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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕
5 L- z! i! U& t2 F+ j9 s" a1) Lo, the red afterglow,
8 U% ?0 {+ _+ Q$ l1 F Against the sky blue!
. }7 T( s# c! u4 E$ w( j Is it the blush of Heaven, ; u& _* z! \7 A5 }' P- W
As on a maiden's cheeks, 4 ]0 ?7 h/ a6 T2 P
When she catches sight
) D9 c( J- `8 Q- y; h* ~ Of her coming lover?
6 O8 w( O$ X; b& g( C0 C2) Lo, the red afterglow,
2 u# D) W! C$ y1 R) q8 R Against the sky blue!
/ b# J" u& g( \5 X1 w% ? Is it the fire of bivouac/ ^) m# `1 X) o) ] c- L
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
+ g8 U5 X& D0 C* E* l+ m0 ` On the banks of Milky Way2 Y4 J( ^- f* y" v1 Y& ?
Holding a celestial picnic?
+ g1 A( O; L( }3) Lo, the red afterglow,
7 { }9 v7 P0 c3 Y; M( ] Against the sky blue!
, c0 D) G" T6 G5 \! i Is it the ruddy gauze veil& g. c3 k5 c4 l
That veiled the face of Juno
3 I; V% ?# z2 t On her holy nuptial day. h2 ~$ `, q$ {- y! \. k$ q, U5 c
When she married Jupiter?" C T+ L* _5 t; h+ o$ i
4) Lo, the red afterglow, d1 | e( M+ k; j
Against the sky blue!
" U- f0 U' P' N2 Y Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus; Q' }7 X2 L! v# f8 T! f; ?
Stolen by noble Prometheus,8 t% [' A0 o$ r' s& ^& B- F7 D+ v9 @
And in his careless down-flight
& @" ]' r, [" v' Z7 ]- c Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
' z4 d" A- J$ a) D, _5) Lo, the red afterglow,9 U# D! V; g3 }4 T, W2 F
Against the sky blue!
% y* M y! g0 [ W Is it the blood of the heroes
' {) d0 q) |- |1 d! {! g5 q That died on battlefields/ h/ [6 |( f. `0 e; U! O$ e
In the sacred defense
( P, o) x0 p0 i. c$ j/ D# t Of their dear motherland?
' b* ^5 M% z2 Y9 a# V9 K6) Lo, the red afterglow,4 p: x2 v$ ?" s! [
against the sky blue!# \1 f6 J6 D( I4 O7 {/ Z) ~( E1 G
If it the Isle of Coral& e8 g7 P2 Y1 S" L. n
Removed by a white witch ]( |" n$ w- R( f/ c
From the Pacific deep
# n) Y4 _% N k7 R# T7 F3 m l) y To the heavens above?4 U6 D9 B$ o: Y+ W- s, W3 h! y
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
; H, G4 R) b4 Z Against the sky blue!: I2 }2 O. \9 P2 T5 x2 Z0 x
Is it a cluster of peach trees,& g. ~1 n) c- t0 I' t9 H
Their blossoms in full bloom,- |$ Z2 P% X% |" X% D0 v
Grown by the daughters of God
6 n9 v8 z" Q# Y) { And watered with nectar?8 ~2 _: r5 s2 f2 i$ H# o8 {- m8 F
8) Lo, the red afterglow,' E+ w0 c& e8 n- T- r
Against the sky blue!" e* m: X" A! R! R; D
Is it Flora's rouge
, y0 J8 K1 I6 M1 A: P( Q Spread all over the sky" t9 ]! b$ h ]
By her frightened maids# i( |5 c4 |. a1 Q3 @6 L9 M* U" B
In escape from her anger?
