罔两问影
2023-08-13 浏览0次

〖The Penumbras and the Shadow〗

The penumbras asked the shadow:“A moment ago you were looking down and now you are looking up;a moment ago your hair was tied up and now it is hanging loose;a moment ago you were sitting and now you are standing;a moment ago you were walking and now you are standing still.What the reason behind all this?”

〖罔两问影〗

虚影问影子说:“你先前低着头现在仰起头,先前束着发髻现在披着头发,先前坐着现在站起,先前行走现在停下来,这是什么原因呢?”

The shadow said,“Gentlemen,why do you bother asking me such trifling questions? I do these things but I don't know why.Am I like the shell of a cicada or am I like the slough of a snake? I look like the real thing,but I am not the real thing.I appear with the flame or the sun,but fade with the shade or the night.

影子同答:“你为什么拿这样微不足道的事情烦我呢?我就是这样地随意运动,我自己也不知道为什么会是这样。我,就如同寒蝉蜕下来的壳、蛇蜕下来的皮,跟那本体事物相似却又不是那事物本身。火光与阳光使我显现,阴暗与黑夜使我隐形。

Do I depend on the real thing? While the real thing itself has to depend on something else! When the real thing comes,I come with it; when the real thing goes, I go with it; when the real thing moves away,I move away with it. What is there to ask about?”

我依赖有形的事物吗?而有形的事物又依赖什么呢?有形的物体到来我便随之而来,有形的物体离去我也随之而去,有形的物体俳徊不定我就随之不停地运动。这有什么可问的呢?"

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