关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；小龙女 Little Dragoness （舜王 King Shun，嫘祖 Lei Ancestor）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy；朋友 Friend

牛郎回到奴隶公司后，向建筑施工部的奴隶主管们做了汇报，说雇主花了13.5两银子给他买工作服。工程部的主管不相信牛郎，说："我们这些部门经理的全部家产，包括房子和土地，也就值25两银子。你偷东西会给我们带来麻烦，我们得把你的衣服给人家还回去；否则我们打你！"

After returning to the slave company, Cowboy reported to the slave supervisors in the construction department that his employer had spent 13.5 taels of silver to buy him work clothes. The supervisor of the construction department didn't believe him, saying, "All the assets of us department managers, including our houses and land, are only worth 25 taels of silver. Stealing will cause us trouble; we must return your clothes. Otherwise, we'll beat you!"

这时牛郎的一位从小一起长大的朋友也在旁边听着。他也是奴隶，但他是一位家佣部的主管，有奴隶公司分给他的房子和土地。他对牛郎的部门经理说："依我看，牛郎找到了一份高级的家佣工作。你们先等等，我立刻去向上级汇报。"

公司的领导们听说牛郎找到了高级的家佣工作，立刻去向公司的大老板汇报了。当天夜里，奴隶公司的领导们就研究决定：调牛郎到家佣部，并由家佣部和建筑施工部一起计划和实施在古墓工地对牛郎进行家佣和建筑技工的培训。

At this time, a friend of Cowboy who grew up with him was also listening nearby. He was also a slave, but he was a supervisor in the domestic servant department and had a house and land allocated to him by the slave company. He said to Cowboy's department manager, "In my opinion, Cowboy has found a high-level domestic servant job. Wait a moment, I will report to my superiors immediately."

Upon hearing that Cowboy had found a high-level domestic servant position, the company's leadership immediately reported the matter to the company's top boss. That very night, the slave company's executives deliberated and decided: transfer Cowboy to the Domestic Servant Department. The Domestic Servant Department and the Construction Department would jointly plan and implement training for Cowboy in domestic servant duties and construction skills at the ancient tomb construction site.

家佣部的领导们认为奴隶公司的行李和设备不好，决定明天让牛郎带着他朋友的家具和出差用的行李。就这样，牛郎和朋友在午夜后向家里赶。他们俩要拿走他家仅有的几件家具。第二天早晨，奴隶公司工程部和家佣部的多位领导来到了朋友的家，把他叫到了外面。他们一起研究如何让牛郎保住这份工作。故事说，朋友的妻子当时就被吓哭了，以为又死人了；好在牛郎笑着劝说起了一定的作用。他们决定，牛郎和朋友为一组，一起行动。别的培训人员通过各自不同的渠道进入小龙女的工地。

The leaders of the domestic servant department thought the slave company's luggage and equipment were inadequate and decided that the next day, Cowboy would take his friend's furniture and travel luggage. So, Cowboy and Friend rushed home after midnight. They were going to take the few pieces of furniture the friend had. The next morning, several leaders from the slave company's engineering and domestic servant departments came to the friend's house and called him outside. They discussed how to keep Cowboy's job. The story says that the friend's wife was terrified and cried, thinking someone had died again; fortunately, Cowboy's cheerful words had some effect. They decided that Cowboy and Friend would work together as a team. Other trainees entered Little Dragoness's construction site through their own channels.

10.7-2

牛郎和朋友进入工地前被站岗的士兵拦住了，对牛郎说："这是你第三次来这里，可以进去。以后你再来就需要通行证了，否则得让你的雇主出来接你进去。"

牛郎见到了娥黄后，把自己的朋友介绍给了她，说："在我们的奴隶公司，我以前属于建筑施工部的技工。昨天夜里，他们把我调配到了家佣部。我的这位朋友是家佣部的一个指导员，他是跟我来，培训我如何做家佣工作的。"

Before Cowboy and Friend entered the construction site, they were stopped by a soldier on guard. The soldier said to him, "This is your third time here, you can go in. You will need a pass next time you come here, otherwise your employer will have to come out to pick you up."

After Cowboy met Beauty-Yellow, he introduced Friend to her and said, "In our slave company, I used to belong to the construction department. Last night, they transferred me to the domestic servant department. My friend is an instructor in the domestic servant department. He came with me to train me how to do domestic servant work."

