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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕$ G) S6 V7 _& Z3 y, F9 l( M: j5 t7 _
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
0 T4 s4 _9 b; Q) f4 l+ \ Against the sky blue!
) v, B l2 n9 U5 C Is it the blush of Heaven, + ]7 S* S/ i3 k9 N5 c+ f, W6 M
As on a maiden's cheeks, ( E5 ~! V# S! e" q# |
When she catches sight
; e4 H1 N) n8 @& x+ z Of her coming lover?5 m6 N9 T% h, `% r7 X
2) Lo, the red afterglow,
+ E- [$ J# ?* k, W2 p( a3 ], V } Against the sky blue!: Y1 L. ^; W+ Z U/ W& g; P
Is it the fire of bivouac
$ K6 k6 R7 {/ m Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
. W& Q, Z" T( x- R+ v On the banks of Milky Way0 a6 M/ t) u3 e( ?' f( |) ?
Holding a celestial picnic?
9 t$ `) P0 _& _ @$ H) R3 r$ j, V3) Lo, the red afterglow,* s. u6 s' B7 z) p9 `9 M
Against the sky blue!/ G, L( W0 D: s/ S4 w) i
Is it the ruddy gauze veil* n7 O) I% t ^' X; H3 Z
That veiled the face of Juno
% K" m+ i3 z" c w On her holy nuptial day
0 b$ o/ ]) I7 T- Q1 W7 V6 R% g" T- \ When she married Jupiter?
; \* V7 v9 i/ Y8 n4) Lo, the red afterglow,
# T% D r1 o, P7 e/ {0 K Against the sky blue!7 c1 Z- ] o) D; ~9 N, I
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
) k6 D0 m. g' N7 \; n) J Stolen by noble Prometheus,
- Y0 C( J5 Z+ T# u And in his careless down-flight# v* w9 `( h" J: `1 a
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?5 F& r V2 m2 \- N8 |, E1 [+ @
5) Lo, the red afterglow,
# U3 O+ i, u) Z2 V( M3 ^" c) O Against the sky blue!3 K* E E, Y# X" M1 g- J
Is it the blood of the heroes- P) Q4 r1 m' t
That died on battlefields7 C8 w4 T. @/ d" E3 o! k" p
In the sacred defense
+ \* J0 P6 r/ w: h" |4 M7 E! B" h1 t Of their dear motherland?
) n6 ^- Y I9 M8 `" o1 q6) Lo, the red afterglow,
0 u* K: k3 H# m+ d5 k" B8 m against the sky blue!# z5 i1 w- J! e
If it the Isle of Coral
& Y: [9 E( q! G& P5 M' _ Removed by a white witch- d- R" M E: {8 U" T" P y
From the Pacific deep: K, ~ _) J6 d' Z
To the heavens above?0 J5 {; s. @6 d, |# p$ i+ O
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
' j- W- n. b, p; _ Against the sky blue!
! F7 D* E1 V7 x3 s, o$ g Is it a cluster of peach trees,: D4 w. `, @7 [ F" Y% i6 O
Their blossoms in full bloom,
2 L3 v# x; m9 }9 _! ~; Z Grown by the daughters of God
7 G3 l$ F- o9 Z: Q! ]7 s1 k And watered with nectar?1 D9 u/ @* _7 {. r
8) Lo, the red afterglow,8 |9 p& k) [) Z. z6 I! ~7 \
Against the sky blue!
2 m- H5 E2 ~' V, h- x" E" ] Is it Flora's rouge
+ j8 g8 N8 `3 W4 n Spread all over the sky& _6 `# s/ _% }
By her frightened maids! O3 U" N3 {' ?) H. Q
In escape from her anger?$ ], S( t' b0 ?5 k4 ^+ M/ X- j
9) Lo, the red afterglow, L9 e4 \! [8 _4 v# V
Against the sky blue!
