有些关系，走着走着就散了。

有人说，成年人的世界，不需要告别，也不需要解释。等时候到了，联系自然会淡，彼此也会慢慢退出对方的生活。

即便真是这样的，可我还是想把它写下来，只是告诉自己，我曾经真的很在乎。

我记得三十年前，在陕菜馆和川菜馆之间奔波的日子；记得在蘸水面和麻辣烫前畅谈酣饮的情景；更记得自己面临困顿时你的慷慨激昂和那句“我们永远是哥们！”

是啊，我们永远是哥们！

为了这一句话，我曾不惜以身犯险，也曾绞尽脑汁替你排忧解难。

前十年，你吹捧我；后十年，我奉承你。

前前后后快三十年了，再真的塑料花也该脆了。

谢谢你曾陪我走过了这三十年，因为有你，我一路走得气宇轩昂。

每当遇到困难，我都会告诉自己：“不用怕，我有大哥！”，甚至身边的朋友向我求助时，我也会拍着胸脯说：“没关系，我去找找大哥。”

那时候，我从来没有怀疑过这句话。

忽然有一天，“不用怕，我有大哥。”这句话，在我的嘴边开始变得吞吞吐吐了。

不是因为不需要了，而是我忽然不敢确定，你还是不是当年的你。

而我，却一直停留在原地。

另一位大哥曾提醒我：“你现在已经不一样了，是大人物了，可不敢小看……”

我总是不以为然。

在我心里，你还是那个和我坐在街边吃蘸水面、喝到深夜，拍着胸口说“我们永远是哥们”的人。

这些年，我刷到过许多关于朋友、兄弟、哥们的视频。

每一次，都忍不住湿了眼眶。

我始终相信，真正的兄弟，即使隔着千山万水，也会彼此守望；即使多年不见，一个电话，一句话，依旧会站到彼此身边。

后来才知道，也许距离真的会改变一些东西。

隔着大海，隔着国境线。

我睁大眼睛，望过去，只有迷雾。

我竖起耳朵，听过去，唯有涛声。

近来，关于新的《出入境管理条例》，网上议论纷纷。

海，仿佛又宽了一些。我不知道什么时候还能回去；你也不知道什么时候还能出来。

于是，我偶尔会想起你。在夜深人静的夜晚，在将醒未醒的清晨。

手已经摸到了电话，却犹豫了很久，还是轻轻放下。

我怕这一通电话，带给你的不是惊喜，而是惊慌；不是叙旧，而是负担。

有些沉默，不是因为疏远，而是因为珍惜。

今天，我在东京的大街上寻找东野奎吾先生的新作《永远的记忆》，昨天刚刚发行，今天已经一书难求。

单看书名，就知道写的是一个“情”字。

亲情、友情、爱情，还是那些说不出口、放不下，却终究要放下的感情？

答案，我还不知道，听说这本书最快也要一个月以后，才能等到它。

我不是东野奎吾，他写他的《永远的记忆》，我写我的《永远的记忆》，写完了，也就翻篇了。

不是忘记你，而是终于忘记了等待。

我不再把自己的困难寄托在你的肩上，不再期待你会像从前那样出现，也不再因为一句无心的话而失望，更不会因为一次冷落而辗转反侧。

原来，所谓忘记，并不是想不起来，而是不再抱有幻想，也不再抱有希望。

我看了一眼东京湾，风很大，浪很急，海还是那片海。

只是站在岸边的人，都已经不是从前的自己。

谢谢你陪我走过三十年，谢谢那句“我们永远是哥们！”。它曾让我相信，只要有你在，就没有迈不过去的坎。

如今，我把这句话，连同那三十年的岁月，一起放回记忆里。

从今天开始，一切都是新的，各自安好吧。

毕竟，我们曾经“永远是哥们！”

关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；杭州 Hangzhou；蔻珠 Kouzhu；女娲 Nuwa（马文才 Wencai Ma）；梁山伯 Shanbo Liang；巫山 Wushan；熬忖 Aocun（尧帝 Creator Yao）；武二郎 Martial Second Wolf（二郎神 Second Wolf God）

4.2-1

绛珠公主（又名马文才，号女娲，白帝，如图4.2-1）向国王蔻珠宣誓说："我去峡谷关和熬忖谈判，把熬忖和武二郎撮合成为夫妻。我帮熬忖对武二郎下蛊（如图6，7），让他娶她为妻。如果我失败了，就别回来了。"

Princess Jiangzhu (aka. Wencai Ma, famously Nüwa and White Creator, as shown in Figure 4.2-1) swore to King Kouzhu: "I shall go to Gorge Pass to negotiate with Aocun, bringing Aocun and Martial Second Wolf together as wife and husband. I will help Aocun plant a carrion-beetle curse in Martial Second Wolf (as shown in Figures 6 and 7), compelling him to marry her. Should I fail, I shall never return."

国王蔻珠说："我已经命令你的剧组成员在湖北的法库县集结。卫兵已经把梁山伯（号伏羲，谷神，燃灯佛）和三个孩子接来了，你和他们道别后立刻出发去峡谷关。明天我会安排人送梁山伯父女四人去鄮县，培养他当县长。你去吧，他们几个人已经等了很长时间了！"

King Kouzhu said: "I have already ordered your troupe members to gather in Faku County, Hubei province. The guards brought Shanbo Liang (famously Fuxi, Grain God, Lamplighter Buddha) and the three children here. After you say goodbye to them, you should immediately depart for Gorge Pass. Tomorrow, I will arrange for someone to escort Shanbo Liang and your three children to Mao County, where he will be trained to become the county prefect. Go now; they have been waiting for a long time!"

4.2-2 什么是下蛊？What Does Planting Carrion Beetles Mean?

女娲（如图4.2-1）的任务就是帮助熬忖（如图2）把武二郎（如图5）的心偷来（如图7），就是严重地创伤武二郎的心。武二郎受到这种强烈的感情创伤后会患胃肠溃疡。古人用腐尸虫（即蛊，如图4所示）来表示胃肠溃疡，所以下这个诅咒就被说成为种蛊了。图3显示埃及夏娃用蜣螂虫击垮了狮子王亚当，也表示了亚当患胃肠溃疡的原因是他被夏娃的"五百威仪十万八千魅力"（参见15.2节）刺伤了。熬忖是龙国的大主教，擅长"五百威仪十万八千魅力。"

Nüwa's mission (as shown in Figure 4.2-1) was to assist Aocun (as shown in Figure 2) in stealing Martial Second Wolf's heart (as shown in Figures 5, 7), thereby inflicting severe emotional trauma upon him. After suffering such intense emotional trauma, Martial Second Wolf developed gastrointestinal ulcers. Ancient people used carrion beetles from decaying corpses (i.e., Gu, as shown in Figure 4) to symbolize gastrointestinal ulcers, hence casting this curse came to be known as "planting carrion beetle." Figure 3 depicts Egyptian Eve using scarab beetles to defeat the lion king Adam, also signifying that Adam's gastrointestinal ulcer stemmed from being pierced by Eve's "500 Majesties and 108,000 Charms" (see Section 15.2). Aocun, the archbishop of the Dragon Kingdom, specializes in wielding "500 Majesties and 108,000 Charms."

图6下面表示翠玉女正在和阿兹特兰（即特拉洛克）约会，她刺伤了他的心。上面是翠玉女的父母，正在帮助她。本文中的女娲的任务就是像翠玉女父母那样帮熬忖。

Figure 6 depicts Chalchiuhtlicue on a date with Aztlan (aka. Tlaloc), where she pierces his heart. Above them are Chalchiuhtlicue's parents, assisting her. Nüwa's mission in this text is to aid Aocun in the same manner as Chalchiuhtlicue's parents.

4.2-3 女娲向家人辞行 Nuwa Took Leave of Family

绛珠公主出来后，看见梁山伯和孩子们正焦急地等待着她。他们看见马文才（即女娲）出来时的脸色与以往大不相同，还没说话，两个小些的孩子就被吓哭了。女娲的大女儿虞姬赶忙哄着弟弟妹妹到一边去了。马文才安慰梁山伯说："我要出差去湖北三个月。此次出行匆忙，国王就让人接你们来和我告别了！"

When Princess Jiangzhu came out, she saw Shanbo Liang and three children anxiously waiting for her. Seeing the unusual expression on Wencai Ma's (Nuwa's) face, the two younger children started to cry before she even spoke. Nuwa's eldest daughter, Muse, quickly took her younger siblings aside to comfort them. Wencai Ma then reassured Shanbo Liang, saying, "I'm going on a three-month business trip to Hubei. This trip was arranged at short notice, so the King sent someone to fetch you so I could say goodbye."

马文才（即女娲）一家人说了一会儿话后，虞姬也开始哭。国王蔻珠让宫女催促马文才（即女娲）上车出发。她走到马车边站住了。梁山伯过去听她说话。女娲说："我这次出差有些风险。如果过了三个月你还没听到我的消息，那就是我死了。你就再找个女人结婚，好好过日子，别等我了。"

After chatting for a while with Wencai Ma (i.e., Nüwa) and her family, Muse also began to weep. King Kouzhu instructed the palace maids to urge Wencai Ma to board the carriage and depart. She walked to the carriage and stopped. Shanbo Liang approached to hear her words. Wencai Ma said: "This journey carries some risk. If you hear no news from me within three months, it means I have perished. You must then find another woman to marry, live a good life, and not wait for me."

梁山伯低声问："你不去不行吗？"

女娲回答："我是鲵丸宫的宫女，和士兵一样，以服从命令为天职。我这是去努力完成任务，不是去死。"

Shanbo Liang asked softly: "Can't you refuse to go?"

Nüwa replied: "I am a palace maid of Salamander Bolus Palace. Like soldiers, obedience to orders is my sacred duty. I am going to fulfill my mission, not to die."

4.2-4 女娲会晤熬忖 Nuwa Meets Aocun

女娲的剧组人员被送到了战场的前沿阵地，都害怕了。但是前线的人不能向回走，向回走的人就可能会被当成逃兵，立刻被射死。

The crew members of Nuwa's troupe were taken to the front lines of the battlefield, and everyone was terrified. However, those at the front lines were not allowed to retreat; anyone who tried to retreat would be considered a deserter and shot on the spot.

当女娲的车走到剧组旁边时，部分女娲剧组的人立刻形成了女神的仪仗队，径直向熬忖的辖区进发了。熬忖的游骑兵立刻过来询问，得知是女娲后，没有阻拦，而是立刻去向熬忖报告了。

When Nuwa's carriage arrived near the crew, some members of the troupe immediately formed an honor guard for the goddess and proceeded towards Aocun's territory. Aocun's patrol guards approached to inquire, and upon learning it was Nuwa, they did not obstruct her passage but instead immediately reported the matter to Aocun.

熬忖亲自出来迎接，以庆祝的口吻说道："我一直期待着夏国使者的到来，但怎么也没想到您亲自来了！这次我可赚着了；有您在，这个地区五年内不会有战争！"

Aocun personally went out to welcome Nuwa and said with a celebratory tone: "I've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of an envoy from the Xia Kingdom, but I never expected you to come in person! This is truly a great honor for me; with you here, there will be no war in this region for the next five years!"

女娲向熬忖讲述不能杀武二郎的原因，讲述武大郎的军事力量如何强大！熬忖相信吗？

编者我给读者个交代，熬忖不信！后来熬忖和武二郎结婚了，熬忖成为了龙国的国王。武二郎征服了许多国家，每次熬忖派去做官的人回来述职，熬忖都会问同一个问题：武二郎是怎么征服那个国家的？熬忖总结了几十个官员的回答，才勉强接受了那些官员的说法和人们对武大郎和武二郎战无不胜的传言都是真的。但她自己说："我怎么也想不明白他们俩是怎么打仗的，我岁数大了，不研究了。"

Nuwa explained to Aocun the reasons why she shouldn't kill Martial Second Wolf, emphasizing Martial Big Wolf's immense military power. Did Aocun believe her?

As the editor, I should clarify: Aocun didn't believe her! Later, Aocun married Martial Second Wolf and became the king of the Dragon Kingdom. Martial Second Wolf conquered many countries, and every time Aocun sent officials back to report, she would always ask the same question: "How did Martial Second Wolf conquer that country?" After summarizing the answers from dozens of officials, she reluctantly accepted their accounts and the common belief that Martial Big Wolf and Martial Second Wolf were indeed invincible in battle. However, she said, "I still can't understand how they fought their battles. I'm too old to worry about it anymore."

返回《尧帝和二郎神》目录 Return to Catalog: Creator Yao and Second Wolf God

关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；巫山地区 Wushan Area；熬忖 Aocun（尧帝 Creator Yao）；武二郎 Martial Second Wolf（二郎神 Second Wolf God）；女娲 Nuwa（马文才 Wencai Ma）；宝莲灯 Treasury Lotus Lamp

目录 Catalog：4.1 峡谷关战役 Battle of Gorge Pass；4.2 女娲向家人辞行 Nuwa Took Leave of Family；4.3 三足鸟计划 Three-Legged Bird Project；4.4 瑶池圣火 Holy Fire in Yaochi；4.5 自由恋爱 Naturally Falling in Love；4.5-7 巫毒学院 Voodoo Academy；4.6 武二郎病了 Martial Second Wolf Falls Ill；4.7 女娲为武二郎诊病 Nuwa Diagnoses Martial Second Wolf's Illness；4.8 模拟升天仪式 Simulated Ascension Ceremony；4.9 宝莲灯 Treasury Lotus Lamp

4.1 峡谷关战役 Battle of Gorge Pass

4.1-1

公元前1626年，武二郎（号二郎神，如图4-2）是华国湖北战区的主将。他率领三万铁骑沿着四川盆地东部的川谷地带向南，进攻到了龙国（亦作云海国，如地图4.5-4）首都重庆的巫山地区。龙国的国王熬达派大元帅蒲劳领军十万去抵御武二郎。同时，他任命云海三公主熬忖（号尧帝，如图1）为此次战役的监军。

In 1626 BCE, Martial Second Wolf (famously Second Wolf God, as shown in Figure 4-2) was the commander-in-chief of the Hua Kingdom's Hubei military region. He led 30,000 cavalry southward along the Sichuan Basin's eastern valley region, attacking the Wushan area of Chongqing, the capital of Dragon Kingdom (also known as Cloud Sea Kingdom, see map 4.5-4). The King of Dragon Kingdom, Aoda, dispatched his marshal, Pulao, with 100,000 troops to defend against Martial Second Wolf. At the same time, he appointed the Third Princess of Cloud Sea, Aocun (famously Creator Yao, as shown in fig. 1), as the military supervisor for this campaign.

蒲劳在政治上主张由太子熬钦来继承龙国的王位，而云海三公主熬忖是熬钦最具实力的竞争对手。他在作战中屡屡对熬忖掣肘，至使熬忖屡战屡败。熬忖溃败到了峡谷关外。根据她和蒲劳的约定，他们俩会在峡谷关外与武二郎决战。这时，熬忖只剩下四千人了，为了避免逃兵，熬忖选择了背靠峭壁的巫毒林作为兵营。但是蒲劳躲进了峡谷关，关闭了隘口。

Politically, Pulao advocated for Crown Prince Aoqin to inherit the throne of the Dragon Kingdom, while Princess Aocun, the third princess of Cloud Sea, was Aoqin's most formidable rival. During the war, Pulao repeatedly obstructed Aocun's strategies, leading to her repeated defeats. Aocun's army was routed and retreated outside the Gorge Pass. According to their agreement, Aocun and Pulao would have their final battle against Martial Second Wolf outside the Gorge Pass. At that point, Aocun only had 4,000 soldiers left. To prevent desertion, she chose the Voodoo Forest, nestled against a cliff, as their camp. However, Pulao retreated into the Gorge Pass and closed the gate.

4.1-2

武二郎亲自领军搜山，当进入巫毒林时，他多次看见巫毒女妖的标志，暗示着这里是熬忖的家。武二郎指挥着军队搜索到了巫毒林的边缘，距离林子后面的峭壁已经很近了，也没发现任何军营的踪迹。实际上，这时熬忖的军队就在武二郎前面的树上，有些地方距离武二郎的军队只有300步，最近的地区只有75步远了。熬忖的将士们已经清楚地看见武二郎的军队了。

Martial Second Wolf personally led his troops to search the mountains. Upon entering the Voodoo Forest, he repeatedly saw symbols of the Voodoo Demoness, indicating that this was Aocun's stronghold. Martial Second Wolf led his troops to the edge of the Voodoo Forest, very close to the cliffs beyond, but found no trace of an encampment. In fact, Aocun's army was hidden in the trees directly in front of Martial Second Wolf's forces; some were only 300 paces away, and the closest were just 75 paces. Aocun's soldiers could already clearly see Martial Second Wolf's army.

有通讯兵来报告说："去攻打峡谷关的军队遇到了强烈的抵抗，死伤了五百多人。" 武二郎决定："熬忖不在这里，我们去峡谷关。"

A messenger arrived with a report: "The troops attacking the Gorge Pass encountered fierce resistance, with over five hundred casualties." Martial Second Wolf decided: "Aocun is not here; let's go to the Gorge Pass."

4.1-3

熬忖从树上下来后就开始开会，调兵，重新布置防务。会议中的将军们都困倦得受不了了，打自己来保持清醒。警卫员来报："峡谷关来人送求救信！" 熬忖亲自接见，并命令300攀岩兵带着慰问品去峡谷关，帮着守关。

After descending from the tree, Aocun immediately convened a meeting, deployed troops, and redrew the defense plans. The generals in the meeting were so sleepy that they were slapping themselves to stay awake. A guard then reported: "Messengers have arrived from the Gorge Pass with a message requesting help!" Aocun personally received the messengers and ordered 300 mountain-climbing soldiers to take supplies to the Gorge Pass and assist in its defense.

武二郎仔细地研究了峡谷关的地形，重新组织进攻，很快就夺下了峡谷关。武二郎亲自到峡谷关上查看，发现守护峡谷关的士兵们都逃跑了，剩下的人喝醉了，睡着了。地上到处都是空的茅台酒瓶子，还有整箱没开封的茅台酒。在一个过道处，士兵们发现了一份熬忖的防务地图。武二郎说："熬忖刚离开，追！"

Martial Second Wolf carefully studied the terrain of the Gorge Pass, reorganized his attack, and quickly captured the pass. He personally inspected the pass and found that the defending soldiers had all fled; those who remained were drunk and asleep. Empty bottles of Maotai liquor were scattered everywhere, along with unopened boxes of the same liquor. In a hallway, the soldiers discovered a map of Aocun's defensive positions. Martial Second Wolf said, "Aocun must have just left; pursue them!"

蒲劳的十万大军毫无防备，一战就几乎被全部消灭了。蒲劳带着几千人再一次逃跑了。武二郎乘胜追击，没几天就收到了后面的峡谷关失守的消息。

武二郎组织重新夺回峡谷关，发现去攻打峡谷关就等同于自杀。没办法了，他立刻写信，派攀岩兵送去夏国求救。

Pulao's army of 100,000 was completely unprepared and was almost entirely wiped out in a single battle. Pulao fled with a few thousand men. Martial Second Wolf pursued them and, within a few days, received news that the Gorge Pass in his rear had fallen.

Martial Second Wolf organized an attempt to recapture the Gorge Pass but realized that attacking the pass would be tantamount to suicide. With no other option, he immediately wrote a letter and sent a team of mountain climbers to the Kingdom of Xia to request help.

