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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕
) n' B6 C$ }+ J1) Lo, the red afterglow,
2 J" w" ?6 n# A# X- y" r Against the sky blue! ; Q/ ~" ?" a& Z2 l5 g2 R! K
Is it the blush of Heaven, 2 ]* ?& }, w6 H4 A
As on a maiden's cheeks,
p' g p/ v3 z v3 _ When she catches sight
) h9 ~: M* _+ B j; ]* V. V+ c Of her coming lover?0 e5 w& R! d9 Q2 A
2) Lo, the red afterglow,* T( T, V" ~; N
Against the sky blue!
! i8 ?) w1 m+ ]1 v5 W Is it the fire of bivouac
: p G: I7 l4 w, G: [$ T Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads; N! i2 }' d( g! t( j4 n+ C" g F
On the banks of Milky Way+ n5 ~8 b+ N2 _* e' r2 @6 Y% G
Holding a celestial picnic?2 o" N( b2 }7 s( I
3) Lo, the red afterglow,
% b. K. J6 Z) _8 q& P Against the sky blue!7 E, C3 @4 q1 D
Is it the ruddy gauze veil
4 H D# H1 o% j That veiled the face of Juno P6 b& D, w. M9 V
On her holy nuptial day
+ {$ O5 @9 D2 r1 K0 ?, ~) n, o When she married Jupiter?
9 m; D2 Y- L/ u$ y$ |4) Lo, the red afterglow,
) [% F$ ]( r, f8 \! j; J/ d/ W Against the sky blue!/ \" a! d; X$ }- V/ H0 s9 S3 T0 f( F
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
% ?( q& N Q* t Stolen by noble Prometheus,6 l; L) b+ Y2 } J( J5 N
And in his careless down-flight
3 |4 t: Y+ }8 x; y" h Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
" T' B& a& j) o9 g7 t* j5) Lo, the red afterglow,& h9 D0 k; R) s; V/ n1 g
Against the sky blue!% G% q( k! s2 N' `4 U' n' `" s
Is it the blood of the heroes" W- d( e) N0 r( ~7 G
That died on battlefields
8 Y g! y1 F0 F& X$ M; J In the sacred defense
. l. w; A8 Q* w, }8 N Of their dear motherland?# v% o8 \. M3 ~) E7 Y! |
6) Lo, the red afterglow," K% j# Z) v8 f& B
against the sky blue!
" I$ W* B1 z9 M9 h8 S) e If it the Isle of Coral6 D* Q. P7 `9 M0 W# b
Removed by a white witch, j" a6 M0 [, v# J7 f
From the Pacific deep6 [: @" h' n. q# D
To the heavens above?& ^7 p- z: S9 Z, q2 I' N
7) Lo, the red afterglow,( c! N1 F% u: b4 B" l5 I2 U
Against the sky blue!1 E [& q% P2 _- J0 u9 L3 B
Is it a cluster of peach trees," s( ?/ v# F- e1 Y9 E0 S6 ~
Their blossoms in full bloom,0 c& V! H4 ^+ Z1 q; T! |3 q
Grown by the daughters of God
. X# \3 Q Y0 A, u7 T And watered with nectar?* F' k1 X- F0 q1 ?* i( R* o5 u2 u
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
7 }8 {/ ]0 z9 f8 n, v3 ^ Against the sky blue!& r/ F" U- E9 ]
Is it Flora's rouge+ i/ N$ D8 n" r$ v. Y/ l+ |
Spread all over the sky8 V5 K0 L' @$ Y
By her frightened maids& n- t% t9 S- D7 F
In escape from her anger?
2 z' k* k- w9 h+ _5 N* E/ d/ G9) Lo, the red afterglow,! z4 V# m( j! b) L% ?# b( b* ^, r
Against the sky blue!
