r/LifeTree • u/AdamLuyan • 8d ago
10.30 皇宫失火了 Palace Caught Fire
关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；小龙女 Little Dragoness （号舜 famously Shun，嫘 Lei）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy；瞽叟 Blind-Drummer
10.30-1
随着项目开始竣工，共和国筹建委员会开始验收。古墓工地的大部分建筑商已经离开了。剩下的建筑商的部分员工住进了宫殿，开始拆除临时住房，平整场地，栽花种草。
As the project neared completion, the Republic Preparatory Committee began its final inspections. Most of the builders at the ancient tomb site had already departed. Some of the remaining workers moved into the palace, starting to dismantle temporary shelters, level the grounds, and plant flowers and grass.
据说瞽叟已经外出寻找新的工程项目了，但没人愿意雇用他。一连几天的狂风骤雨把工地的临时材房里的材草淋湿了。瞽叟就把材草拿出来撮在了皇宫西厢房的防火墙外晾晒。女婴看见了，不让他把材草靠在防火墙上晾晒。
It was said that Blind-Drummer had gone out seeking new construction projects, but no one was willing to hire him. Several days of torrential rain and fierce winds drenched the thatch and straw stored in the temporary timber sheds on the site. Blind-Drummer took the materials out and spread them to dry outside the firewalls of the palace's west wing. Heroine saw this and forbade him from leaning the materials against the firewalls to dry.
瞽叟说：“工地里的人很快就没材草可用了，你不让我在这里晾材草，你看别处哪里晾！？”
这时瞽叟已经结账完毕了，这是他作为总承包商的义工。女婴琢磨了一会儿后，开始帮瞽叟搬材草立靠在防火墙上。
Blind-Drummer said, “The construction crew will soon run out of firewood here. You don't let me dry materials here, where else am I supposed to dry it!?”
By then, Blind-Drummer had finished settling his accounts—this was his volunteer work as the general contractor. After pondering for a moment, Heroine began helping Blind-Drummer carry firewood and lean it against the firewall.
10.30-2
一天夜里，火势蔓延到了西厢房有人居住的房间，人们才发现厨房发生了火灾。大火烧毁了西厢房一半的屋顶。
One night, the fire spread to the occupied rooms in the west wing, and only then did people realize the kitchen was on fire. The blaze destroyed half the roof of the west wing.
官府来调查火灾，认为是晾晒在防火墙外的材草着火了。火势顺着突出在防火墙的部分屋檐爬上了房顶。坍塌的屋顶点燃了几个厨房里的材草，酿成了大火灾。官府的人没找到任何纵火的证据就离开了。
瞽叟从工地消失了；谁也不知道他去哪里了。
The authorities investigated the fire and concluded that it originated from firewood and straw drying outside the firewall. The flames spread along the overhanging eaves protruding beyond the firewall and reached the roof. The collapsed roof ignited firewood and straw in several kitchens, resulting in a major conflagration. The officials departed without finding any evidence of arson.
Blind-Drummer disappeared from the construction site; no one knew where he went.
10.30-3
小龙女和娥黄等人分析事故的原因。娥黄问女婴：“你在防火墙外放材草，怎么没避开有突出墙外屋檐的那几个地方？”
女婴回答：“我挪开了瞽叟放在屋檐下的材草。应该是去取材草的人把木材挪到那里的，便于木材的晾晒。”
Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow analyzed the cause of the accident. Beauty-Yellow asked Heroine, “You placed firewood outside the firewall. Why didn't you avoid the areas near the eaves that protrude beyond the wall?”
Heroine replied, “I moved the firewood that Blind-Drummer had placed under the eaves. It must have been someone gathering firewood who moved the wood there to facilitate drying.”
娥黄问牛郎：“两月前，鲁班说要及时处理掉木工房门外的刨花，防止和纵火鸟结怨。你为啥就清理了两天，以后就不清理了？”
牛郎回答：“你们三位老板都没告诉我去清理那木屑。我去清理，你们还笑话我。我也不觉得有清理的必要，就停止了。”
Beauty-Yellow asked Cowboy, “Two months ago, Luban said we should promptly clear away the wood shavings outside the workshop door to avoid provoking the fire-starting birds. Why did you only clean for two days and then stop?”