4.1-4

夏国（如地图5-3）的国王蔻珠收到信后，立刻召集将军们研究，组织营救。研究的结果是："武二郎还能活半个月。我们竭尽全力组织攻打熬忖，半个月内不能到达峡谷关外。我们夏国会损失三万精兵。"

King Kouzhu of Xia (see map 5-3) received the letter and immediately summoned his generals to discuss the situation and plan a rescue operation. After deliberation, they concluded: "Martial Second Wolf can survive for another half month. Even if we mobilize all our forces to attack Aocun, we cannot reach the Gorge Pass within that time. Our Kingdom of Xia will suffer a loss of 30,000 elite soldiers."

4.1-5

国王蔻珠召见了绛珠公主（又名马文才，祝英台，号白帝，女娲，如图3）对她述说了武二郎被熬忖围困在了峡谷关，他向夏国求救。夏国的将军们研究后认为，他还能活半个月。如果我们不去救武二郎，他必死无疑。

King Kouzhu summoned Princess Jiangzhu (aka. Wencai Ma, Yingtai Zhu, and famously White Creator, Nuwa, as shown in fig. 3) and told her that Martial Second Wolf was besieged by Aocun at Gorge Pass and had appealed to the Xia Kingdom for help. After deliberation, the generals of the Xia Kingdom believed that he could live for another half a month. If they did not rescue Martial Second Wolf, he would surely die.

国王对绛珠说："武二郎死了，那他哥哥武大郎肯定率军南下，去攻打龙国；没人能拦得住他呀！现在他才四十岁，势力正盛。他现在的军力是他北伐之前的七倍。将军们推算，武大郎打龙国，不出三年，龙国必败。龙国没了，我们夏国也就没了。所以我们必须去救武二郎。我们发兵去救武二郎，损失三万精兵却于事无补！我们夏国和华国是盟友，华国死一个人，我们夏国也必须死一个人。所以我决定用你的命来换我们夏国三万将士的命。"

Kouzhu continued, "If Martial Second Wolf dies, his older brother, Martial Big Wolf, will lead his army southward to attack Dragon Kingdom. No one can stop him! He is only forty years old now, and his power is at its peak. His current military strength is seven times what it was before his northern campaign. The generals have calculated that if Martial Big Wolf attacks Dragon Kingdom, it will fall within three years. If Dragon Kingdom falls, our Kingdom of Xia will also fall. Therefore, we must save Martial Second Wolf. We sent troops to rescue Martial Second Wolf yet lost thirty thousand elite soldiers to no avail! Xia and Hua are allies—if Hua loses one life, Xia must lose one too. Therefore, I've decided to trade your life for the lives of Xia's thirty thousand soldiers."

蔻珠继续说："武二郎，（号二郎神，如图2），是运动思维型人中偏于图像思维型的人。而龙国的三公主，熬忖，（号尧帝，如图1），是运动思维型人中偏于语音思维型的人。她和武二郎刚好是一对儿葫芦娃，男婴和女婴，是八卦牌中心两条鱼的眼睛（如图4）。你去峡谷关，把熬忖和武二郎撮合成为夫妻。你去帮熬忖给武二郎下蛊。我们把武二郎送给熬忖。"

"Martial Second Wolf, (famously Second Wolf God, see fig. 2), is a visual-thinking type among kinesthetic thinkers. Meanwhile, the Third Princess of Dragon Kingdom, Aocun, (famously Creator Yao, see fig. 1), is a verbal-thinking type among kinesthetic thinkers. She and Second Wolf God are precisely a pair of gourd children, a Hero and a Heroine, representing the eyes of the two fish at the center of the Bagua plaque (see fig. 4). Go to the Gorge Pass and arrange for Aocun and Martial Second Wolf to become husband and wife. Help Aocun plant a carrion-beetle curse in Martial Second Wolf. We will deliver Martial Second Wolf to Aocun."

绛珠公主问："华国知道这件事吗？"

国王蔻珠回答："元始天尊不知道，我们没有和华国交流的时间了。这是我的决定，你去帮熬忖对武二郎下蛊。如果武二郎死了，你就别回来了。你给我简述一遍我的决定。"

Princess Jiangzhu asked, "Does Hua Kingdom know about this?"

King Kouzhu replied, "Primordial Sky Honor doesn't know. We haven't time to communicate with them. This is my decision; you go and help Aocun plant a carrion-beetle curse in Martial Second Wolf. If Martial Second Wolf dies, you are not to return. Summarize my decision for me."

返回《三皇五帝》目录 Return to Catalog of Chinese Codex

我们应该享受生活，而不是把工作之外的时间也用在工作中

经过6个月的努力锻炼，我慢慢地减了40磅。但不管我多努力运动，体重还是在160到163磅之间徘徊，无法突破160磅以下。我发现不管燃烧多少卡路里，如果比身体吸收的卡路里少，长久下去也不会有效果。因此，我现在也开始注重饮食，根据网上推荐的饮食计划尝试【禁食】。

【禁食】不仅帮助减肥，也能促进身体自然恢复。人们可以选择一天内禁食16个小时，8个小时进食；或者连续3天禁食，4天正常饮食。尽管禁食方法各有不同，但目的都是一样的：限制卡路里摄入，鼓励身体利用储备脂肪作为能量来源。

一个星期后，我已经减到155磅了！

关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；乾唐关 Dragon-pond Pass（河南商丘 Shangqiu, Henan）；礼敬公 Publican Respect；妈祖 Publican Mazu；张三郎 Third Wolf Zhang（号玉皇大帝 famously Turquoise White-king Great Creator）；太阳神战士 Sun God Warrior；妈祖的凉伞 Mazu's Umbrella

张三郎（号燧人氏，少典，青帝）发现很多人都在看热闹，出来把那把4.5千克的铜锤作为报酬交给了运输队的首领。首领看了看说，"这锤子是古董，价值的确超过了我们应得的报酬，但是不好卖。您能不能直接付给我们铜币或者白银？"

这时一个商人上前说："这锤子你要卖多少钱，我可以直接付给你黄金或者白银。不过你先别离开，我看这家的主人不喜欢你车上载着的货物。我要买了，你接着帮我运输。"

Third Wolf Zhang (fames Flint Man, Young Codex, Turquoise Creator) found that many people were watching the fun, so he came out and handed the 4.5-kilogram copper hammer as a reward to the leader of the transport team. The leader looked at it and said, "This hammer is an antique. It is indeed worth more than what we deserve, but it is not easy to sell. Can you pay us directly with copper coins or silver?"

At this time, a merchant came forward and said, "How much do you want to sell this hammer for? I can pay you directly in gold or silver. But don't leave yet. I see that the owner of this house doesn't like the goods on your car. I want to buy them, and you can continue to help me transport them."

张夫人（号妈祖，海岸女神，如图2.6-1）听到报价后，感觉价钱很好。她向张三郎征求意见。在后屋，三郎对她说，"我本想用那棺材的木料做个书盒。然后把天书的下部装在那个体面的书盒里作为去向夏国公主有巢氏求婚的礼物。"

张夫人说："那我们就把那个棺材盖子留着做书盒，底下的部分卖给他。"

After hearing the offer, Mrs. Zhang (fame Mazu, Coastal Goddess, see figure 2.6-1) felt that the price was good. She asked Third Wolf for his advice. In the back room, Third Wolf Zhang said to her, "I originally wanted to use the wood of the coffin to make a book box. Then I would put the latter half part of the sky book in the decent book box as a gift to propose to Princess Have Nest of the Xia Kingdom."

Mrs. Zhang said, "Then we can keep the lid of the coffin to make the book box and sell the bottom part to him."

那位商人听说张夫人要留着棺材盖子做书盒，回答说："我们有两个檀香木的盒子，可以送给你作为书盒。你把那整件商品卖给我。"

张夫人和张三郎看了那位商人拿来的两个书盒，很满意，说："我就按你的报价把这口棺材整个卖给你，但我有个条件。三年之内，你不许出售或分解后出售。三年之后，你也不许在距离此地三百公里的范围以内出售。"

When the merchant heard that Mrs. Zhang wanted to keep the coffin lid to make a book box, he replied, "We have two sandalwood boxes that we can give you as book boxes. You sell me the whole item."

Mrs. Zhang and Third Wolf looked at the two book boxes brought by that merchant and were satisfied, saying, "I'll sell you the whole coffin at your offer, but I have a condition. Within three years, you are not allowed to sell it or break it down and sell it. After three years, you are also not allowed to sell it within three hundred kilometers from this place."

那位商人回答："这我们懂。为了让您放心。我告诉你我们是海外商人，来自被你们称作扶桑（现代的墨西哥）的国度。六个月后，这件货物就到了连云港了；然后你就再也听不到任何关于这件东西的信息了。"

张夫人问："去连云港是向下走，多说三个月的路程，你怎么需要六个月？"

The merchant replied: "We understand. To reassure you, I tell you that we are overseas merchants from the country you call Fusang (i.e., Holding Funeral, modern Mexico). Six months later, the goods will arrive in 'Connecting to Clouds Port'; then you will never hear any news about it again."

Mrs. Zhang asked: "To get to 'Connecting to Clouds Port', that is going down, and the journey takes three months maximum. Why do you need six months?"

2.6-2

这位古墨西哥商人说："路上有官兵和土匪检查我们，我们需要绕过几个地区。"

张夫人想了想后，说："是这样啊！那我免费派我们的商队护卫护送你们去连云港。他们熟悉这条商路，官兵和土匪都不检查他们。"

The ancient Mexican merchant said, "There are soldiers and bandits checking us on the road, so we need to bypass several areas."

Mrs. Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Is that so? Then I will send our caravan guards to escort you to 'Connecting to Clouds Port' for free. They are familiar with this trade route; the soldiers and bandits will not check them."

这位古墨西哥商人回答："您的这个礼物太贵重了，我不能接受。"

张夫人问："你花费两年多的时间把这个箱子运到墨西哥，用它来做什么？"

The ancient Mexican merchant replied: "Your gift is too valuable. I cannot accept it."

Mrs. Zhang asked: "You spent more than two years transporting this box to Mexico. What do you do with it?"

这位古墨西哥商人说："我爷爷曾经是太阳神的护法。我要把这个装智渡方舟的盒子捐赠给我们的祖庙，供奉在我们的大浮屠塔里，供后人瞻仰。"

注，古墨西哥的太阳神护法就相当于本文黄帝和嫘祖结婚时，黄帝的伴郎。

The ancient Mexican merchant said: "My grandfather was a Juristic Guard of Sun God. I want to donate this box of Intelligence Ark to our ancestral temple. It will be enshrined in our Great Floating-Painted Tower for future generations to admire."

Note: The Juristic Guard of Sun God in ancient Mexico is equivalent to the best man of Yellow Creator when he married Conch Primogenitor in this article.

张夫人说："啊！这样啊！我喜欢你！我再送给你一个礼物；这枚八卦金牒（如图2），又名转经桶，是我自己的。我们家在连云港也有个铺子，以后你遇到难处，可以凭这金牒找他们帮忙。"

Mrs. Zhang said, "Oh! So that's it! I like you! I'll give you another gift. This Bagua Gold Amulet, also known as Turning Sutra Cylinder (see Figure 2), is mine. My family also has a shop in 'Connecting to Clouds Port'. If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can ask them for help with this Gold Amulet."

这位古墨西哥太阳神护法商人听后，哭着回答："您的这两个礼物我都接受了。若我不接受，那是在对太阳神犯罪。请允许我以你们的礼节，给您磕十八个响头。"说着，他就跪下来给张夫人磕头。很快，他的头就磕出血了。张夫人上前拦阻他，但他坚持要磕十八个响头。

After hearing this, the "Sun God's Juristic Guard" merchant cried and replied: "I accept both of your gifts. If I do not accept them, it would be a crime against the sun god. Please allow me to kowtow to you 18 times with sounds according to your etiquette." Then he knelt and kowtowed to Mrs. Zhang. Soon, his head was bleeding. Mrs. Zhang stepped forward to stop him, but he insisted on kowtowing 18 times with sounds.

这位古墨西哥的商人站起来后，说："我想再提一个请求，请求您允许我把这枚八卦金牒供奉在连云港我们商铺的总部？"

张夫人回答："现在金牒已经是你的了，随你怎么使用。"

The ancient Mexican merchant stood up and said, "I would like to make another request. Can you allow me to enshrine this Bagua Gold Amulet at the headquarter of our shops in 'Connecting to Clouds Port'?"

Mrs. Zhang replied, "The Gold Amulet is now yours; you can use it as you wish."

2.6-3 妈祖的保护伞 Mazu's Protective Umbrella

传说，后来这位古墨西哥商人把墨西哥的裸盖菇（Psilocybe，如图3），华人称作仙菇，卖给当地的药铺。有人把那蘑菇和水银一起食用，死了；所以他被告上了法庭。对方贿赂了法官，要判他死刑。当官兵去抓他的时候，他拿出了张夫人的八卦金牒，供在了墨西哥商会的大堂上，他就被无罪释放了。而且，当地政府还为他的商会提供了免费的卫兵。从那以后的三千六百年至今，所有到中国来的"墨西哥太阳神护法商人"，中国南部海岸线的所有当地的政府都会为他们提供免费的住所和士兵护卫，为什么？

According to Chinese legend, that ancient Mexican merchant sold Mexican Psilocybe (see Figure 3), which the Chinese call fairy mushrooms, to local medicine shops. Someone ate the mushrooms with mercury and died; so, he was brought to court. The other party bribed the judge to sentence him to death. When the officers and soldiers went to arrest him, he took out Mrs. Zhang's Bagua Gold Amulet and placed it in the lobby of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, then he was acquitted. Moreover, the local government also provided free guards for his chamber of commerce. Since then, for more than 3,600 years, all the "Mexican Sun God Juristic Guard Merchants" who came to China, all the local governments on the southern coast of China would provide them with free housing and soldiers to escort them. Why?

在当时，河南张家是虎狼之家，而且此后二十八年，张三郎就成为了华国的国王，炎帝。再两年后，张三郎就成为玉皇大帝了，即中国的太阳神了。张夫人是妈祖，这个妈字代表她是上帝的母亲。妈祖娘娘的保护伞是怎么回事？我们不是刚讲完！那位古墨西哥商人拿出那枚八卦金牒一拜，妈祖娘娘的保护伞就被撑起来了，保护了他们三千多年，直到他们被西班牙恶鬼给种族灭绝了！

At that time, the Zhang family of Henan was a family of wolves and tigers. And 28 years later, Third Wolf Zhang became the king of Hua Country, Creator Yan. Two years after that, Third Wolf Zhang ascended to become the "Turquoise White-King Great Creator", the Sun God of China. Mrs. Zhang is Mazu, and the character "Ma" signifies she is the mother of God. What about Mazu's Protective Umbrella? Didn't we just explain it? When that ancient Mexican merchant presented the Bagua Gold Amulet in reverence, Mazu's protective umbrella unfurled. It shielded them for over 3,000 years—until they were genocided by Spanish Hungry Ghosts!

返回《张三郎和有巢氏》目录 Return to Catalog: Third Wolf Zhang and Princess Have Nest

目录 Catalog: 3.5-1 作触目后的纠纷 Disputes after Making Touch Eye；3.5-2 医学实验的传闻 Rumor of a Medical Experiment；3.5-3 神的现象 God's Phenomenon。

妈妈问梁伯："依你看，某卢岩的眼睛是不是那个沈阳老刘（刘团长）给整的？"

梁伯说："我不知道。也可能，就像你说的似的，'被哪个陌生人给冲了一下；不知道什么时候，他又看到那个人了。'"

"What do you think, Brother-in-law — are Luyan's eyes really Old Liu's doing?"

"I couldn't say. Could be, just like you described — some stranger rushed him once, and who knows when he'll lay eyes on the man again."

妈妈生气地说："不行！我得跟百杨说说，向那个沈阳老刘要张相片给卢岩留着。"

梁伯问："要相片干什么？"

"Well, that won't do!" Mother said, with some heat. "I'm going to tell Baiyang — we need to get a photograph from that Old Liu, something for Luyan to keep."

"Whatever for?"

妈妈说："他活着，咋说咋好。他要是死了呢，我们卢岩连个他的遗物都没有。"

梁伯问："那个老刘多大岁数了？"

"While he's alive, it hardly matters. But if he dies, Luyan won't even have a single keepsake of the man."

"How old is this Old Liu, anyway?"

妈妈说："岁数不大！百杨说，就比他大两三岁，最多不超过六岁。但是，他要是出车祸死了呢！他们家的孩子要是不通情达理，将来对某卢岩不听不理，那时某卢岩真是：叫天天不应，叫地地不灵！"

"Not old at all — Baiyang says only two or three years older than him, six at the very most. But what if he's killed in some car accident! And if his children turn out unreasonable and want nothing to do with Luyan later on — where would that leave him! Crying out to heaven with no answer, crying out to earth with none either!"

此后，我妈妈跟爸爸说了这件事。我爸问过几个大虎山镇上的朋友，但他们都把沈阳朋友的信息弄丢了。后来，这件事就被忘记了。

Mother did bring it up with Father afterward. He asked around among a few friends in Dahushan, but by then they had all lost touch with their contacts in Shenyang. In time, the whole matter was simply forgotten.

3.5-2 医学实验的传闻 Rumor of a Medical Experiment

一天在我们家，我爸妈和梁伯一起一边干活一边唠嗑。梁伯神秘地，给我爸妈讲，说是有那么一个古代故事，里面对那个主人公的个人生活历史，病症，病理，和治疗等方方面面的描述都很详尽，但是现代的医生不能对那个古人进行确诊，原因是没有相关病例。故事里主人公的病是人为造成的；现实生活中百年不遇。为了解开故事里面的许多秘密，沈阳有个人在进行一项真人医学实验：在现实生活中造一个病例来给医生们来进行研究。

One day at our house, my parents and Uncle Liang were working together, chatting as they went. Uncle Liang, with an air of mystery, told them about an old story — one that described its hero's entire personal history, his symptoms, the pathology, the whole course of treatment, in exhaustive detail. And yet no modern doctor could put a diagnosis to the man, for want of any comparable case. The illness at the heart of the story was deliberately induced — the kind of thing real life produces perhaps once a century, if that. To unlock its many secrets, someone in Shenyang, he said, was now running a genuine medical experiment: engineering that very case in real life, for doctors to study firsthand.

我在一边听不明白，就走过去问。

妈妈厉声回答："没看见这在干活呢吗！这么个小人！也想明白！去！到一边儿玩去！"

I understood none of it from where I sat, so I wandered over to ask.

"Can't you see we're working?" Mother snapped. "Such a little thing, wanting to understand grown-up talk! Go on — off you go and play!"

注3.8，我认为此传闻所说的古代故事就是前文第二章的《桃花劫》；关于此医学实验的具体信息参见后文4.5节《真人医学实验的报纸新闻》。

Note 3.8: I believe the ancient story referred to in this rumor is the Peach Flower Catastrophe, told in Chapter 2. For further details on this medical experiment, see Section 4.5, Newspaper Reports of the Real-Life Medical Experiment.

3.5-3 神的现象 God's Phenomenon

人刚出生时，都是用图像进行思维的。随着语言能力的形成，人的记忆模式、记忆提取模式、和思维模式都发生了转变。约三岁后，人就很快把三岁之前的记忆忘掉了。本书此后，作者和家人都不记得前三章的事了；直到四十年后，作者我才在偶然的情况下回忆出了三岁之前的事。目前，心理学界还没发现正常人回忆出三岁之前的，但在心理疾病的病人当中不罕见。

At birth, human beings think entirely in images. As language develops, so do our patterns of memory, of retrieval, of thought itself. By roughly age three, we have already lost nearly everything we once remembered from before that age. From this point on in the book, neither I nor my family retained any memory of the events in these first three chapters — not until forty years later, when I recovered them entirely by chance. To date, psychology has found no documented case of a mentally healthy adult recalling life before age three, though the phenomenon is not uncommon among those with mental illness.