( p! ^" U: U* e5 `% n Is it a large piece of sponge
6 `3 W, Y8 u7 G! Z: e Soaked through with claret
: t' l4 k, `- ]0 L3 ^5 G Upset from the Holy Grail
6 d( C$ Z1 p4 ` By a rash cosmic pilot?』$ K/ r1 x9 @& _3 r8 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; B; o* G' o3 r" A) d( a: s
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+ Z' k& T* c0 E6 K* N# e6 ]) e
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8 O! z% S! d% C- z+ G3 b4 v
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" A& l( N- I/ Y
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9 @9 P! z* o. I4 W
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. F1 o+ M% [ m# Q4 j
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。 $ X7 a. r5 Q- _& T2 M- w
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﹕% C! J+ g) i# V! i- w
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
% J) [9 G3 b9 }3 b% f Just love to get on floors so high.
% Q+ p0 I" a3 e( n Just love to get on floors so high,% B; `$ c4 Q: p
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.2 s/ C) F; o' C( m2 X3 k* [
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
6 C- z, z# J% {/ a% q4 }3 t1 d; e7 T Afraid to get on floors so high. 9 |9 l8 b9 G0 A6 J- s; z ^1 M/ p; |
Afraid to get on floors so high,* C9 T8 b" M, W
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
3 h; }9 ~% Y. z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
' F8 s# h" }7 U: i5 n' k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。, y1 x) |3 d- P/ f& R
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﹕
; @4 m7 B G* ~8 s『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
; ?/ d2 q/ S$ L' S8 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 E$ L* n/ O! o S$ |8 { o
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
' I# v" `- {6 y9 Y& z7 ^5 b( o9 w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﹐+ K6 h. @6 g& q
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
2 ^; @; h, ]9 m' t# o5 {# s8 S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2 y' Q" t5 ]/ s! u3 O
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" l1 t- m) S( G$ m0 Q5 T
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( a6 L% e" t( d, X6 H
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 A S+ y5 p9 }( } R6 l- f
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
& I5 L. X, G' |; P& {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﹕) J/ g) Q5 z. ?* h- G& q
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
+ w' ^0 F$ r; h: \* f2 R. ?! usuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
3 b1 _6 s9 p2 {: Ithe gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
8 a8 e6 o5 }# _3 W ^- Cgods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his 2 r- l* F- A) ~. O4 s
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
; c$ N* \2 H# r( b1 {unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his - m$ f; A1 R6 g% L$ l* t' `
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
: f) ?% X6 g* r! s9 o7 N# I; Xpunishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
4 T, W+ t4 @8 h; |# U9 Y( q7 lan executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical
" L% q( v6 |3 ?. h" P* I1 e# Kfantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were . c4 B. r, A# }" \/ _7 a
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
. e3 j# B6 `' T; wthan poor Odipus!』 E" s8 `1 p3 E9 v) q* v1 J8 T- v
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﹐6 c6 T% M0 \$ X7 Y
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﹕& M- c8 O/ O5 L& 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﹕3 O6 G; B/ K, }, t6 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
" Z$ y2 D r" x( u; U. gADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
/ Q- w1 R; w1 P' d+ w# B7 B1 M6 g1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer,
* M! a7 G4 `4 R: z, y. X, syour worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
9 P! Y3 ~) R, C8 W+ _your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
. e5 H( h( ]7 B8 w9 sget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
- K3 {8 C4 P* _" G }9 ogrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
" g- e/ ?* s' i/ {. QBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
& F2 \0 V6 s; {1 A+ H" r- }turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog ' r* P' S8 E' l3 @. H! m7 e
and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come 0 L5 H9 }. Y& g! h
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
! ]5 K P" {5 v8 {# C2 Kwilling to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
. n# K: _( X8 d: _/ K9 p$ O" Omy deep-hearted gratitude. 』3 u& ]% I: f; j
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。』! F0 P5 S0 \& y: Q/ N" f) l' V
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
6 F( c: ?1 d! L7 {* _/ N9 o2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
' P/ b# h3 Z9 I+ Uyour owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, 5 g+ s, V: o- R5 M' {7 `- S+ r
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry 6 }% `1 e; R# g" e9 s8 k
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me 7 ?% s9 C7 ^0 U+ Y8 `
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
/ O! e- B; ]# e5 [) f, v# P If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
- O9 _4 c9 [: J) N I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
) }+ }8 G$ ~# l9 y9 _6 {' @$ [Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well ; z% c: A& s$ Q2 K
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』
- ~7 _. S" Y. D- K% D: R4 g) ?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
# @' e& w+ w6 m# K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﹐% z8 x, Q" V8 A$ G( p# c9 d. z
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 BEAUTY5 w! ~9 j8 E% c9 |' B8 v' X
(談美)﹕
, g+ e, M- t9 q4 C3 b7 ~5 O2 A Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
. I, L# Q8 L, S, Hwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with 9 T% Q8 F; `0 @6 D
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
; e' N3 T+ Q+ H, p) R dshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win ' m) V/ n" L$ ^( i2 e- q
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
{0 ^% P1 E) bor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
9 R0 P2 Q( ^8 l' Tcoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
0 }! D1 L( f* n# y: H proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time @& K7 a% H* @/ V/ V+ f" @* m0 D
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to " T" B1 `5 R" @) F; J( W. g9 H+ k
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
5 o) R9 A- d3 u0 \1 P$ M9 B Dmore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
3 r& O$ }4 \+ r# sa bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized ) S# I& V2 b1 V: M, f
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne 7 ^: Z) A% n( W; y$ ?- c0 H! b
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty 0 ^" t4 {0 N2 ?" a- m" {9 C
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
; M, j8 }' R* f: H7 ebut the preserver itself.