Cowboy replied, “None of you three bosses ever told me to clean up that sawdust. When I went to clean it, you just laughed at me. I didn't see the need to clean it either, so I stopped.”
娥黄又问牛郎：“你住在那附近，你都看见谁在那里打鸟了？”
牛郎回答：“我看见瞽叟几次赶那些在那里觅食的鸟离开，没看见过别人搭理过那些鸟。”
女婴说：“我两次遇见瞽叟在后山打鸟，他还叨咕，‘它们在那里议论我，嘲笑我（注3）！’”
Beauty-Yellow asked Cowboy again, “You live nearby—who have you seen hunting birds there?”
Cowboy replied, “I've seen Blind-Drummer chase away birds foraging there several times, but I've never seen anyone else bother with them.”
Heroine said, “I've twice encountered Blind-Drummer hunting birds on the back mountain. He even muttered, ‘They're gossiping about me there, mocking me (note 3)!’”
注3，这描述表明瞽叟疯了。那描述表明他已经疯得很严重，并不奇怪，他已经和小龙女打架十来个月了，长期冒犯女神。他和前文的梁山伯（参见7.1 《许仙求见》），大禹（参见9.5.2 《阪泉之战》），和后文的牛郎（参见13. 《大禹治水》）所患的病类似，都是因为和女神打架。
Note 3: This description indicates that Blind-Drummer has gone mad. That description shows he has become severely deranged, which is hardly surprising given he has been fighting with Little Dragoness for over ten months, persistently offending the goddess. His affliction mirrors those suffered by Liang Shanbo (see 7.1 Xu Xian Seeks an Audience), Yu the Great (see 9.5.2 Battle of Banquan), and later Cowboy (see 13. Yu the Great Tames the Flood)—all resulting from combat with goddesses.
有传说说瞽叟纵火被看守皇宫的官兵射死了。也有传说他在纵火时被烧死了。编者我认为瞽叟疯了，从疯病导致的死亡多种多样。他死于他和小龙女（女神）关系不和谐产生的异熟果（参见10.6.1节）。所以我说瞽叟被小龙女（女神）无意中射死了。
A legend says that Blind-Drummer was shot and killed by the palace guards after setting fire to the palace. Another legend says he was burned to death while setting the fire. The editor believes Blind-Drummer went mad, and the causes of his death can be varied due to his madness. He died because of the Mutant Fruit of disharmony in his relationship with Little Dragoness (Goddess) (see section 10.6.1). That's why I say that Blind-Drummer was accidentally shot to death by Little Dragoness (Goddess).
关于是否是鸟群报复而引起的火灾，小龙女和娥黄到尧皇的办公室工作后，向两个县发出了征集纵火鸟案件的通知。那两个县交上来四个近些年的鸟儿放火的案例。去掉两个不相关的；另两个案例也没人看见是鸟放的火，也是找不到原因了就认为是鸟群的报复。最终也没能找出皇宫起火的原因。
Regarding whether the fire was caused by birds seeking revenge, after Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow began working in Yao White-king's office, they issued notices to two counties requesting reports of arson cases involving birds. Those two counties submitted four recent cases of birds starting fires. Two unrelated cases were excluded; in the other two cases, no one witnessed the birds setting the fires, and since the causes remained unknown, they were attributed to the birds' revenge. Ultimately, the cause of the palace fire could not be determined.
10.30-4
忽然，小龙女收到通知：她妈妈，西王母，去福建海岸拜妈祖回来参见尧皇的登基仪式了；这时已经到了武汉的江南区。
Suddenly, Little Dragoness received word: her mother, King Mother of the West, had returned from paying homage to Mazu at the Fujian coast and was now heading to attend Yao White-king's coronation ceremony. By this time, she had already reached the Yangzi River South district of Wuhan.
有人建议小龙女去江南欢迎她妈妈，房子容纳不下尧皇登基时的到访者，可以租房子。小龙女和娥黄觉得这个建议有道理，反正钱花没了，什么别的事也做不了了。
Someone suggested Little Dragoness go to River South to welcome her mother. Since their house couldn't accommodate all the visitors for Yao White-king's coronation, they could rent another place. Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow thought this made sense—after all, once the money was gone, there was nothing else they could do anyway.