( U! r9 S) G6 S I3 ? Is it a large piece of sponge1 N8 F1 H" Y! ?6 k D/ `, h
Soaked through with claret/ y( S5 u% k9 m& {
Upset from the Holy Grail3 @1 q* t* c! }2 A3 x
By a rash cosmic pilot?』" S, M! I, ^3 M) X- Y5 ^
文倩道﹕『這首詩裡詩人表現出豐富的想像力。他把晚霞比喻成各種東西﹔一會兒
. F1 D U5 {" s |1 \( I; W' v比作天公的赧顏﹐一會兒比作銀河畔的篝火﹐又比作希臘女神臉上的紅色面紗﹐又
8 k5 Q, H# ^( U# q" J+ t$ K. a比作移向天上的紅珊瑚島﹐再比作花神的胭脂被侍女打翻而把晚霞染紅。最後一節, R6 k; g8 C/ G1 ^. i$ u& P
裡﹐詩人把晚霞比作一塊浸透了紅色酒的大海綿﹐而這紅色的酒是一個魯莽的宇宙3 s6 {- o0 X( x" L t
飛航員撞翻了天上的聖杯而流出來的。』盛靳云說﹕『詩本來就是想像的產物﹐語
Y4 F. Z- A& q' O/ ^6 x. d$ ~言文字描述的最高境界。』芝娜又翻過幾頁道﹕『這裡有一首辛棄疾「采桑子」詞! V3 d" C' e8 a% D1 g2 q1 X
的英譯。其原詞為「少年不識愁滋味﹐愛上層樓。愛上層樓﹐為賦新詩強說愁。
" z; p' N0 F% ]" v 而今識盡愁滋味﹐怕上層樓。怕上層樓﹐卻道天涼好個秋。」其英譯為﹕
- }& P* J4 q: v$ a" N7 H; HWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,( d4 a2 z. T% \
Just love to get on floors so high. 7 ^0 ]2 Z9 D5 f( K$ \
Just love to get on floors so high,
, s4 E/ z5 Q2 ~5 q7 Q( KTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
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: \% [9 U! R& {+ p% lBut now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
5 f j* g3 e* u: K) x Afraid to get on floors so high. 2 e8 g+ c- O5 o; N% n
Afraid to get on floors so high,
4 P: e) Q3 O* _. x5 LI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』) d2 _* W$ B/ P
彥君道﹕『譯者根據詞的長短句特點﹐也分別譯成長短句。長句六個半音步﹐短句7 z1 b' M4 N e$ P
四個音步﹐為抑揚格。這是譯詞的新嚐試。』張明生道﹕『英詩格律我一竅不通。' [2 |5 k9 v& s, |% y/ u
你別對龍彈琴了。』盛靳云問﹕『有何出典﹖』張明生道﹕『我屬龍。』芝娜笑道﹕3 `3 f6 B" R% e1 K' K
『那我們以後可用一套十二句成語﹕對鼠彈琴﹐對虎彈琴等。但別忘先問對方的生+ N4 l1 Z$ H- | U. x: j% `# g
肖是什麼。』說得大家都笑起來。盛靳云說﹕『原詩後半闋裡是「欲語還休」﹐不4 a* p) J9 W% M g* I) R$ [! w
是「怕上層樓」。不知譯者怎麼會有「怕上層樓」之說。』張明生道﹕『恐怕另有 h9 t/ F$ N+ a. @
抄本。』彥君道﹕『這首譯詞尚有可修改之處。』張明生道﹕『你的魄力到不小﹐
& u4 K6 R4 w( E6 p# @4 j居然想改起古人的詩來。』彥君反駁道﹕『這有什麼稀奇的。許多古人不是改了他
5 L+ V% K- {* w6 }( d們前人的詩嗎﹖當然﹐改好改壞又作別論。』張明生笑道﹕『那你準備改好﹐還是( X0 P, V8 A- I }* Z
改壞﹖』彥君道﹕『我還沒改呢﹐怎知好壞。且改別人詩的人主觀上都想改好﹐只
2 j7 B0 `6 q! o" Y1 d: V是由於功力不逮古人﹐反而改壞了。有趣的是﹐有時改壞了﹐自己還不知道﹐卻沾) R6 l1 n3 s9 {' L6 S
沾自喜﹐以為在文壇上立下了不世奇功。』對這篇謬論﹐大家禁不住笑起來。張明
8 U$ ~! _4 R0 B" q生道﹕『好吧﹐等你改畢﹐讓大家評評﹐看究竟改得如何。』芝娜笑道﹕『論戰又
6 c* i- ?. a8 J" R一回合結束。讓我們再看下面的吧。散文部份的第一篇題為ON ODIPUS﹕
- X2 v. H, y; \/ xPoor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
/ A5 _& L# m- F! a' Asuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by * U8 p1 ?7 \( `8 }5 a
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
9 l7 z0 c9 q% U! ~8 [gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his : {2 v9 t/ T" |$ M- U* y
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and 3 C" T& @- E$ h; Z9 B/ D. I' L
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his % O$ E6 q V0 E# a, a. x- |8 J
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust 1 s+ w- s) X" ]) k8 U
