Reading Notes Week 6 Reading B: Twenty-Two Goblins

  Twenty-Two Goblins, Arthur W. Ryder (1917)

The King who died for Love of his General's Wife; the General follows him in Death. Who is more worthy?

  • A merchant had a beautiful daughter named Passion that he insisted the king, King Glorious, marry
    • So the king sent out men to check out the qualities of this woman and report back
  • The men saw that she was extremely beautiful and had many good qualities, but feared that this would become a distraction to the king so reported that she had bad qualities
    • The king then said the merchant out to give his daughter to General Force for marriage instead
  • During the spring festival, the king saw Passion, the woman he had rejected, and was lovestruck, even passing out
    • The king had the men who said she had bad qualities exiled
  • The king wasted away because of his love for Passion
    • when the general learned of this, he offered his wife to the king, saying it was only right
  • However, the king said he would not be wicked and commit such sinful things and thus he threw away his life so that he might retain his virtue
  • King Triple-Victory tells the goblin that the king is more deserving as kings are historically selfish and blinded by their power, but this king rather die than sin and be a wicked man
    • Thus the goblin once again escaped to the sissoo tree
I'm sure King Triple-Victory has become sick and tired of seeing this tree.


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