The Goddess Chang’e Flying to the Moon 嫦娥奔月

作者 /艾婷

指导教师 / 班海东 孙圆媛

After the nine suns were shot down, Hou Yi reported to the emperor back in the heaven, but he did not even know he met with a terrible disaster!

后羿射下九个太阳后回天庭向天帝复命，他根本不知道自己的射日之举已闯下大祸！

It turned out that these suns were actually the emperor’s sons and the purpose of his sending Hou Yi was merely to warn his sons against being absurd.

原来，这十个大阳竟是天帝的儿子，天帝派他去也只是想警告一下儿子们不要胡作非为。

With his nine sons’ death, the emperor was furious, and he degraded Hou Yi and his wife Chang’e to be the mortal, not allowing them to return to the heaven.

九子已死，天帝震怒，随即将后羿及其妻子嫦娥贬为凡人，不让他们再回天宫。

Hou Yi had no choice but to live on earth, feeling sorry for involving his wife in the punishment.

后羿无奈只得携妻子来到人间生活，他总觉得自己连累了妻子，害得她做不成神仙。

Later, Hou Yi heard there was a Western Queen Mother on the Kunlun Mountains, who treasured up the magic elixir of life, and anyone who took it could live forever, or even ascend to heaven to be an immortal.

后来，后羿听说昆仑山上有一位西王母，她有一种叫作“不死药”的神药，凡人吃了便可以长生不老，甚至升天成仙。

With the guilty feelings for his wife, Hou Yi travelled over mountains and rivers, went through innumerable trials and hardships, and finally obtained a bit of this medicine from the Western Queen Mother.

带着对妻子的愧疚之情，后羿跋山涉水，历尽千辛万苦，终于从西王母那里要来了一点“不死药”。

However, it was so little that both of them could live forever if they had shared the medicine, but only one of them could become a god in the heaven after one took all the medicine.

可惜药量太少两人分着吃只可以长生，无法做到两人升天成仙。

Hou Yi told his wife what had happened in full detail when he was back home.

后羿回到家后，把事情的原委告诉了妻子。

After discussion, the couple decided to share the medicine and live happily in the world.

两人商量后决定一同服药，快乐地生活在人间。

However, with the dreams of returning to the heaven, Chang’e was actually playing a double game.

然而，嫦娥有些口是心非，她还是梦想能有一天回到天上做神仙。

She couldn’t resist the temptation, and in Hou Yi’s absence, she took out the medicine and swallowed the whole.

最终，她没能抵挡住升天成仙的诱惑，趁后羿外出时，取出神药并全部吞下。

In a flash she felt herself increasingly lighter.

瞬间她感觉自己身体越来越轻。

She gradually left the ground, and slowly flew up to the sky.

慢慢离开了地面，缓缓地向天上飞去。

Still with the love for her husband, Change finally landed on the moon, the celestial body closest to the earth and became a goddess there.

由于还念着夫妻之情，她最终停落在离人间最近的月亮上，成了月神。

Legend has it that in the clear full moon night, you might see Chang’e and hear her softly sigh up in the moon.

相传，在晴朗的月圆之夜，人们可以看到月宫中哀叹的嫦娥。

艾婷

英语B2102班

艾婷，人文与教育学院英语B2102班，担任班级学习委员、学生公寓管理委员会副会长、英语系校级教学员组长。曾获“优秀志愿者”、“优秀学生干部”、“优秀共青团员”、“青马班优秀学员”等荣誉称号。面对矛盾我敢于迎难而上，面对危机我敢于挺身而出，面对失误我敢于承担责任，在平凡中默默地奉献着是我的座右铭。