Divine Comedy is one of the four great European classical works. It is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). The poem was written between 1307 and 1321, through the dialogues between the poet and the various renowned characters in Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, the work reflects the achievements in the field of medieval culture and some major issues; it has the nature of an “Encyclopedia”, from which the first sign of humanism in the Renaissance can be glimpsed.
在這部長達壹萬四千余行的史詩中，但丁堅決反對中世紀的蒙昧主義，表達了執著地追求真理的思想，對歐洲後世的詩歌創作有極其深遠的影響。但丁·阿利基埃裏以第壹人稱記述自己35歲時。誤入壹座黑暗的森林（象征罪惡）。他竭力尋找走出迷津的道路，黎明時分來到壹座灑滿陽光的小山腳下。
In this epic poem of 14,233 lines, Dante is adamantly against the obscurantism of the middle ages and he expresses his thought of the persistent pursuit of truth; this has a far reaching impact on the poetic creativity of later European generations. The poem is written in the first person and Dante is thirty-five years old; he is lost in a dark wood (symbolizing sin), and desperately searching for a right way, he finally reaches at the foot of a hill full of sunlight.
但此時有三只猛獸攔住去路，壹只母狼（象征貪欲），壹只獅子（象征野心），壹只豹（象征逸樂）。他在呼救時出現了古羅馬詩人維吉爾的靈魂，對他說：“妳不能戰勝這三只野獸，我指示妳另壹條路徑”。帶領他穿過地獄、煉獄，然後把他交給當年但丁·阿利基埃裏單相思暗戀的情人貝阿特麗切的靈魂，帶他遊歷天堂，壹直到見到上帝。
But he is assailed by three beasts, a she-wolf (symbolizing avarice), a lion (symbolizing ambition) and a leopard (symbolizing self-indulgence). When he is screaming for help, the soul of ancient Roman poet, Virgil tells him,” You cannot beat these three beasts; let me show you another way.” He leads Dante through Hell, Purgatory, and then hands him over to the soul of Beatrice, an unrequited lover of Dante, and she guides him through the various structures of Heaven until Dante meets the Triune God.
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