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《应帝王 - The Normal Course for Rulers and Kings》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《应帝王》 Library Resources |
| 5 | 应帝王: | 郑有神巫曰季咸，知人之生死存亡，祸福寿夭，期以岁月旬日，若神。郑人见之，皆弃而走。列子见之而心醉，归以告壶子，曰：“始吾以夫子之道为至矣，则又有至焉者矣。”壶子曰：“吾与汝既其文，未既其实，而固得道与？”众雌而无雄，而又奚卵焉！而以道与世亢必信，夫故使人得而相女。尝试与来，以予示之。”明日，列子与之见壶子。出而谓列子曰：“嘻！子之先生死矣，弗活矣，不以旬数矣！吾见怪焉，见湿灰焉。”列子入，泣涕沾襟，以告壶子。壶子曰：“乡吾示之以地文，萌乎不震不正。是殆见吾杜德机也。尝又与来。”明日，又与之见壶子。出而谓列子曰：“幸矣！子之先生遇我也。有瘳矣，全然有生矣。吾见其杜权矣。”列子入，以告壶子。壶子曰：“乡吾示之以天壤，名实不入，而机发于踵。是殆见吾善者机也。尝又与来。”明日，又与之见壶子。出而谓列子曰：“子之先生不齐，吾无得而相焉。试齐，且复相之。”列子入，以告壶子。壶子曰：“吾乡示之以太冲莫胜。是殆见吾衡气机也。鲵桓之审为渊，止水之审为渊，流水之审为渊。渊有九名，此处三焉。尝又与来。”明日，又与之见壶子。立未定，自失而走。壶子曰：“追之！”列子追之不及，反以报壶子，曰：“已灭矣，已失矣，吾弗及也。”壶子曰：“乡吾示之以未始出吾宗。吾与之虚而委蛇，不知其谁何，因以为弟靡，因以为波流，故逃也。”然后列子自以为未始学而归，三年不出。为其妻爨，食豕如食人。于事无与亲，雕琢复朴，块然独以其形立。纷而封哉，一以是终。 |
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In Zheng there was a mysterious wizard called Ji-xian. He knew all about the deaths and births of men, their preservation and ruin, their misery and happiness, and whether their lives would be long or short, foretelling the year, the month, the decade and the day like a spirit. When the people of Kang saw him, they all ran out of his way. Liezi went to see him, and was fascinated by him. Returning, he told Hu-zi of his interview, and said, 'I considered your doctrine, my master, to be perfect, but I have found another which is superior to it.' Hu-zi replied, 'I have communicated to you but the outward letter of my doctrine, and have not communicated its reality and spirit; and do you think that you are in possession of it? However many hens there be, if there be not the cock among them, how should they lay (real) eggs? When you confront the world with your doctrine, you are sure to show in your countenance (all that is in your mind), and so enable (this) man to succeed in interpreting your physiognomy. Try and come to me with him, that I may show myself to him.' On the morrow, accordingly, Liezi came with the man and saw Hu-zi. When they went out, the wizard said, 'Alas! your master is a dead man. He will not live;-- not for ten days more! I saw something strange about him - I saw the ashes (of his life) all slaked with water!' When Liezi reentered, he wept till the front of his jacket was wet with his tears, and told Hu-zi what the man had said. Hu-zi said, 'I showed myself to him with the forms of (vegetation beneath) the earth. There were the sprouts indeed, but without (any appearance of) growth or regularity:-- he seemed to see me with the springs of my (vital) power closed up. Try and come to me with him again.' Next day, accordingly, Liezi brought the man again and saw Hu-zi. When they went out, the man said, 'It is a fortunate thing for your master that he met with me. He will get better; he has all the signs of living! I saw the balance (of the springs of life) that had been stopped (inclining in his favour).' Liezi went in, and reported these words to his master, who said, 'I showed myself to him after the pattern of the earth (beneath the) sky. Neither semblance nor reality entered (into my exhibition), but the springs (of life) were issuing from beneath my feet;-- he seemed to see me with the springs of vigorous action in full play. Try and come with him again.' Next day Liezi came with the man again, and again saw Hu-zi with him. When they went out, the wizard said, 'Your master is never the same. I cannot understand his physiognomy. Let him try to steady himself, and I will again view him.' Liezi went in and reported this to Hu-zi, who said, 'This time I showed myself to him after the pattern of the grand harmony (of the two elemental forces), with the superiority inclining to neither. He seemed to see me with the springs of (vital) power in equal balance. Where the water wheels about from (the movements of) a dugong, there is an abyss; where it does so from the arresting (of its course), there is an abyss; where it does so, and the water keeps flowing on, there is an abyss. There are nine abysses with their several names, and I have only exhibited three of them. Try and come with him again.' Next day they came, and they again saw Hu-zi. But before he had settled himself in his position, the wizard lost himself and ran away. 'Pursue him,' said Hu-zi, and Liezi did so, but could not come up with him. He returned, and told Hu-zi, saying, 'There is an end of him; he is lost; I could not find him.' Hu-zi rejoined, 'I was showing him myself after the pattern of what was before I began to come from my author. I confronted him with pure vacancy, and an easy indifference. He did not know what I meant to represent. Now he thought it was the idea of exhausted strength, and now that of an onward flow, and therefore he ran away.' After this, Liezi considered that he had not yet begun to learn (his master's doctrine). He returned to his house, and for three years did not go out. He did the cooking for his wife. He fed the pigs as if he were feeding men. He took no part or interest in occurring affairs. He put away the carving and sculpture about him, and returned to pure simplicity. Like a clod of earth he stood there in his bodily presence. Amid all distractions he was (silent) and shut up in himself. And in this way he continued to the end of his life. |
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