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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕+ E. H; \. i/ B8 G
1) Lo, the red afterglow,$ \, Z" ~; y% F9 p7 ?; k
Against the sky blue! % v& K5 _! j3 x" [3 }( R0 l3 N0 H
Is it the blush of Heaven,
" v2 h, m6 o8 L( j" V As on a maiden's cheeks,
7 W/ h S4 a3 b( Z# d$ J When she catches sight/ l6 z$ z) e6 ^8 }& V, x7 w# t
Of her coming lover?& M. G; I. H5 I* K, o% m- u
2) Lo, the red afterglow,
: L9 y4 N$ |, C0 ` Against the sky blue!
$ P, w; F7 M% t Is it the fire of bivouac! m* c6 A" v* N+ D. e8 t4 \
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads) q* w, \6 N$ G7 V
On the banks of Milky Way
! I6 v$ x( [9 T3 d0 R+ _ Holding a celestial picnic?2 V! l8 E' f2 w8 Z1 x# F3 j/ Q' F( Z: g
3) Lo, the red afterglow,
# q& [; w6 `- E Against the sky blue!+ |/ v) f$ O5 n7 E4 {8 o
Is it the ruddy gauze veil6 X u. ~/ @- m, u* I& \
That veiled the face of Juno M: J. C% [9 ~6 N6 s7 G3 ~% ^1 @
On her holy nuptial day: G; o! d L% d2 w
When she married Jupiter?
! y0 A# D1 n* Y4) Lo, the red afterglow,2 x/ r, D, i4 L
Against the sky blue!
" `2 F1 c% k8 p* V; m T Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus, |+ D8 v+ F0 K0 R$ x, A0 \7 u7 I
Stolen by noble Prometheus,
! R8 n4 ?# g/ I6 G& ?* X' G { And in his careless down-flight) P$ ?8 F% s/ {# h; S+ W( g
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
% e) Y! b1 J1 `5) Lo, the red afterglow,7 \$ `0 n2 i5 v% V
Against the sky blue!+ z# Z: m' ]/ O4 O* x; d6 v; z
Is it the blood of the heroes% ]' K+ {! Y7 U. q
That died on battlefields! Y: M( P" H, Y' k
In the sacred defense
+ f2 R; I5 }8 X7 J1 X+ J Of their dear motherland?. }$ b0 x4 f* y" j! T) W
6) Lo, the red afterglow,( D5 X% k8 Z( F. F
against the sky blue!
6 k+ j) _4 }; e If it the Isle of Coral
6 ], R( q+ n" `/ V2 D; c0 I Removed by a white witch- A P8 o$ R1 T! B
From the Pacific deep
. p0 F5 B5 n7 Z1 l* w To the heavens above?% K/ p7 _% W. t) W8 K6 G5 v
7) Lo, the red afterglow,: \3 ^" E7 y7 Y" b8 k
Against the sky blue!' i0 |4 f- v1 `% G
Is it a cluster of peach trees,
, c; d' b) G& o, \9 V% n% | Their blossoms in full bloom,
- T! Q9 ?0 _; @* @ Grown by the daughters of God3 X4 V2 n) V! q, u
And watered with nectar?) p. f2 M5 B! u# ~, w: e8 D
8) Lo, the red afterglow,# T# k2 c5 {' D' V' M1 h* h
Against the sky blue!' M- Q( m& D1 M5 M
Is it Flora's rouge. A" J4 |" ^% G6 r# R6 i
Spread all over the sky
: q4 d% N, C7 }9 P By her frightened maids, j- L6 V6 `- f5 G A e& C
In escape from her anger?8 t1 u1 e" A% R* V
9) Lo, the red afterglow,
- J. G" y! E3 S) d/ u' Z1 w Against the sky blue!& M) s* s, A6 Z
Is it a large piece of sponge$ `! m G3 a7 C$ f# ~/ `
Soaked through with claret
6 z/ G) a; K. g' d+ F1 {+ k: Z Upset from the Holy Grail6 ]% Y2 z0 Z. _' |- ?( D
By a rash cosmic pilot?』0 Q: @% |- w/ A7 A7 Z
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. e1 t4 Y2 |8 @8 l+ C6 _. |
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
5 T! y2 v" W, D" B5 Q# |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
0 |6 q! M. \. {: }6 k( ~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
+ J& l" K5 P% K0 ^* }, h$ S7 e" v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
4 V7 ^: x/ E1 I! O& d, c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 h- A W; m5 W. o: |$ p5 F7 I
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。
6 O5 R) F$ D) y$ G8 M 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﹕! ]8 m# ^4 c5 q6 J' g! v$ h
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
, V/ n$ h" i! D( w Just love to get on floors so high. 1 U. G) k7 s7 g+ Y
Just love to get on floors so high,
- `1 k. c8 k& R: c+ v9 dTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,8 c2 t6 t4 P. A$ L. @. m: I
Afraid to get on floors so high. $ n# Y/ Y" p8 }) h1 V! w, g% g7 w) [
Afraid to get on floors so high,
3 E5 L! C1 h! [& BI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』+ M _2 x/ M3 y5 _. ]9 y3 d0 w
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: L4 \. g- k! r+ |; a( x& \
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。$ p8 n/ ]$ @+ ~
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﹕
7 {' Q' \4 c+ r8 J b+ b# k( c『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
6 |1 g: b* x7 B5 V) k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 L, b3 `( ~+ y* g
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% R6 M+ U) s9 X+ W4 t! u, B. {/ k
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﹐
: Z, W( E( k0 ]+ D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
' H. W% G" d; 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9 x: u! r" A6 L6 e, n
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
1 M6 ?. x9 g1 h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
3 s" g/ ]8 R3 R1 S- F. k. }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