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only $ K+ L8 h" {2 a1 l! y
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical / r8 {* S% ^# o' a I; d
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
`8 d& O" {4 D* Gthe plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather # \1 w/ n& v' ?
than poor Odipus!』
9 n: B! Y; m/ _! E$ w. t1 z1 [3 W7 C鄭莉道﹕『我讀希臘神話時﹐一直覺得ODIPUS在代人受過。不料古人已給他翻了案﹐- r5 N7 n. v0 b) U; E- k0 {
真是大快人心。』張明生道﹕『既然他本人確實做了﹐他也難辭其咎。』文倩道﹕. Z8 ?/ ~0 O: g/ J' b+ ]: I, d4 }
『那麼﹐這些神至少也應是幕後策劃者﹐罪加一等。』芝娜道﹕『借用一句俗語﹕* A- c: J5 t8 ]* G1 X; d$ u0 M( F
你們真是「看戲發愁﹐為古人擔憂」。下面是兩篇類似演說詞的文章TWO SUPPOSED 0 K. B" J" x0 i( \( D5 v0 Y
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕3 x# u' T `& S4 f; C2 c
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer,
: b! m9 O# x$ Q4 Gyour worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, 5 { Q4 i! ]# X/ j
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can 6 Z g% m3 k4 L; P
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
* G4 N5 Q7 t+ z: M: Y, Wgrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. 2 |- V. \% @( {. C0 v. b
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will ; W% r$ J2 A8 h$ e. D l+ k( b9 M
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
" T, F+ {1 X+ a" [, Uand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come & [: e( G+ n; ?. r. D: M. V( m h% L
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm ) t$ b) M& }5 t
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
" n& T) q |0 A7 Q2 Kmy deep-hearted gratitude. 』
1 |8 I! J9 L* `5 L盛靳云說﹕『世上確有許多做金錢奴隸的人﹐把他們的可憐相勾劃出來示眾﹐很好。』
* t# X2 h% B4 e芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
6 _, D: R4 |1 F. G7 \" h7 Y2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 9 y; p5 h. G7 Z& h# M
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
! N9 u2 H- [7 ?6 i- P8 T$ uyour disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
5 n$ d+ P0 f; t; g [on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
3 g0 }3 w& y8 Y0 dgo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. , C' \- O) q2 d) Y8 p
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
0 J- r1 c5 E6 v& G8 B/ p I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. + S6 w* A$ N5 y3 i) n6 B
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well ; ^- y. J5 c4 L! f: I& v
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』
5 K/ K; L5 V- {7 C7 Z; p文倩道﹕『第二篇寫得更有趣。就是不知作者如何去懲罰鈔票。』張明生道﹕『燒$ O" l" N* |+ z3 n; f1 W R: l
掉它。』盛靳云說﹕『那反過來等於在懲罰你自己。』鄭莉道﹕『如果由作者來寫﹐
$ w; w0 f& E: P7 h1 J一定會有個有趣的懲罰方式。』芝娜翻過幾頁說﹕『這裡有一篇題為ON BEAUTY) Z6 o* K: i l) P3 q5 a4 P! x5 ?6 ?