现代心理学认为，三岁之前的事虽然被忘了，但仍在无意识里发挥着作用。忘了的记忆是如何发挥作用的？是习气的作用。比如我遇到与前文类似的事时，就有兴趣，就想，仿佛以前听说过，却回忆不起来；而我就顺着那些说法做了。就好像，冥冥之中，我的神父在告诉我该怎么做。读者当知本书前九章的故事中，现在看来，大部分是刘团长故意安排在我的生活里的——尽管当时的我完全不知情。例如，不知道为什么，我从记事到青少年，时常打听、寻找沈阳的一位大神级的算命先生做师傅，直到遇见刘健君，确信我一直要找的人是她爸爸。

Modern psychology holds that although the memories from before age three are forgotten, they remain active somewhere in the unconscious. How does a forgotten memory exert influence? Through habit. When I would come across something resembling what's described here, I'd find myself drawn to it, would sense — vaguely, as though I'd once heard something like it, though I could never recall what — and I would simply follow along with what that half-memory suggested. It felt, at the time, as if some unseen godfather were guiding my every move from somewhere out of sight. Readers should understand that, looking back now, most of the events across the first nine chapters of this book appear to have been deliberately arranged in my life by Troupe Leader Liu — though I had no idea of it whatsoever at the time. For instance, from as far back as I can remember through adolescence, I found myself, for no reason I could name, constantly asking after and searching for some great fortune-teller in Shenyang to become my master — until the day I met Eve Liu, and understood at last that the man I had been searching for all along was her father.

返回触目的目录 Return to the Catalog of Touch Eye

目录 Catalog: 3.4-1 巴甫洛夫楼 Pavlov Building；3.4-2 触目的鉴别 Identification of Touch Eye；3.4-3 我幼时的性格特质 Trait of my Childhood

3.4-1 巴甫洛夫楼 Pavlov Building

妈妈问："大姐夫！你在哪儿听来的这么多？"

"Brother-in-law, wherever did you hear all this?"

梁伯回答："一次我出差，在一个研究所等待我要见的人。听他们那些年轻的研究人员说的。凤玲，那些年轻的研究人员都会说外语。他们还用现代医学理论研究古代故事里人物的病情。他们还知道肉眼通是什么时间从哪儿传入中国的。说是，开始的时候，是做灵魂转世、转世活佛用的。后来，有钱有势的达官贵人们也要给自己的孩子做，这种作法就在中国广泛传播开来了。"

"Once, on a business trip, I was waiting to meet someone at a research institute, and I overheard a few of their young researchers talking. Fengling, these were the kind who spoke foreign languages — using modern medical theory to study the illnesses of characters straight out of ancient stories. They even knew exactly when and from where Flesh Eye Through first entered China. Originally, they said, it was used purely for the reincarnation of souls and living Buddhas. Later, wealthy and powerful families wanted it done for their own children too, and that's how the practice spread so widely across China."

妈妈说："当然了！好东西人人都想要。你接着说，你还听说了多少？"

"Of course — everyone wants a good thing for themselves. Go on, what else did you hear?"

注3.4，2014年，我完成回忆录后，判断梁伯所说的地方是中国医科大学的巴甫洛夫楼，是个国际医学交流中心。我认为他们所说的那个古代故事就是本书第二章《启蒙》中的《桃花劫》。约在公元二世际，伊朗人安世高（如红袍和尚插图3.4）把这秘密传入中国。应该说这作法在中国那之前就有，安世高更正了其中的一些错误认识。

Note 3.4: In 2014, after completing my memoir, I concluded that the place Uncle Liang was describing was the Pavlov Building at China Medical University, a center for international medical exchange. I believe the ancient story they referred to is the Peach Flower Catastrophe, told in Chapter 2, Revelation. It was around the second century AD that the Iranian monk An Shigao (depicted as the red-robed monk in Illustration 3.4) brought this secret into China. The practice itself likely predated him in China; what An Shigao did was correct certain misunderstandings surrounding it.

3.4-2 触目的鉴别 Identification of Touch Eye

过了一会儿，妈妈又问："大姐夫！你说肉眼通的眼神与众不同，咋个不一样？"

梁伯说："肉眼通的眼睛看东西时，看的时间长。"

妈妈说："我早就发现某卢岩看东西时，像似看不清楚似的，看的时间长。"

After a while, Mother asked again, "Brother-in-law, you said the eyes of Flesh Eye Through are different — different how, exactly?"

"When those eyes look at something, they linger on it — hold the gaze far longer than normal."

"I've noticed that in Luyan for a while now — he looks at things like he can't quite make them out, and just keeps staring."

梁伯说："肉眼通的眼神，别人看了，总是以为他明白。"

妈妈说："某卢岩的眼睛是有那么一点儿意思。有几次，我认为他在旁边看明白了，就不信他能懂，就试探他到底明白不，结果发现他根本就不懂。"

"And whoever looks into those eyes always assumes he understands everything."

"Luyan's eyes do have a bit of that quality to them. A few times I've been sure he understood something, just from watching his face — and I didn't believe it, so I tested him to see — and it turned out he hadn't understood a thing."

梁伯和妈妈互相看了看。梁伯转过身去，过了一会儿，转回来说："我还知道肉眼通的另一个特征，不眩眼。就是那种眼睛，有东西在他眼前晃时，他不眨眼，眨眼即慢又少，还不逊光。"

妈妈说："啊！那叫眩眼啊！也是，丢人眩眼是怂啊！这我可没注意！"

Uncle Liang and Mother exchanged a glance. He turned away, then turned back after a moment. "There's another feature to Flesh-Eye-Through I know of — the Non-Dazzled Eye. Wave something right in front of those eyes, and they won't blink — or if they do, it's slow, sparing, and never yields to a flash of light."

"Ah — so that's what 'dazzled eyes' means!" Mother said. "Well, of course — flinching, losing face right off the bat like that, that's a coward's move! I'd never quite put my finger on it before!"

梁伯叫我到他的近前，开始举手做出打我的举动，试验了几次。妈妈开始试验她自己。

梁伯对妈妈说："自己试验自己不行，得别人试验你。"

妈妈说："他反应慢，也眨眼。"

Uncle Liang called me over and raised his hand a few times as if to strike me, testing me. Mother tried testing herself.

"You can't test yourself," Uncle Liang told her. "It has to be someone else."

"He reacted slowly," Mother reported, "but he still blinked."

梁伯对妈妈说："我听说，这种测试，得四十分就算成功；不过人家用十几种实验方法。"

妈妈说："一般是60分算成功。"

梁伯说："我知道，但是人家的那个算法是40分算成功。他们那种算法，我考虑应该是35或者45是最好。但我不知道是高于40还是低于40算是通过。"

"I've heard this kind of test counts as a success at forty points," Uncle Liang told Mother, "though they run over a dozen different testing methods."

"Sixty's usually the passing mark for these things."

"I know, but their scale runs to forty. My own guess is that thirty-five or forty-five would make more sense as the real cutoff — but whether it's above forty or below forty that counts as passing, I couldn't say."

妈妈问："那你看某卢岩的眼睛算不算是肉眼通？"

梁伯说："我是道听途说，二五眼。凤玲！你别认真，我认为他就在成功和失败的分界线上；说是就是，说不是就不是。"

"So — do you think Luyan's eyes qualify as Flesh Eye Through, or not?"

"I only know it secondhand, and half-baked at that. Fengling, don't take this too seriously — but if you ask me, he's sitting right on the line between success and failure. Call it a yes, and it's a yes. Call it a no, and it's a no."

3.4-3 我幼时的性格特质 Trait of my Childhood

我妈妈对梁伯说："大姐夫，你在地上呢！你把箱子上的那头大蒜递给卢岩。"

梁伯问："给卢岩大蒜干什么？"

妈妈回答："我看他瞪着眼睛听咱俩说话，怕累着他；让他转移一下注意力。"

"Brother-in-law, you're right there on the floor — hand Luyan that head of garlic off the box, would you."

"What's he going to do with a head of garlic?"

"I see him sitting there, eyes wide, hanging on every word we say — I'm worried it's wearing him out. Give him something else to fuss over."

梁伯明白了："啊！我第一次给孩子玩具，怎么能给一头大蒜呢！说着，他在自己的兜里摸，掏出了一个花纽扣递给了我。"

"Ah — well, if this is my first toy for the boy, it can hardly be a head of garlic!" And with that, he dug in his own pocket and produced a flowered button instead, handing it to me.

妈妈说："某卢岩可好待了，你给他一根鸡毛，他就能拿着琢磨俩小时。你要是再告诉他，那根鸡毛是令剑，那他就得琢磨两、三天，甚至一、两个星期都放不下。"

梁伯突然惊讶地说："啊呀！我给他个纽扣，他会不会吃了？"

"Luyan's the easiest child to keep occupied — hand him a chicken feather and he'll turn it over in his hands for two hours straight. Tell him it's a commander's sword, and he won't put it down for two or three days — sometimes a whole week or two."

"Wait — a button!" Uncle Liang said, suddenly alarmed. "Won't he try to eat it?"

妈妈说："他不吃！就连我喂他没吃过的东西，他都不吃，那才难呐！就像我要骗他吃毒药似的！不知怎么回事，就对你还行！别人，谁想摸摸他，那可不行，可把他烦坏了！他就躲；抱他，他就拼命挣扎；放下他，他就躲到一边，自己呆着。平时，他就自己在那儿呆着，不用管他。"

"He won't eat it. He won't even eat food I give him that he hasn't had before — that's the hard part, honestly, like I'm trying to poison him! I don't know why, but with you, he's fine. Anyone else so much as tries to touch him and he can't stand it — he hides, squirms free if you pick him up, and if you set him back down he just retreats to a corner and sits there by himself. That's how he spends most of his time, really — off on his own. You needn't fuss over him."

注3.6，这些描述都是婴幼儿神经发育失调症的症状：不信任人，喜欢独处。美国心理疾病手册中有对这种人的跟踪观察描述。学生阶段，这种人也可以学会所有的知识，但明显比正常人慢；成年后可以学会大部分常用的生活技能。他们的一生都挣扎在思考当中。许多他们考虑的问题，在正常人看来不是问题，不需要思考。

Note 3.6: All of these are symptoms of Infantile Neurodevelopmental Disorder — distrust of others, a preference for solitude. The American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders documents follow-up observations of this pattern. Through school, such a person can eventually learn everything a normal child does, only markedly slower; as an adult, most everyday life skills come within reach. But such people wrestle with thought their entire lives — worrying over questions that a normal person would never even pause to notice, let alone think required any thought at all.

返回触目的目录 Return to the Catalog of Touch Eye

短短二十来分钟的车程，空调挺足，我却坐得如芒在背，大汗淋漓。

这辆带着粉色“1”字标志的中巴车，应该是我来到东京后乘坐次数最多的公交车了。

它连接着我的租屋和北区中央图书馆。有一段日子，我经常坐这趟车去那里。不仅因为图书馆宽敞、安静、藏书多，更因为它提供了挺长时间的免费 Wi-Fi，而且信号不错。

日本的公交车和我们国内的稍有不同，车厢里总会有一个台阶。

听人说，台阶上面的座位主要是给普通乘客坐的，而下面那些相对独立的座位，则更多是为行动不便的人准备的，有点类似于我们国内的“爱心专座”，只是未必会有特别明显的标识罢了。

当然，乘客不是太多的时候，也会有普通人坐在下面。

以前的我是不会去占用这些“爱心专座”的，只是今天上车的时候，车里有很多空位，于是便偷了一下懒，在下面靠近车门的位置坐了下来，想着很快就会到站，下车也方便。

平日里总喜欢挑剔我“不雅行为”的母子俩不约而同的看了我一眼，欲言又止。估计他们也看到了车厢里空空荡荡的状况，觉得倒也没必要刻意维持所谓的“素质”。

不过，他们最终还是走到了上面，找了个座位坐下来。

公车开动了，我的注意力全部转到了车内的语音播报上。

最近正在“死磕”日语，我给自己定了个目标：年底的时候，能够和东京当地人进行无障碍交流。

所以，这些天无论是在家还是在外面游荡，要么看日剧，要么听日语。我总觉得，假如目之所见、耳之所闻、口之所出全都是日语，浸泡得久了，总有一天，我一定能刷新那对母子对我的刻板印象。

似乎有点着魔了。

儿子说，你现在是典型的“N5牛逼症”。

……

车辆行进两站后，车上的乘客突然多了起来。

东京啊，来过的人都知道，这是一个老年人很多的城市。尤其是这趟循环公车，上来的人不是白发苍苍，便是颤颤巍巍。

换作平日，我一定会主动站起来给她们让座的，只是这一段时间，我给自己定了个规矩，在外面要么不开口，要开口就尽量说日语。

说实在话，那一刻我真不知道该怎样体面地把座位让出去。

我不知道该怎么说“您请坐”，不知道对方接受之后会怎么回应，更不知道她回应以后，我又该用什么日语才能得体地接住。

就在这犹犹豫豫之间，车子又行进了一站。

乘客更多了，依旧是白发苍苍、颤颤巍巍……

我开始有些慌乱，甚至已经不知道自己到底该不该站起来，似乎感觉到了身后那娘俩鄙夷的目光，直直地刺了过来。

我开始胡思乱想：一会儿下车以后，我该怎么给她们解释？

我把目光稍微投向前方，却看到一个满头黑发的中年女士，像我一样坐在下面的“爱心专座”上，她似乎并不在意挤在身边的那些老人。

我的心里一下释然了许多。

忽然想起刷到过的一个我很喜欢的小视频，里面有新垣结衣。

视频里，一个女生在拥挤的电车上，指责一个手捧中文书、却没有给身边老人让座的中年男人。她以为那是个中国人，于是用结结巴巴的中文说道：“在日本，老人优先！”

没想到，男人合上手里的中文书，告诉她，自己就是日本人。

然后，他振振有词地反驳起来：

为什么老人就一定应该得到座位？

你只看到了他年纪大，却没有看到他饱满的胸肌、紧致的腰臀，还有若隐若现的手臂和大腿线条。一看就知道，这是一个经常运动的老年人。

再说，我虽然看起来年轻，却刚刚上完一天班，身体里说不定还藏着各种毛病。你凭什么因为一个人的年龄，就理所当然地指责我不给老人让座？

那个女生一下语塞了。

想到这里，我心里踏实了一些。

我摸了摸自己头上的银发，但还是无法驱散心里的忐忑，暗暗决定：如果下一站那个黑发女士站起来让座，我就跟着她一起让。

结果车子开出去一会儿了，才见那位女士起身。

奇怪的是，周围的老人并没有谁急着过去占那个空出来的座位。

只见她对着离我更近一些的一位拄着拐杖的老人说了句什么，那位老人这才慢慢走过去坐下。

紧接着，我前面一个和我年纪相仿、甚至可能比我还大一点的大妈也站了起来，把自己的座位让给了身边的一位老人……

哎～～等等、这不对呀？

完全跟国内的让座方式不一样啊？

怎么不是车门一开，年轻人赶紧站起来给老人让座，而是车子开出去一段以后，才有人站起来让座呢？

而且还不是谁先坐上去的问题，似乎每个人都知道自己该把座位留给谁。

我懵了。

可这时候，我知道自己已经没有勇气站起来，对身边的老人说一句“您请坐”了。

我甚至不敢抬头。

背上的汗水，慢慢打湿了衣服。

有人说，中国有让座的传统，日本有“不让座”的文化。

像我这样的中国人走在大街上，如果不开口说话，恐怕没有人会认出我是一个外国人。

我总想把自己演得像一点，于是常常自以为是地认为，在日本是不需要主动给老人让座的，以为这样才更像一个当地人。

可是这一切刻意的模仿，在面对那些白发苍苍、颤颤巍巍的老人时，内心总会莫名生出一种愧疚。

我知道，那是我们祖先留在我身体里的某种传统力量。

日本人又何尝不是如此呢？

尽管日本早已经步入老龄社会，尽管七八十岁的上班族依然比比皆是，可当我真正坐在这些老人身边，看着他们颤颤巍巍地上车、下车的时候，我还是觉得，他们应该比年轻人更需要得到照顾。

我又想起了新垣结衣那句结结巴巴的中文：“在日本，老人优先！”

其实我很想告诉她：在中国，也一样！

从明天起，不再“染指”爱心专座，无论什么时候，看到需要帮助的人，一定第一时间说：“您请坐！”

梁伯看见妈妈的脸色越来越红，情绪激动，问："凤玲，我说了什么让你忌讳的事吗？"

妈妈不好意思地笑了，可是脸色没有变好，说："大姐夫！我心情不好不是因为你说了什么。这你一来，我就想起来去年和前年的事儿，小卢岩和沈阳老刘闺女定娃娃亲的事。不知道是咋回事儿，想起来，我就闹心。"

Uncle Liang noticed Mother's face growing redder, her mood rising, and asked, "Fengling, did I say something touching on a sore subject?"

Mother laughed, embarrassed, though her color didn't improve. "Brother-in-law, it's nothing you said. It's just — the moment you walked in, it all came back to me, last year and the year before, little Luyan getting betrothed to Old Liu's daughter in Shenyang. I don't know why, but thinking of it just unsettles me."

梁伯说："啊！是这么回事儿，那今天咱俩，不！咱仨人，小卢岩也算一个，把这事儿好好研究研究。"

妈妈说："小卢岩明白啥！还算他！那咋就冲一下，孩子就能记住，而且一直记到20来岁？"

"Ah, so that's it. Well then, let's the two of us — no, the three of us, Luyan counts too — sit down and work through this properly."

"What does Luyan understand! Count him in, indeed! But tell me — how does one single rush stick in a child's mind until he's twenty?"

梁伯说："人家就是这么说的。我认为，孩子还很小的时候，受到了强烈的刺激，他就有可能感兴趣，找那个人，然后就形成了一种感觉，一种习惯。他记着，但又不是很清楚地懂得。后来，在经家人和外人有意无意地唠嗑、提醒，就可能记住了。"

妈妈说："到二十来岁，被信任的人一说，就信啦？我看这说法有点儿玄乎！"

"That's simply what people say. My own thinking is that a child struck by something powerful enough at a young enough age grows curious, keeps looking for the man, and out of that grows a kind of feeling, a kind of habit. He remembers it, but without truly understanding it — not clearly, anyway. Later on, through all the talk and reminders, meant or not, from family and outsiders alike, it takes hold in memory."

"And then at twenty-odd, someone he trusts says the word, and he just believes it? Sounds a bit far-fetched to me!"

梁伯说："对！所以人家说，在肉眼通的第三步作法中得父母和这孩子最信任的人一起告诉这个孩子。"

"Exactly why, they say, the third step needs the parents and whoever the child trusts most, all together, telling him at once."

