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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕! _0 j B9 M* n7 I1 t
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
/ ^1 `8 @: A6 ^! g% W) h K Against the sky blue! % U( z5 J! V6 u, T( z% F
Is it the blush of Heaven,
2 \* k; z$ E% Y# c As on a maiden's cheeks,
0 E" p( | l# |& n When she catches sight% j9 l u. ?, Y# L
Of her coming lover?' x$ W7 A8 ]1 R# G8 Q+ H
2) Lo, the red afterglow,' u, ?; Y# n! F$ G7 U
Against the sky blue!
+ h3 Y- {, S. O3 F( X Is it the fire of bivouac5 G0 |0 r/ D" I/ b
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
& ]( }, p- O/ M( @7 v On the banks of Milky Way# k- L, r3 o3 o, n
Holding a celestial picnic?
+ K/ k/ q5 n( j/ Z u% h3) Lo, the red afterglow,
& Z0 a5 O4 f4 F8 X Against the sky blue!
( p, I; G# v* ]* n$ s+ Q# U5 [ Is it the ruddy gauze veil
5 L5 \7 k' P/ _; X& B4 G8 V0 E; @ That veiled the face of Juno
& V% d8 Y6 ]* g* O On her holy nuptial day
' y/ I. O7 [; N- h When she married Jupiter?
" T7 p( N% U- g) [) O4) Lo, the red afterglow,3 }; |% k1 i, H p s2 c2 `
Against the sky blue!
. Z% H# {/ y0 v0 l0 O Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus" Y. G8 O. ]; W# ]- K% q( U
Stolen by noble Prometheus,
% x4 x) R' o$ s" G. M; Q And in his careless down-flight" K% U% C$ t% \9 V
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
% h1 Y1 j% X7 g" V, A$ C+ t5) Lo, the red afterglow,' A, N: s4 F6 z- G8 ~1 @2 m
Against the sky blue!( n& D8 i. c; s; o8 b
Is it the blood of the heroes
" f8 A1 J# z U A N0 }4 T3 D That died on battlefields3 K& X2 x5 G' Y) R
In the sacred defense6 r; |; M, F* H$ M
Of their dear motherland?* M9 V0 P8 {# ?9 D( x h! d, P
6) Lo, the red afterglow,3 \8 r m, j4 n+ f- |
against the sky blue!
2 N8 E; q* h6 b If it the Isle of Coral$ X0 @ ^& \7 _0 x1 Y
Removed by a white witch
! Z$ N( I4 E/ W. U From the Pacific deep) E+ F5 J" P% r
To the heavens above?
1 P% _( [! n+ Q* X# i( I* s! h7) Lo, the red afterglow,
3 V9 U8 B$ T8 n Against the sky blue!* ~) R4 ~; o! R' h7 u* x1 O& a
Is it a cluster of peach trees,! Z8 y+ [- O+ C, g
Their blossoms in full bloom,0 l, \9 o4 v: ^0 a5 c; @- W1 B
Grown by the daughters of God
+ N) ?# H7 E. A5 S$ c And watered with nectar?
4 K& j! i. w2 \7 |+ a0 Q0 B+ R8 K8) Lo, the red afterglow,% l6 u0 I% [6 J* k2 A7 R$ n
Against the sky blue!
0 T( k6 R0 l; x' j1 M% m Is it Flora's rouge
: }; d) u" }% y9 k+ F Spread all over the sky
8 h% v; P0 w6 z9 s) ^) M3 i! L8 G By her frightened maids
7 w$ Z7 E8 \1 t: F3 Z H( I- x In escape from her anger?
' w; i8 l) a- w& W" _. m9) Lo, the red afterglow,
7 {6 g8 j* f# x. W6 ?# }/ t1 ] Against the sky blue!
