牛郎織女傳 (Cowherd and Weaver Girl)

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牛郎织女传为明代朱名世编辑的白话神话小说，原作者已不可考，讲述了牛郎和织女被玉帝拘禁，分开至天河两侧，后因情深而得以于每年七月七夕自天河两侧踏鹊桥团聚的爱情故事，其中牛郎趁织女洗澡时偷走织女的衣服的情节是编者首次加入的。该书整合了历朝历代关于牛郎和织女的故事，是目前的第一部完整记述牛郎织女故事的中篇小说。 This is the love story of the cowherd and the weaver girl, who were separated by force to the two ends of the heavenly river. They later moved the Jade Emperor by their persistence and were permitted to meet once a year on a bridge of magpies. The two lovers are paralleled to the stars Vega and Altair in the Milky Way. (summary by Guomin)