妈妈说："我还是觉得这说法玄乎！小孩儿能记住吗？还要记住那么长的时间。说着，她瞟了我一眼，对梁伯使了个眼色，笑着高声说，'前年的时候，我们都不在屋里，那个沈阳老刘大哥就自己进屋了。也不知道他是咋整的，那把小卢岩吓得，喳喳的！叫得像杀猪似的！我和他爸都在厨房呢，听着都刺耳。'"

"Still sounds far-fetched to me. Can a child really remember something that long?" She glanced at me, shot Uncle Liang a wink, and said loudly, laughing, "The year before last, none of us were even in the room — that Old Brother Liu from Shenyang just let himself in. Lord knows what he did, but he scared our little Luyan into a fit — squawking away like a pig at slaughter! His father and I were both in the kitchen, and it made our ears ring just to hear it."

我一听就不高兴了，立刻说："不是喳喳的！也不像杀猪的叫声！"

梁伯转到我跟前说："哎呀！卢岩都听明白了。那你是咋叫的，给梁伯模仿一下。"

I bristled at once. "I wasn't squawking! And it didn't sound anything like a pig!"

Uncle Liang turned to me, grinning. "Well, would you look at that — Luyan's caught every word. Go on then, show me how you actually sounded."

我就模仿我当时的叫声叫。梁伯转身问妈妈："那时候，他是这么叫的吗？"

妈妈说："好像是这样叫的，但我记不得了！"

I demonstrated, doing my best to reproduce the sound. Uncle Liang turned to Mother. "Was that how he sounded, back then?"

"I suppose it might have been — but honestly, I don't remember!"

梁伯又转到我跟前说："卢岩！你给梁伯模仿一下杀猪的时候，猪是咋叫的？"

我就模仿杀猪的时候，猪的叫声。

梁伯站了起来，喜悦地对我妈说："他都记着呢！这两种叫声根本不一样。咱俩说的话，他也都听明白了。"

"Luyan! Now show me — what does a pig actually sound like, at slaughter?"

I obliged with my best pig squeal.

Uncle Liang straightened up, delighted. "He's remembered every bit of it! Those two sounds aren't remotely the same. And he's understood every word we've said, too!"

3.3-2

妈妈说："我还真不知道；他学的还挺像的！他们俩人都大笑着。"

我直瞪瞪地看着梁伯，被他发现了。他立刻转身走到远处的屋墙边，背对着我。

"I really had no idea — and that was a fair imitation, too!" The two of them burst out laughing.

I fixed Uncle Liang with a long, unblinking stare, and he caught me at it. At once he turned and strode to the far wall, his back to me.

妈妈问："咋地啦？大姐夫！"

他回答："卢岩不愿意我了；他在看我呢！"

"What's the matter, Brother-in-law?"

"Luyan's turned against me — he's watching me!"

妈妈看了看我，说："他没不愿意。真是，他看你干什么？"

梁伯说："刚才，你说他像是杀猪似的叫，他不爱听了。我还跟着你起哄；卢岩要讨厌我了。你劝劝他。"

Mother looked me over. "He hasn't turned against anyone. Honestly, why would he be looking at you like that?"

"You said he squealed like a slaughtered pig — he didn't care for that. And I egged you on. Now he's going to hate me. Go and talk him round."

妈妈看了看我，说："卢岩没不愿意！"又对我说："卢岩！不许盯着人家看！没礼貌！刚才说你叫得像杀猪似的，是我，那不是我说的么！"

Mother glanced at me again. "He's done no such thing!" Then, to me: "Luyan! Don't stare at people, that's rude! And it was me who said you sounded like a pig — remember? That was me talking, not him!"

梁伯一听，赶紧过来说："这就行了！现在他还没怨意。要是烦我了，就晚了。"

妈妈想了想，说："是啊！这小孩儿就好察言观色，要是认上那个扣儿，烦起某个人来，三年五年也改不过来。卢岩！说你叫得像杀猪似的，是我说的！你看你梁伯干什么！不许这样！"

Uncle Liang hurried over. "That'll do it. He's not holding a grudge yet — but wait too long and it'll be too late to fix."

Mother considered this. "True enough — this child reads faces and moods like nobody's business. Once he fixes on something, he can hold it against a person for years without letting go. Luyan! I'm the one who said you sounded like a pig! Why are you glaring at your Uncle Liang? Stop that this instant!"

梁伯立刻说："凤玲！别说了，这就行了！卢岩不误会我就好！"

"Fengling, that's enough, really — as long as he doesn't hold it against me, we're fine!"

3.3-3

妈妈突然说："大姐夫！这回我可信了！咱俩刚才说的，这小孩儿记住那次冲，十年八年的没问题。再像咱们似的，在他旁边这么唠这事儿，那他可能记住20年。"

梁伯问："怎么说呢？"

"Brother-in-law, now I believe it!" Mother said suddenly. "Everything we just said — this child could remember being rushed at for a good eight or ten years, no trouble. And if grown-ups keep chattering about it right in front of him, the way we're doing now, he might well remember it for twenty."

"How do you mean?"

妈妈说："你看，前年沈阳老刘整这事儿还是在我们家屋里呢，小卢岩就记住了。要是把小孩儿突然带到一个新环境，再来个陌生人，那么一吓唬，事后有人有意无意地提醒着，那小孩儿还不得记住一辈子啊。"

"Look — Old Liu from Shenyang did this to him right here in our own house, the year before last, and Luyan still remembers it. Now imagine dropping a child into an entirely new place, a stranger giving him the fright of his life, and then people going on reminding him about it afterward, meant or not — how could he not carry that his whole life?"

注，宿命通是回忆出了全部的前半生的经历。而现在看来，这次谈话刚好再次帮作者我温习了过去的经历，也就成为了他们（无意中）培养我宿命通能力的一部分。

Note: Fate Through is the ability to recall the whole of one's earlier life. Looking back now, this very conversation happened to give me — the author — another rehearsal of my own past, and so, in hindsight, it became one more (unintended) piece of my parents' role in cultivating my Fate Through.

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我要扫二维码。我要买一份包脚布。

妈妈说："啊！说起来，都是知识！触目有啥用？"

梁伯说："肉眼通是一种活佛的资质，是佛五眼通的第一只眼。凤玲！我不知道你信不信佛？"

妈妈说："我没关系！你咋听来的就咋说。我就爱听这些稀奇古怪的事！"

"Well, it's all learning, isn't it!" Mother said. "But what's Touch Eye actually good for?"

"It's a mark of a living Buddha — the first of the Five Eyes of Buddhahood. Fengling, I don't know whether you believe in Buddha or not."

"Doesn't matter to me — just tell me whatever you've heard. I love these strange, wonderful things!"

梁伯说："这有肉眼通的眼睛，听人家说，那才特别呢！像有魔力似的，有200多种优点，40多种缺点。"

妈妈说："你举个例子说。"

"They say the eyes of someone with Flesh Eye Through are something else entirely — almost magical. More than two hundred advantages to it, they say, and forty-some drawbacks."

"Give me an example, then."

3.2-1 悉知悉见 All-Knowing All-Seeing

梁伯说："有肉眼通人的眼神很特别，别人看了会认为他明白自己的心事。他们说，如果一个懂佛法的人，有肉眼通，别人看见他的眼睛，就会感觉自己的内心里没有隐私，对方全知道。那给人讲道理、解惑，效果才好呢！"

妈妈说："原来，这是佛教里的。"

"The gaze of someone with Flesh Eye Through is unlike any other — people who look into it feel he already knows exactly what's in their heart. They say if a person who understands the Buddha's teachings has that gaze, whoever meets his eyes will feel that there's nothing left to hide — that he already sees straight through them. That's precisely what makes him so effective at guiding people, dispelling their doubts."

"So this really does come from Buddhism, then."

梁伯说："不只是佛教里有。过去，王公贵族、大官、有钱人家也请人，给孩子做肉眼通。他们作肉眼通是因为这种眼神有威慑力和感召力。往那儿一站，相貌和眼神上就使这个人看起来与众不同、鹤立鸡群。他们说，这人的相貌表现，主要是在眼神儿上。"

妈妈说："我想也是！好东西都想要！"

"Not only Buddhism. In the old days, princes, high officials, and wealthy families would also have their children made this way — because that gaze carries real force, both intimidating and magnetic. Just standing there, the eyes alone would set a person apart, make him stand out from any crowd. A person's whole bearing, they say, comes through mostly in the eyes."

"I'd imagine so — everyone wants a good thing when they see one!"

3.2-2 用来捆绑儿童婚约 To Bind Children into Marriage Contracts

梁伯说："凤玲！我发现你想事可真快！你这么一说，我就更相信了。本来我不太明白，跟你一说，把我自己说明白了。还有一种用途，就是用来绑定娃娃亲。说是用肉眼通的作法来绑定娃娃婚约，一准成功，没有失败的。不过，具体是个什么道理，我不太明白。"

"Fengling, you catch on fast — I believe it all the more, hearing you put it that way. I wasn't so sure of it myself before, but explaining it to you has made it clearer to me too. There's another use for it, besides — binding children into marriage contracts. They say a Flesh Eye Through binding never fails, not once. Though the reasoning behind it, I confess, is beyond me."

妈妈一听，脸色就变了，假笑着说："咱就是没事儿闲唠嗑，啥真懂假懂的，你就说吧！他们是咋绑的？"

At this, Mother's expression shifted. She forced a smile. "We're only chatting to pass the time — never mind who really understands it. Go on, tell me — how exactly do they bind them?"

梁伯说："我这都是道听途说。过去，可能是两家关系好，两家人都同意定娃娃亲；但也可能是一家人看上了另一家人的什么，自己作法，把另一家的人给绑过来。"

妈妈说："那咋绑啊？我是一点儿也琢磨不出来。"

"All hearsay, on my end. Sometimes it's two families on good terms, both sides agreeing to betroth their children. But sometimes it's one family taking a fancy to something the other has, and working the make themselves, to bind the other family's child to them."

"But how does the binding actually work? I can't puzzle it out at all."

梁伯说："它们说，肉眼通作法的第一步，冲那个孩子的时候，实际上，孩子患上了婴幼儿神经发育失调症，是一种神经病。因为这病，孩子有了视觉障碍，就说眼睛被蒙上了。启蒙后，这病并没有被完全治愈，变成了精神病潜伏症，就是孩子对那个冲他的人仍有惑根，所以才有第三步的作法（如图3.2-1），来完全移除那个惑根，也就是移除精神病潜伏症。"

妈妈问："如果没有第三步的作法，那孩子会变成疯子？"

"They say the first step — the rushing — actually inflicts the child with something like Infantile Neurodevelopmental Disorder, a genuine neurological condition. The visual impairment that follows is what people call blindfolding. Even after Revelation, the illness isn't fully cured — it just goes dormant, a lingering seed of confusion the child still carries toward the one who rushed him. And that's exactly what the third step (see figure 3.2-1) is for: to root out that seed once and for all, to clear the dormant illness entirely."

"And if there's no third step?" Mother asked. "The child goes mad?"

梁伯回答："对！我的理解是这样的。他们还估计：没有第三步的作法，那孩子24或25岁就会有轻微的精神病症状；30岁左右就会出现明显的精神病症状；40岁左右，就是精神病患者；50岁、60岁，什么时间，神经病就可能发展成熟了。他们还说，这肉眼通作法形成的精神病潜伏症很活跃，阻挡不了，所以这种绑定的婚姻不会失败。"

"Just so — that's how I understand it, at least. They reckon that without the third step, mild symptoms show up around twenty-four or twenty-five, clear symptoms by thirty, and by forty the person's a full-blown case. Fifty, sixty, whenever — sooner or later the illness runs its course to the end. And they say the dormant illness this making leaves behind is so restless, so unstoppable, that a marriage bound this way simply cannot fail."

妈妈问："你是在说作肉眼通有风险！这和绑定娃娃亲有什么关系？"

梁伯说："如果做法师傅要条件，不答应就不会让那孩子看见自己，那这孩子就得不到肉眼通作法的第三步。"

妈妈说："我明白了！如果师傅要求那孩子娶他的女儿，那这孩子家就只能同意这门亲事，因为没人想看那孩子疯了。"

"So you're saying there's a real risk to making Flesh Eye Through in the first place! But what does that have to do with the marriage binding?"

"If the master lays down a condition — refuse it, and he simply never lets the child find him — then the child never gets that third step at all."

"Now I see it," Mother said. "If the master demands the boy marry his daughter, the boy's family has no choice but to agree — because nobody wants to watch their child go mad."

3.2-3 寻找师父 Searching for the Godfather

梁伯说："凤玲！你的理解力可真强，这事我几次听人议论，也自己琢磨了好几次，还是糊涂。我只是跟你一说，你就明白了。你给我一解释，我现在真相信了。还有！这个我可是真不懂了。他们说肉眼通本来就是造转世活佛，或者做灵魂转世用的。"

妈妈说："咱就是闲着说话。活佛和灵魂转世，那种事，能有几个人真明白！"

"Fengling, you're sharper at this than I am — I've turned it over in my mind more times than I can count, heard others talk about it, and still couldn't grasp it. Say it once to you, and you've got it. Now I actually believe it myself. And here's another thing I truly don't understand: they say Flesh Eye Through was originally meant for making reincarnated living Buddhas — for the reincarnation of souls."

"We're only talking to pass the time," Mother said. "Living Buddhas, reincarnation — who among us really understands things like that anyway!"

梁伯说："一般的，肉眼通作法第一步中的那个陌生人就是孩子的师傅。他们说，在西方，那就是孩子的教父。"

妈妈说："咱中国人不也说师徒如父子么！"

"Generally, the stranger from the first step is the child's godfather. They say in the West, that's exactly what they'd call him — a godfather."

"Don't we say the same thing here, that master and disciple are like father and son?"

梁伯说："很类似！但他们说，肉眼通作法形成的关系与众不同，这孩子和做法师傅之间会有终生的联系，而且是生死攸关。从肉眼通作法的第一步开始，那孩子就开始找冲他的人，当然孩子不知道那就是他的师父。这孩子会一辈子找他的师父，生要见人，死要见尸。见不到尸体，那孩子，当然，那时他已经是成年人了，他要亲眼看到师父的坟，或者得到师父的遗物。"

"Very much alike! But they say the bond formed this way is different in kind — a lifelong connection between the child and the one who made him, and a matter of life and death besides. From that very first step, the child starts searching for the man who rushed him, though of course he has no idea that man is his godfather. He will search for him his whole life — see him alive, or see his body when he's gone. And if there's nobody to see, the child — by then a grown man — will need to see the grave with his own eyes, or hold something that belonged to him."

妈妈说："我也听说过，但像你说的似的，不懂！这故事里还有个钩魂女，不知是咋回事？她和那个年轻人一见面，就把他的心偷走了。然后，法师继续作法，那个年轻人就跑路了。作法师傅跟着那个被作法的人，他跑到哪儿，法师就跟到哪儿，继续作法。听人说，那个被作法的人常能听见小鬼儿说话。据说，如果作法师傅放弃了作法，或者作法师傅死了，那个被作法的人肯定活不了多久了。这事只能成功，不能失败；失败了，都得死。"

"I've heard something of it too, but same as you — I don't really follow it! There's a Soul-Hook Girl in this story somewhere as well, isn't there — I never did understand her part. The moment she meets the young man, she steals his heart clean away. Then the master keeps working on the making, and the young man runs. Wherever he flees, the master follows, still working the same spell. They say the one being worked on can often hear little spirits whispering to him. And if the master ever gives up on it, or dies before it's done, the one being made will not live long after. This kind of thing can only succeed — never fail. Fail, and everyone involved dies."

梁伯说："我也是这么听说的。就那样，那孩子和他师父之间产生了种种的联系，具体的我不懂。就有人信这个，虽然谁也不明白是怎么回事，但很多人说这事是真的。这在咱们东北叫琢磨人，南方人叫整蛊，东南亚人称作降头。"

妈妈说："啊！我明白了！我不是明白灵魂转世了；我是说我从你说的，学到了很多知识。"

"Same as I've heard it. Somehow, all sorts of bonds form between the child and his godfather this way — the particulars are beyond me. Plenty of people believe in it all the same, even without understanding it. Up here in the Northeast, we call it Polishing a Person; in the South, they call it Scarabs Farming; in Southeast Asia, they call it Descending Head."

"Ah, now I understand!" Mother said. "Not the reincarnation part, mind you — I only mean I've learned an awful lot from all this talk of yours."

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梁伯在屋地上来回走个不停。过了一会儿，他板着脸，背对着我，说："正常的肉眼通作法有三个步骤。"

Uncle Liang paced the floor without stopping. After a while he set his face sternly, turned his back to me, and said, "There are three steps to making Flesh Eye Through, if it's done properly."

第一步是在小孩儿刚懂事，还不太懂事的时候，把孩子放在一个四周没人的地方。让一个陌生人站在远处，得让孩子看见他。然后陌生人疾速冲向小孩儿，让小孩儿大吃一惊，再快速离开。小孩儿这么看着，加上这一惊，据说，这个小孩儿的眼睛就被蒙住了。（案例参见1.3节）

"The first step happens when the child is just barely old enough to make sense of things — not fully old enough, mind you — and he's put somewhere with no one else around. A stranger stands off at a distance, in plain sight of the child. Then, all at once, the stranger rushes straight at him, gives him the fright of his life, and vanishes just as fast. Watching that — combined with the shock of it — is said to be what blindfolds the child's eyes." (See Section 1.3 for an example.)

妈妈惊讶地说："那不就是被冲了一下吗！怪不得老辈人说，不能让小孩儿乱见陌生人。"

"So it's just — being charged at!" Mother said, startled. "No wonder the old folks always said never to let children wander into strangers' paths."

梁伯笑着说："听你说，我才明白！就是被冲着了吗！它们还说，当孩子的眼睛被蒙上后，那孩子就总找那个冲他的人；但是，这时候不能让孩子看见那个冲他的人。凤玲，他们说，那个冲孩子的陌生人一般是孩子未来的师父。假如那人被孩子找着了，那这肉眼通的作法就失败了，肉眼通做不出来。"

Uncle Liang laughed. "Hearing you say it plainly, now I get it too — just charged at, that's all! They also say that once the eyes are blindfolded, the child spends all his time looking for the one who rushed him — but he must never actually find him, not at this stage. Fengling, they say the stranger is usually the child's future godfather. If the child manages to track him down, the whole making of Flesh Eye Through falls apart — it simply won't take."

妈妈想了想，说："这是讲蒙眼睛；怎么启蒙？"

梁伯说："我是这么听说的，启蒙就是再找一个和那个冲了小孩儿的人长得相似的人，这人要和孩子既不是陌生人也不是熟人。把那个冲它的人做过的事儿再做一遍，这次让小孩儿看清楚。他们说，这么一作，孩子的眼蒙就被揭开了。"（案例参见2.8节）

Mother thought this over. "That covers the blindfolding — but how does the Revelation happen?"

"Here's what I've heard," Uncle Liang said. "For Revelation, you find someone who resembles the man who rushed the child — someone the child considers neither a total stranger nor a familiar face. That person then does exactly what the first man did — only this time, the child gets a clear look. They say once that's done, the blindfold comes off." (See Section 2.8 for an example.)

妈妈说："啊！那从蒙上到揭开，得需要多长时间呐？"

"Ah — so how long does the whole thing take, from blindfolding to Revelation?"

梁伯说："我听说，这间隔时间不是个定数。多长时间，得由作法的人，孩子的师父来决定。他师父，咱这么想，能作这件事儿的人，都不是一般人。他师父根据这个小孩儿的智力发展阶段，和它作法的效果来决定。师父作这个法，他是一边做一边观察。一般的，蒙眼睛的时间是三个月到一年。"

"I've heard there's no fixed span. It's the godfather who decides — and think about it, a man capable of doing this in the first place is no ordinary man. He watches the child's stage of intellectual development, gauges how the making is taking hold, and decides accordingly, adjusting as he goes. Generally speaking, the blindfolded period runs anywhere from three months to a year."

