文言文之樂 The Pleasure in Classical Chinese

我對文言文是樂在其中的。	I take much pleasure in classical Chinese.
我認為文言文有下列3項優點： 辭典艱澀。 章句冗長。 語意模糊。	In my opinion, classical Chinese has 3 advantages as follows: The words are complex. The sentences are redundant. The meanings are ambiguous.
這些怎麼會是優點呢？回顧古代，文人通常是衣食無虞之人。閒來無事，就必須設法殺時間。俗則飲酒作樂，雅則吟詩作對。	How do these become advantages? Reviewing in the ancient time, the intelligentsia usually lives in affluence and leisure, thus they may try something to kill the time, such as drinking in a vulgar way, or writings in an elegant way.
無論為文或讀文，辭典艱澀，便須上下斟酌；章句冗長，便須左右品味；語意模糊，便須前後推敲，故採文言文即可大殺時間。	Regardless of writing or reading, if the words are complex, we shall wrestled over them; if the sentences are redundant, we shall ponder on them; if the meanings are ambiguous, we shall deliberate about them, so we can easily kill the time when communicating in classical Chinese.
非空虛無聊到此等地步之人，是難以體會這種閒情逸致的。	Only the most bored ones realize the joy of it.

權力與權利 Power and Rights

先有權力（power），後有權利（right）。	We shall have power first, then we may have rights.
權利，顧名思義就是「受權力保障的利益」，沒有權力的人不可能享有權利。	Rights, by definition, are "the benefits guaranteed by power", and one without power is without rights.
權力（power）之來自於強力（force），猶如在物理中，電功率（power）之來自於電力（force），可見對西方人而言，兩者的因果互相類比。	Power comes from force, and we can compare it as, in physics, electrical power comes from electrical force. By this, we can see, to western people, these two causality are analogy to each other.
強力，即「強迫他人服從之力」，主要包括：暴力與財力，在巨觀上，就是軍事與經濟。何以這兩種力可以強迫他人服從呢？因為它們直接關係到人的生命：暴力可以致死，財力可以維生。	Force, which is "the capability that compel others to obey", mainly includes: violence and wealth, and macroscopiccally, they become military and economy. How can these two capabilities compel others to obey? Since they are directly related to people's lives: violence causes deaths, and wealth brings up lives.
然而，「進化者」只需要最少的暴力、最少的財力就能生存。生存之外，就是生活。他們追求「持存之美」。	However, "the evoluters" demand least violence and least wealth to make lives. Beside making lives, they make livings. They pursue "the beauty of standing".
於是，他們就從物質層昇華至至少第一後設層[1]。	Hence, they can ascend from the material layer onto at least the first metalayer.

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[1]

參〈高密度社會之後設層疊〉。

Refer to The Metalayers for the Highly Dense Society.

蘋果公司的兩把刷子 The Two Skills of Apple Inc.

一群藝術家談論著作品的風格，令人興致索然。	Dull is that, artists are talking about their work styles.
一群工程師談論著產品的規格，也是令人興致缺缺。	Also, tedious is that, engineers are talking about their product specification.
惟若一群藝術家談論起了規格，或若一群工程師談論起了風格，必令人耳目一新。	However, fresh shall be that, artists begin to talk about specification, or that engineers begin to talk about styles.

與佛無緣之人 The People out of the Relation to Buddha

典：《大智度論》	Scripture: Great Treatise on the Perfection of Wisdom
卷：大智度初品中放光釋論之餘（卷第九）	Volume: (Same)
經文編號：T25n1509_p0125c05(01)-T25n1509_p0125c19(03)	Text number: (Same)
如說：舍衛城中九億家，三億家眼見佛，三億家耳聞有佛而眼不見，三億家不聞不見。佛在舍衛國二十五年，而此眾生不聞不見，何況遠者！	For example, in Sravasti City were 9 billion families, wherein 3 billion could see Buddha, another 3 billion could hear but could not see Buddha, and further another 3 billion could neither hear nor see Buddha. Buddha had lived in Sravasti City for 25 years, and there were still some people here who could neither hear nor see Buddha, say nothing of further people.
復次，佛與阿難入舍衛城乞食，是時有一貧老母立在道頭。	Then, Buddha and Ananda when into Sravasti City to beg for food, at that time, a poor old woman stood on the intersection.
阿難白佛：「此人可愍，佛應當度。」	Ananda said to Buddha: "This person is pitiful, so Buddha should relieve her."
佛語阿難：「是人無因緣。」	Buddha told Ananda: "This person is out of relation to Buddha."
阿難言：「佛往近之，此人見佛相好光明，發歡喜心，為作因緣。」	Ananda said: "When Buddha go near to her, she will see Buhhda's good and bright appearance, and will show a happy mood, to build a relation."
佛往近之，迴身背佛；佛從四邊往，便四向背佛，仰面上向；佛從上來，低頭下向；佛從地出，兩手覆眼不肯視佛。	When Buddha went near to her, she turned her back to Buddha; when Buddha went to her from four directions, she turned here back to Buddha in four sides, rising her head, looking upward; when Buddha went from the heaven, she lowered her head, looking downward; when Buddha emerged from the earth, she covered her eyes with her hands, unwilling to see Buddha.
佛語阿難：「復欲作何因緣？」	Buddha told Ananda: "Any way else to build an relation?"
有如是人無度因緣，不得見佛。以是故佛言：「佛難得值，如優曇波羅樹華。」譬如水雨雖多、處處易得，餓鬼常渴、不能得飲。	There were this kind of people, who could not see Buddha. Therefore Buddha said: "Buddha is hard to come by, as Udumbara's flower." As that, even if the rainy water is plenty, and is easy to get everywhere, those hungry ghosts remains thirsty, and cannot drink any of it.

