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"The Goddess of Luo River (Picture Book Version)" Author: Ye Luying Publisher: CITIC Press
"The Goddess of Luo River (Picture Book Version)" Author: Ye Luying Publisher: CITIC Press
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"The Goddess of the Luo River" is a famous poem written by Cao Zhi, a writer of the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period.
Luoshen, also known as Mi Fei, is a goddess in ancient Chinese mythology and legends. She is said to be the daughter of Fuxi, who drowned in the Luo River and thus became the goddess of the Luo River.
This poem tells the story of Cao Zhi's encounter with the goddess of Luo River and their mutual love when he was passing by Luo River on his way back to his fiefdom from the capital. The image of the goddess of Luo River is extremely beautiful, and the love between man and goddess is ethereal and blurred. The author expresses his infinite sadness and melancholy.
Ye Luying, a young painter who graduated from the China Academy of Art, was inspired by this beautiful story and reinterpreted it with her brush. Ye Luying combined traditional Chinese painting style with modern comic skills, and used modern painting art to fully display the artistic conception and charm of traditional Chinese stories. This work was a great success after it was released, winning many awards including the Gold Award of the 13th China Animation Golden Dragon Award* Illustration Award, and was featured on CCTV's "National Treasure" program, and was exhibited on the same stage with Gu Kaizhi's masterpiece "The Goddess of the Luo River", winning the love of the audience.
Yu Zhiying, a famous children's literature writer and children's book translator, has adapted the ancient poems into modern texts while staying true to the original tone. She recreates the scenes of the goddess of Luo River emerging from the water, falling in love at first sight, the gathering of the fairies, and finally the goddess of Luo River's melancholy departure. Her words are exquisite and appropriate, her writing is delicate and euphemistic, and she shows the beauty of the goddess of Luo River movingly.
About the Author
(Three Kingdoms) Cao Zhi
Cao Zijian (192-232), courtesy name Zijian, was a native of Qiao, Pei State (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province). He was a famous poet of the Wei Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period and a representative figure of Jian'an literature. Because of his literary attainments, later generations called him, Cao Cao and Cao Pi "Three Caos". Xie Lingyun, a writer of the Southern Song Dynasty, even commented that "there is one stone of talent in the world, and Cao Zijian alone has eight buckets".
Ye Luying
A well-known illustrator and picture book author, he graduated from the China Academy of Art and currently teaches illustration and comics at the China Academy of Art. Fascinated by the beauty of oriental culture, he has been committed to creating oriental styles with personal characteristics and modern meanings since he started working. His works have won the Gold Award for Best Illustration of the China Animation Golden Dragon Award, the Domestic Gold Award of the Golden Windmill International Young Illustrators Competition, the Picture Book Creation Review Recommendation Award of the Xinyi Picture Book Award, and the Cheltenham Illustration Award in the UK.
Yu Zhiying
A children's literature writer, picture book translator, children's book reviewer, and picture book reading and writing teaching researcher from Taiwan, China, he is the sixth chairman of the Cross-Strait Children's Literature Research Association, a visiting professor at the School of Art of Qingdao Agricultural University, a reading promotion consultant at the Guangzhou Children's Library, and the founder of Yu Zhiying Reading and Writing Studio. He has written more than 20 picture books, including "Grandma Winter Melon Has a Magic Weapon" and "The Best Graduation Gift", and has translated nearly 200 picture books, including "My Dad", "David, No", and "Swan". He is currently promoting early reading, reading methods of picture books and youth novels, and picture book reading and writing teaching.