(談美)﹕8 C0 b, w8 a1 D/ \3 {
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
1 b) n0 i5 r; G: |) z1 Qwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with $ g/ x) L2 O! k8 i; G& h
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
# M( z3 C8 R* [- P" Rshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
3 t% E1 ^# ^# e* N: f4 V( Qher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
' @% k/ {& L' P0 m3 Y2 r: g# n* t2 V7 Ior a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the 1 s1 V7 k/ O9 r8 T: f$ `% f
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,: k1 l; F" m: l8 F) {; y9 F3 A
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
# x9 Y4 ?+ e9 W7 x$ Ddogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
) X. s- `( A8 B! @& y p0 F# O% Tfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
0 C2 A( _/ D8 k! p- cmore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with / J( O; h( p- K# o$ G1 `" N
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
4 v ]) [# r7 I: H% }7 y3 wround another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne 8 _! L1 r- L9 B9 K1 {8 U
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty 4 [* q8 k" i$ Y/ |/ S' C
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty 4 |4 [: U: l) \) k3 a
but the preserver itself.0 @5 B: O8 f& y, o
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
# H8 D6 @9 f/ g* v0 E9 {4 Ya beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
$ ?& O" {" {% k$ k4 A& hstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, + N& c) H5 N+ c9 S
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
9 t! }* M* U2 j; N& X/ y% O2 v( C smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
$ a n& Q% ?8 e' R: {in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
0 a% d" u3 v* p+ K% F; s1 o! L# c openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long 8 W |% A6 N) P9 O& |$ E; m
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
9 ^' E- X3 ]* m$ I0 C; Aa vase with the clay around it. 1 U' [/ O$ a+ G% i
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
) Y7 q! p. h4 { h' O2 ]- fthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
$ a# P$ j! ]2 E/ V& O; h+ ~4 fexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but 7 |4 P( k4 ]. k( F( [
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
# z) s. [# S2 k* n+ N his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
* W& x- \3 `3 b4 Mbeauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate , C+ ~/ w5 p# |5 C+ I
with the shrunken beauty.』* I+ C# X6 Z" {& P1 D' j6 `% e
彥君道﹕『這篇文筆甚好﹐有古典散文之美。排比句似脫胎於被喻為美國文學之父, q4 @% P$ O0 N: ^ J- K
的華盛頓‧歐文所著的《遊歐雜記》一書。立論也好。古來好德不如好色者往往為( X; p- d$ l/ S+ A3 f! n
色受累﹐甚至身敗名裂。』盛靳云道﹕『我將來娶妻一定要先好德後好色 。』
9 z+ e( O, H" ^( C. ^/ F/ O查雄道﹕『我看還是好德兼好才﹐色會衰﹐才不會衰。』張明生道﹕『那你娶妻貌8 d9 y+ T4 C( E ?