; U* }: R2 ~* Z9 F7 X3 X) k4 m Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
4 L+ _) W: a0 La beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
* z5 u: n$ g- Q4 Y7 gstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, ; ^; A& H& U7 y! v
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
' X4 x4 _6 W3 K+ w/ j9 F7 T smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
+ n5 ^ I6 ~- i) H2 K$ W: B" b7 bin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either 0 q, K# c# [& B) j, e# N4 E! Q
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ) H+ m& U- b3 V# C' C
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into $ E' p# W g, d+ H2 V2 u
a vase with the clay around it. 9 o2 |4 a) B# k6 B* j* r+ [
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
9 K# {4 V; e9 A0 f* V: g3 M; Hthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
- i9 [2 s+ V. A! M3 kexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but 6 b3 @) ]7 o' v7 m
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
- ]9 x* N# d C5 ]4 ^9 p8 ?; D- q8 F his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two 4 P2 Q' T5 x5 S4 Z; G
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
. s0 b. w8 r; g3 [with the shrunken beauty.』
u1 V3 y1 P9 _9 s! ]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
4 |6 \& Q w- u. u O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
3 S" A: t( f1 d9 W2 Z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 。』
! A! V2 K0 f9 t7 W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
( E$ g4 k% u& D. ]$ F9 K) B1 m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 |$ [5 G) p' c0 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$ v6 a# o8 n/ \3 W6 [+ n! ^
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。- h2 r$ {' p4 i& F& I/ Q3 l- n
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
0 W/ W& N8 Y2 b( P" {7 s$ B A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon + U2 L3 S% j( I6 {$ O
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
6 T: T) ?3 ?: d9 l- O the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
2 F+ n3 H2 \4 u: ]5 S: hpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, 8 [. P8 Q( }/ n- [! l4 r
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
, ^# B6 D# o6 ~6 w0 K( N3 M2 vupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
% U- }, b$ U4 @5 Tare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
( R+ |/ ?( a) ehurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
0 J" X# I' t( V J; i- nthinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
. I6 E7 E: D, B: \+ g* G% Cthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance ; k! S; t# N! K; |& C1 m3 k. q
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
/ {" \) a G) Fsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
7 D3 \5 k. A) kI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." , U2 f8 }1 f" z! e& {; ~* R$ u
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
' ?0 n8 H9 y" p; A! O( N. izenith 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 p$ W: v, Q1 W! b/ Y9 B
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕. Y: \* O6 c) D
Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without & {" B5 Q& m- [/ a$ G D; X/ I5 S: Z
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 4 S1 z* G$ }3 S w2 d1 V+ E
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
# i- [2 }7 p9 Z3 gstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered 1 N% }+ l! J7 I: \& \
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
; o5 J$ Q2 M5 w# |would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
# L6 ^* ]/ _5 D: k# @6 A2 Z! Y4 Vsociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, * U' H- F+ e }6 y& V
on which only the coach could roll forward.