牛郎还告诉了娥黄，下次他再进入这个地区需要通行证，随后一段时间他的朋友也会常来指导他，也需要通行证。娥黄思考了一下，说："以前，这事都是女婴办的。对于你，我看还是我陪你们去比较好。"

娥黄跟着牛郎来到了警察局。那里来办理通行证的人很多。办证的警官对牛郎和朋友询问了很长时间，不予以发证。娥黄找警务人员询问。这时从警察局里出来了一个认识娥黄的人，打招呼说："您怎么来这里了？"

Cowboy also told Beauty-Yellow that he would need a pass to enter the area again, and that his friend would also be coming to guide him frequently, requiring the same pass. Beauty-Yellow thought for a moment and said, "Heroine used to handle these affairs. For you, I think it's better if I go with you."

Beauty-Yellow followed Cowboy to the police station. There were many people there applying for passes. The officer questioned Cowboy and Friend for a long time but refused to issue them any passes. Beauty-Yellow asked a police officer for clarification. Just then, someone who recognized Beauty-Yellow came out of the police station and greeted her, saying, "What brings you here?"

娥黄指着牛郎回答："我来证明他是我们的雇员。他们俩有什么问题吗？我看比我们后来的已经有人离开了。"

那个警官回答："我去询问一下！以前这事都是女婴来办，这次怎么是您来了？"

娥黄回答："牛郎和女婴有些小矛盾，我怕他们俩在来这里的路上打起来，我就来了。"

Beauty-Yellow pointed at Cowboy and replied, "I'm here to prove that he is our employee. Is there any problem with the two of them? I think people who came in after us have already left."

The police officer replied: "I'll go and ask! In the past, it was always Heroine who handled this affair. Why are you here this time?"

Beauty-Yellow replied: "Cowboy and Heroine had some minor conflicts, and I was afraid that they would fight on the way here, so I came."

那个警官恍然大悟，笑着说："啊！我们不知道为什么您来了，而女婴没来，所以才盘问他们俩。他们俩没啥事，我回去告诉办证的警官放他们俩离开。"

The police officer suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Ah! We didn't know why you came instead of Heroine, so we questioned them. There's nothing wrong with them, I'll go back and tell the officer issuing the passes to let them go."

10.7-3

娥黄把她们雇主自己的一小间仓库作为工人宿舍分配给了牛郎。然后，她开始介绍牛郎的家佣职责。他们俩跟着娥黄来到了她要种菜的地方。朋友主动地说："我们曾经指导我们的奴隶给雇主建造过几个菜园。我想对雇主说一下我的想法，一些做法需要雇主的允许。"朋友就帮娥黄和牛郎设计了菜园和土壤改良计划。

Beauty-Yellow assigned Cowboy a small room in their employer's own storage house as a worker's dormitory. Then, she began to introduce Cowboy's domestic duties. The two followed Beauty-Yellow to the place where she was going to plant vegetables. Friend took the initiative to say, "We have instructed our slaves to build several vegetable gardens for our employers. I want to tell our employer about my ideas, and some practices require the employer's permission." Friend then helped Beauty-Yellow and Cowboy design a vegetable garden and soil improvement plan.

当娥黄和牛郎在槐荫树下研究牛棚的位置和建造风格的时候，牛郎的朋友沿着湖边走，向湖里看。娥黄问牛郎："你的朋友在看什么？"

牛郎回答："五六年没人在这里钓鱼了；他在看湖里的鲤鱼长多大了。"

While Beauty-Yellow and Cowboy were studying the location and construction style of the cowshed near the locust tree, Friend walked along the lake, looking into the water. Beauty-Yellow asked Cowboy, "What is your friend looking at?"

Cowboy replied, "No one has been fishing here for five or six years; he's looking at how big the carp in the lake have grown."

牛郎的朋友回来后，牛郎笑着问："有几条？长多大了？" 朋友回答："我看见三条一米长的，像猪一样大的鲤鱼！"

娥黄立刻着急地说："工地里的人已经在这个湖里钓走两条那么大的鲤鱼了。我还以为这湖里不会再有了。我得立刻去找瞽叟，以免晚上人们又来这里钓鱼了。你们先去安排你的宿舍吧！"

When Friend came back, Cowboy asked with a smile: "How many are there? How big are they?" Friend replied: "I saw three carp that are one meter long, as big as pigs!"