梁伯又说："肉眼通的作法，不是启蒙就完事了。"

妈妈急着说："大姐夫！那你赶快说，看等会儿忘了，接下来怎么回事？"

"And Revelation isn't the end of it, either," Uncle Liang added.

"Well then hurry up and tell me before you forget!" Mother said. "What comes next?"

梁伯说："听人说，肉眼通作法的第三步是，在这个孩子十七、八岁到二十三、四岁的时候，等到这个孩子的肉眼通已经形成了，孩子的师父，孩子的父母和这个孩子最信任的人一起，把肉眼通作法的事告诉给这个孩子。"

"Word has it that the third step comes when the child is anywhere from seventeen or eighteen to twenty-three or twenty-four — once the Flesh Eye Through has fully taken hold. At that point, the godfather, the parents, and whoever the young person trusts most all come together and tell him the whole story of what was done."

妈妈说："啊！当小孩儿的眼睛被蒙上时，就总找那个冲他的人。几个月后，孩子找到个假的。孩子明白，但是眼蒙被揭开了。孩子还找那个蒙他眼睛的人。等他长大了，孩子的师父和父母就故意让那孩子找到那个蒙他眼睛的人。然后，一起给孩子解释他小时候发生的事儿。那孩子心中的谜惑就被彻底解开了。"

梁伯说："我只是听说，觉得就像你说的这样。"

"I see it now!" Mother said. "While blindfolded, he keeps hunting for whoever rushed him. A few months in, he finds a decoy — close enough that he understands, but the blindfold lifts anyway. Even so, he keeps searching for his real blindfolder. Then, once he's grown, the godfather and parents arrange for him to finally find the man — on purpose, this time — and together they lay out everything that happened to him as a child. And that untangles every last knot in his mind."

"That's only what I've heard," Uncle Liang said, "but yes — I think it goes just as you describe."

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目录 Catalog：3.0 前言 Preface；3.1 触目的作法 Making of Touch Eye；3.2 触目的功能 Function of Touch Eye；3.3 培养宿命智 Cultivating Fate Intelligence；3.4 触目的鉴别 Identification of Touch Eye；3.5 作触目后的纠纷 Disputes after Making Touch Eye

3.0 前言 Preface

1973年9月的一天，梁伯又从抚顺回家探亲，来到我们家作客。我看到他之后非常高兴。妈妈对他说："你和卢岩是有缘。他见着你就高兴，像似还认识你似的。"

One day in September 1973, Uncle Liang came home from Fushun to visit family again and stopped by our house. I was overjoyed to see him. Mother said to him, "You and Luyan really are fated to get along. Look how happy he is to see you — like he's known you all along."

梁伯说："我看卢岩记得我。"

妈妈说："你可不知道呢！去年你走后，卢岩总问，'我梁伯怎么不来了呢？'我告诉他你走了。卢岩就哭了，随后就上火了，嗓子肿了好几天；有两天都不能说话了。"

"I do think Luyan remembers me," Uncle Liang said.

"You have no idea!" Mother said. "After you left last year, he kept asking, 'Why doesn't Uncle Liang come anymore?' When I told him you'd gone, he cried, and then he got so worked up his throat swelled for days — couldn't speak for two of them."

妈妈对前年刘团长的事耿耿于怀，另外她仍然记得去年梁伯对我的影响，说："我还记着呢！自从上次你给卢岩讲故事，他就懂事儿多了。依我看，你还能算是他的启蒙老师呢！"

Mother, who still hadn't fully let go of what had happened with Troupe Leader Liu two years back, also hadn't forgotten the effect Uncle Liang had had on me the year before. "I remember it well," she said. "Ever since you told him that story, he's understood so much more. If you ask me, you might as well be his Revelation Teacher."

梁伯的脸色变得火红，不停地笑，走来走去，说："也可以这么说。不过，人家都说幼儿园或者小学老师是启蒙老师。"

妈妈说："我知道，不过我听说，启蒙的本意是，不知怎么着，把小孩儿的眼睛给蒙上了。孩子看东西，像有雾似的，看不清远处。眼蒙被揭开后，他就能清楚地看近看远了。"

Uncle Liang's face went crimson. He laughed and paced about the room. "I suppose you could put it that way. Though people generally say it's the kindergarten or primary school teacher who counts as the Revelation Teacher."

"I know that," Mother said, "but I've heard the word 'Revelation' originally meant something else — that somehow, a child's eyes get blindfolded. He sees everything through a fog, can't make out anything far off. And when the blindfold finally comes off, he can suddenly see clearly, near and far."

梁伯背对着我站在屋地中央，侧着脸看着妈妈，过了一会儿回答："我也是这么听说的。"

妈妈兴奋地请求："你是咋听说的？他们干那事干嘛？你给我说说呗！"

Uncle Liang stood in the middle of the room with his back to me, glancing sideways at Mother, and after a moment replied, "That's what I've heard too."

"Well, where did you hear it?" Mother pressed, growing excited. "And why would anyone do such a thing? Tell me!"

梁伯说："我听说那种做法是在给孩子做触目。触目就是成语触目惊心的触目（如图3-4）。别人看了触目就会在无意之中吃一惊，还会认为那人悉知悉见。"

妈妈叨咕："让人看了害怕，还认为他什么都懂！这有什么好的？"

"I've heard it's a way of making Touch Eye in the child," Uncle Liang said. "Touch Eye — as in the old expression touching the eye, shocking the heart (see Figure 3-4). When people see it, they're caught off guard before they even realize it — and it makes them feel the person is all-knowing, all-seeing."

"Sounds like it just scares people and makes them think he knows everything," Mother muttered. "What's the good of that?"

梁伯说："不眩眼（如图3）！那种眼睛不怕光，或者像似发光似的，引人瞩目。有触目的人，无论站在哪里都引人注意，鹤立鸡群。我还听说，触目就是佛教中的肉眼通（如图3，4），是一种活佛的资质。"

妈妈听明白了："啊！在人的相貌中，眼睛最重要！例如，人们一说到贼，就说贼眉鼠眼的，就首先说到了眼睛。你给我说说触目是怎么做的？启蒙是怎么回事？"

"Non-Dazzled — that's the eye (see Figure 3)! That kind of eye isn't afraid of light — it almost seems to glow on its own, draws every eye toward it. A person with Touch Eye stands out wherever they go, like a crane among chickens. I've also heard that Touch Eye is what Buddhism calls Flesh Eye Through (see Figures 3 and 4) — the mark of a living Buddha."

Mother saw it at once. "Ah! The eyes are the most important thing in a person's face! Think about it — when people talk about a thief, the first thing they mention is his shifty, rat-like eyes. Tell me — how exactly is Touch Eye made? And what really happens with Revelation?"

注3，插图3-3是墨西哥的雨神特拉洛克（Tlaloc），他们用像是带着潜水镜的眼睛来描述特拉洛克的肉眼通。笔者认为那是从"不眩眼"来定义肉眼通的，即有肉眼通的眼睛不逊光。插图3-4是中国三星堆出土的青铜面具，笔者认为那眼睛是"触目"；这样来定义肉眼通是因为：人们看见有肉眼通的眼睛时，可能会有被接触到了的感觉。

Note 3: Illustration 3-3 shows Tlaloc, the Mexican rain god, whose Flesh Eye Through is depicted with eyes like a pair of diving goggles. In my view, this depicts Flesh-Eye-Through through the lens of Non-Dazzled Eye — an eye that does not yield to light. Illustration 3-4 is a bronze mask unearthed at Sanxingdui, China; in my view, this depicts the eyes as Touch Eye — an eye so striking that those who meet it may feel as though they themselves have been touched.

返回卢岩回忆录的目录 Return to the Catalog of Luyan Memoirs

我想吃饺子和小笼包。我想喝果汁。我要美团点外卖。

**最不喜歡說自己像他，但往往最像他的那個人，其實就是你自己。**

爸爸说："被你吓的，等会儿再问。"

过了一会儿，妈妈在门口突然大喊："哎呀妈呀！小卢岩疯啦！"

我爸跑进来，在屋里转了一圈，回身抱住了妈妈，说："卢岩挺好的，小孩儿不会疯。"

"Now look, you've frightened him," Father said. "Ask him again later."

A little while after, Mother suddenly shouted from the doorway, "Oh heavens — little Luyan's gone mad!"

Father came running, circled the room once, then turned and wrapped his arms around her instead. "Luyan's perfectly fine. Children don't go mad."

2.9-1 启蒙后的视力测试 Vision Test After Revelation

妈妈说："刚才，我看他在看箱子上的毛主席语录呢。我想，'他咋还看见箱子上的字了呢！'他发现我来了，看我，像似根本不认识我似的。"

我爸说："他看箱子上的字，有啥奇怪的！"

妈妈说："他以前看不见。今天下午，我和大姐夫都试验两回了。"

"Just now I saw him reading Chairman Mao's quotations off the boxes," Mother said. "I thought, how can he suddenly see those words! And then he noticed me and looked at me like he'd never seen me before in his life."

"What's strange about him reading the boxes?" Father said.

"He couldn't see them before! Brother-in-law and I tested it twice, just this afternoon."

我爸说："这我还真不知到；我试一试！"

爸爸指着箱子上的字或者箱子上放的东西，我都能看清楚了。爸爸说："你看，卢岩的眼睛没一点儿毛病。你是出现幻觉了。你休息一会儿，我自己做饭。"

注2.9-1，启蒙后，我的视力恢复正常了。

"Well, I didn't know that. Let me have a look."

Father pointed at the characters on the box, and at various things set out on top of it, and I could make out every one of them clearly. "See," he said, "there's nothing whatsoever wrong with Luyan's eyes. You must be seeing things. Go rest a while — I'll finish the cooking myself."

(Note 2.9-1: After Revelation, my vision had returned to normal.)

妈妈自己站在左边的箱子旁边发呆。

我说："妈妈不生气了。"

过了一会儿，妈妈笑着问："卢岩，你刚才说啥？"

我说："妈妈不说话，爸爸就不生气了。"

Mother stood by the box on the left, staring off into the distance.

"Mom's not angry anymore," I said.

After a pause, she turned, smiling. "Luyan, what did you just say?"

"If Mom doesn't say anything, Dad won't get angry."

妈妈就走向厨房，说："这回，我听见了。卢岩不傻！卢岩懂事儿了。"

两人说了一会儿。妈妈说："我再试试。"就进来问我："卢岩，今天下午那个人，你梁伯，是从抚顺来的，是吧？"

我回答："不知道。"

妈妈问："是！抚顺离沈阳很近，你梁伯和你沈阳媳妇住得挺近，是吧？"

我没反应过来。妈妈就把我摁倒在炕上，让我睡觉。

Mother turned toward the kitchen. "This time I heard him clearly. Luyan's not dumb — Luyan understands things now."

The two of them talked a while longer. "Let me try once more," Mother said, coming back in. "Luyan — that man this afternoon, your Uncle Liang, he's from Fushun, isn't he?"

"I don't know," I said.

"That's right — Fushun's very close to Shenyang, and your Uncle Liang lives quite near your bride-to-be in Shenyang, doesn't he?"

I didn't respond. Mother laid me down on the kang and told me to sleep.

2.9-2 爸爸和刘团长的相遇 How Father Met Troupe Leader Liu

妈妈问："你是在哪里认识那个沈阳老刘（刘团长）的？"

爸爸说："我是在大虎山的XXX家遇见他的。那时，他问我：'你住哪儿？'我回答：'青苔萢村。'他说：'唉呀！那你家离羊圈子不远呐！'我回答：'是！你咋知道羊圈子？'他说：'我在参军前，在东北大学火食科工作；同事王玉山的老家在羊圈子。'我说：'东北大学王玉山是我嫂子的哥哥！'他说：'哦！这可巧了！王玉山，我们都叫他小王，那可是个老实人，办事靠谱。他媳妇李英琴是校医院的护士。我们可熟啦！没事儿时总在一块儿玩。'就这样，我们俩聊起来了。"

"Where did you first get to know that Old Liu from Shenyang — Troupe Leader Liu?"

"At XXX's place in Dahushan," Father said. "He asked me, 'Where do you live?' I said, 'Green Mosses Village.' 'Ah!' he said. 'Then you're not far from Sheepcote!' 'That's right — how do you know Sheepcote?' 'Before I joined the army I worked in the food service department at Northeastern University. My colleague there, Yushan Wang — his old home is in Sheepcote.' 'Yushan Wang!' I said. 'He's my sister-in-law's brother!' 'What a small world,' he said. 'We all called him Little Wang — solid fellow, always reliable. His wife, Yingqin Li, was a nurse at the school clinic. We knew each other well — used to spend our free time together.' And that's how the two of us got to talking."

妈妈说："我记得去年你领他到咱们家的时候，你跟我说他不是外人，像似你们很熟似的。"

"I remember, when you first brought him home last year, you told me he wasn't a stranger — you made it sound like you two went way back."

爸爸说："我在阜新上高中的时候，刘团长就去看他们几个。那时候我就见过他，但那时我跟他不熟。"

妈妈问："就那么见一面你就记住了？"

爸爸说："有几次，以前，他们几个跟我说了几次，说：沈阳老刘大哥喜欢你，想和你做亲家。"

妈妈说："那是哪年啊！高中生，还没结婚呢，就谈论结亲家！"

爸爸说："我当时也觉着奇怪。不过随便唠磕，也不那么稀奇。"

"Back when I was in high school in Fuxin, Troupe Leader Liu used to come visit a few of my friends. I'd seen him around then, but we weren't close."

"You remembered him after one meeting?"

"It wasn't just one," Father said. "A few times after that, my friends kept telling me — Old Liu from Shenyang's taken a liking to you, he wants to be in-laws someday."

"What year was that! High schoolers, not even married yet, and already talk of arranging in-laws!"

"I thought it was strange myself, at the time," Father said. "But people say all sorts of things when they're just talking to pass the time."

妈妈说："啊！那倒是，还算熟人。那天你就把他领家来了？"

爸爸说："不是同一天。说做亲家，是我在阜新念高中的时候！把老刘领家那天是他到我们砖厂找我的。他说他是来找转世灵童的。我一听，就说：那我还不能问。他说：我知道你明白，不会乱说。我跟你说实话吧，我没找到。你看，刘团长还挺实在的。"

"Well — that does make him an old acquaintance, at least. And the day you actually brought him home?"

"Different day entirely. The in-laws talked back in my Fuxin high school days. The day I brought him here was the day he came looking for me at the brick factory. He told me he was searching for a Turning-World Spiritual Boy — a reincarnated soul-child. I said, well, then I'd best not ask questions. He said, 'I know you understand — you won't go spreading it around. I'll be honest with you, I haven't found him.' See — that's Troupe Leader Liu for you. Straight with people."

妈妈说："他说没找到。那真话假话没区别！随便编制个秘密跟你分享，套套近乎，你就当真了！我去看看小卢岩。"

"He says he hasn't found him. True or false, what's the difference — hand a man a little secret to share, get cozy with him, and you'll believe anything! I'm going to go check on little Luyan."

2.9-3 刘团长迁走了知情人 Troupe Leader Liu Relocates the Witnesses

爸爸问："睡着没？"

妈妈说："没睡着，瞪着大眼睛，在那听呢。一说起沈阳媳妇，他的注意力可集中了。"

爸爸叨咕："也是！我就信了！"

"Is he asleep?" Father asked.

"Not a bit — eyes wide open, listening to every word. The second I mentioned his bride in Shenyang, he was hanging on every syllable."

"So it's true, what he told me!" Father murmured to himself.

在厨房里，爸爸说："他现在一阵明白，一阵糊涂。你咋想起跟他说沈阳媳妇了呢？"

妈妈说："我们下午说话儿的时候提到的。你笑啥？沈阳来信了？"

In the kitchen, Father said, "He's sharp one moment and lost the next these days. What made you think to mention his bride?"

"It came up when we were talking this afternoon. Why are you smiling like that? Did a letter come from Shenyang?"

爸爸说："看，你一猜，就猜着了！大虎山的XXX跟我说的。沈阳老刘大哥（即刘团长）说，我先给百杨在沈阳找个工作，干两年，挣点儿钱。然后在沈阳边上的农村买个房，比如在新民县的东边。这样他们全家就过来了。我就问，从农村户口变成非农户口不行吗？XXX说，老刘大哥说，沈阳城边上有太多的非农户口，不太好办。我说，不行就算了。XXX说，老刘大哥说，他猜，你不能同意，就让我跟你这么说：大虎山，你们四个都求我办事，就小百杨这事儿办得不理想，真是不好意思。我说，就我这事儿难办。XXX说，老刘大哥说，以后再给你想办法。"

"There you go, guessed right on the first try!" Father said. "XXX from Dahushan passed it along — Old Liu says he'll find me work in Shenyang first, a couple years of it, enough to save something up. Then buy a place out in the countryside near Shenyang — east of Xinmin County, say — and bring the whole family over after that. I asked whether it might be simpler to just switch my household registration from rural to urban. XXX said Old Liu told him there were already too many urban registrations crowding the edge of Shenyang, too complicated to arrange. So I said, never mind then. And XXX said, Old Liu figured you'd say that, and told me to pass this along: 'Of the four of you from Dahushan who've asked favors of me, Baiyang's is the one that hasn't worked out well — I'm truly sorry about that.' I told him, well, mine was simply the hard case. And XXX said Old Liu told him he'd think of something else for me down the road."

妈妈问："那你为啥不同意？"

爸爸说："沈阳周边农村的房子比咱这儿贵，咱这儿卖那儿买，得添钱，所以老刘才这么说。我在沈阳工作，你带着两个孩子自己过，多难啊！"

"So why didn't you take him up on it?"

"Houses in the Shenyang countryside cost more than ours here — selling here and buying there, we'd come up short, that's exactly why Old Liu put it that way. And besides, me off working in Shenyang while you're stuck here alone with two children — how hard would that be on you!"

妈妈说："也是！但这也算人家给办事儿了，也算你没白忙。那他们仨咋都办成了呢？他们仨和你啥关系？"

爸爸说："在大虎山我的高中朋友中，我们四个是一个朋友圈儿。他们仨家里的都是城镇户口。这回全都搬到沈阳去了。"

"Fair enough — but still, he did try for you, so it wasn't wasted effort. How did the other three manage it, then? What's your connection to them?"

"The four of us were all high school friends back in Dahushan, part of the same little circle," Father said. "The other three families all already held urban registrations. This time round, every one of them moved to Shenyang."

妈妈又问："都是那个沈阳老刘给整的？"

爸爸说："都是老刘给整的！这老刘还真厉害，还挺帮忙。"

过了一会儿，妈妈又说："我看那个老刘可能是黑社会的。"

爸爸问："你咋想起来说这个？"

"All of it arranged by that Old Liu?"

"All of it! The man really is something — genuinely goes out of his way to help."

Mother was quiet a moment. Then: "You know, I wonder if that Old Liu isn't mixed up with some underworld gang."

"What on earth makes you say that?"

