This is a folk tale.

这是一个民间传说。

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It could be a folk tale. It could be a history book.

可以是民间传说，也可以是历史书。

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This is a folk tale which is a story handed down orally among the common people.

这是在民众之中口头被递的下来故事的一个民间传说。

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We have the dialectic of suspense on the one hand, how will this be resolved, and inevitability on the other, "Oh, it's a folk tale, it'll be resolved, don't worry about it."

我们一方面有悬念的对立，就不可避免地会有，另一个方面，即这个会怎样解决，“哦，这是个传说，这会解决的，不用担心它“

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It could be a folk tale. It could be a history book.

可以是民间传说，也可以是历史书。

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However, it is a kind of collective dream, or nightmare, a folk tale whose truth in not in the historicity or veracity but social reality.

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