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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕
, T" e$ ]7 x* c1) Lo, the red afterglow,3 g( Z& c, `9 C, n
Against the sky blue!
! X$ h9 o% z' \) }' `+ [$ K Is it the blush of Heaven, ; }7 D! r; x1 K' @
As on a maiden's cheeks,
7 t, `& l1 ~% ?9 ]( m( n When she catches sight' q/ P( {: x% T: L
Of her coming lover?
) F3 i2 y! E K+ f& i2) Lo, the red afterglow,
. L! R, n( @2 i& l Against the sky blue!
D) G Y: G& @# y3 O Is it the fire of bivouac
& \) y0 C: c9 q, @, c2 K2 | Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
6 i7 `8 k& N5 h7 \ On the banks of Milky Way
x6 Y% g" P- v) ^! K/ _ Holding a celestial picnic?: @* j. F' Y0 T$ ~" t
3) Lo, the red afterglow,% M3 f' M& G9 S& F0 r! R3 B, |. Q6 M# Y
Against the sky blue!
. z/ T% f$ z: k- d Is it the ruddy gauze veil% K, Y0 I! j/ V) k
That veiled the face of Juno) O- B/ M7 r% ?# Z( B) X, U
On her holy nuptial day9 _7 n2 u- D: c; l( w% g
When she married Jupiter?8 n2 s. Q4 F: g9 K8 C/ |
4) Lo, the red afterglow,3 R |2 D2 g% v' t* c+ V& q
Against the sky blue!- ]* Y) l Q) n) s" A2 u% X" R
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus1 \8 k, m4 c! V2 b' G
Stolen by noble Prometheus,* t( M; `; c' Z
And in his careless down-flight5 a P' z% ~! f) D$ S! n6 ?! f8 w
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
; d. M: [7 U" H" V7 T" f5) Lo, the red afterglow,
8 ^* @4 ?# f3 @& B/ D/ z8 X Against the sky blue!: F7 m( l; O0 n7 G8 x& R, _, L- L. ]
Is it the blood of the heroes& Q( Y! c9 O* A- N6 k- A2 o
That died on battlefields
, E! i# _ ~0 E2 H' \) L% r In the sacred defense/ R, H8 B4 S4 A$ m3 S
Of their dear motherland?! L ~; R" t3 z7 S% q* M
6) Lo, the red afterglow,
0 l/ F1 q1 w8 Z$ N; W6 { _ against the sky blue!. G( z# M2 F+ k& H# `/ ?* C: X6 V
If it the Isle of Coral+ M8 K* j6 i6 D, i$ ^& T# K E
Removed by a white witch4 \/ B- r% B( X; ]
From the Pacific deep/ |4 d( m! e" V. @+ z! }
To the heavens above?
, U w6 M8 Z' S" L. W, `# V7) Lo, the red afterglow,! f A/ [7 U! e8 m+ x; y
Against the sky blue!5 y% j+ n- g: ?% u0 u; u+ l( J6 k
Is it a cluster of peach trees, A7 R6 V% S; g' w1 l; X
Their blossoms in full bloom,
1 p( X& U/ d2 ~+ ? Grown by the daughters of God" m+ K0 X7 y# T8 L
And watered with nectar?( G& S+ m3 Y; |$ Y, u* @/ O
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
2 K3 |( N" Q- L; s& ]" m Against the sky blue!
/ c' }2 u/ _; y5 @/ X4 U3 \ Is it Flora's rouge3 w( T4 @2 ^1 c) l6 f' _: A
Spread all over the sky0 k& B5 i, e$ [ d
By her frightened maids4 s# a3 `' a" n; a; ?
