Chinese Fairy Tales
THE MORNING AND THE EVENING STAR
ONCE upon a time there were two
stars, sons of the Golden King of the Heavens. The one was named Tschen
and the other Shen. One day they quarreled, and Tschen struck Shen a
terrible blow. Thereupon both stars made a vow that they would never
again look upon each other. So Tschen only appears in the evening, and
Shen only appears in the morning, and not until Tschen has disappeared
is Shen again to be seen. And that is why people say: “When two
brothers do not live peaceably with one another they are like Tschen
and Shen.”
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