Professor Maruardt
ENG 1430 W10
3/5/2015
Summary for Yeh Hsien , the Chinese Cinderella
Yeh hsien is a story which is recorded in the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang. Yeh Hsien is a
nice girl who suffers a lot and finally lives a happy life. Yeh Hsien is maltreated by the step-mother
and the sisters since her father died , but she raises a fish with golde eyes and scales,which brings her
miserable life a little happiness. However , the step-mother finds the secret by following her, the step-
mother cruelly kills the fish and eats it as the dinner. Yeh Hsien is very sad about that,so she cries
before the fish's bones. Suddenly , a kind god shows up and tells Yeh Hsien that the bones can
satisfied all your needs if you ask for help before the bones. The New Year Festival is coming, and
it's time for people to find their wives and husbands. Yeh Hsien is not allowed to attend because the
step-mother thinks it could spoils her own daughter's chances, so she asks the bones for help. The
bones give her beautiful shoes and a pair of golden slippers. Yeh Hsien is admired by all the people,
and she is very happy that she ignores that the sisters might have found her appearance. Yeh Hsien
leaves in a hurry and accidentally leaves one shoe. The shoe finally is passed to the king of the
Tu'Han islets. The king is fascinated by the shoe and makes a promise that he will mary the girl
whose foot can fit into the shoe. The shoe seems to have magic that all the other girls can not wear
the shoe except Yeh Hsien, including her sisters. Yeh Hsien tells the king her tough life and the king
is moved by her good natue and gets married to her. The step-mother and two sisters get thier
punishments for their evil behaviors and they are killed by a rain of fiery stones.
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