1 _! D* ?' r9 H3 O+ G5 s看看东王这些问题,是不是很有些英国诗歌的感觉? 4 B0 b& q4 j8 ]# c1 P Q }6 L1 D7 N2 O0 q4 KHow tall God is, or how broad?8 X- |+ X& E7 ~# T9 Q q
What his appearance or color is?2 F. H; ?* x) M% N0 w1 o" I
How large his abdomen is?% b' a2 ?' w$ A/ Y2 t
What kind of beard he grows?+ o4 u4 R! Y0 y* j% k
How long his beard is? 8 d- x+ P+ f2 }* \$ RWhat cap he wears? ! y4 a7 k1 f" C3 W# q& M" t5 WWhat kind of clothes he wears?+ A' e7 |; P8 {# w4 ? p& Z
Whether his first wife was the Celestial mother, the same that brought forth the Celestial elder Brother Jesus?7 X* ^/ ]" z |. W+ ?4 Y, ^9 Q
Whether he has had any other son born to him since the birth of Jesus his first born?# ~0 Y! W7 r) S8 z- a, V
Whether he has had but one son, or whether, like us mortals, a great many sons?& d, S) y/ W3 Y' M( U
Whether he is able to compose verse?4 r( g' R" k- U( @3 P
How rapidly can he compose verse? 4 `6 e- i/ c8 s# A" A2 WHow fierce his disposition is? 3 ^0 Y9 L2 q# {) ?5 U8 X8 T/ }How great his liberality is?. t. z7 K4 [: a2 `5 @
-Your nations having worshipped God and Jesus for so long a time, does any one among you know, G/ L$ s: v& D* ~! {% \ c" [How tall Jesus is, or how broad? ' v; _2 _' R5 |. b* e: m0 fWhat his appearance or color is?' A) P$ }, x" V9 w( Y' a
What kind of beard he grows?& H' x/ S- H- s* w
Of waht color his beard is? , w \/ P& ?% b7 P+ E/ j% G7 xWhat kind of cap and clothes he wears?& I( {4 f4 ~2 Y, D
Whether his first wife was our elder sister? 9 i1 F( ~. W! Y9 h6 lHow many children he has had? ) ~% ?9 L ?" j. q' N" rOf what age is his eldest son?8 V5 p# u/ K& w/ p& T3 i9 P
How many daughters has he had? " z1 u1 r* s" c" d' BOf what age is his eldest daughter?. m. u7 T- P; |5 ?7 |% X# E+ e
How many grandsons has God at this moment?9 I b1 Z7 g3 `8 a2 ]
How many granddaughters has God at this moment? ' |" G6 ] S# G9 iHow many heavens are there? ) K: ? w; j2 @) ~; D7 g, yWhether all the heavens are of equal height? 2 @& ?+ X5 K2 z* GWhat the highest Heaven is like? ' ~+ X1 Z+ @# z' C; K; Q, n 6 [0 x* J( S0 X; q/ v. z看完这些问题,估计每个人都会认为东王应该改行去当查户口的,而耶稣他们一家子象是住空置房的。1 g+ F3 j4 Z' e% k8 H
F, G/ A1 L! W% ], @除了这些类似查户口的文字,英国人笼统地描述剩下的问题,说它们都是关于“圣神风劝慰师” – 也就是杨秀清在世界上的使命,太平天国奉上帝之命摧毁满清统治,以及对英国在这场战争中采取中立态度的质疑, & g+ ]$ }+ K. ?0 g8 Y : E. j( k! N+ v英国人的回答也大致和记载相同。只是有一个细节 –当时英国军舰上没有人是学习神学的,所的答案是众人一齐努力之后凑出来的。饶是如此,我们也知道了一个这样的事实 -- 这位东王所问的所有问题,面对《新约》和《旧约》,都是莫名其妙的。显然,自称亲奉上帝命令来凡间的太平天国东王,连看看基督教最基础的经典这样的表面功夫,也是没有作过的。) u r5 j9 [8 z4 j, m
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然而,我们因为这个就可以嘲笑杨秀清吗?我认为是不应该的。因为在那个时代,封建王朝的皇帝对外国人也是持敬而远之的态度的,一般士大夫,要么盲目排外,要么俯首屈膝,真正能够平静地,睁着眼睛面对洋人的凤毛麟角,掌国大臣中不过是清政府有李鸿章,太平天国有杨秀清而已。尽管杨秀清的水平有问题,试图和英国人沟通的方法也不对头,没有做到知己知彼,但有和“洋人”交往的勇气和行动,而不是将其视作魔鬼,躲得越远越好,已经是满了不起的了。 B: f0 |1 S9 O! v9 a$ H5 _! V; d1 H. r
敢于把门打开的人,总是勇者。 ! q0 T( R0 _5 j+ w; H + x7 p, G3 d; M$ M7 }[完] # }6 h* o1 C. p J) }6 I/ F0 T6 Q6 N/ N( I3 n/ B7 X: y 作者: 魔术师 时间: 2012-6-9 09:54
估计英国人看了这些问题以后该这样了吧?——- J9 t: q( C: ~7 \3 z: }- N, J0 v
& a% i& }$ V! L2 L2 u+ Z7 l5 U2 x2 S: q2 H 作者: kenlee 时间: 2012-8-24 20:25
感觉杨秀清是故意的。那时,东王府不至于如此无人。) `, h4 L, [# o1 O# t1 k
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上帝对他而言,跟以前那条白蛇,和以后那个老马,都是同一作用的东西。