; C6 }: t z) x H. P Is it a large piece of sponge! |; t# ?4 S- X: F
Soaked through with claret c: {# R7 m3 }3 Z. a# X1 t
Upset from the Holy Grail
- d1 f3 r( _. o By a rash cosmic pilot?』( ]2 N, r- F6 B7 e
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
, [4 }+ f& P9 _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 F6 g1 n3 t4 _7 p
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
+ P, F/ l$ I# R( f W9 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
+ W. \4 G9 C) ?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
* e5 n4 u! E4 K! h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
; ]3 S" f7 c8 r' O+ w/ I$ v8 C- X% L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。 + d& |# R) y9 Z8 T) Q
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﹕
4 A. W' t5 K0 {3 qWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,6 b6 Y# u( m- e0 G5 ~* d
Just love to get on floors so high. 8 n2 U1 j: x" o1 b/ M
Just love to get on floors so high,
$ f F$ K# w4 w/ Y) n- RTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.) `! }: H& P) ], C
6 K4 |& a' ]- z. EBut now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
9 V) T; B& V+ o+ W7 ` Afraid to get on floors so high.
: ?+ Z- g( i* o' L Afraid to get on floors so high,
( E" k0 g4 t/ F+ c$ ?9 [" I8 YI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』4 `4 x1 j) I4 s/ l& ]6 v% F1 u0 _% t
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: | y) s: o/ d
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。5 [- d! P ^1 C) }2 R' u" z
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﹕8 _; }. { o6 c3 g; F$ l$ l
『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+ r8 q' f1 T; B8 D
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' [1 Z+ [, ]. T9 M" }4 ~
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/ q% m5 I. p" W, R ^
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﹐! u- b. Z+ |# w3 u1 c
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
9 P" p4 X+ A/ B# R6 k" I/ H ?2 m0 F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
7 l0 L) @0 \8 U, ?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* Y2 Z; Y% G6 A: L
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
" u" W) d' v& T4 O f1 L: g! E4 ]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
4 }& `5 Y% i L6 M4 O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2 Y, a3 u& q* r1 [4 n) n# K
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﹕
8 \% `0 p7 y; Z ?; r7 lPoor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
: M$ {9 N# b- I# Asuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by : ^" Y7 C* k6 p, N# q; N. A
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty 7 q0 b9 P8 I. Z
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
2 i( h0 |- L+ x7 {native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
- q# H7 r! J( S |2 l% @unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his 3 N6 w/ G0 P+ b4 I1 ~- r/ V
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust % C! ~1 [7 ]. X; w/ b \
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only $ E) V9 g8 ? d: G
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical 5 i- e: C7 b3 \3 M
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
]& D' O/ g6 Gthe plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
$ n' G/ v9 ^( Q i5 t7 Nthan poor Odipus!』
! \: f* h. M2 s; X& ^0 U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﹐
" J* Q# I; z% I6 e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﹕
1 i& U8 D, D! q' J, j4 |『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﹕
$ U7 D9 \4 F) j1 x, `$ q5 B0 D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
B1 A. A% r7 D! T8 G! d! \ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
: _6 x5 M" p* m2 ^9 f7 W" F1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer,
# O" y. v9 t; G% fyour worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, . t1 J! x: u' ^) c b1 o
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
. G: D2 O& ?% J5 z7 @! \get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a + D" `4 E/ B9 L- X9 _
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
' ]+ l. s0 l# D; g3 E& {2 YBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will ) \2 N. j( I+ k2 r4 N
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
1 q C* i; l8 T5 s9 m8 b$ `and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
" e/ B! d" W1 P0 `+ x, K9 @6 uto me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
5 G/ z9 \' h6 g8 {willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
0 n* \' A# ]: c. W- @5 Mmy deep-hearted gratitude. 』
" o4 X$ } e3 {: J. J6 W6 T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。』9 n8 W% k/ C% b0 @% o
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
* `* w$ y$ e% v4 y% n2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 7 \# @0 L: b8 O8 ?9 c6 A6 I+ ~6 t7 n
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
3 o/ k5 s- X( v# k; }your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
+ W8 k; t d% H6 }on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
. P' J y6 v, [ X9 ?0 Y$ ogo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. 2 i# |3 _$ _+ P# x1 x
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you 7 R- O. v+ x C1 u# e, |( V
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
, Z9 t/ R0 b/ v% C# Q+ X" kOh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 7 I: `0 i9 B) E8 ~/ V