似無鹽如何﹖』芝娜看著查雄直笑。查雄自嘲道﹕『我恐怕連無鹽也沒福消受。將& N8 o6 ] ]/ e l& ^
來還是娶過無頭的吧。』大家又笑了起來。張明生說﹕『那你娶個凶殺電影裡的無
; k2 Z! f7 M- I' s) N, o+ W X頭屍吧。』查雄道『好吧。你以後留心替我介紹一個。』張明生道﹕『我從不做媒。6 s1 B( X* Q( q( q: X1 m6 Y0 D
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕, P) D" d' @. F. g; b' I
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
# U+ K- U, g3 Y7 g( S0 W4 F in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
1 n9 ~+ o& D) t the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited 3 D2 H, j! Y- n( }1 r2 J. v8 R
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, " [2 C! y2 q& X4 B0 i" p6 g
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
$ P$ o0 `, ?: {( a3 S1 bupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
0 b2 _; l n2 L ?3 Q0 k( j% lare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon + H# f; H! m2 {0 C; h6 ~; _5 \/ Q
hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
: @; f; }6 W# N; W( i. Fthinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a 2 O. K) W8 S1 W: M
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
1 a& |! ^2 Z q: Y- Jat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
/ s7 V4 e: p7 tsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as 3 L, `5 J# w7 Z& h
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." 1 z4 R+ w$ q4 B0 r7 c
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the 6 ` Q0 M& e/ _
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
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盛靳云說﹕『這篇短文諷喻得好。從一個小小的汽球引發出大道理來。』芝娜翻過0 y$ l I3 ?2 E7 h- A+ W: ]
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
: ^1 S2 v& V. v6 ~' t' \ Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without ( f: m& N! B+ o) G3 e" q
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
/ U& O1 U! K6 n$ y% @: i- \' ]. Ocorruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
# Q0 w: J* M3 [4 d: z- |6 estate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered - J7 m1 X0 V* Q9 u
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette * D5 P! m8 @: A4 p
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
' q: i, u; C1 r9 A7 ~ O/ r+ msociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, 9 B! Z- U( q3 u' M2 @3 n
on which only the coach could roll forward.
, {1 l' ^5 t: `9 ]3 @' L4 a% y The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
8 K8 W' y2 C! D+ Wbe the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
2 q9 @1 k' @5 [/ Vwar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind." y: |; J. i: T R3 ~0 c
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
" @$ h: s& e, y7 `' {$ jby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand ( V9 c% {* y- a
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
. |" \) p* ]6 u+ lagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
. _; I3 S, b+ |* x/ y$ b6 \# R盛靳云道﹕『我是最討厭俗禮的﹐但必需的禮貌還是要的。歷史上確有許多因無禮+ N. }. N- N" V3 M1 v Q
而引出的悲劇。』鄭莉道﹕『作者這些雜文確實寫得很好﹐即使冒充是再古的人寫
/ B, u2 @- t9 a! D# t3 H& z2 F* D的﹐給有眼無珠的人看了也分辨不出。』文倩道﹕『不告訴你的話﹐如果冒名是HAZLITT寫
- j; R8 l1 H8 f% X* b; ?的﹐你分辨得出嗎﹖』鄭莉道﹕『最後的例子說明這篇文章不可能是外國人寫的。5 ^0 W, h$ G3 G; [( M; A7 J; `
外國人一般不會用中國典故。』文倩問﹕『如果拿掉最後的例子呢﹖』鄭莉道﹕( m) E( D n& ]# R/ W, k
『要辨別古人文字的真偽需要有很高的文學水平。我自認沒有這種本領。』芝娜道﹕
" E5 f6 x1 P0 K" s# K『冒充古人有什麼意思呢﹖』文倩道﹕『或許開個玩笑﹐或許由於自己尚未出名﹐
f+ u+ v5 ^- r作品難以發表﹐只得冒名古人。這種事也並非絕無僅有。』芝娜道﹕『這不關我們* b, M+ f( y/ ?4 i2 D
的事。我們只有欣賞的資格。』翻過幾頁﹐芝娜又唸道﹕『我來唸篇劉禹錫「陋室
2 r4 ?* T9 ^+ C& v銘」的譯文
0 o8 E6 G; O5 V2 A! k& W& `/ VAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕2 F) A. d) c, L8 Z! `$ F. ?
