# V" B0 E/ c# y“真天命太平天国劝慰师圣神风禾乃师赎病主左辅正军师东王杨,为诰谕夷弟知悉……” $ ^+ y, S! r& o% M# U, W& J1 _$ h3 T: P7 q, A
估计,就是这个名号,足以让麦勒西身边的翻译跳江。) T9 P e$ z9 e- h2 U D
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其后的文字,带有极强的非现实色彩,仿佛是神对一个土包子的训诫。也许,在麦勒西眼里,这位东王的来信,简直像是从中世纪发来的,然而,作为一个中国人,如果仔细读这篇文字,可能会产生另一种感觉 –3 E) J! C3 \8 M5 i& R
2 S1 O8 ^ V( Q" B* _$ [) @如果真的如历史上所描述的那样,杨秀清执掌天京大权,那么,太平天国首都的交通,一定难令人满意。 + Z2 y, e/ S t1 L3 _' t5 M. r2 B2 g. D
因为这位东王殿下,怎么看怎么像个玩铁锹的。短短的一篇文告中,只怕挖了多少个坑,要坑谁,他自己都有些说不清……; W6 T) l, G6 W* e
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[待续]+ c( _8 U' ^! d/ F5 n* W& @ 作者: 萨苏 时间: 2012-6-7 21:24 标题: 一场穿越式的问答 – 当洋大人碰上了拜上帝教 中 本帖最后由 萨苏 于 2012-6-7 21:26 编辑 ' a5 w5 m0 v9 d; @# S$ ^/ f9 c- `9 b* H; p9 i& N
) J! ~" q) T; ]2 J: VHow tall God is, or how broad? ( x6 R$ q6 a' K: dWhat his appearance or color is?9 Q |5 h/ u$ j( |
How large his abdomen is? ) S3 @! R& F2 ?# x0 f4 `What kind of beard he grows?# q z5 P5 _, j4 Y# Q2 H
How long his beard is? & w7 x' p4 P- `& K9 q% SWhat cap he wears?7 Q0 u9 w* T* O) V9 |
What kind of clothes he wears?2 |& I' F0 D3 {3 [# u
Whether his first wife was the Celestial mother, the same that brought forth the Celestial elder Brother Jesus? ! U5 _! c/ M% V& @. d: sWhether he has had any other son born to him since the birth of Jesus his first born?$ m0 y- \7 ^: |$ z* ]6 u" ?
Whether he has had but one son, or whether, like us mortals, a great many sons?4 c8 s/ D y- l3 p
Whether he is able to compose verse?, h$ U# c% K( q+ J
How rapidly can he compose verse?9 H+ ?4 g6 ?! J/ a$ T
How fierce his disposition is?8 `" e1 z& V& v
How great his liberality is? 6 t) S+ K1 Q/ G: G4 G-Your nations having worshipped God and Jesus for so long a time, does any one among you know, & A& M9 `9 ]* g, b* H0 EHow tall Jesus is, or how broad?! p% B. V+ k ^9 }. ` y& F
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Of waht color his beard is? , g* P' P4 H( @8 cWhat kind of cap and clothes he wears?/ w7 k D6 ~+ h4 d5 [4 L& O1 J
Whether his first wife was our elder sister?8 @( n( x' {" Y$ @# ]" J1 u, |
How many children he has had? ; `1 P1 }2 z, P0 N: HOf what age is his eldest son? Q+ G/ |3 r* }0 j: J7 xHow many daughters has he had? - c4 i" C3 H: z" O) m( s) wOf what age is his eldest daughter? 2 M4 w9 [* j6 g' L0 i% w2 |/ SHow many grandsons has God at this moment?' y, M; ^6 i G9 a/ S, f0 ~
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How many heavens are there?3 R. s$ G3 Y. V/ S
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What the highest Heaven is like?' E5 I) r$ U3 s/ \7 C; k5 C8 i
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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。 / O' y. P. K3 h# ] - X+ W! {4 Y5 L! `6 U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, ; I# A* Q3 w% q- z3 n5 `0 H: T# M& Z* k% x5 X
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。1 s% U6 W9 Z# _! s4 Z
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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。 ) A& C2 m4 k. L2 F( z n/ K, {9 ?* V- T0 |( a* z+ e m6 h4 _4 o
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估计英国人看了这些问题以后该这样了吧?——, ?8 v5 N6 C" r% Q; l
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# }) D! d% J/ C% C& m3 X 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。 Q1 S% J- Z) N# P % |" e& x* @! u- i* @& _6 k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。