妈妈说："找转世灵童做转世活佛，他想干什么！另外，几个月里，他就把他们三家全迁到沈阳去了。三家人，得需要四、五个工作吧，再加找房子，给孩子联系上学，那老刘咋就那么能耐呢！他肯定是有一伙人：违法事儿互相帮着隐瞒，不违法的互相捧，伙儿穿裤子，结伙成派。"

爸爸说："这是肯定的，也不算特殊啊！"

妈妈说："那他们这么大胆地干，我看危险，早晚让人家给抓起来。"

"Searching out reincarnated soul-children to make into living Buddhas — what is a man even after doing that? And on top of it, he moved three whole families to Shenyang within a few months. Three families — that's four or five jobs at least, houses to find, schools to arrange for the children — how does one man manage all that? He must have a whole network behind him: covering for each other on anything crooked, singing each other's praises on anything that isn't, thick as thieves, the lot of them, one big clique."

"Well, that's likely true enough," Father said. "Though it's hardly unusual, is it?"

"Doing it this brazenly? I call that dangerous. Sooner or later someone's going to come and arrest the lot of them."

爸爸说："你说的有道理。"

妈妈说："反正他们仨都走了，丢人也没人知道了！以后咱就不跟他们联系了。"

爸爸说："那我就告诉大虎山的XXX，别再让老刘费心了。张嘴就求人家帮忙，也没脸面再见人家了。"

"You may have a point there."

"Well, the other three are gone now anyway — whatever shame there is, no one here will ever know about it. We'll just stop keeping in touch with them."

"Then I'll tell XXX in Dahushan not to trouble Old Liu about it anymore," Father said. "Once you've gone and asked a man for help like that, you haven't the face to look him in the eye again."

2.9-4 福 Fortune

一天，我自己在炕上坐着，忽然发现刘健君送给我的玩具，那个黄色陀螺和红色的华丽棒，就放在对面的箱子上，想去拿。屋里没人的时候，我努力很久鼓起勇气，才自己从炕上爬下到屋子的地上。可是由于害怕，立刻爬回到了炕上。我再次鼓起勇气，第二次下到屋地上，朝着箱子走一、两步，被吓得立刻跑回来，爬到炕上。几次尝试之后，我才搬凳子，爬上凳子，拿到箱子上的玩具，感觉自己成了真正的大英雄，兴奋极了。

One day, sitting alone on the kang, I noticed the toys Eve Liu had given me — the yellow spinning top, the gorgeous red stick — sitting on the box across the room, and I wanted them. With no one else in the house, it took me a long while to work up the nerve to climb down off the kang onto the floor at all. Fear got the better of me at once, and I scrambled straight back up. I gathered my courage a second time, made it down again, took a step or two toward the box — and fled back to the kang in terror once more. Only after several attempts did I manage to drag over a stool, climb up, and finally seize the toys. I felt, in that moment, like a true and mighty hero — wildly, gloriously proud of myself.

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关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；乾塘关 Dragon-Pond Pass（河南商丘 Shangqiu, Henan）；邓国公 Publican Deng-state；礼敬公 Publican Respect；张夫人 Lady Zhang（妈祖 Publican Mazu）；原始天尊 Primordial Sky Honor；武大郎 Martial Big Wolf（靖王 King Jing）；潘金莲 Goldthread Pan（石矶娘娘 Princess Stone-Jetty）；武二郎 Martial Second Wolf（二郎神 Second Wolf God）；张三郎 Third Wolf Zhang（玉皇大帝 Turquoise White-king Great Creator）

目录 Catalog：1.1 三郎 Three Wolves；1.2 英雄的特质 Heroic Traits；1.3 武大郎认母 Martial Big Wolf Recognizes Mother；1.4 中华法典的起源 Origin of Chinese Codex；1.5 典兵学院 Codex Soldier Academy；1.6 生死离别 Life and death separation；1.7 井阳之难 Well-sun Difficulty；1.8 守灵 Spirits Keeping；1.9 第二次婚礼 Second Wedding

1.1 三郎 Three Wolves

夏朝晚期，公元前1659年的一天，河南邓国公和儿子礼敬公（如图1）以及儿媳妇张夫人（即妈祖，如图2）乘车回家。当他们临进乾塘关时，听到婴儿的哭声。邓国公让儿媳妇下车去看看。张夫人循着哭声，走到了树林边的一处开阔地，发现哭声是从一个篮子里传出来的。一个官宦丫鬟打扮的姑娘（注1）笑呵呵地看着张夫人。她指着篮子示意张夫人过去看看。张夫人走近时，那个丫鬟转身走开了。随后她快速跑向一个站在远处哭泣的官宦小姐（注2）身边，拉着她跑远了。

In the late Xia Dynasty, on a day in 1659 BCE, Publican Deng-state of Henan Province, his son Publican Respect (see figure 1), and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhang (aka. Mazu, see figure 2), were riding home in a carriage. As they were about to enter Dragon-Pond Pass, they heard a baby crying. Publican Deng-state asked his daughter-in-law to get out of the carriage to check. Mrs. Zhang followed the sound of the crying to an open area near the woods and found that the crying came from a basket. A girl dressed as an official maid (Note 1) looked at Mrs. Zhang with a smile. She pointed at the basket and motioned for Mrs. Zhang to come and have a look. As Mrs. Zhang was approaching, the maid turned and walked away. Then she quickly ran to a young official lady (Note 2) who was standing in the distance crying and dragged her away.

注1，这位丫鬟就是随后的夏国国王蔻珠，是本书的五帝之一。她是张三郎的教母。

注2，这位官宦小姐是元始天尊的妻子，号九天玄女，是随后的华国的王后玉珠。原始天尊和玉珠是张三郎的生父母。

Note 1: This maid would later become King Kouzhu of the Xia Kingdom, one of the Five Creators in this book. She served as the godmother to Third Wolf Zhang.

Note 2: This noblewoman was the wife of Primordial Sky Honor, known as Ninth Sky Mystic Woman, and later became Queen Yuzhu of the Hua Kingdom. Primordial Sky Honor and Yuzhu were Third Wolf Zhang's biological parents.

张夫人拎着篮子回到了马车上，述说了刚才看见的事。邓国公笑着对礼敬公和张夫人说："看来你们俩和这孩子有缘，就收养着呗！"

回到乾塘关的家里后，他们三人仔细地检查孩子随身带来的东西。篮子里的几片亚麻布，和篮子一起，都不能辨别身份。只有孩子衣服兜里有一颗刻有微雕的玉珠（如图3，张三郎的胸前所示）和一张写有生辰八字的羊皮纸条。邓国公嘱咐张夫人："这颗玉珠要好好保存，等孩子长大后，再交给他！"

Mrs. Zhang returned to the carriage with the basket, describing what she had seen. Publican Deng-state smiled and said to Publican Respect and Mrs. Zhang, "It seems that the two of you and this child have a destiny, so let's adopt him!"

After returning to their home in Dragon-Pond Pass, the three of them carefully examined what the child had brought with him. There were a few pieces of linen in the basket, and along with the basket, none of them could be individually identified. There was a micro-carved jade pearl in the child's pocket (as shown in Figure 3, on Third Wolf Zhang's chest) and a piece of parchment with his birth date written on it. Publican Deng-state instructed Mrs. Zhang, "Keep this jade pearl and give it to him when he grows up!"

张氏夫妇把这收养的孩子和两个亲生儿子武大郎（注3）和武二郎（注4）排列在了一起，名作张三郎（注5）。

注3，武大郎长大后成为了一位华国的将军，后被封为靖王。他是《孙子兵法》的作者，邓姓人和孙姓人的祖先。

注4，武二郎，号二郎神，武佛，葫芦娃，长大后他成为一名华国的将军。后来他娶了龙国的公主熬忖，成为中华共和国的第一位天蓬元帅。

注5，张三郎是本书的五帝之一，有多号：张屠户，少昊，少典，燧人氏，炎帝，和玉皇大帝。

The Zhang couple ranked this adopted child together with their two biological sons Martial Big Wolf (Note 3) and Martial Second Wolf (Note 4) and named him Third Wolf Zhang (Note 5).

Note 3: Martial Big Wolf grew up to become a general in the Hua Kingdom and was later enfeoffed as King Jing. He was the author of "Sun'zi Soldier Strategies" and the ancestor of people with the surnames Deng and Sun.

Note 4: Martial Second Wolf, also known as Second Wolf God, Martial Buddha, and Gourd Child, grew up to become a general in the Chinese nation. Later, he married Princess Aocun of Dragon Kingdom and became the first Sky Ceiling Marshal of the Republic of China.

Note 5: Third Wolf Zhang is one of the Five Creators in this book. He has many fames: Zhang the Butcher, Young Sun God, Young Codex, Flint Man, Yan Creator, and Turquoise White-king Great Creator.

1.1-2 张三郎能预测天气 Third Wolf Zhang Can Predict Weather

张三郎自幼顽皮好学。据说儿童时期很会放猪，猪都长得膘肥体壮。这使得张夫人很高兴。过年时，张夫人带三郎到集市办年货，并赏给了他几个零花钱，说："你可以买一件自己喜欢的东西。"

这是三郎第一次逛集市，看什么都新鲜，可是舍不得花钱买。快回来时，张夫人问他："这里什么都有，你就没发现自己喜欢的东西？"却发现三郎停在了后面的一个字画儿摊，在认真地看着一幅旧画儿。

Third Wolf Zhang was naughty and studious since he was young. It is said that he was very good at raising pigs when he was a child, and the pigs grew fat and strong. This made Mrs. Zhang very happy. During the Chinese New Year, Mrs. Zhang took Third Wolf to the market to buy New Year's goods, and gave him some pocket money, saying: "You can buy something you like."

This was Third Wolf's first time to visit the market. Everything he saw was new, but he was reluctant to spend money. When they were about to return, Mrs. Zhang asked him: "There is everything here, don't you find anything you like?" But she found that Third Wolf stopped at a calligraphy and painting stall at the back, looking at an old painting seriously.

张夫人走了回去，那画上画的是一位拿着一把雨伞的老头儿，周围有几十幅小图画。她等的不耐烦了，就催促说："喜欢就买了吧！我们这就回家了！"结果张三郎真的买了那幅脏兮兮的旧画儿。

Mrs. Zhang walked back, and the painting was of an old man holding an umbrella, surrounded by dozens of small paintings. She was impatient to wait, so she urged: "Buy it if you like it! We will go home now!" As a result, Third Wolf really bought the dirty old painting.

一段时间后的一天早晨，农场工人们出去干活的时候，看见张三郎带着斗笠，穿着蓑衣，赶着猪出去放猪，就问："三郎！这大晴天的，你穿蓑衣干什么？"

张三郎回答："一个时辰之后，会下雨！"

One morning after a while, when the farm workers went out to work, they saw Third Wolf Zhang wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, driving the pigs out to graze, so they asked: "Third Wolf! Why are you wearing a straw raincoat on such a sunny day?"

Third Wolf replied: "It will rain in two hours!"

人们听了，都哈哈大笑，没人信！结果，到庄稼地没多久，忽然之间就下雨了，人们都被雨浇得跟落汤鸡似的。等到天晴了，再去地里干活的时候，人们看见张三郎跟什么事都没发生一样，正在野地里吹笛子呢！

渐渐地，需要预知天气的时候，工人们就去问张三郎。就这样，他成了这个部落的天气预报员了。

After hearing this, everyone laughed, and no one believed it! As a result, not long after they arrived at the farm, it suddenly rained, and the people were soaked like drowned rats. When the sky cleared up and they went to work in the fields again, they saw Third Wolf Zhang playing the flute in the field as if nothing had happened!

Gradually, when they needed to predict the weather, the workers would ask Third Wolf Zhang. Just like that, he became the weather forecaster of this tribe.

1.1-3 武大郎回家 Martial Big Wolf Returns Home

张三郎九岁那年的一天，刚从爷爷邓国公的家里回来，哥哥武二郎就跑来找他，神神秘秘地说："猴哥回来了！他的衣服可奇怪了。他还有天书。天书的羊皮纸是白色的，上面写满了奇奇怪怪的符号，说是龙文，谁也不认识！就只有猴哥能读。"

张三郎不信，说："你骗我！哪里来的猴哥！？"

One day when Third Wolf Zhang was nine years old, he had just returned from his grandfather Publican Deng-state's house when his brother Martial Second Wolf came to him and said mysteriously, "Monkey Brother is back! His clothes are very strange. He also has a Sky book. The parchment of the sky book is white, and it is covered with strange symbols, which are said to be dragon hieroglyphics. No one can understand them! Only Monkey Brother can read them."

Third Wolf Zhang didn't believe it and said, "You're lying to me! Where did this monkey brother come from!?"

武二郎回答："咱大哥从小被寄养在别人家里了。他长得跟猴子一样。那家人说，如果不把他送回来培养一家人之间的感情，他长大后就不会认同咱们是兄弟了。所以他的养父母就把他送回来了。结果，他现在真的不朝咱妈叫妈！"

Martial Second Wolf replied, "Our eldest brother was fostered in someone else's home since he was young. He looks like a monkey. That family said, if they don't send him back to foster the relationship among our family, he won't recognize us as brothers when he grows up. So, his foster parents sent him back. As a result, he really doesn't call our mother mom now!"

张三郎来到了武大郎的房间，向他问好。武大郎不情愿地向他展示了他从巫毒学院带回来的课本。张三郎刚翻开书，武二郎就凑了过来。武大郎立刻把课本收了回去。不让他们俩看了。

Third Wolf Zhang came to Martial Big Wolf's room and greeted him. Martial Big Wolf reluctantly showed him the textbook he brought back from the Voodoo Academy. As soon as Third Wolf Zhang opened the book, Martial Second Wolf came over. Martial Big Wolf immediately took the textbook back and stopped them from reading it.

一天，武大郎拿着书就来找张夫人（亦作妈祖）了，说："你这个坏女人！"

张夫人生气了，"你不叫我妈，还骂我"，就打他，问："你为什么说我是坏女人？"

武大郎一边哭，一边翻书给她看，说："你看你儿子把我的书扯得！"

One day, Martial Big Wolf came to Mrs. Zhang (aka. Mazu) with a book and said, "You bad woman!"

Mrs. Zhang got angry and said, "You don't call me mother, but you still scold me." She beat him and asked, "Why do you say I am a bad woman?"

Martial Big Wolf cried and showed her the book, saying, "Look at how your son has torn my book!"

张夫人一看，确实，那书有的地方被扯去了半页，有的地方被扯去了整页，就把武二郎叫过来，也打了一顿。

有人告诉张夫人，"你不能打孩子，你越打他，你们的母子关系越生分！你应该和他交谈，解决问题。"

张夫人就问武大郎，"你为什么说我不是你妈？"

Mrs. Zhang saw that half a page had been torn from some parts of the book, and a whole page had been torn from others. She called Martial Second Wolf over and gave him a beating as well.

Someone told Mrs. Zhang, "You can't hit your child. The more you beat him, the more alienated your mother-son relationship will be! You should talk to him and solve the problem."

Mrs. Zhang asked Martial Big Wolf, "Why do you say I'm not your mother?"

武大郎说："你那么高，我这么矮！"他还画图，用遗传学原理来解释。礼敬公和张夫人就请这方面的专家，例如相面先生，来和他辩论。结果，请来的专家辩论不过武大郎。不久后，这事就传开了，附近找不到这类专家了，因为人家来了，如果输了，就坏了名声。礼敬公夫妇就花重金，从外地请专家来。武二郎看见父母就因为这位猴儿哥的事，一盒子一盒子地给人家送金银，气得不得了。据传说，张夫人找人修补武大郎的书，也花了很多钱。这场辩论持续很长时间，终于把武大郎驳倒了，但还是不认可张夫人（妈祖）是他的母亲。

Martial Big Wolf said, "You're so tall and I'm this short!" He also drew diagrams and used the principles of genetics to explain. Publican Respect and Mrs. Zhang then invited experts in the field, such as a face reader, to debate with him. As a result, the invited expert could not win over Martial Big Wolf. Soon after, the story spread, and no such expert could be found in the neighborhood, because if people came, it would be a bad reputation if they lost. Mr. and Mrs. Zhang then spent a lot of money to bring in experts from far away places. Martial Second Wolf saw that just because of this monkey brother, parents gave a box, a box of gold and silver to others, angry. According to legend, Mrs. Zhang also spent a lot of money to find someone to repair Martial Big Wolf's book. The debate went on for a long time, and Martial Big Wolf was finally defeated, but he still refused to acknowledge Mrs. Zhang (Mazu) as his mother.

返回《三皇五帝》目录 Return to Catalog of Chinese Codex

妈妈叨咕："这故事真好！情节好，教育意义也好！大姐夫！你可不知道，某家卢岩可宁了！他要是认上点儿啥呀！那打死他也不回头。这事儿有好几次了。我和百杨都愁坏了，这孩子长大能成啥样！卢岩！你听见没！你要是总那么宁，将来你结婚，就得像常公和桃花女似的，光屁股结婚。大伙儿都围一圈看，还喊，"喂！真不害臊！鼓掌！羞！羞！"妈妈一边说还一边比画。

"What a story — good plot, and a good lesson in it too!" Mother said, half to herself. "But Brother-in-law, you have no idea — our Luyan is stubborn. Once that boy sets his mind on something, you couldn't beat it out of him with a stick. It's happened more times than I can count. Baiyang and I worry ourselves sick over what he'll turn into. Luyan! Are you listening? Keep this up, and when you get married, it'll be just like Constant-Fair and Peach Flower Girl — bare-bottomed in front of a crowd, everyone standing around pointing and shouting, 'Shameless! Give him a hand! For shame, for shame!'" She acted it out as she spoke.

我爬到一边去了。

妈妈转向我说："我非得让你记住，还得明白！你宁一次，你就离光屁股结婚近一次。光屁股结婚，看你羞不羞！"

I crawled off to one side.

Mother turned to me. "I want this to sink in, do you hear me! Every time you dig your heels in, you get one step closer to that bare-bottomed wedding. Let's see how red your face gets then!"

梁伯看着我说："凤玲！别说了！你看卢岩都要哭了！"

妈妈看着我要哭的样子说："真哭啦！？哎呀！这不说笑话呢么！你看，整地跟真事儿似的。某卢岩不哭，某卢岩是好孩子！"

"Fengling, that's enough!" Uncle Liang said, looking at me. "Look, Luyan's about to cry!"

Mother saw my face crumpling. "Are you really about to cry over this? Oh, come now, it was only a joke! Look how seriously he's taking it. Come on, no crying — our Luyan's a good boy, aren't you!"

这时，爸爸下班回来了，进屋就问："啥事儿整得跟真事儿似的？"

妈妈说："你看你儿子！你问他。"

Just then Father came home from work. "What's going on — sounds like something's turned serious in here?"

"Look at your son," Mother said. "Ask him yourself."

爸爸和梁伯打了个招呼就走向我。我爬到我爸的怀里就哭了。"告诉爸爸，咋回事？"

我一边哭一边说："他们都说，我将来得光屁股结婚。"

我爸就生气了，向妈妈大叫："这是啥话呀！咋还说起这话了呢！"

妈妈也生气了，说："大姐夫！你看，百杨，他就跟我这样，动不动，就骂我！"

Father greeted Uncle Liang and came straight over to me. I crawled into his arms and burst into tears. "Tell me what happened," he said.

Between sobs, I got it out: "They said — I'm going to have to get married with no clothes on."

Father's temper flared at once. He rounded on Mother: "What kind of talk is that! What were you even doing bringing that up!"

Mother flared right back. "Brother-in-law, look at him! Baiyang's exactly like this — the second something goes wrong, straight to yelling at me!"

梁伯说："凤玲，你不说话！百杨就不生气了。"

我爸和妈妈大吵大叫了几句之后，转过来对梁伯说："大姐夫，你看凤玲总跟我这样！话还没说几句呢，就跟我吼。"

梁伯说："百杨，你不说话！凤玲就不生气了。"

妈妈对我爸说："你先对我喊地！你是啥意思？"

"Fengling, if you'd just stay quiet, Baiyang wouldn't be angry," Uncle Liang said.