In escape from her anger?1 ]! I. x9 ~3 _2 E7 [& v% v+ g, L4 Z) ]
9) Lo, the red afterglow,2 ^6 e. C/ Y7 a5 e" q1 ^* z6 L
Against the sky blue!. ~+ x6 R: x f
Is it a large piece of sponge. X8 e" A- a% x2 K* m5 B
Soaked through with claret
; L& {: V S) d Upset from the Holy Grail
' O0 q) h. J \. T) m0 f) | By a rash cosmic pilot?』
4 U1 K7 q( S0 z2 Y2 D2 W$ B. ^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+ D$ K4 j/ d1 Y) B
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
3 a5 D! v2 d0 ]5 t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
% o2 r" X; t& j1 C" M" O2 q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
% M4 u- _3 J6 g8 ~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
3 F, F' h2 @8 w% ^- ]/ Y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
8 }( X7 Y/ @8 C/ H* e+ H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。
- X# a D1 W2 e/ A; g- M/ f( B 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﹕0 N* Y3 J3 f v5 g5 _; P; c. \5 G
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
- X }+ v8 L1 ` Just love to get on floors so high. + g0 E+ h$ ]5 q4 f6 ~. E, r% l
Just love to get on floors so high,) B( H/ m2 J: h" A9 J+ ?* ~
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.$ z' x1 F6 C8 ]- |# u
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,8 Y; E* {, g& Q& X8 x
Afraid to get on floors so high. ( W7 \7 p6 r* z3 E
Afraid to get on floors so high,8 x3 [( ]( o. _5 B
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
! f0 K$ o; U9 N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, |% c8 B# g4 d/ a/ E3 w) 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。* V, x3 w1 V0 O5 Q/ e) T
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﹕
# f* ^) d2 [% _! B3 a U4 Q『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
1 J5 V" T- P, u8 h S! |8 b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( _2 N2 \, {+ b) [
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
" J2 n- N" v* v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﹐& e f! G/ V) p
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) k. m$ S/ ?7 e7 C2 |* L) X
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
, e/ y$ a" N9 p" o5 U3 ^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$ c4 G: |0 L! D7 s+ c7 W
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
$ d" J9 A. V- M- I. ~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; G* B: P) c: [0 N0 g& U/ t
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; |- \! e- _& \1 R3 g
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﹕2 C# |% d6 W1 J; W
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he + c# \2 T! a3 ^% @" B5 ?
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
0 Y; g; R% l$ x9 P5 `the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
2 ]9 G7 \& X4 X4 }7 ~$ b; cgods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
; H6 S3 @4 u% I( U, E( v# |! f7 ]native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and 6 \. R, w7 n* t v
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his & N' G1 ~" T* @- i0 X6 v
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
. l$ B$ h' O* X Q* m8 t; m. C/ ?punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
+ Z j9 K1 {1 m! m$ z9 Fan executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical / |7 q7 ~8 O z! X1 E: }+ I
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were ; T, |2 z% m R d3 m& x
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
) F3 ? Q$ r$ |, D- G( g) lthan poor Odipus!』. J: J2 J. v4 k/ i9 n1 u! x
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﹐9 n( ^& }4 i8 b/ S4 v& o
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﹕4 k7 b$ o6 e1 {
『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﹕
& _/ P- g' F, b* |* h* u9 ~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
( N0 T) W: ?* t3 s0 tADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
7 v" Q: d; N8 {1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, * ?$ L! G0 o0 T
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, 8 Y, p5 R# ]( Q. h9 ~& T. \
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can 2 {7 D/ `3 q O1 v; r
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a 0 k! G) `3 e6 w( C7 M' ^
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
; A- x9 L3 q+ C/ @6 t6 J" L, nBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
2 D4 M2 m+ U& s, qturn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
, n$ y( e5 T; D9 I' Nand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come 2 S! V6 W: H7 `. h/ [9 C8 I
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
1 L/ e9 z3 `! p5 X3 Awilling to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
! L3 a& Y5 ^. V) R% X7 N; Y: ~my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
% ^3 m" O6 K3 B1 k* H3 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。』
z% J1 N6 F" ~# L芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕, V3 m- _+ W$ i/ T
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, / g/ |, i0 h5 ~/ @4 L
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, 1 F! L5 [8 Q4 }
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry / _% T2 l) C: v) V
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me 9 v$ E# K1 D$ e, t
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
; u/ J; J' ^2 Y" u! Z+ i# o If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
. p, o: f! q' v) R I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. ! ~$ ^8 b1 V+ [* k* q1 o: D
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 6 L, I2 u3 w$ o- ~* U$ ]
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』; q6 z2 A3 K5 ~% t' \. X' D
