Boccaccio, Giovanni. Decameron. Trans and Wang Keyi. Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Press, 1988.

薄伽丘：《十日谈》，方平王科一译。上海：上海译文出版社，1988年。

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The graphic descriptions of the bubonic plague at the beginning of Boccaccio's Decameron show that Boccaccio was a first-hand witness of the plague.

薄驾丘《十日谈》一开头对黑死病栩栩如生的描述，显示薄伽丘亲眼目睹过黑死病。

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They inspired Geoffrey Chaucer, whose "Canterbury Tales" contain five fabliaux, and Giovanni Boccaccio's "Decameron" draws on them as well, says Yale University French professor R.

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