, Z! t9 N, C, q d4 I# X The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to $ p2 l+ w V6 f5 _6 t; t- t& M
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
0 K0 K4 e0 B! N3 @) v+ w2 ~war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.
) g8 I$ A$ q: \9 C A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
0 T+ N2 b6 X1 [9 }" T: L x5 \* l2 cby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
3 Y# A, ^( K. h8 p, E7 E1 q: V- Eon ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid 5 E3 k+ m$ X3 V+ C1 f% J
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』* j3 ~9 K6 h& ]- x& o& 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, q' j* a; W$ c$ B0 g3 R( k
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" _) d* E$ t' U. |
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
/ b; r) l5 }7 B9 D& o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。+ W4 H/ H7 Y+ Y: @) n
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﹕/ _. c, D" x. }, Z' r- F* ?# d
『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﹕0 D' ^5 x8 M: w7 @* `8 W
『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﹐7 p) u- V8 W0 t. m) N8 O9 C. C
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
) C3 a# x' f$ ?; f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* _; G" U
銘」的譯文
) T9 @8 Q. z% I1 y; NAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕
# O, \, i4 V/ Q" j: |1 I Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
0 d" ]! v9 ]6 ?. X& V5 T. kcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. 6 U1 R1 Z0 U( X4 u: }7 {
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant
% @( S% ^6 y7 |5 @" Qare the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen $ Q( J0 a. ~4 B
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars 2 H' L" t' ]7 J1 t
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my 8 ?6 ~3 \2 r2 ]0 [- |
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
$ u: k' o2 w9 I. c4 r6 ]- rme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
3 }9 N$ b5 h y1 Oin Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
2 Z% B" I+ T4 @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。
2 g& p; H* M1 W6 _( P1 i0 ~: m+ s6 [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﹕
+ T& y3 R, I) C1 l; }6 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
: a1 O( F: y4 y) t2 ?) R h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% T0 o$ Z9 ~- P! M
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。』
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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 I& `- m9 r) Q3 ~0 t' v
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
6 U) P. }5 k9 Y( I0 E1 I4 T# J; b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。』
2 q7 z8 M' {/ z5 u8 H4 I! @9 q K U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 K3 F0 ^0 U9 _" R- `0 v
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
! S6 c& [- l5 G1 n 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- K3 d7 {9 {+ R' `6 E/ X- s
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; Z$ F. n5 H" {
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﹕
4 L2 E* b* [! M: ^『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
* s$ }8 R) r" e: h: }2 C/ ~+ H音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。) ?/ g( ?/ h; c _3 V$ 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: N1 E( d9 C1 s2 O, 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
$ t' G. F F+ ^: d5 D. ]+ U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
6 J, h# V3 j1 S# K. y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
3 O( G q! h' x6 o9 N. [" C& E" G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﹐9 |! ]. t9 g. }
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/ [" s1 y7 m- b3 h
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 O6 d- d' a+ N, V: S# ~5 A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
& A& W" h! e P. f+ c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。
+ r- j) M- { p, ~; O+ o5 c* j" a* q. r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
5 ~/ Y2 P5 G) O0 r# H6 E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$ p+ C6 O" Q9 L0 ?) |% Y) ?0 ^
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
p' W& r% l$ @% p- G, |$ K1 y( h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
" t( z C. L( G# ?* L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
; K1 C* ^' z, V+ B0 d6 m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6 H+ l" I* s u" [& G5 T; U
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﹐: c0 o8 [* b; q; C- n) d/ O
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
& p# X$ n {* I& _8 s* X+ @8 d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」
% C1 T& b/ t. _. P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, j' X! T+ j5 _3 Y; d; J, K
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# G' h9 n j, \, {: V: H
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! l' ~- A7 t9 l. g9 E4 ~- 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
: h) `5 U* U% Z2 s9 C+ y6 A; P/ j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7 s: H" B' h3 i2 T
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 J& W! S g# R: X l; u# P
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
" I8 ?8 L5 z4 d M$ m& q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
: B D* V3 S, f# g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" G3 I- R* N! 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。』
" }7 G1 {& v; y* f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
* o/ I4 O3 }$ ?& r- K" f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
( V" e! A6 G) f6 C+ `評論才會公允。』 |
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