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! h4 M4 H& o }5 |
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﹐
e t! M3 C" d6 g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 S2 l& ~+ H `
(談美)﹕' X* n3 r( m, m' j5 j L3 g) d# F
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone 6 l X9 Y' [; P& B O: m9 d
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with
; `+ h/ ]4 U6 @* y& L9 h- k( la thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
( Y2 g$ {: y; }# N1 y% Jshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win 2 j/ @; `3 S* ` Z( R
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance 9 {9 t/ E. H2 G5 _0 ]
or a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the 0 m6 e& q. T, f/ U8 @
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
5 c: L3 F+ Z7 P0 Q' Z! k5 ^ proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
. ~6 A% p& N" g. y6 Q, L" S' \& ?dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
+ P2 {0 g& G' n" y6 V7 t, y; jfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
/ @) D! m0 y, v7 V+ G9 ]* dmore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
; _1 ^! w0 Z- Ma bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized . T5 s9 S; ~. L" ~. [
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne 8 U/ ?3 s" A6 T, e- @
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty $ p! D$ k% L! R# w+ f" H' q
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
0 f( B% @3 W9 Z# G; h* G, l' o2 ^3 wbut the preserver itself.- T0 _: Y4 F( ]' L1 Z' c
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
" u6 O! B% {. r# a0 Ya beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
8 w+ l$ L# L5 N% `+ I) I' cstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, ) S7 A8 D1 e( N o
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made & @4 \4 l9 S1 a# K1 b6 n @
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, & Y% L. {( [+ ]9 i
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either . c; n) i, N7 m8 q9 _
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
% K; m: m) G! Y; L$ m: S: N6 Qas the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
2 p; K- }- l( |! l& {a vase with the clay around it. ) G4 R2 x) Y: _/ [5 Q
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while 5 |) W6 w6 n& I/ ~5 v: W7 Z% ?
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
, F7 E) S- [ v1 G: ?$ p4 cexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
9 ?, j) K) r3 L. O' U) w; Kthe latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
! w# `/ o3 J% C" A9 ]+ T3 ^" t3 T his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two 1 K+ _, w8 L& P, e" [
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
1 N' S0 q& }, y' I$ {* }' ^with the shrunken beauty.』
2 n/ U9 g6 Y& E$ C- ^' [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, L) Y m; c5 I& N4 `# n: ~
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
* \4 v7 p+ U4 f6 }0 h9 T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 。』
4 C8 i) j# p, U+ t% ]% K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
- ]: Q# q* `7 _5 u# w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. T8 A' U7 X0 n/ Z3 ^
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
/ u& t _1 H/ I2 ]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。( _& F" Z! x8 Y( D
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
; v/ e4 W/ }* y- a6 V! N A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
5 t2 Q# {; S) P; r$ A# K in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from 1 @% c. G) }, u* W9 R- Q# v
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
* h5 ~4 b3 v* cpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
0 \5 e \8 n4 S' afeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its + ^1 O7 X$ A- I; r& \% l
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
% B- l3 ]% P+ oare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
! n: u5 U( e. }. |2 Ohurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon . ^7 e1 f! }2 a0 K4 s5 {4 o0 T
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
0 t+ r* B, X/ K4 cthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance 6 `- g, s3 i$ S6 i
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
3 _8 M+ B5 j! Zsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as . e, A; l3 L# j' S5 N) i: h
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." 9 |2 x" D8 |& D' ~ w" E
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
9 N, J% y' _& l- Q1 }- [7 fzenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!( E9 g# }8 B# x1 [+ g. O4 ]
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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 A8 d- X0 s* \" n) {
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕" t# f% N( L5 g" {% k
Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without * l; Q% ?( i% z o1 Q) z
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
; g5 Q# j5 x4 }% D# P$ H0 e( M. \corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
. a% ?- R+ G7 g! w3 Bstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered + G& Q: G5 q$ O/ s4 P2 b
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
2 a# k7 F: Q" c- m1 F; b% {. Rwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
2 t6 {, e+ t* n1 c# [( i* J1 j3 z5 psociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
9 Y4 _* i! M- r/ [( I on which only the coach could roll forward.& F0 `$ j3 e5 V3 |- \# {8 u( Y$ W& n
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
& D5 _9 X+ k) ]+ ^) Cbe the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare : D! D$ T; L' {' C$ ^: N5 q) C
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.
