1904

Hagete [Haggard, H. Rider]. Aisilan qing xia zhuan. Lin Shu, Wei Yi tong yi. [ID D12115].
Lin Shu schreibt im Vorwort : "The people of Iceland were uncivilized. As I see it, both their men and their women were bellicose. If they feld humiliated, they would resort to sword and shield. Their acts seem not far from those of bandits, but in their tribes they had fathers and elder sons to dispense justice, which is similar to our ancient clan system. Though they did not reach the apex of civilization, they would never suffer any humiliation without taking revenge. Most of this book is about assault and robbery, which are far from civilized, but the speech and spirit in it are heroic.
The reason that the translation is entitled The story of an amourous cavalier from Iceland is that it tells of the amorous affairs between a man and a woman, hence part of the title suggests the romantic substance of the novel ; however, my true intention is to tell the readers of the valour of the hero. The chivalrous trait of the hero is thus emphsized for the purpose of arousing my people from their lethargic sleep and spurring them on to vrave deeds."