3 Y) L1 Z& G& ]9) Lo, the red afterglow,8 n# {- e6 w$ o' Q' ]: `
Against the sky blue!2 o, ?, w" z9 a7 K# i1 \
Is it a large piece of sponge! [( Z2 k4 j! [/ t2 Z
Soaked through with claret5 e# p1 m8 [: r ]4 ^/ f
Upset from the Holy Grail1 N8 ]% o5 j8 G5 F C0 {
By a rash cosmic pilot?』
' Y! w( h# f% b3 C* P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
7 P2 g: U0 a: m$ o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, O9 p0 B6 E; p! W# s
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- i* \3 b0 X: C
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
1 G$ q& s, [' z6 x9 g2 H2 u7 q2 ]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
! R6 ]9 |0 c9 o7 f: 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+ F1 r( E; E1 o9 C
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。
3 q. x! N; X( n. y4 s 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﹕" g- I+ r% F: N0 x: I5 j
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,, @* ]& f6 F- c6 `( v, @
Just love to get on floors so high. 3 f0 A* A' I8 C! L
Just love to get on floors so high,9 \8 B2 u# L1 E+ y) d$ {- P
To 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,6 g$ V2 B0 Z4 c9 r7 M: w
Afraid to get on floors so high. # S* r6 X$ T- D: A
Afraid to get on floors so high, ^: u, f F {/ F0 G& C
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』+ x( @$ ~( _ @( P- C# a
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
1 f# J$ P& a+ o6 C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。; A8 ?2 k( a2 `0 \7 K
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 u" x- U3 o* r5 j
『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4 S: F' Y/ g: x/ C, k/ l- L, U
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
5 O4 P7 Z( i S4 _' z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; a/ ~% q+ O/ f. Q) j; p p8 h9 f
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﹐5 r" {. P' b" |5 S( x% L4 n7 W
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 _" S/ P/ Q% @5 C2 x; s( Q
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$ g8 \& c) W6 k w
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
7 ?8 h5 d5 n& `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) w2 H& ]; c0 E; O. b7 O) x
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
% U7 i6 d0 S( J# B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8 n7 q* ]- y; y! C j" [! c/ O
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﹕ K3 I* p; m* g+ g6 U& I' S9 g
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
% A; a& m9 K" j" dsuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by % F1 b/ L4 F7 R/ Z. w5 W$ T
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty ) r; p v0 o v' _ ~* z
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
3 ~: o1 k \6 N1 Pnative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and ) l0 Y$ g" C# x. y) ~( u
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
2 f) J2 B' P$ G% ofate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust ! g% A8 w, q; C; Z# N0 T
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only & Q3 @# W/ A. @$ F2 \* o) x7 `
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical $ z1 U. S. k/ t; x" e) Y
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
$ V+ b2 h! O8 p9 [! G {the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather + q$ q: W: H) h3 [
than poor Odipus!』& @% N. _: a: y2 g0 b6 Y! j
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﹐) u5 m' L( u* m
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﹕
7 Y" e: a( ^% |2 q2 A' U& U7 `『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﹕
- X3 O% j* m k* K 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
+ n# @) \: Y- O" WADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
7 G0 {2 m! _# l& }1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, 1 W3 n: L' s; [/ Q$ ~
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
1 S3 L) e6 K1 k8 {your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
7 \, A& c; V8 S6 g% @- zget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
4 {3 p. M: g% D3 Ogrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. ( ]3 l. ~6 \! U- ^9 t2 Y
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
) h+ ~: |6 P8 h( N. h3 e5 W4 ^turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
! ^- S9 `9 w6 ?6 C1 p1 I+ Q, sand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
7 O$ F5 n& e& P8 J8 hto me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
$ v# r6 t1 N: N8 h& h- `willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
7 N& T$ T7 K4 V* D' C1 T2 _5 }my deep-hearted gratitude. 』" d' }7 u$ E' `' N) Y% z B) y
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。』
# g' u! B1 I6 c: Q) K$ z7 N& Y芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕5 M- U: h8 i. l$ F V# z+ R0 i
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, : y) x U6 }+ b& J
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
7 O! x: A8 i# K0 l: eyour disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
/ R5 J8 n k/ O' A) ?8 |% Fon my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
$ a4 v2 v9 l! a0 _8 m1 igo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. 1 F5 w) W" A4 T/ S6 [
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you 2 f2 j( x1 N' B
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
3 a1 o4 a# A1 U* mOh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 9 f/ J5 {$ e( B m' j- E
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』- K6 z/ J! z; l# i7 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
- ~4 |1 H3 q7 g' P8 I6 k6 M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﹐7 J: ?7 k1 k/ W: 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 BEAUTY- |* B& o9 p J
(談美)﹕% Z; T; @- C6 w. A5 N& B
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
2 T) G- g F/ R. iwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with " @; P3 \+ F# @0 F% F
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
! b! t0 |: }2 p$ }1 pshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
4 ?6 H0 u+ ?$ p' u% V) `+ I* Bher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
) F3 h# [$ ^* oor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the " ^+ S# D. P0 L8 R' m
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,; j: t; i$ f1 M# G# {1 |. U3 `
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time 8 m' Y, w) _0 {2 E U0 ~
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to % w4 n' d8 q9 |" K# d% g
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring 7 s4 @. K$ ]% T
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with + w/ Z$ y' s% G" z$ X
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
5 g7 j9 U5 _8 D1 f: j7 around another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne + V2 R7 L) x/ s' V/ | h
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty % a& C, @; l3 l; Z5 d c, U- J' y
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty " I( I- B+ }! U7 j
but the preserver itself.