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』
4 [8 Q; Q1 p& L8 b4 @% O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
$ a; c9 g+ b, T2 A# a* N5 J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﹐" s! h6 X% S: F: P2 `2 q3 [2 M
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" h2 W$ K. M) `0 @, ~& Y
(談美)﹕) R. L; `0 m' b2 ?8 o" N+ ]
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone 1 t& j1 S. l: y$ H6 z( Q/ [5 J
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with : e( `2 l B( ~# c% X8 t
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
& i+ i0 F, u R1 N( Q: o6 J6 A0 oshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
$ |4 A, f7 p- M9 Eher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance ! H0 I! g, x+ O' l& P
or a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
: Y$ [% ^5 y8 d7 Bcoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
F0 N6 V0 G: h9 ?* E; X proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
1 H: |0 ]6 w e- [dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
, N8 ?& V& M+ a( ~2 l4 |fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
$ {% J+ o0 |$ R# ?- `4 k s& a9 Nmore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
5 J3 H7 G5 I3 u6 W! }# _a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
5 g8 |6 b& R" Z0 bround another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
0 \) v! |- W/ p- gfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty / c$ {9 J4 N7 c& h
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty ; U& p4 U7 w7 z$ E
but the preserver itself.4 J6 f7 a1 B6 F5 y1 a7 U, h* O
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
4 U4 g: r% Y) b, J2 sa beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the 6 m& E/ ^3 m' q, {& x, @
struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, - |' y/ }! \9 c% v3 x
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made ! W- g4 S. ^% q2 l: U$ a# K _- J
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, ' @/ M& F e8 O* G' T. R- C
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
. X- `% b' A" v& v# \ O }% d& V openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ! v2 B: r: E0 v/ P: V4 R2 v
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into 0 z. m4 G" d) \, ~; Y
a vase with the clay around it. 9 w4 k! o, x' c
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
8 o' ~6 [5 }- nthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
, B* r! n- y( sexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but 7 S1 s: k2 b u
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
% T: H8 E/ s; E, k* } V/ d) N his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two 9 k: J3 X! q& b' |. I7 u
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate 6 S' Y) b5 |3 r8 u: ]
with the shrunken beauty.』2 r; S# @9 Y' x, k" j1 x8 w
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* [% v# Q" _6 d
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5 J) t8 ]. I* y4 K7 K Q# o7 U
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 。』
; v6 a0 }4 s8 g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
0 D) e7 x2 b8 u% n) |- ?/ g6 u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' p& Y: S3 u8 W) A
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6 g) I% m) i5 U
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。
8 m: }% G8 q$ P: H, Q你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
$ g9 \8 H& q" S# D7 [% ` A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon ! j3 Z$ B( e# Y! `' j6 z
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
) }+ F* O' @/ e8 g1 t4 G/ m the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited 8 T) j8 N0 ]3 {3 b, l
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
! |0 t* Z4 p! F, W: ~- K+ D& ^1 ^feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
7 N% E% s2 N% I8 Lupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls * n" N, w2 V1 r1 X4 a0 ]/ e
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
% Z/ z. V4 [$ \& Yhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
]9 I2 ~3 |, g. }thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
, b K: f& G7 }8 Q6 Jthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
% B6 ~+ V2 {; ?; @( o; Yat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
+ w0 v! S* k# I% R* \salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as 1 Z P* I* d. O
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." % D/ `! n+ ?0 [" u' K; @
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the 4 |' O9 C- E+ x/ L
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
2 ^5 h6 Z$ [* {: n』
( z8 L) |' L5 {# |" g( W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
( l# n1 [& k! @+ [" ]3 B好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕! |9 _* A, m" u9 a, n3 G2 I& l# r
Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without + b! \- [( [* O
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 5 G; x5 Q2 ]% Z
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable $ c' S& M. C% ^: w1 y. t' Z- [
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
6 ?2 K" {5 p% M# _: P0 v: Lby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette , F2 G0 f4 N b9 @# H9 l; F
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if ' ?2 ]1 g; k) |" z
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, 5 L, J) P. \# N2 t, D5 `
on which only the coach could roll forward.