/ {/ E) X" O6 O% b" r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! Q" ]0 K. D/ U- |* o! Z
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﹕# p, u& y8 S( t# f# i
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
" v; Z' m' Y5 R2 E# T8 z Msuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by % t. L j3 b1 |. q3 N* }( j- h3 A
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty 2 B% G% C/ }2 L0 Q
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
9 h! N8 g2 u2 B% J2 qnative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and 9 }. y/ p3 H, M9 s; h I
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
! Y/ x! B: \1 Z8 T0 _- G4 Lfate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust e! f8 x; R6 J
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only + X6 j1 z3 s7 ]; `8 D
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical
1 ]2 ^7 b" M! y$ Z0 _fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were * t7 }2 ]9 h: C7 q
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather 0 {5 {( @- m1 _+ [( l0 _
than poor Odipus!』0 Q8 R/ Y% L1 s3 \ `, }
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﹐
. H' R: W9 x, G* p9 h1 P, c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﹕3 s) S( S( F2 {2 c1 Y
『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﹕1 d& ^$ K& u: M Q5 j# b8 E w
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 ' V, v ~2 s0 g8 W% d4 s2 j; X' H
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕& o2 I) e8 H/ N# w! b
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, ( R* E9 x/ F$ M1 A4 Q
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, 5 b) n( E- j2 s; I/ |
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can $ e: f6 p3 Q3 Y2 T4 a, P& Q( S: ?
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a # N9 e: n/ ^+ Q: `2 d$ I4 C; w' q7 a) _
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
# y S6 n0 Z" O& t8 \& j/ [, D( NBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will ; g) m; `, l& L- z3 c* |
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog ! m- e& H& c0 Q+ ^6 {% U5 Y
and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
4 R" f& J, B* t J$ T: ?. Z* G: jto me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
d9 u3 J, A0 C9 t( q+ b+ p7 {willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
7 y# m# W2 a; V4 S) ^1 l( rmy deep-hearted gratitude. 』
8 H" l+ X/ i# D# `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。』
1 k3 N; c2 y: v% o芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕; g" M7 p# B) u( _9 Y: i; H
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, . |2 ~: g0 L: _ Z7 Y
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, G5 Q; S% k) L- o% t% l
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
9 E" C7 Z9 M1 a' h, `7 c3 mon my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
n' ?6 N4 s+ G$ ^go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
# D" [( _ u2 \2 E' k p' Q5 F/ V If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you ( n- I: t; J- b$ W, `; \- _0 m
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. ) a+ v/ j% l l8 B$ H6 h
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 0 q' ?: q1 k, b3 Z3 S
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』0 a5 E8 v1 j' f- Q/ 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$ }/ H6 v/ Z! j: N
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﹐$ p2 l, Z5 O5 N& T
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
W% g! k; o1 S8 o- k' `$ D" |(談美)﹕5 \: X4 e Q8 }+ H5 X
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
' O2 C! S/ @8 }3 T6 Y4 b mwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with 2 r9 [& y0 a( p) \$ p/ b+ S/ m% {! ?2 x
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
% p9 a) F5 C' ~: J0 F& k) C& @she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win 5 {: P$ a6 q: ~" Q4 Z- ^; L+ L; F
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
$ c- c# x9 P* d8 q6 e1 }5 b3 mor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the * a7 E5 w- F* @; e6 l/ U! s
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,: }1 A* [% ~* n, O
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
# T0 ?5 B2 \2 l8 i6 B( Y' |dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
l! X* o/ ?1 y. x2 M' U9 I0 X" Wfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
! _/ I& f! ? Omore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
/ T+ a) B4 _9 m5 I. ^3 r/ ya bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
5 f+ i/ c/ P- `5 Mround another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
0 ?6 n7 _! ~3 Y; c+ d/ Hfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
+ A% u5 u# ?! O7 k, u3 Sin youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
/ n2 L0 y8 H0 }& k7 V1 M# abut the preserver itself.4 p" J; ^, F% U! u. W2 `0 ~
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