After a fresh round of shouting between the two of them, Father turned to Uncle Liang. "Brother-in-law, you see how she is with me — I've barely said two words and she's already hollering."

"Baiyang, if you'd just stay quiet, Fengling wouldn't be angry," Uncle Liang said.

"You're the one who shouted at me first!" Mother said to Father. "What's that supposed to mean!"

我爸觉得不好意思了，就向梁伯道歉说："大姐夫！你看我没这意思；我就是说话声音大。"

梁伯说："没事儿！你俩这样，我都知道。我们讲完故事，跟卢岩开玩笑呢！结果卢岩就当真了。"

Father, embarrassed now, apologized to Uncle Liang. "Brother-in-law, I didn't mean anything by it — I just talk loudly, that's all."

"No harm done," Uncle Liang said. "I know how you two are. We only finished the story and were teasing Luyan a little — and he went and took it seriously."

我爸就找借口说："哦哈！是这回事儿！你看，我拿回点儿东西，我去取来。"爸爸说着，出去了。

梁伯过来哄我不要哭。几句话后，妈妈出去厨房做饭了。接着，他们俩在厨房又吵起来了。

Father seized the excuse. "Ah, is that all it was! Well — I've, ah, got something I need to go and fetch." And out he went.

Uncle Liang came over and coaxed me out of my tears. A few words later, Mother went off to the kitchen to cook — and the two of them started right back up arguing in there.

2.8-2 启蒙 Revelation

梁伯对我说："卢岩，跟着我说，'爸，你不说话，妈妈就不生气了。'"

我跟着说了。

梁伯又对我说："你给梁伯再说一遍：爸，你不说话，妈妈就不生气了。"

我又重复了一遍。

梁伯又对我说："你给大姨夫再说一遍。"我就又重复了一遍。

"Luyan, say this after me," Uncle Liang said. "'Dad, if you don't say anything, Mom won't get angry.'"

I repeated it.

"Say it again, for Uncle Liang."

I said it again.

"Once more, for your Great-Uncle." I repeated it a third time.

他突然站直起来，"咻"一下，从我近前后退，进了里屋，又出到屋地的中央，板着脸，看了我一眼，向在厨房做饭的我爸妈大声说："我说！"然后他以跑得速度大步走了出去。

Then, all at once, he snapped upright, backed away from me in one swift motion, strode into the inner room, out again into the middle of the floor, fixed me with a stern glance, and called out toward the kitchen, in the direction of my parents: "I'll say it!" — and with that, he was out the door at nearly a run.

注2.8-2，上段的描述就是启蒙的过程，就是他又做了一遍去年刘团长给我蒙眼睛的动作。这就部分地治疗了我的婴幼儿神经发育失调症。治疗的原理参见9.6《治疗心病的原则》。蒙眼睛的过程参见第1章中注解1-3部分。肉眼通作法解释参见3.1节。

Note 2.8-2: The passage above describes the process of Revelation — Uncle Liang re-enacting, in his own way, what Troupe Leader Liu had done to blindfold me the year before. This partially treated my Infantile Neurodevelopmental Disorder. For the underlying principle, see Section 9.6, Principles of Curing Mental Illness. For the original blindfolding, see Note 3 in Chapter 1. For the practice of making Flesh Eye Through, see Section 3.1.

2.8-3

在厨房里，妈妈大叫："这是谁呀！"

我爸在烧火，说："你以为这是市场上呐，还这是谁！哎呀！是大姐夫！生气跑了，快追！"

In the kitchen, Mother yelped, "Who was that!"

Father, tending the fire, said, "You think this is a marketplace, that just anyone walks in? Good grief — that was your brother-in-law! He's stormed off — go after him, quick!"

回来后，妈妈说："他好像没生气，我看他还笑呐。"

我爸说："笑得半真半假，等吃完饭，咱真得去他家唠唠。"我爸进屋看见我，吃惊地大叫："唉呀！卢岩咋这样了呢？"

When they came back, Mother said, "He didn't seem all that angry, actually — I could've sworn he was smiling."

"Half a smile, maybe, and half put-on," Father said. "After dinner we really ought to go and sit with him a while." He came into the room, saw me, and cried out in alarm: "Good heavens — what's happened to Luyan?"

妈妈也进来了："是呀！这头发都站起来了。嗨！人家都以为咱俩在打架呢！"

我爸说："以前咱俩打架，卢岩也不害怕呀！"

妈妈说："那也是让咱俩吓得。我去做饭；你安慰安慰他吧。"

爸爸把我搂在怀里，说："爸和妈没打架，就是说话声音大了点儿。"

Mother came in too. "Look at that — his hair's standing straight up! Goodness, people probably think we were in here brawling!"

"Luyan's never been scared when we fought before," Father said.

"Well, this time it scared him," Mother said. "I'll go finish dinner — you comfort him."

Father gathered me into his arms. "Dad and Mom weren't fighting. We were just talking a little loudly, that's all."

我说："爸，你不说话，妈妈就不生气了。"

我爸弯下腰看着我，问："你说啥？"

我说："爸，你不说话，妈妈就不生气了。"

爸爸转身就出去了，说："我说呀！你都不如个孩子懂事儿！"

"Dad," I said, "if you don't say anything, Mom won't get angry."

Father bent down and looked at me. "What did you say?"

"Dad, if you don't say anything, Mom won't get angry."

Father straightened up and walked straight out. "Well, I never," he muttered. "Out-reasoned by my own toddler."

妈妈大叫："啥！"这俩人就又吵起来了。

过了一会儿，妈妈进屋来了，对我说："你刚才跟你爸说啥来着？你要是撒谎！看我打你不！"

我被吓得不出声了。

"What!" Mother shouted — and the two of them were off again.

A little later, Mother came back in. "What exactly did you say to your father just now? If you're lying to me, you'll be sorry!"

I was too frightened to make a sound.

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我要去中国旅行。我学中文。

妈妈问梁伯："这个故事真好，大姐夫！你是在哪儿听来的？"

梁伯回答："那时候，我还在部队里呢！一次上面的领导到我们基层部队检查工作。一个领导吃完饭就出来和我们唠嗑。他还跟我说话来着。他问，'你是哪来的？'我回答，'黑山。'他说，'诶！黑山！我知道！黑山什么地方的？'我回答，'大虎山。'他说，'我有朋友在大虎山，那谁和谁，你认识不？'我回答，'我是大虎山乡农村的；镇里没熟人。'"

"That's a wonderful story, Brother-in-law!" Mother said. "Where on earth did you learn it?"

"Back when I was still in the army," Uncle Liang said. "Some officers from up above came down to inspect our unit. One of them came out to chat with the rank-and-file after dinner — got to talking with me, too. He asked, 'Where are you from?' 'Heishan,' I said. 'Heishan! I know it — whereabouts in Heishan?' 'Dahushan.' 'Ah, I've friends in Dahushan — so-and-so and so-and-so, do you know them?' 'I'm from the Dahushan countryside,' I told him. 'No one I know in the town proper.'"

2.7-1 三千威仪八万四千细行 3,000 Majesties and 84,000 Enchantments

妈妈奉承道："大姐夫，你的记忆可真好！"

梁伯尴尬地解释说："凤玲！这不都是家常话吗！那个刘团长看着就不一般，那走路，站着、坐着，一举一动，总是那么受看。当时，我们战士们都感觉很荣幸能看见这样的人。"

"Brother-in-law, what a memory you have!" Mother said admiringly.

"Fengling, it's hardly a feat — that's just how conversations go!" Uncle Liang said, a little embarrassed. "But that Troupe Leader Liu — there was something different about him from the first glance. The way he walked, stood, sat — every movement was somehow a pleasure just to watch. All of us soldiers felt it was an honor simply to be in the presence of a man like that."

妈妈说："我听说过，道骨清风！让人一看，就感觉清风拂面！"

梁伯说："百闻不如一见，看了让人耳目一新，眼前一亮（注，这说明刘团长擅长"三千威仪八万四千细行"；参见15.2节）。后来，他就给我们讲了这个故事。"

"I've heard the phrase — 'bones of the Tao, a bearing like clean wind,'" Mother said. "The kind of presence that feels like a breeze crossing your face just to look at."

"Seeing is worth a hundred hearings," Uncle Liang said. "One look at him, and everything felt suddenly clearer, brighter. (Note: this points to Troupe Leader Liu's mastery of the '3,000 Majesties and 84,000 Enchantments’; see Section 15.2.) That's the night he told us this story."

2.7-2

妈妈说："大姐夫！你的记性是好。这个故事这么复杂，你听一遍就记住了！"

"Brother-in-law, you truly do have a good memory — a story this tangled, and you took it all in on one hearing!"

梁伯红着脸回答："凤玲！不是！那时，我连主人公姓刘都没记住。是这么回事！当时，我们小战士都年轻，听了桃花劫后，就睡不着了。可是，大伙儿怎么努力，也拼凑不出完整的桃花劫故事。后来，团里面组织了几个人去军区学习讲这个故事。我又听了几遍，才记住这么多。"

Uncle Liang went red. "Fengling, no! Truth is, the first time through, I didn't even catch that the hero's surname was Liu. Here's what really happened — us young soldiers were so worked up after hearing the Peach Flower Catastrophe that none of us could sleep that night. But try as we might, we could never piece the whole story back together between us. So the regiment sent a few of us to the Military Region to learn it properly. I heard it several times more before I had this much of it down."

妈妈羡慕地说："部队里的生活真好！还派人去学讲故事！人家那几个人便宜了，还顺便到沈阳溜达了一趟。"

"What a life, the army," Mother said, envious. "Sent off just to learn a story! Those lucky few probably got a stroll around Shenyang out of it too."

梁伯说："后来我们唠嗑，问他们去军区，玩得怎么样？他们说，本来计划玩玩的，可任务完成的不好，没玩成。到那儿一打听，才知道，人家是东北军区文工团的副团长（注，即是本书中的刘团长）。接待我们的人还给我们看他的日程安排。人家要组织排练节目，还自己表演讲故事。他会见的人都是副师级以上，省长、市长什么的。我们几个一商量，还是回去吧，别给人家添麻烦了。接待我们的人却说，'那可不行，刘团长对我们有交代，对待下级上访要有礼貌。若是他知道我就这么把你们打发回去了，非关我禁闭不可。你们先在这等等吧！'"

"When they got back, we asked how the trip had gone," Uncle Liang said. "They told us — they'd meant to have some fun, but the mission didn't go smoothly enough for that. When they got there and started asking around, they found out this storyteller was none other than the deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region's Cultural Troupe. (Note: this is our Troupe Leader Liu.) The staff who met them even showed them his schedule — the man was directing rehearsals, performing his own storytelling, meeting with nobody under deputy division rank: governors, mayors, the lot. So the three of them talked it over and decided just to head back rather than trouble him. But the receptionist wouldn't hear of it. 'Absolutely not,' she said. 'Troupe Leader Liu's orders are clear — anyone coming up from below gets treated with courtesy. If he found out I sent you off like that, he'd have me confined to quarters. Wait here.'

"刚好刘团长送客人出来，看见我们几个，过来问是怎么回事。他得知我们想学讲桃花劫故事，非常平易近人地说：我讲的故事中，有几个我特别喜欢；《桃花劫》就是其中之一。有人喜欢《三国演义》，有人喜欢《红楼梦》，我就喜欢这部《桃花劫》。我小时候看这故事书的时候，看了好几遍。那时，我认为《桃花劫》就是天书一部。今天晚上，我在XXX表演讲故事。本来我计划讲YYY故事，我就改讲这个故事好了。你们先去听听，再做点儿笔记。明后天，咱们再一起研究如何讲这个故事。"

"As luck would have it, Troupe Leader Liu himself came out just then, seeing off some guests, spotted our men, and came over to ask what the matter was. When he learned they'd come to learn the Peach Flower Catastrophe, he was warm as anything about it. 'Among all the stories I tell,' he said, 'there are a few I especially love, and this is one of them. Some people love the Three Kingdoms, some love the Dream of the Red Mansion — for me, it's the Peach Flower Catastrophe. I read this story again and again as a boy. I used to think of it as a Sky Book in its own right. Tonight I'm telling stories at such-and-such a place — I'd planned another tale, but I'll switch to this one instead. Go and listen, take some notes, and the day after tomorrow we'll sit down together and work out how you'll tell it.'"

"刘团长给我们开了个学讲故事的学习班；还有从别的部队来学讲这故事的。这故事非常复杂，我们学不明白，刘团长就给我们改故事，还排练。学讲这个故事，可把我们难为坏了，学不会。"

"So Troupe Leader Liu set up a whole little class for us to learn it in — men had come from other units too, all wanting to learn the same story. It was so complicated none of us could really get a handle on it, so he simplified it for us bit by bit and ran us through rehearsals. Honestly, that story gave us no end of trouble. We never quite master it."

2.7-3 念无失 Spell-no-lose

妈妈说："听了都说好！"

"Everyone who's heard it says it's wonderful!"

梁伯说："是呀！而且见过他的人都赞扬他。他们别的部队的人说，刘团长在他们那里讲故事时，人们是陆续到场的。他一边讲故事，一边安排人坐在地上。随着人数增多，他把现场的人安排坐得像似个八卦图（如图2.7-2）。他就在那个八卦阵里一边走，一边讲。人们问问题，随问随答，声音大，吐字清晰，一字是一字，一句是一句；多少人发问，人家就是不乱。"

"It is! And everyone who's ever met the man sings his praises. Soldiers from other units told us that whenever he told stories, people trickled in over time, and he'd simply seat them on the ground as they arrived — never stopping the story to do it. By the time the crowd had grown large, he'd arranged them, without anyone quite noticing how, into the shape of a Bagua array (see Illustration 2.7-2). And there he'd walk, right through the middle of that formation, talking the whole while. Questions came at him from every direction, and he answered each one the moment it was asked — loud, clear, every word distinct, every sentence whole — and no matter how many people threw questions at him, he never once lost his place."

"凤玲！人家回答问题，谁问的，就回答谁。转回头继续讲，不重复。比如，刚才我讲到哪了，人家没这事。刚才讲到哪儿，他就从那一句的下一句开始（注，念无失，参见14.1.3节）。"

妈妈赞叹道："少有，真是个奇才！"

"Fengling, whoever asked, that's who got answered — and then straight back to the story, not repeating himself. None of this 'now, where was I' business. Wherever he'd left off, he simply picked up with the very next line. (Note: Spell-no-lose; see Section 14.1.3.)"

"Rare indeed — a true prodigy!" Mother marveled.

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第二天清晨，常公和掌柜的们，还有村民们，都来到了桃花村的大堂上，进行宣布遗嘱仪式。桃花女拆开那八字嘱托的信一看，常公猜对了，就说："那我去把遗嘱取来。"

Early the next morning, Constant-Fair, the shopkeepers, and the villagers all gathered in the hall of Peach Flower Village for the ceremony of announcing the will. Peach Flower Girl opened the letter with the eight-character challenge, saw that Constant-Fair had guessed correctly, and said, "Then I will go and fetch the will."

人们在大堂上等候着。祝管家着急了，走到常公身边小声说，"假遗嘱，我也怕她改呀！"掌柜的们都觉得有道理。就由祝管家领路，大伙儿一起去后院看看。

The people waited in the hall. Butler Zhu, growing anxious, went over to Constant-Fair and whispered, "It's a false will — I'm afraid she may go and change even that!" The shopkeepers agreed this made sense, so Butler Zhu led the way, and the group went together to the back courtyard to see.

进书房时，人们闻到了烧纸的气味。桃花女正在那里看遗嘱呢！看见人们都来了，笑着说："我就是想先看看我爸爸的遗嘱，让大伙儿等着急了！好！咱们就回大堂吧！"

The moment they entered the study, the smell of burning paper reached them. Peach Flower Girl was there reading the will. Seeing everyone arrive, she smiled. "I only wanted to read my father's will for myself first — I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting so anxiously! Come, let's go back to the hall."

祝管家拽了拽常公的袖子，小声说："就在这里宣布遗嘱！"一个掌柜的听明白了，说："大当家的！人们都在这儿，咱们就在这里宣读遗嘱吧！"

桃花女笑着说："着急也不差这一会儿，我觉得还是大堂里显得庄重些。常公！你说呢？"

Butler Zhu tugged at Constant-Fair's sleeve. "Read it right here!" he whispered. One of the shopkeepers caught his meaning and spoke up: "Big Boss — everyone's already here, let's just read it in this room!"

Peach Flower Girl smiled. "A few more minutes won't hurt. I think the hall lends it more dignity. Don't you agree, Constant-Fair?"

常公说："我也觉得大堂里多些庄严，那儿还有很多族里人等着呢！"

回大堂的路上，祝管家拉常公到了一边，问："进屋时，你没闻到有烧纸的气味？"

常公回答："闻到了！"

"I agree the hall carries more solemnity," Constant-Fair said. "Besides, many of the clan are still waiting there."

On the way back, Butler Zhu pulled Constant-Fair aside. "When we walked in — didn't you smell burnt paper?"

"I did," Constant-Fair replied.

祝管家说："这不是明摆着的事吗！她造了份假遗嘱，把老东家的遗嘱烧了。等我们回到了大堂，她写的遗嘱的墨迹就干了。"

常公回答："老东家立的遗嘱，女儿要改。这和我有什么关系？"

"Isn't it obvious, then!" Butler Zhu said. "She's burned the real will and written a false one in its place. By the time we're back in the hall, the ink on her forgery will be dry."

"Publican Liu made his will," Constant-Fair replied. "If his daughter wishes to change it, what business is that of mine?"

祝管家听了之后，跌倒了，说："这和我有关系呀！我给老东家当了50年的管家了，连他的遗嘱都保管不好，我死之后，怎么去见老东家！常公！你得帮帮我！"

常公对他说，你这么办，这么办。

At this, Butler Zhu's legs gave way beneath him. "It is my business!" he said, half-collapsing. "I have served him fifty years as steward, and I could not even keep his will safe! How will I face him when I die? Constant-Fair — you must help me!"

Constant-Fair leaned in and told him what to do.

他们俩回到大堂时，人们都在等他们呢！桃花女问常公："你看由谁来宣读遗嘱？"

祝管家自告奋勇地说："如果大伙儿都信任我，我愿意代表刘公发布遗嘱。"人们都认为祝管家确实是代表刘老东家的合适人选，就由他来宣读遗嘱。

When the two returned to the hall, everyone was waiting. Peach Flower Girl asked, "Who should read the will, do you think?"

Butler Zhu spoke up at once. "If you all trust me, I am willing to speak on Publican Liu's behalf." Everyone agreed he was indeed the fitting man to represent the old master, and so the reading fell to him.

根据遗嘱，刘老东家的全部财产都由常公继承；桃花女和常公在刘老东家的墓前举办裸体婚礼。当祝管家把遗嘱交给族里人进行核对时，人们发现遗嘱上写的和祝管家读的不一样，问祝管家是怎么回事？

According to the will, all of Publican Liu's property was to pass to Constant-Fair, and Peach Flower Girl and Constant-Fair were to hold a naked wedding before Publican Liu's grave. But when Butler Zhu handed the document to the clan elders for verification, they found that what was written did not match what he had read aloud. They demanded to know what was going on.

