growing on a rock. Try to find one of the swords on its back. So the boy ran out of the house and looked south, but he saw no mountain at all. Then his eyes