t" G4 O/ H& j" s, R0 r, Aa beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the + {: B" ~; m; C6 ?/ m
struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, ) k, h4 Y' u+ R J# g9 x6 e$ a* A
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
" ^6 T+ J+ t2 P: ? smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, 8 L" O: R8 a i$ {0 {& k
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
1 C5 @3 i6 [( B# u. Y4 D openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
0 S/ s. P) `6 V) D* T" Zas the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
# ?7 g, G" s | s8 F0 Q5 x. H3 Na vase with the clay around it. 3 g: ~$ E' m" B( \$ q4 O" L# ~" Z7 F
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
- I+ U2 T& P: b( z, \ ?3 h0 J: ^; lthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an , A6 j V4 j4 ]4 i% a$ } w" ~
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
- ^- ~. t2 u3 |0 {4 J2 S8 o% P: Y/ Ythe latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold ! M2 k7 J) R0 i( t
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
% _3 X0 _; g7 W2 o: Ybeauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
' S9 ~; N' Y5 P* g) hwith the shrunken beauty.』
) _$ F! u% H9 S, L, C# q; C. f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
" U( l# z6 U) R% X! h+ {8 u1 F2 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
$ n0 O" [& V/ }4 v* j2 k$ D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 。』
; X. B: e7 p" y% Y7 B. 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! m) B' e) }# U" T) c5 A( J$ a
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
( ?, L! B' k( L$ Y/ _% |% M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
' J. g3 ^: X1 Z0 L1 q: D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。
% a1 O2 P+ p7 {/ D你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
1 |( U( _$ U6 n6 V) l- ~" L5 _ A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon " B& G, {5 y0 q8 c: ]$ j1 w
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from . ?; t$ L6 e6 ?
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
7 F/ x. F4 |% mpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
8 N x" b3 h+ T: z* F2 ~feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its # Y9 V. b5 _! y* m; W2 @( t
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
$ P: j% {3 u N' o- z2 {' Jare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon 5 L! I5 X- R5 H7 [5 [( L. C
hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
2 h8 j) [" I8 G& ~! i1 W" @7 F" F! sthinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
2 n* r: V; s# i6 i3 Dthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
) S) a3 g O5 e" b3 Mat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to ' A: {6 H: a3 q: z% j$ t+ Q! g
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
_% h+ ^9 M' K( \) t- hI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
7 N: v. N F4 J# w4 D3 g3 `5 t The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the " ^ E/ L: G5 Y/ i- j! y; d; q" l4 e
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!* q3 D4 k; a, G2 J& h! A
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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4 j# e% r& k" j
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
/ a! T8 }- \& g7 y, V Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without + u( M' |' K. f# L1 N* a5 x9 i
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
T: W" U. i9 T" s% l8 Ncorruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
& h* ^3 z" F0 U5 p4 T& h3 {2 Kstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
: |7 D5 T9 J# D$ b7 x6 H) d" F% ^! T+ Iby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
& ^/ L( h2 T- ^" }" K, i6 s) K; dwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
8 W9 a/ w. o8 D2 N% e' O5 v) k9 ]society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, * _1 p# O o6 f8 |3 J/ n
on which only the coach could roll forward.( q$ J* K8 h6 g/ A- P
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
7 B$ Y" J) L" n0 u% Y" h, ^be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare 8 o% k9 n/ W1 K2 _1 r/ z0 W7 h
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.& F$ z2 z) r, @: c# ^
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed 3 M7 q# q. h: v' R! B
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand % O: J, ^" r$ N8 P6 S6 L
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid 7 V: \0 w- \, t: B; P0 j9 o: a! k1 w
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』) ]0 Q* ^# R0 @# M; Q
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
' f( h. y$ d9 e" f9 |0 R7 V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
9 ~3 J! ?' v0 v# V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% ~9 a0 w7 |* s# @3 w4 {- _
