猎虎

Tiger Hunt

Bab 1: Perburuan Harimau

The seafarer talked about Yingzhou, but the smoke and waves were faint and hard to believe; the Yue people talked about Tianmu, but the clouds and mists were visible. Since the beginning of human history, there have been countless legends about gods and ghosts in China. A woodcutter went into the mountains to watch an old man and a young man playing chess. When they finished a game, he looked back and the axe had already been used...

海客谈瀛州，烟涛微茫信难求；越人语天姥，云霞明灭或可睹。神州大地，自有人以来便流传着无数神仙鬼怪传说。樵夫入山观山中一老一少弈棋，一局方毕，回首之时斧已生锈，柄亦腐朽，返家后方知匆匆已过百年，此为神、仙；夜间独行，于方寸之地绕行而不觉，舟行江上，有大鱼兴风作浪，以金玉击之方隐，此为鬼、怪。凡此种种，举不胜举。然而神仙鬼怪之说虽被世人口口相传，亲见亲闻者却寥寥无几，焉知其所言真假？事不目见耳闻，而臆断其有无，此为凡夫俗子之举；有大智慧且心志坚忍者，则赴远海访名山以求证之，虽百无一回，依然前仆后继！本书的故事，就开始于流传着这些传说的一个普通小村，一个贫苦人家。