June 6, 2014, Day 7 in Ontario
寓言權能
寓言是說故事的文體,可用散文或詩句,務求運用生動而有趣的言說,啟發心智和情感,說明某種有用的智慧或道德精神。為此,寓言往往敍述動物、植物、人造的東西,以及大自然的動力的行為,把它們人性化。所以樹與草可以對話,大象與小鼠可以互相遊戲等。
《莊子》一書採用了大量寓言表達作者的智慧,許多篇章中竟包括一篇以《寓言》為題的專論。首段說明,言文權能無限,人們有寛濶的表意選擇,以達成和諧為宗旨。莊子創造了「天均」一詞,說明人自己的心理平衡,人際間的合拍,人與自然的調和。
末篇說幻覺的主體與客體,寓意深遠,是心理學的創新思想。
盡己力而敬天
中國人的最高人生原則是:「盡己性,盡人性,盡物性,贊天地之化育而與天地參」。這樣子的人生既照應了個人、他人和萬物,又順應了大自然的秩序,以及它的無限生機。
布朗(Brian Browne Walker)譯《中庸》,向歐人介紹中國的道德觀念,用《中國人的智慧》(The Wisdom of the Chinese)為題,指出這種人生觀廣大悉備,博厚高明,值得全人類欣賞和實行。
老子把握宇宙人生,創造了「道」的觀念。《老子‧五十一》說:〝道生之,德畜之,物形之,勢成之,是以萬物莫不尊道而貴德。道之尊,德之貴,夫莫之命而常自然。故道生之,德畜之。長之育之……長而不宰,是謂玄德。〞
Day 4, June 3, 2014.
Day 1 was in British Columbia.
Day 2 & 3 were in Alberta.
Day 4 was in Saskatchewan
Edmonton-Lloydminister-North Battleford-Saskatoon-Regina
《Tune: Eight Beats of Ganzhou I remember our trip through snowy Jade Gate》
Zhang Yan (1248~1320) 江紹倫譯
記玉關 踏雪事清游 I remember our trip through snowy Jade Gate
寒氣脆貂裘 Our sable coats stiff in the cold
傍枯林古道 Woods were bare on the ancient road
長河飲馬 We drank our horses in every running stream
此意悠悠 Every detail is vivid in my dreams
短夢依然江表 Fleeting dreams alive are fond to narrate
老淚洒西州 How we shed tears for departed comrades out west
一字無題處 Nowhere to put words down to attest
落葉都愁 Even fallen leaves joined in to mourn
載取白雲歸去 You went home carried by a white cloud
問誰留楚佩 Forgetting to whom your pendants should be left proud
弄影中洲 Pride is but shadow in mid country
折蘆花贈遠 向尋常野橋流水A lone I break reeds to send away on under bridge flows
待招來 不是舊沙鷗 But the gulls that appear are not those we used to know
空懷感 In vain I sigh
有斜陽處 Where the sun sets
却怕登樓 A high tower I dare not ascend
二十五年還沒寫完
是不量力吧?怎能推說
有人故意為難!
二零一四年六月游順釗於巴黎驚弓坡
A Poem
A small poem, still unfinished
After all these years
And have I no excuse?
My skill? Or some preventing hand?
YAU Shun-chiu, on the 25th anniversary of June 4, 1989
June 2014, Studio Quincampoix, Paris
Translated by Lila Greene and James M. Preston Continue reading
June 2, 2014 Day 3
This is a day of resting and planning for the next 3 days.
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Therefore, I have to plan with Toronto as the centre of my travel.
黃河遠上白雲間 一片孤城萬仞山
羌笛何須怨楊柳 春風不度玉門關
《To the Frontier》 by Wang Zhi Huan (688-742)
The Yellow River rises to meet white clouds above
A lone Wall guards ten thousand mounts so proud
The Mongol flute will not sing songs of willows
Beyond the Jade Pass no vernal breeze would follow