# n* ]4 u! S6 ~9 q' o A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
7 g9 t8 w5 a3 N* d0 G; Qby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
# o& x4 `, T5 u+ I0 u9 |on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid 2 R5 W9 l$ g9 b) x! `
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
7 p9 T0 Q/ ~1 [8 a3 f8 x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' W8 L: `; s* v: C* T
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: T( u( B* n( M) z" }5 p2 X' a; ~: 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1 f' ]+ X1 D; A. k: k9 F; g
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。
4 U0 k# ]7 w: ?# L+ |5 v' H9 b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﹕
' h* S. H% P) ^ Y『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﹕; x8 G% b P6 D
『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﹐
4 V- i! |/ s+ g+ \4 `5 z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
3 m7 ?( Y. R a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
" a2 F( {: e. g3 {! T銘」的譯文
& R8 v8 d$ ~3 `4 V7 V+ t( F+ t9 KAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕
/ Z( F5 h+ S& E0 C" {$ Y: m Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and 6 `3 D% n+ G& u; d) R5 ^* Q& L
charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
- R: |" c4 a' k+ ?$ A% Z+ X A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant $ h# Q0 s g+ H9 |5 r4 x( \4 @
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen / |5 u" e% U, }2 C9 ]% |; v$ s
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars 1 F0 t+ U- R* i/ n3 Y) U
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my ' Y& M- k4 y [
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
7 j8 x& A7 j5 Fme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
$ @6 ^. t% ]/ P$ H# A. }- `4 o3 sin Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" c, ?/ r# }' {& a, h q
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。
0 L! N6 D6 c# t& ?7 @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﹕
) M4 c9 k( p" b6 b5 O4 ]% A『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
/ p$ q# P( b& n$ W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+ |5 M/ F- {+ n4 ^3 l
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。』* J4 B' @/ @* ?
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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( O! V2 i& u: G* @1 L' \8 P0 i# T
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) R) I* }' A" l9 z: h' ?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。』( F7 A" Q, f b2 D$ P
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: E# x" P) @5 z( m& }' J% {& J# C
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
7 w+ x; e7 n' P' ~) W' G3 G( {: j( a) t 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 D! E, G; ^, l# X& d9 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
4 v' L1 w: S- \2 t# q5 R8 z2 o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﹕
' r( U! `; i7 V! s) h『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
7 X4 Z7 q0 i6 q1 H: V* P3 I音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
- x7 L5 s3 C& E6 C' u 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# O4 g2 l4 r5 c/ t* K, a1 N7 E
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
/ z- x0 n- C9 V6 U7 u" y3 M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
) f, ]' x" j5 _$ g4 U+ ~5 J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& y7 p! v b% o' `& Y! s. H
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﹐
/ ?% D0 {2 A/ c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
) y: s! J/ M! Z9 s$ c6 H) M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4 H; p6 \* E; n9 i: t
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$ s$ |- B" Y6 d' U5 r& ~
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。5 `. |& H! u5 o6 `0 I
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
, d& K! z( Q6 e t5 X S/ x1 D! R$ z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) R* i8 V* n* q+ Z
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
/ q2 Z, P' |- D* ~% e4 ~8 z: a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
|. @ }# k' h% 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" {( b5 z1 N! r- T% ?3 p
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7 r& ?; T C8 e' @, n, f0 F
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﹐
# R) C; x; W! I2 R. J9 \9 ]/ U1 z8 X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* K/ u: y. e" s5 z( |5 M8 b
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」" Z/ @7 Z8 z, X* y9 x' n
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
4 B% I! M4 d1 W2 ?8 `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$ o5 [* [8 S8 c! W$ r: t
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﹐新作萬千4 J `7 W4 w5 S/ y; 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
& j1 O6 c7 I3 Z4 [: [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8 W0 x( B" P# W+ M$ v
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8 e6 E3 i y8 P, w
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
( Q$ u8 T9 a/ Z4 D2 p- ]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
" M" X! M0 V! I, M e0 }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2 c3 m* N8 z2 i; o' T. w/ U$ v% O3 g1 [
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。』' y' @( U5 J) `/ p6 P0 P: R; T
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 i" O/ r$ L' x( ]; N8 O
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+ f, V& h, e8 U
評論才會公允。』 |
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