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
3 z5 g ]' f' c, t- ?" w. v" Lcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
7 F! o4 K- G3 [% N. n A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant
) W3 T# t. B1 j6 C, _. Gare the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen . c( T; @# ]+ i1 v# C
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
4 J3 u( F( j* H# Zand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
# i6 v* V& z" m8 ~& K8 Xsutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make $ k/ M. c* M- Y5 M
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
2 ]$ ?* ^1 g6 [' g! E) Gin Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
" |! n$ R7 r% u/ m: ^彥君道﹕『這篇譯文意思都譯出來了。文筆尚可。文句排比與中文原文是一致的。5 C0 N8 n' Z/ m9 c7 E
只是我沒看見別的古人是否也譯有此文。要有比較才能分出優劣。』張明生道﹕$ S7 w% c# @4 S3 g" a
『你這也太苛求了吧。你們這些搞文的人總是想貶低別人的。似乎不這樣就不能抬5 Z& Y0 _7 z* K `4 b$ w" ~ E
高自己。其實適得其反。尤其是有些已有虛名而並無實學之輩。我想﹐要表示你有
0 d1 a/ Y" |# C- {! u, _才學的最好辦法是拿出比別人更好的作品來。所謂「桃李無言﹐下自成蹊」者也。』- r* V* g7 g" ~8 o( {
& Q5 k7 K4 C( K/ o4 m \, a
芝娜闔上書說﹕『我到書店去沒見過這本書。幾時得空我到舊書店去看看﹐也8 E# R3 P9 a# A7 ~ v3 s
買一本。』彥君道﹕『舊書店也不一定有。借給你到學校圖書館用微縮機複印一本
% X/ @$ v% Z6 h3 r5 Q0 p1 M好了。』芝娜道﹕『那就多謝你了。』文倩道﹕『多複印兩本。我與郭如儀也要。』$ ]& t7 j1 q- ?( i2 J) t& C
鄭莉說﹕『幫我也複一本吧。』當時各學校都有微縮機﹐能讓學生以成本價把書或
9 ^4 w2 x$ E) f資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。: Q) [2 z6 r* _+ v* T7 w
晚餐以後﹐查雄提議跳舞﹐無人反對。只有悟空沙僧不跳。悟空笑道﹕『俺只
0 i8 w$ k/ _; i1 X3 B" T7 u會跳高跳遠﹐跳上跳下﹐跳來跳去﹐就是不會跳舞。』八戒自上次出乖露醜後﹐再
( j4 }3 ?4 i$ K& w. ^ y: Q6 Q `8 I也不敢跳舞了。張明生故意逗八戒說﹕『胖兄﹐請一起來跳舞。』八戒直搖手說﹕
2 k! Q3 a! h# v5 f『不跳了﹐不跳了。』其他人把中間桌椅折起來﹐搬放在走廊裡﹐伴隨著激光電子
8 W9 G& \6 W/ C音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。* i$ C8 b# @$ d& M4 [
匆匆又過了一星期。星期五一早﹐芝娜與鄭莉一起來查雄寢室﹐約他們去看一8 c, m2 Q5 V) t9 s2 _- f' `