/ h A. L: Q" M6 K) h: ? Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such ( e7 p7 h% P( f8 Z
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
* ]1 f) V% H0 T9 C0 o- j5 Ustruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, ! b: ~: f* N; A1 C' Y
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made : F$ D z7 z1 a
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
5 \( _3 ]. w( J- B& Y9 b7 hin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
1 S3 i3 {! [0 ?' q' v openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ' E* c% U8 y8 b# X6 G
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
; p) t X7 y" O- I1 z! Xa vase with the clay around it. " n" @, X1 x+ |- [" W# _
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while 3 _0 A/ B4 b6 ?# C( P
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
, v! ^* `/ m' O$ T4 iexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but % Y4 F& t( [6 B% f
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold 1 V. R3 |1 q, i* \
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two : b# R- ~4 L8 X5 W& Z; t3 i
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
, [8 `) g0 l) R1 _with the shrunken beauty.』- X- @7 f% `" x: [
彥君道﹕『這篇文筆甚好﹐有古典散文之美。排比句似脫胎於被喻為美國文學之父& Y' Y, C/ R$ m! X0 h4 G4 R+ o
的華盛頓‧歐文所著的《遊歐雜記》一書。立論也好。古來好德不如好色者往往為
9 P; B: S! I& q6 z) u; w0 F, r色受累﹐甚至身敗名裂。』盛靳云道﹕『我將來娶妻一定要先好德後好色 。』
' K( |0 r: k; t/ L7 _查雄道﹕『我看還是好德兼好才﹐色會衰﹐才不會衰。』張明生道﹕『那你娶妻貌
% K7 t# Q2 _0 p/ w2 b: O p似無鹽如何﹖』芝娜看著查雄直笑。查雄自嘲道﹕『我恐怕連無鹽也沒福消受。將% c# u( k2 N B5 I
來還是娶過無頭的吧。』大家又笑了起來。張明生說﹕『那你娶個凶殺電影裡的無2 i% N4 V* b& S: H, W% Q L! D
頭屍吧。』查雄道『好吧。你以後留心替我介紹一個。』張明生道﹕『我從不做媒。
, l) F$ `3 G+ @- j! ]' I" e你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
" B8 W0 o2 d4 @0 b% b; J6 h A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
6 \) |! a. m, G% O" T in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from 4 e3 j2 d) b! d
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
- d2 D8 b$ i7 Ipeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
- J6 B8 C! X6 D, ]4 @/ `( zfeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its ( J- z$ m s, g' B# h/ y
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls - ]' z4 M! b* q |: j6 C* t& o
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
5 [; U0 z. q3 J: n: Lhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon $ S- h. _& M, D$ ?% A
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
: u3 x; Y I5 Rthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
; y3 F+ i' i% G4 H8 @9 \at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to : T( Q2 i- E! O, w! i+ d
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
1 u! j' M5 n2 Y2 m7 UI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." 3 b& r3 Y- v1 o" {) C$ c. B. S7 E
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the 1 c. G; J* S k
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
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$ @3 v* K9 g! W* q) M+ y1 Z g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
8 O5 ?/ \, N. c, `4 Q7 F好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
( \( B. k& H% N/ M. T Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
, c2 J8 A A& \ H) sapparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 4 `/ q3 Z. ^/ Z* R4 z6 u& g
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable # z0 d: _( h+ s/ q! P/ T
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
0 g( k0 m n$ I8 ?* `# E3 ?/ ]by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette 6 k: i9 Z$ R" x
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
/ P2 ~, E8 s) I8 e) Xsociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, 9 B) r# j9 d" _' W
on which only the coach could roll forward.- ~1 E6 k4 U. ?# h8 ]8 t
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to * @8 ?$ S1 y) Q( Z* J
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
" t' `% o$ C! Y6 |5 R; v" hwar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind./ z& F Y0 t6 Q5 W' f; G
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed 3 B+ Q% z+ Z1 k' m K# ?2 E# P
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand . [3 c; T/ _& Z' o- _5 R. \
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
5 x: l3 Y! K) R' Ragainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』* @( l, _( k/ j5 m
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5 Z6 ~% i K8 W
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
! {' M n, ~5 T' D- f! h% J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
. j5 g4 M! U9 g+ \5 r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 B- ?* i# A7 r( o
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﹕2 i# n5 O1 n3 t. H7 f8 x- Y1 I7 p; w" }( X