言說與行動 The Speech and the Action

在日劇《HERO》第5話中，川原朝美（桜井幸子飾）說：「最不幸的，是被遺忘的女人。」[1]我覺得不只是被遺忘的女人，任何被遺忘的人都是最不幸的，彷彿不曾存在。	In the episode 5 of the Japanese drama HERO, Asami Kawahara (acted by Sachiko Sakurai) said: "The most pitiful one is the forgotten woman."[1] I think, not only a forgotten woman but also any forgotten person is the most pitiful one, as if he has never existed.
存在，包括：肉體的存在與精神的存在。要保有肉體存在過的證據，需要的是生兒育女；要保有精神存在過的證據，需要的是言說與行動。	The existence includes: the physical existence and the spiritual existence. To keep the evidence of the physical existence, one shall bear children, while to keep the witness of spiritual existence, one shall make speeches and actions.
然而，以愛因斯坦來說，他的父母是誰？兒女是誰？有人在乎嗎？他不朽的人格來自於他的種種言說與種種行動所構成的獨一無二的故事。	However, take Einstein for example, who are his parent? His children? Do anyone care about it? No, after all. His immortal character comes from his unique story constructed out of his speeches and actions.

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[1]

原文：「一番不幸なのは、忘れられた女だと。」

The original sentence: "一番不幸なのは、忘れられた女だと。"

透過後設猜想之唯一救贖 The Only Salvation through the Metahypotheses

凡內省覺察自身之與世界處於對立，剎現自身之飄渺於虛空中舉足徬徨者，獨因瞻仰後設層疊之巍峨，確信真理之真理均為猜想，更藉若干詮釋分割並重組世界，使各信念受包絡而相容，俾拾回佇立[1]之憑依。

Everyone who through an introspection becomes aware of the alienation between himself and the world, hence suddenly realizes that he is rootless and helpless in the void, may only due to a look-up to the marvel of the metalayers strongly believes that, true is that, all truths are hypotheses, therefore by interpretations divides and reassembles the world, in order to envelop every faith and make them consistent, on purpose to find back the reliance to stand[1].

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[1]

即持存。

It means to persist.

自傳與履歷 The Autobiography versus the Resume

應徵時，自傳是履歷的一部分；然而，打開百科全書，看看那些雋永的人物會發現，履歷是自傳的一部分。	When applying for a job, an autobiography is a part of a resume, but let us open an encyclopedia, looking those meaningful figures, we will find out that, a resume is a part of an autobiography for them.
重視物質的資本主義，為了有效生產，要求人們將自己標籤化為各種學經歷，以便評估、揀選、利用他們，就像對待家電用品，去斟酌它們的耗電量、續航力、保固期間等。	Capitalism, which emphases materials, for the purpose of efficient production, asks people to label themselves with their education histories and work histories, in order to simply evaluate, pick over and make use of them, as does to the appliances, caring about their energy consumption, electrical storage or warranty periods.
而學經歷這兩個詞，著實成為一種諷刺，因為人們完全忘記，或不願回想學習與經驗的「歷程」，只求得了「結果」。	How ironic are the words "education history" and "work history"? Since people have forgot, or does not want to review their "histories" during their education and during their works. All they got are the results of the histories.
這使得人們不擅於回答：「我是誰？」卻會流利地回答：「我是什麼？」事實上，第一個問題需要用自傳，亦即，整個人生來回答。	As a consequence, people are not good at answering: "Who am I?" But they can fluently answer: "What am I?" In fact, we shall answer the first question with our autobiographies, that is, our whole lives.