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。2 C* a$ J2 W' ^8 F5 Q) e2 {; y
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﹕
; r) R, N: ~( n, i6 `『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﹕$ R! M2 H" \' D4 p3 _
『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﹐* A9 L0 N: f, J. X7 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! \7 \, W' ~; i8 E
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% {" W2 Z# B. z! _, P
銘」的譯文
( _% Y/ c. J0 Y+ [; h/ E0 jAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕) `. S& K# r7 ?! `4 L0 J
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and # n7 U. L+ f3 h$ y( _7 A Q
charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
0 r; ~" C. t+ Q1 o1 G) h A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant
, t5 U8 }; W rare the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
& ~' m" X& S; {, } as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars % j1 X# k2 @2 H$ \
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my 7 l4 l3 t; a6 h: H8 E5 }8 @8 u7 y
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
5 Q S& Q" E7 _me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
8 U( x5 E! e$ T: ?( Tin Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" 8 E: t( \/ D3 N7 k' k
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。
! j' `0 u" m/ b" u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﹕7 v: R( {) k' x6 d( t$ b
『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: [1 M |% l$ _1 X2 m* D
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/ N0 @% c% m% x; B+ z, n
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。』* b8 c$ |5 ?, s
2 A8 m1 X4 }3 \5 G# v: K4 D, O
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
* E6 e/ [( W4 t0 l; ^# C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
5 K6 ]5 V; z# J& \( P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。』
, H! l# ^& N0 K% z0 W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: Q6 q% I3 X9 q/ h. P p, p# E- Z3 }
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
& o$ w" R; p: q) j- ? 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9 b4 G8 f7 s& e7 R$ m( C
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
M! Z( w- Z4 u/ h1 P( `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﹕# i1 W5 w) s( D* S: p5 L
『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
2 p* W3 @/ r# E6 q( L# D: a& v4 D" a音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。6 A4 ]% x& M9 ?9 Q; J* r: M$ Q
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. ~$ m% n, s: f: Y: @! X' U
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/ [7 s6 E& Z9 ~/ D R2 _
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" u3 H. l2 a0 W! \3 g' n0 S
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8 g: |- R7 ]" p$ @0 b! d; \( u
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﹐
- C, d* A; U4 s" v4 U. x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& T4 a1 S% _& b8 g( }
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
2 A/ g+ M8 P, E8 f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. ?6 c4 d/ W/ {) v
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。
/ c- O& b H( L3 D' q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7 e0 N* m% ]- \2 `
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
6 L3 X7 }4 T) y" I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
. Y5 X4 [! @4 t" ~, G. R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% B+ ^1 m% F# v' F2 K" T
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# T' U% ~# ~4 b: }
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( l9 \ f6 R$ q2 t/ m, D
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﹐
5 P3 V& m0 K3 w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
1 _4 ]' U- u L7 T0 ~$ L# v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」
# F7 a0 e% G9 |, q. `/ m& i/ X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 @& e/ m; n: g2 ~ Q! s. w8 L A' D
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
2 E, t. [ `+ H! C' g7 x3 g, ?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
: O+ G% d: O9 W6 n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9 Z- F+ ~1 v; Q6 W4 F3 T
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
' ^3 K! p' |: ]- ]2 }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
; Q$ r9 L$ B: X' E4 K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
- e& w% f' ]* q- b+ x$ i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 l# r* Y' E% D( q6 ?; [
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
( r/ ]( C) q. T# v8 f7 F, h% }7 L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。』) C, M4 L$ R9 C7 I4 f' h2 c
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
; P$ D0 s8 k" \7 G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5 p3 [4 `' `2 m F4 u( l6 Y, R
評論才會公允。』 |
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