個新開的畫展。張明生說﹕『咱們把孫兄胖兄也請來一起去。』大家知道沙僧總是
5 `2 j7 x, O5 r; v- `; `在房裡或圖書館裡度過週末和假日﹐手不釋卷地看書﹐一般情況下是不隨他們一起
9 ^( Z- P: C; d7 O去玩的。所以﹐不是特殊而有趣的地方﹐他們不去邀他的。悟空八戒跟著大家乘車9 v+ m/ w! f' x% Y5 j9 G/ Y$ N2 K) J
來到美術館。裡面按年齡職業或作品類別分成幾個展室。每一展室出口處有一桌子﹐
2 W; a$ l2 u- `. }上有紙墨筆硯等﹐供觀眾發揮才能的﹐可題詩作畫﹐或寫些評論等。第一展室乃幼
4 a( T: c b% B$ Q% h! A9 z兒畫﹐當然畫得幼稚可笑。八戒不知﹐看後說﹕『這樣的畫﹐俺也能畫。』居然在9 ~/ G& d* E% [
出口處的桌上﹐拿起紙筆來﹐畫出一座歪斜的宮殿﹐兩匹馬不像馬﹐驢不像驢的動. t9 A' W6 r+ z
物﹐一個穿官服的人不像人﹐猴不像猴的高等動物。他的意思是要畫弼馬瘟看馬。) d4 ?+ t" s/ ?) |, n6 a+ [
旁觀者看著哂笑不止。張明生問﹕『胖兄﹐你這畫是什麼意思﹖』八戒道﹕『不能
# j, E- \9 z9 t; t說的。你們自己看吧。』盛靳云道﹕『畫總得有個題目。你這畫題目是什麼﹖』八
8 j. p' i' k; m6 Y/ y戒想﹐如果說是『弼馬瘟看馬』﹐師哥必要生氣﹐忽然想起他看到的有些幽默諷刺
6 r1 C/ b1 a* b# P" c2 o' V/ i) T畫旁寫著『無題』兩字﹐於是就說﹕『俺這畫是無題的。』眾人一笑置之。在工農
: Q3 n7 M" [2 b; Q展室裡﹐有一幅『秋風紈扇圖』。一個古裝美人﹐手執紈扇一把﹐凌風飄逸﹐眼神6 g; s# A" P- ]
流波。但大部份畫都是反映當代生活﹐生產勞動﹐體育文娛等。在出口處﹐盛靳云. u0 z& |* m# y J" z, a
說﹕『我想在此題詩一首﹐曰「詠秋風紈扇圖」。』於是寫道﹕『誰人惹起秋波橫﹐
+ @ p" u/ \ v% V, `千種嬌媚一處生。任是姮娥降月殿﹐亦應自愧避邢娙。』查雄道﹕『你把漢成帝時
+ }6 p% q5 n1 ?8 l7 T; b( m& x尹邢相避之典中的邢娙娥三字去尾使用﹐似無先例﹐教人怎懂﹖至少該用「娙娥」
: x+ E+ _9 d" b; C1 B兩字吧。』盛靳云說﹕『用「娥」字結句不能葉韻﹐故只能去尾﹐不能去頭。且文+ \' x# D' j7 z' s
開先例之事古來不少﹐何我不可開此先例﹖』張明生道﹕『你不要專做怪詩。做詩還9 u4 k6 I- T3 x: l9 U6 q
是質樸些好。我也來試做一首。』說罷就坐下來寫道﹕『揮紅點紫寫群雄﹐新作萬千
$ T5 I6 _' B4 q各不同。欲問精珠誰孕育﹐無窮智慧是農工。』芝娜道﹕『你這首詩雖然質樸﹐除6 o1 _, @( ~; V
了「揮紅點紫」四字較好外﹐還有不少詩病。「千」字犯了孤平。「精珠」有何出
' a* I. G/ ?5 J! g典﹖你說「無窮智慧是農工」﹐那麼科學家﹐哲學家等就沒有無窮智慧了﹖』張明 N/ t7 c; y1 |/ t& z D
生辯道﹕『我本不會作詩﹐所以說是試作。且上星期六在彥君家唸詩﹐那位古人說8 v% I+ h! _# _/ J
作詩不必拘於平仄﹐你自己唸的﹐難道這麼快就忘了﹖再說我把好的作品喻為「精0 v5 o n6 E1 v4 v
珠」﹐有何不可﹖何必非要有什麼出典才能用。我說「無窮智慧是農工」﹐因為這+ H5 \* ]: l! [: M( q0 x
是「工農展室」。我沒說科學家等沒有無窮智慧。你這就是欲加之罪﹐何患無辭。』 F: H5 s) t ?8 E# {
芝娜笑道﹕『你們聽聽﹐我說了一句話﹐他說了一大車。算你有理。其實當代人評
$ U. @% v: Z* p4 }論都難免由於利害或妒忌等關係﹐或拍馬因素﹐從而失之偏頗。只有讓後代子孫去2 { |4 [, b) U3 c
評論才會公允。』 |
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