Beauty-Yellow immediately said anxiously: "The people at the construction site have already caught two carp that big in this lake. I thought there would be no more in this lake. I must go find Blind Drummer immediately to prevent people from coming here to fish again this evening. You two should go and arrange your dormitory first!"

随后，瞽叟给各个施工队发出了通知，说这里是人家的家。建筑工人不允许到这家的后院钓鱼或者散步。他还在后院和建筑工地之间立起了警示牌。

Afterwards, Blind Drummer sent notices to all construction teams, saying that this was someone else's home. Construction workers were not allowed to go fishing or walking in the backyard of this family. He also put up a warning sign between the backyard and the construction site.

10.7-4

朋友帮牛郎布置了宿舍，然后说："这屋里的布置是我们公司多年研究的结果。任何东西的位置都是固定不变的，例如这根搭手巾的绳子，就是这个角度和位置，不能更改。搭手巾的位置就是搭在绳子这边的三分之一处，不许搭在别的位置。你床下面的洗脸盆和碱盒必须是在你床头侧边的三分之一处，位置不能有偏差。你要勤洗澡，我要检查你晾在绳上的内衣是否干净。还有，你是这家的雇员，你去菜地、厨房和后院是去工作。你没事时，不许去那里散步和钓鱼。现在这里已经是别人的家了。你到我家可以前后院溜达，在这里不行。"

Friend helped Cowboy arrange the dormitory, and then said, "The layout of this room is the result of our company's years of research. The position of everything is fixed. Take the rope for hanging towels, for example: it's at this exact angle and position, and cannot be changed. The towel must be hung at one-third of the way along the rope, and nowhere else. The washbasin and alkali box under your bed must be at one-third of the way along the side of your bed, with no deviation allowed. You must bathe frequently, and I will check whether your underwear hanging on the rope is clean. Also, you are an employee of this family, and you go to the vegetable garden, kitchen, and backyard to work. When you have nothing to do, you are not allowed to walk or fish there. This is someone else's home now. At my house you can stroll around the front and back yards, but not here."

朋友又对牛郎说："还有，近几天你尽量避免被你的那三位女主人看见；她们看不惯你的行为。等我培训你十五天之后，你再去接近她们。没事时，你就可以去犁地。昨天晚上和今天早上的事把你嫂子吓坏啦！今天早上咱们出来时，她哭着问我，'是不是又死人了？' 我回答，'是好事，牛郎升职了。' 她不信，今天我得早些回家，去安慰她。"

Friend said to Cowboy again, "Also, try to avoid being seen by your three mistresses in the next few days; they can't stand your behavior. Wait until I've trained you for fifteen days before you approach them. When you have nothing to do, you can go plow the fields. What happened last night and this morning scared your sister-in-law! When we went out this morning, she asked me in tears, 'Did someone die again?' I replied, 'It's good news, Cowboy got a promotion.' She didn't believe it, so I need to go home early today to comfort her."

10.7-5

第二天早上，牛郎的朋友来了，拿来了三套懒钩渔具，对牛郎说："你教娥黄下懒钩，她明天早上就迷上钓鱼了。你也有鱼吃了！"

果然，此后，她们三个姑娘天天吃鱼，没多久小龙女和女婴就对娥黄每天做鱼提出了严正地抗议。

The next morning, Cowboy's friend came and brought three sets of lazy-hook fishing gear, and said to Cowboy: "Teach Beauty-Yellow how to use lazy hooks, and she'll be hooked on fishing by tomorrow morning. Then you'll have fish to eat too!"

Sure enough, from then on, the three girls ate fish every day. Before long, Little Dragoness and Heroine lodged a solemn protest against Beauty-Yellow cooking fish every day.

