Cadaver Story
Cadaver Story (Shi Yu Gu Shi in Chinese) is a collection of Tibetan folk stories written by Bankompaba Lu Zhu and translated into Chinese by Li Chaoqun.The book is composed of a series of interlocking short stories.
The book is originated in India and spread widely.After being translated into Tibetan,the book has been added some new stories by people’s continuous processing and transmission in the successive generations.Therefore the ideological and artistic nature of the story has been developed very well,being formed a strong Tibetan local color.
Cadaver Story is rich in content,which praises the working people’s pure love and mutual help,honesty and kindness,and also exposes the greedy and ferocious nature of the ruling class.
Cadaver Story reflects the moral concept of Tibetan people and propagates some religious superstitions.It has high artistic and cultural value and it is a valuable material for studying Tibetan culture.
One section reads as the following:
Prince DeSambo came to the tree and looked up.At the top of the tree,a great corpse is crying,“Don’t carry me! Don’t carry me!”But the little corpse slaves around him shouted,“Carry me! Carry me!”The prince drew his sword from his waist,pretending to cut down the trees,and he sang:
Luzhunianbo is a master Buddha,
I am Prince DeSambo.(https://www.daowen.com)
The sword is sharp,cutting the iron and breaking the stone,
The rope net is as strong as an armour;
The buckle sleeve rope has multipurpose use,
Wood mace is made by purple sandalwood;
The food is very adequate,
Will you come down from the trees or I cut down the trees?
The old corpse came down from the tree,
And the prince beat it with a wooden mace.