『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﹕5 n0 ^( J% Q* z. x: m. r
『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 e/ _5 P n" m2 X( E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
# ?8 ?2 Y- ]$ y; X2 Y' i7 S! K2 K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% z) v7 Q. |2 h
銘」的譯文, z* }; Q: U1 ]$ Z. N" D
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕9 x; R! y4 h& ?. Z1 k1 h
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
; |2 Q0 `* a# ~charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
" A1 g7 [$ n* L2 _. u$ c0 o! f A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant 3 N/ O" P% K( ^
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen - p$ i4 w; m, ?( l2 U: T
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
( R" l8 _% c7 ~1 Cand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
0 G3 _: z4 i& V+ a9 w+ Esutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make / W9 h5 }, ?0 t
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance 4 z0 r. e/ l' p; i4 n7 c N
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" + L" Y/ I# g8 n( ^
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。$ R3 N: k3 q( R+ h
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﹕- j1 u1 A. F) y- Q7 j$ X( @
『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
$ v$ N% ]3 g5 J1 K+ P. 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: u7 }: m/ ^( c: ~. Y( l4 v* g+ j' {+ |# s
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。』1 R! x- \; `! a' s( g
9 E4 y, {/ t; L9 c 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: }% d2 |& ?/ P# 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# S- T! z3 d( w( D7 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。』8 t' {7 Q9 j F0 g. M' w' y
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1 b) p' o. y2 e2 \4 j
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
) n- T- Z8 @2 M, c' n7 y( @5 b3 S 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
+ G, C% k2 o: I- F" U3 S) H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# p: O* z" r% r! S" A
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﹕
/ W D- d: j7 Z8 o( |9 s3 i2 `『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 H7 }- c3 l% [# A/ g+ D4 _音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
4 u( }; J$ @4 x5 {' z 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! h; ]- s3 |& J% O+ ]
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 ]: p( [+ `$ p* a! t4 r! S3 A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/ b* ^. N* g* c6 g
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( l* }" f2 a6 t' ~9 J4 t
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﹐; T, w) c. |$ Q
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
* E5 e. x' b1 k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
% p" U. O& X1 t( O6 p' Z- m6 }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
7 a+ R5 x% E! {# \$ ]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。
' k% y6 u) ?0 g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. h% h" F/ M! K( K: 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% j- |" G/ d, j# v; E# l3 A* D6 E
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
/ [; S( j, K# ~& b8 Z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+ M/ F, J) c' w9 S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# u- v9 y2 c+ d7 l* q
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
$ }+ a7 [ }9 E+ F+ P: r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﹐0 y' w6 M6 }. t: _* \: F
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. i$ V, Q* n8 y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」
, [# e. ]+ Z% J- u# E$ U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% T* j4 `# s( W3 J
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
, m* r, u" p: h) F7 b/ {3 f% d5 ^, u5 n 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﹐新作萬千3 g x% B# ?7 |: [- S
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 V# |/ c4 C6 i4 b2 r
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
1 [ C U* g+ k% x5 e) s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
% O* `+ k) Y8 q4 |& z% U- g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
, W6 j6 U' x+ q- M- o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9 a3 { j B' h+ o7 }
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& ], m0 ]" l& }( J7 Y" f9 m. F
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。』
- L7 J Y' K( N/ J* O6 J, Z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
' F! x; f! U# j2 R$ N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
# _- m, W5 i. c' Q! `; r評論才會公允。』 |
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