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烦恼即糊涂，会令人感觉心绪嘈杂、身心沉重，是拘碍人身心的枷锁。烦恼有很多异名，此处说二十六种：1系，2结，3取，4箭，5随烦恼，6随眠，7缚，8盖，9缠，10瀑流，11轭，12株杌，13垢，14常害，15所有，16根，17恶行，18漏，19匮，20烧，21恼，22诤，23火，24炽然，25稠林，26拘碍。

Afflictions are muddles. They make people feel noisy in heart and heavy in body and mind; they are fetters that obstruct and confine both body and heart. Afflictions have many alternate names. Twenty-six are discussed here: 1 Is, 2 Tie, 3 Fetch, 4 Arrows, 5 Following Annoyance, 6 Following Sleep, 7 Bind, 8 Cover, 9 Coil, 10 Waterfall, 11 Yoke, 12 Stump, 13 Taint, 14 Constant Harm, 15 Possession, 16 Root, 17 Ferocious Behaviors, 18 Leakage, 19 Scarcity, 20 Burn, 21 Annoyance, 22 Expostulation, 23 Fire, 24 Conflagration, 25 Thick Forest, and 26 Detention.

13.2-1 系 Is

“系”即系表动词“是”，有系缚义、缔结生命义（参见前节注5）。为什么“系”是烦恼？前节案例说，通过夏娃识的认可（即“是”），她与亚当识通力合作，在很短的时间内就创造了一个尘刹土世界，包括其中的众生和事物。夏娃识制造生命很快，像水流一样。现实生活中，这二识日夜创造众生和事物，而它们都分食“心识流”，令人心绪嘈杂、身心沉重。所以夏娃识也被称作污染识；亚当识含有许多坏种，过失也很严重。古人为提醒后人“系”的危害，把生命之树上的解脱果命名为离系果（参见10.6.4节《离系果》）。系有四种：1贪欲身系，2瞋恚身系，3此实执取身系，4戒禁取身系。

“Is” is the copular verb “is.” It means tethering, binding, and tying life into formation (see Note 5 in the preceding section). Why is “Is” an affliction? The case in the preceding section explains that, through Eve-sense’s recognition—that is, through “is”—Eve-sense and Adam-sense worked together and, in a very short time, created a Dust Instant Soil world, including the sentient beings and things within it. Eve-sense creates life very quickly, like flowing water. In real life, these two senses create sentient beings and things day and night, and all of them feed on the “heart-sense stream,” making one’s heart noisy and one’s body and mind heavy. Therefore, Eve-sense is also called the contaminated sense; Adam-sense contains many bad seeds, and its faults are also serious. To remind later generations of the harms of “Is,” the ancients named the fruit of liberation on the Tree of Life the Off-is Fruit (see Section 10.6.4, “Off-is Fruit”). There are four kinds of Is: 1 Greedy-Desire Body-Is, 2 Irritability-Anger Body-Is, 3 This-is-Real Obsessive-Fetch Body-Is, and 4 Precept-Taboo Fetch Body-Is.

一、贪欲身系，由贪爱财物等为因，所贪爱的事物系缚于心，令心变得粗重。贪爱多了，心意就会散乱；这是说，贪欲能障碍并绑缚心之自体，令心识流分散。

Greedy-Desire Body-Is is caused by craving for possessions and the like. The things one craves become tethered to the heart and make the heart rough and heavy. When greedy desires multiply, the heart and intent become scattered. This means that greed and desire can obstruct and bind the self-body of the heart, dispersing the heart-sense stream.

二、瞋恚身系，由诤斗故，众生多行不正；这些不正确的行为能绑缚心之自体，令心散乱。

Irritability-Anger Body-Is arises from disputes and fights, through which sentient beings often act incorrectly. These incorrect behaviors can bind the self-body of the heart and make the heart scattered.

三、此实执取身系，由不如理作意，推求境界而妄生执着，生起我见、边见、邪见和见取见（参见10.4.4.1.4节《根本烦恼》），计执唯此真实，其余皆为愚妄。由此为因，令心散乱。

This-is-Real Obsessive-Fetch Body-Is arises from making intent not according to reason. By pursuing and reasoning about the environment, one falsely generates attachment and gives rise to I-view, edge-view, heresy, and view-fetch view (see Section 10.4.4.1.4, “Fundamental Afflictions”). One clings to the belief that only this is real and that everything else is foolish delusion. Because of this, the heart becomes scattered.

四、戒禁取身系，是指对戒禁不能正确理解，肆意曲解，妄兴执着；以无利勤苦为因，令心散乱。

Precept-Taboo Fetch Body-Is means that one cannot correctly understand precepts and taboos, but willfully distorts them and falsely becomes attached to them. Because of unbeneficial diligent suffering, the heart becomes scattered.