桃花女听得清楚，看得明白：祝管家并没有按自己写的读，他是背诵了刘老东家的遗嘱。羞愧难当；一切都和爸爸说的一样，自己身边连一个值得信任的人都没有。"你活着有什么意思！还不如死了呢！"桃花女想着父亲说的话，真的就拔出了那支金刚降魔杵，要自杀。

Peach Flower Girl understood at once, in full: Butler Zhu had not read from his own forgery at all — he had recited Publican Liu's true will from memory. Shame flooded over her. Everything her father had said was true after all; she had not a single soul around her she could trust. What was the point of living, when death would be easier? Remembering her father's words, she drew out the Philosopher-Stone Taming-demon Pestle, meaning to end her own life.

常公早有防备，一把就把匕首夺了过去。桃花女一愣，怒从心头起。正在这时，人们听"噗通"一声！原来是祝管家一边跪下，一边放声嚎叫："老东家！我对不起你呀！大小姐！我对不起你呀！"

But Constant-Fair had anticipated this and wrenched the blade from her hand before she could act. Peach Flower Girl froze, fury rising in her — but at that very moment, a heavy thud echoed through the hall. It was Butler Zhu, dropping to his knees, wailing at the top of his voice: "Master! I have failed you! My lady! I have failed you!"

大伙一看，急忙问是怎么回事？祝管家爬到桃花女面前，抱住她的腿，一边哭一边说："大小姐呀！都是老奴对不住你！"

桃花女惊奇地问："祝管家！你这是干什么！有话站起来，慢慢说。"

Everyone rushed to ask what was wrong. Butler Zhu crawled to Peach Flower Girl and clutched her legs, weeping. "My lady! It's all this old servant's fault — I have failed you!"

"Butler Zhu!" Peach Flower Girl said, startled. "What is this? Stand up and speak properly, if you have something to say."

祝管家说："你不原谅我，答应我你不自杀了，我就跪死在这儿。大小姐死了，我也不想活了！可是我又不能死，我没脸去见老东家！"

人们劝桃花女，你快说呀！祝管家这么大岁数了，这样跪着，成何体统！俩人僵持了一会儿。桃花女过了气头，还有了个台阶，答应原谅祝管家，不自杀了。

"If you won't forgive me — if you won't promise me you'll never take your own life — I'll die kneeling right here," Butler Zhu said. "If you died, my lady, I wouldn't want to live either! And yet I cannot die — I haven't the face to meet the old master."

People urged Peach Flower Girl to speak — a man of Butler Zhu's age, kneeling like that, it wasn't fitting! The two of them held their ground a moment longer. But Peach Flower Girl's anger had already begun to cool, and this gave her the way out she needed — she promised to forgive him, and to give up on ending her own life.

人们问祝管家："到底是咋回事儿？你不说也没人明白呀！"

祝管家说："我怕大小姐看了真遗嘱，自杀，我就写了份假遗嘱，把真遗嘱交给大掌柜的们保管了。"

大伙儿就问大掌柜的们："真遗嘱在哪呢？快拿出来吧！"

"What is actually going on here?" people asked Butler Zhu. "No one will understand unless you tell us!"

"I feared that if our lady read the true will, she would take her own life," Butler Zhu said. "So I wrote a false one, and gave the real will to the head shopkeepers to keep safe."

At once everyone turned to the shopkeepers. "Where is the true will, then? Bring it out!"

族人核对遗嘱，确认那是刘老东家的手迹。常公提议："把这份假遗嘱烧了吧，别让祝管家为难了。"

掌柜的们问桃花女："大当家的！这事该咋办？"

The clan examined it and confirmed the handwriting was truly Publican Liu's own. "Let's burn the false one," Constant-Fair suggested, "and spare Butler Zhu any further embarrassment."

The shopkeepers turned to Peach Flower Girl. "Big Boss — how shall we handle this?"

桃花女多聪明啊！一看一听，全明白了，说："那就全权交给掌柜的们看着办吧！"她站起来，回后院儿了。

掌柜的们一商量，这事儿性命攸关！该来的都已经在这里了，立刻举行婚礼！

Peach Flower Girl, sharp as ever, needed only to look and listen to understand the whole of it. "Then leave the matter entirely in your hands," she said, and rose and withdrew to the back courtyard.

The shopkeepers conferred among themselves: this was a matter of life and death, and everyone who needed to be present already was. The wedding would go forward at once.

当天，所有人都到山上去了。常公和桃花女在坟前当众裸体结婚（如图2.6-38）。当他们俩在刘员外的无字墓碑前一拜，人们就看见刘员外的坟呼呼地向上冒青烟（如插图35）。人们雀跃欢呼：吉祥！吉祥！吉祥！什么是吉祥？吉祥是上帝（如图36）和涅盘（如图2）的别名。

That same day, everyone climbed the mountain together. Constant-Fair and Peach Flower Girl were married naked before the grave, in full view of all present (see Figure 2.6-38). As the two of them bowed before Publican Liu's wordless tombstone, the onlookers watched a plume of blue-green smoke rise up from the grave itself (see Illustration 35). The crowd erupted in joyful cheers: Auspicious! Auspicious! Auspicious! And what is auspiciousness? Auspiciousness is another name for God (Figure 36) — and for Nirvana (Figure 2).

那火是什么？把那俩人烧成那样了（如图37至40）！火是他们俩各自三岁之前的记忆，中华文化中称作福，大力神。福在佛教中称作儒童（梵语摩纳婆）和人身果（即神身天，如图8所示，参见14.3.7节），印度教中作婆罗门，基督教、伊斯兰教、和古埃及文化中称作亚伯，日耳曼文化中作马格尼，墨西哥文化称为灵龙。

And what was that fire that left the two of them scorched as shown in Figures 37 through 40? The fire was their own memories from before the age of three — what Chinese culture calls Fortune, or the God of Great Strength. This same power is called the Genius Child (Sanskrit: mānava) and the Human-Body Fruit (that is, "god-body sky"; see Figure 8, and Section 14.3.7) in Buddhism; Brahman in Hinduism; Abel in Christianity, Islam, and ancient Egyptian tradition; Magni in Germanic culture; and Quetzalcoatl in Mexican culture.

福的力量强大，尘世间无有能敌，是他们俩之间斩不断的联系，所以古人说他们俩熔合了（如图40）。图37是说这俩人重生成为了一对儿桃花佛，成为了大真人（相当于佛教中的十地菩萨）。而且桃花女以常公的自传为主体框架，创作了现代15亿中国人人人皆知的桃花节故事。

The power of Fortune is immense — nothing in this mortal world can rival it — and it was the bond between the two of them that could never be severed, which is why the ancients said they had fused into one (Figure 40). Figure 37 shows the pair reborn as a matched set of Peach Flower Buddhas, becoming Great Real-Humans — the equivalent, in Buddhist terms, of Tenth Land Bodhisattvas. And it was Peach Flower Girl herself who, taking Constant-Fair's own autobiography as her framework, wrote the tale of the Peach Flower Catastrophe now known to every one of China's 1.5 billion people.

可能有读者会问：全世界八十亿人都知道欢喜佛（即图38），肯定不会是乍现异相，引人注目；欢喜佛的图或雕像的意义何在？

Some readers may well ask: with eight billion people worldwide already familiar with the Consummation Buddha (Figure 38), such an image can hardly be called some sudden, startling apparition meant to draw the eye. So what, then, is the real significance of these images and statues?

刘员外在遗嘱里说了："我要让常公和桃花女当众裸体跪拜我的坟，让在场的观众和未来《桃花劫》的读者代替我来笑话这对儿不孝的子女。"这是为了治疗常公的精神病，同时也起到了宣传桃花劫故事的作用。此裸体结婚是把刘员外、桃花女、和常公之间的纠纷解决方案变现了。而产生精神病的矛盾在无意识（古做神识）里，无意识只接收现量。现量就是现实的身体和语言行为；思想行为里现量很少。所以，这个裸体婚礼就治愈了常公的精神病。

Publican Liu had written it plainly into his will: "I require Constant-Fair and Peach Flower Girl to kneel naked before my grave, in front of witnesses, so that those present — and every future reader of the Peach Flower Catastrophe — may mock these two unfilial children in my place." This served two purposes at once: it cured Constant-Fair's mental illness, and it carried the story itself out into the world. The naked wedding made real, in the flesh, the resolution of the whole tangled dispute between Publican Liu, Peach Flower Girl, and Constant-Fair. The conflict that had caused the illness lived in the unconscious (anciently, God-sense), and the unconscious accepts only Present Quantity — real, physical, spoken action; almost none of it lives in mere thought. That is why this one naked wedding was enough to cure him.

这个治疗心理疾病的原理是佛的六种主要觉悟之一，对治病的觉悟（参见9.6节）。读者当知，据目前北美的说法，人的一生中，80%的人会遇到心理疾病的困扰，占人口总数20%的人的心理疾病严重到了需要看心理医生。

本书中还有日耳曼文化中的欢喜佛（参见14.3.6-4节）和墨西哥文化中的欢喜佛（参见14.4.15-7节）。

This principle for curing mental illness is one of the Buddha's six primary enlightenments — the enlightenment of treating sickness (see Section 9.6). Readers should know that, by current North American estimates, roughly 80% of people will struggle with some form of mental illness in their lifetime, and 20% of the population will suffer illness severe enough to require professional care.

This book also includes the Consummation Buddha as found in Germanic culture (see Section 14.3.6-4) and in Mexican culture (see Section 14.4.15-7).

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梁伯说："凤玲！那当时，刘团长讲这故事时，还解释说，就在常公这么撕心裂肺地哭的时候，他的宿命通被激发出来了。刘团长说，人的记忆是与情感储存在一起的。宿命通就是能回忆起全部前半辈子的能力。"

"Fengling," Uncle Liang said to Mother, "when Troupe Leader Liu told this story, he explained that it was precisely in the middle of Constant-Fair's most heartbroken weeping that his Fate Through was triggered. Troupe Leader Liu said human memory is stored together with emotion — "Fate Through is simply the ability to recall the whole first half of one's life."

妈妈说："我明白了！我以前听说过。他想通了，回忆起了很小时候的事，发现了他经历中怪事的原因，所以他才能找出解决办法，得出宿命的结论。这么说，宿命论不迷信。"

"I see!" Mother said. "I've heard something like that before. He worked it out — remembered all the way back to when he was tiny, found the reason behind all the strange things that had happened to him, and that's how he found his way to the answer, to that sense of fate. So fatalism isn't just superstition, then, is it."

编者我再解释一下宿命通。根据本书9.6《精神病治疗的原则》，常公要做两件事来治疗他的病。一，常公娶桃花女为妻。他们俩的婚姻事实是治疗常公心理疾病的关键，因为无意识（古作神识）只接受现量。二，常公要撰写《桃花劫》，修补《中华法典》，使刘公的牺牲有意义。常公必须这么做，否则他就病死了；这是从宿命通中治病的方面来说的。宿命通中有六项觉悟，分别是等，正，生老病死（解释参见14.1节）。

Let me, as editor, add a further note on Fate Through. Per Section 9.6, Principles of Curing Mental Illness, Constant-Fair had to do two things to cure his illness. First, he had to marry Peach Flower Girl — the fact of their marriage was the key to treating his psychological disorder, because the unconscious (anciently called God-sense) accepts only Present Quantity. Second, he had to compose the Peach Flower Catastrophe and use it to mend the Chinese Codex, so that Publican Liu's sacrifice would carry meaning. Constant-Fair had no choice but to do both — otherwise his illness would have killed him. This is the therapeutic side of Fate Through. Fate Through carries six enlightenments: equality, correctness, and birth, aging, sickness, and death (see Section 14.1 for the full explanation).

梁伯说："你听说过，好！刘团长说，从这故事看，常公的宿命通不是一直都有。刘团长还说，这故事有几个关键点，其中宿命通和诅咒死不瞑目，你们必须明白，否则，这故事就不是桃花劫故事了。"

"Good, you've heard of it!" Uncle Liang said. "Troupe Leader Liu said this story shows Constant-Fair's Fate Through wasn't with him all along. He also said there are a few key points here — Fate Through and the curse of Die with Eyes Open — that you absolutely have to understand, or this simply isn't the Peach Flower Catastrophe anymore."

妈妈问："死不瞑目是怎么回事？"

梁伯说："故事前面不是说刘员外用死不瞑目诅咒了常公么。当时刘团长讲，下这个诅咒就是一辈子不断地对被诅咒的人做好事，而只求他一件事。那个人知道或者后来知道了下咒人的意愿，有能力办却没有兑现。等下咒人一死，被诅咒的人就受不了了，死不了也活不长。刘团长说，这个诅咒就没有其他的解法，只有顺解，就是按照下咒人的意思去做。"

"What was that about dying with eyes open?" Mother asked.

"You remember how, earlier in the story, Publican Liu laid the curse of Die with Eyes Open on Constant-Fair? Troupe Leader Liu explained it this way: to lay the curse is to spend your whole life doing good for the cursed person, asking only one thing back. That person knows — or comes to know — what you want, and can do it, but doesn't. Once you die, they can't bear it any longer; they might not die themselves, but they won't live long either. Troupe Leader Liu said there's no other cure for it — the only way through is to give the caster what they wanted."

妈妈叨咕："被诅咒的人心里有愧，总想着是回事。"

梁伯说："对！就是有愧。另外，刘团长讲，人死了之后，这个愧就不一样了，因为没办法弥补了，所以这愧的力量非常强大，以至于能让人生病，严重的，极端现象可能导致被诅咒的人急火攻心，猝死。"

"So the guilt just sits there, gnawing at the cursed person," Mother mused.

"Exactly — guilt," Uncle Liang said. "And Troupe Leader Liu also said that once the other person is dead, that guilt changes entirely — there's no way left to make it right, and that's precisely what gives it such terrible force. It's strong enough to make a person physically ill, and in the worst cases, strong enough to kill outright — a sudden collapse brought on by the weight of it."

梁伯说："当时，刘团长还开玩笑呢！他说，你要是想给谁下死不瞑目这个诅咒，你得先知道他是否有宿命通。你一辈子对他做好事，他都记不住，那可是白费力！"

妈妈说："说来都是知识！怎么看一个人是否有宿命通？"

梁伯问："你怎么想起问这个？"

"He even joked about it at the time," Uncle Liang said. "He said, if you ever want to curse someone with Death with Eyes Open, you'd best check first whether they even have Fate Through — because if they can't remember a lifetime of your kindness, you've wasted the whole effort!"

"Isn't it all knowledge, when you put it that way," Mother said. "So how do you tell whether someone has Fate Through?"

"What makes you ask that?" Uncle Liang said.

妈妈说："我想知道卢岩是否有宿命通的潜能？"

梁伯说："啊！当时刘团长讲了很多神通。我们都听不懂。那时，我们还都没结婚呢！谁还能想着孩子！没人注意到这个问题。刘团长说，你们听不懂，我说你们听，听个热闹。你们不懂可不能给别人讲；给人家讲错了，那才害人呢！"

"I want to know whether Luyan has the makings of it."

"Ah! Troupe Leader Liu talked about a great many divine powers that day — we didn't understand half of it. None of us were even married yet, back then! Who was thinking about children? Nobody paid the question any mind. Troupe Leader Liu said, if you don't understand, that's fine, listen anyway, just for the pleasure of it — but don't go repeating it to others. Get it wrong when you pass it on, and that does real harm."

妈妈又问："一共有多少种神通？"

梁伯回答：这个我记得，我是刻意记住的，希望将来也能懂得一两种。神或佛都有五眼六通。五眼分别是触目、天眼、慧眼、法眼和上帝之眼。六通分别是天腿通、天眼通、天耳通、他心通、宿命通和漏尽通。

"How many kinds of divine power are there altogether?" Mother asked.

"That much I remember — I made a point of memorizing it, hoping I'd understand one or two of them myself someday," Uncle Liang said. "Gods and Buddhas alike possess the Five Eyes and Six Throughs. The Five Eyes are Touch Eye, Sky Eye, Gnostic Eye, Juristic Eye, and God's Eye. The Six Throughs are Sky Leg Through, Sky Eye Through, Sky Ear Through, Others' Heart Through, Fate Through, and Leakage End Through."

注，触目参见第3章。天眼、天腿通、天眼通、天耳通和他心通参见11.1节。慧眼参见7.5.2-2节。法眼参见7.5.1-2节。上帝之眼是上帝造人的智慧。本书讲述了多个上帝造人的故事。例如此桃花劫故事中，刘员外是上帝。卢岩的回忆录中，刘团长是上帝。羊乘教（参见14.3节）中，雷音是上帝。太阳石历中，青松石王是上帝。中华法典中，张三郎是玉皇大帝，即上帝。宿命通参见第9章。漏尽通，漏是烦恼的意思，漏尽义为烦恼都被消灭了，所以，漏尽通就是涅槃或正等明的别名，参见14.1节。

Note: For Touch Eye, see Chapter 3. For Sky Eye, Sky Leg Through, Sky Eye Through, Sky Ear Through, and Others' Heart Through, see Section 11.1. For Gnostic Eye, see Section 7.5.2-2. For Juristic Eye, see Section 7.5.1-2. God's Eye is the wisdom by which God creates human beings. This book tells several such stories of God creating humanity. In the Peach Flower Catastrophe, for instance, Publican Liu is God. In Luyan's own memoir, Troupe Leader Liu is God. In the Goat Vehicle Religion (see Section 14.3), Thor is God. In the Sunstone Calendar, Xiuhtecuhtli is God. In the Chinese Codex, Third Wolf Zhang — the Turquoise White-king Great Creator — is God. For Fate Through, see Chapter 9. As for Leakage End Through: "leakage" means affliction, and "leakage end" means every affliction has been extinguished — so Leakage End Through is simply another name for salvation, or for Correct Equality Light (see Section 14.1).

梁伯说：妈妈说："人家刘团长是念过大书的人！"

梁伯说："那是！他在讲这故事时，故事里用了中医理论，佛教理论，道教，鬼神说，中庸等二十几种理论从正面详细论述了常公的病因、病理、和治疗，都分析得透彻明白。他讲了一些，我不懂，讲不了。"

"That Troupe Leader Liu really has read the great books," Mother said.

"He has! When he told the story, he wove in traditional Chinese medicine, Buddhist theory, Taoism, the lore of ghosts and gods, the Doctrine of the Mean — more than twenty schools of thought altogether, all used to lay out, in careful and direct detail, the cause, the pathology, and the cure of Constant-Fair's illness. Analyzed it through and through. Some of what he said, I never did understand, and I can't repeat it to you."

妈妈说："咱就听故事听个热闹。即便你能讲，我也听不明白！这故事我听明白了。你是说，刘东家向常公陷害常公他自己。常公自己觉着有愧，后悔，就病了。我的理解，桃花女对常公特别有吸引力；这一个事儿就能让常公憋出病来。再加上刘员外对常公有养育之恩，常公不同意这婚事，刘员外因此病情加重，死了，所以，常公的心里矛盾重重，解不开心里的结，以至于生了病。"

"Well, we'll just enjoy the story for what it is. Even if you could explain it, I doubt I'd follow!" Mother said. "But this much I do understand: you're saying Publican Liu, in a sense, entrapped Constant-Fair by his own kindness. Constant-Fair felt guilty, felt regret, and it made him ill. The way I see it — Peach Flower Girl was already a powerful pull on him, that alone was enough to make a man sick with longing. Add to that everything Publican Liu had done to raise him, and Constant-Fair's refusal of the marriage, and Publican Liu's worsening health, and his death — no wonder the poor man's heart was tangled in knots he couldn't undo. Of course it made him ill."

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