, b) N* s6 Y' s, c" @, q7 ?5 \/ N The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to * ~# b" W. x# |3 n
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
) W- `& H5 }2 v- w5 N. q6 wwar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.+ M( R v1 E- G
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
8 k$ q( I6 U8 Q. h: aby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
, R# F) ~! I# ^/ }* ^9 n" ion ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid 4 l" S, `9 r% J9 P
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』: O3 b" V# x, f$ @& |
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3 N) o; v" M8 _# u' A! |
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
' Y* j" m' P' h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
3 Y/ z( ^& m+ q' \' _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。- X5 b$ ]/ ~& l- _8 ^+ p
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﹕, Y0 m4 P0 w3 ]+ V) H$ u
『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﹕
4 L0 l1 e' [% J5 u" W+ 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﹐' n& n4 [3 S7 g3 S1 Q
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5 z* p3 v' r9 s0 Y9 m
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
& p' v( q2 z a1 @) |) }0 ]銘」的譯文
; J# m( O: @/ P& {! w2 zAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕) s3 m2 L! |" ]
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
$ f- V3 z" L, l" M2 ~3 lcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. 7 N7 c9 r* _9 U6 a+ i
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant $ M: i0 x) U: b. _, r
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
/ \$ W, y6 \$ F: d' ]) ?" [ l9 { as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
8 ^6 i- l% D/ I" h% F) Uand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
/ \5 }# R5 n: `# @' o# Q# vsutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make - Z9 g: i2 X, C( M8 y a
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance 7 `: p6 v- K. J( ]# b: `( t9 q
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" 5 R5 H& q3 A8 D8 v$ ?9 J+ i
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 r# W" a8 `, w; w# f _2 o( D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﹕
; p- D9 e; R8 m( ^% H- |『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
/ j2 Y. x v, L0 l; t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
' T4 I5 f& S, ]3 |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。』% M9 C: A& Y$ \4 I, K
. Y! E! _4 r8 n7 q3 l 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
% [% {/ w X6 E2 @. h0 h5 P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
- s$ W$ ]2 J6 ^0 F3 s) n$ p$ x( Q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。』
/ G, ]. u# X# h, c/ G; `' G2 s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; F5 R; Z, K P; Z
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。% f' H1 ^" P! J# ~1 _; v" s2 O
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
( D5 M1 ?8 E; M1 y8 }1 v# 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
( k5 ~. H8 G( h- \7 [6 v2 s$ d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﹕8 D( C2 ]' } [+ h7 ^( u% Q3 R1 W4 J
『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
5 X4 q# |4 r1 M2 t0 |音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
; f" F9 V1 D, i' z) i% W$ M; S 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
5 z1 C# R" L6 ^9 c8 T/ K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- q" j/ i2 n, o
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
7 M, \1 E1 _7 e& `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
" H1 R( _5 { m9 H4 \, o/ d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﹐
# j) _! r6 S3 }' @9 d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8 |2 K6 U9 c8 Z. g. ~- a
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
; v3 [( M. u4 X* H7 A5 V+ x# |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
, J5 h7 u: X2 f; n( W+ H7 I' p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。" j; E1 w* A$ }& [4 e/ v
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/ {' J8 n) E& d
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; O, L4 a; M3 w, 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
3 m; S. ]' k2 o; e/ X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' P( Q* V( O) q5 j! m# F5 X
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
+ i' m/ [, H6 E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
( J( h: y( }/ [; {( F3 w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﹐
4 S& O; c2 E) G+ z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# \; f! g& W
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」
! A& m: X! x: N' L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7 B& a+ ^& c9 c) V
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
% |# s/ d( W$ [: d) g7 u2 V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! u2 M6 N+ |5 P" M0 [
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
0 k, d7 b( b$ @( u! ^4 V( E* q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+ U4 q M3 O: X) }8 F
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; W1 r6 u5 M5 c L- g3 C& s
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
- s# O( g$ \. s' o" x, o0 o0 A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
4 R8 g9 f. V* d8 _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
7 B' A2 W g: H0 _5 a- o3 j% v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。』
1 e: V4 \9 D7 v4 v1 q4 A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
4 E+ J2 W7 `2 R# T$ ^/ T5 A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
* i$ M, E* U2 x% D7 \7 W- g* y8 G6 C G, \( F評論才會公允。』 |
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