古罗马寓言诗人菲德鲁斯在他的《伊索式寓言》序诗中，曾简洁地道出寓言的特性：“它使你发笑，又给你智慧／它是明智生活的顾问。”另一位寓言大师拉·封丹在他的寓言诗《狮子与牧人》中，为寓言艺术作过如下的辩解： 寓言不只是像外表那样： 我们从最单纯的动物得到教导。 赤 The ancient Roman allegory poet Fedrus, in his Preface to Aesop’s Fables, concisely traces the allegory’s characteristic: “It makes you laugh and gives you wisdom / it is a consultant for a wise life.” Another The Fable Master La Fontaine, in his allegorical poem “The Lion and the Shepherd,” made the following argument for the art of allegorical fables: Fables are more than appearances: we are taught from the simplest of animals. red