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Ch’i-lin Purse

Ch’i-lin Purse. Retold by Linda Fang Pronounced Chee Lihn Pers. Origin. China. Genre. Folktale: Has a moral Colloquial tradition: simplicty of language and emotion Shunned as inferior to classical literature by the well educated and socially prominent Less formal prose. POLL.

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Ch’i-lin Purse

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  1. Ch’i-lin Purse Retold by Linda Fang Pronounced Chee Lihn Pers

  2. Origin • China

  3. Genre • Folktale: Has a moral • Colloquial tradition: simplicty of language and emotion • Shunned as inferior to classical literature by the well educated and socially prominent • Less formal prose

  4. POLL • What are types of wedding gifts? • Are their different wedding gifts for sons and daughters? • Does your family/culture have any traditional family wedding gifts?

  5. Wedding Gifts • Choice of gifts based on: • Culture, economics, and personal choice

  6. Vocabulary • Teng-Cho (Deng-joh) a small town • Hsueh (Shoo-ay) a wealthy widow • Hsueh Hsiang-ling (Shoo-ay-shee-ahng-linhg) Hsueh’s 16 year old daughter getting married • Chi’lin Purse (Chee Linh Pers) a wedding gift

  7. Hua-chiao • Hwah-jee-aw • A chair that is carried

  8. Ta-his-jin-tzu • Tuh—shee-john-soo • Wedding

  9. Lai-chou • Ly-joh • A town

  10. li • Lee • Chinese unit of distance

  11. Yuan-wai Lu • Yoo-ahn-wee Loo

  12. Sung Dynasty • Setting: the story is set in the Sung Dynasty • 960-1127 • What was life like during this time? • Matchmaker, dowry, Buddha,

  13. Weddings • United States • Love marriage • Limousine • Wedding procession • Parents give gifts • Chinese • Arranged marriages • Hua-chiao (Hwah-jee-aw) • Wedding procession • Parents give gifts

  14. Think about the moral!

  15. After Reading Discussion • List the relationships in this story. • Hsiang-ling and mother • Hsiang-ling and Mrs. Lu

  16. What type of conflict does each relationship show. • Person vs. Person

  17. How do the characters relate? • Mother is loving and caring, gave Hsiang-ling everything but Hsiang-ling was spoiled and ungrateful of her mother at first. • Hsiang-ling helped Mrs. Lu at first by giving her the purse full of wealth and Mrs. Lu was generous by sharing her property evenly.

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