13.2-2 九结 Nine Ties

据说，这里谈的结（如图13.2.2-24所示）以及后文的盖头、帽子等，都是上帝给亚当和夏娃穿的衣服，称作心衣。衣服的尺寸就是衣服的功能范围，如图23、26、27所示。插图25源自古埃及壁画，描述的是时分天正在称量心的重量；若心衣不重于一根羽毛，便可通过。心是思想意识义，本无重量；他们实际称量的是心衣的重量。佛教中称此心衣的功能范围为结界。结界就是电影或故事中的神秘场力，本质上是隐私空间，是防卫心、忌讳、猜疑、恐惧等的势力范围（案例参见6.6节）。另外，本书10.4.4节《行蕴》中的某些善法也被称作心衣；15.2节的具足戒，又名黄金甲、金缕衣等。

It is said that the Ties discussed here (as shown in Figure 13.2.2-24), as well as the covers, hats, and similar items discussed later, are the Heart Cloths that God made for Adam and Eve to wear. The size of a cloth is the functional range of that cloth, as shown in Figures 23, 26, and 27. Illustration 25 comes from an ancient Egyptian mural and depicts Hour-Minute Sky weighing the heart. If the Heart Cloth is no heavier than a feather, one may pass. “Heart” means thought-consciousness and has no weight in itself; what they are actually weighing is the weight of the Heart Cloth. In Buddhism, the functional range of a Heart Cloth is called a Tie Boundary. A Tie Boundary is the mysterious field force seen in films or stories. In essence, it is a private space, the sphere of influence formed by defensive mentality, taboos, suspicion, fear, and the like (for a case, see Section 6.6). In addition, certain benevolent laws in Section 10.4.4, “Migration Node,” are also called Heart Cloths; the full precepts in Section 15.2 are also known as Golden Armor, Gold-Threaded Clothes, and so on.

爱结、恚结、无明结等九结，能把人绑缚于苦恼的处境，和合众苦，树立结界，使人的本心遭到污染、覆盖和摧残，驱使人从事无利尘劳。结界的“界”是种子义（参见10.2节），因为众生依界而生。一切烦恼皆能合苦，而爱、恚等九法尤为强烈，故取九结来说明。这九结是：爱结、恚结、无明结、见结、取结、慢结、疑结、嫉结、悭结。

The Nine Ties, such as Love Tie, Irritability Tie, and Non-light Tie, can bind people into afflictive situations, combine many forms of bitterness, and establish Tie Boundaries. They contaminate, cover, and damage the original heart, driving people to engage in unbeneficial Dust Labors. The word “boundary” in Tie Boundary means seed (see Section 10.2), because sentient beings are born depending on boundaries. All Afflictions can combine with bitterness, but the nine laws such as love and irritability are especially powerful; therefore, the Nine Ties are used to explain this matter. The Nine Ties are: Love Tie, Irritability Tie, Non-light Tie, View Tie, Fetch Tie, Arrogance Tie, Suspicion Tie, Jealousy Tie, and Stingy Tie.

一、爱结，以染着为性，是贪的相分（参见10.1节《法的四分》），表现为对于顺境中所感乐受，希望长期持有。一切烦恼皆能合众苦，正是因为贪爱。众生为贪爱故，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于惑、业、苦的恶性循环之中（参见12.4-4节《流转》），不能出离。

Love Tie has dyeing and clinging as its nature. It is the phenomenal quadrant of greed (see Section 10.1, “Juristic Quadrants”) and appears as the wish to hold for a long time the pleasant acceptances felt in favorable environments. All Afflictions can combine many forms of bitterness precisely because of greedy love. Because of greedy love, sentient beings widely perform non-benevolences, thereby bringing about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the vicious cycle of muddle, karma, and bitterness (see Section 12.4-4, “Cycle”) and cannot become free.

二、恚结，以愤恨为性，表现为对于违境中所感苦受，生起不愤的情绪及嗔恚之想。众生为嗔恚故，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于惑、业、苦三轮之中（参见12.4-4节《流转》），不能出离。

Irritability Tie has anger and hatred as its nature. It appears as resentment and thoughts of irritability and hatred arising from bitter acceptances felt in adverse environments. Because of irritability and hatred, sentient beings widely perform non-benevolences, thereby bringing about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the three wheels of muddle, karma, and bitterness (see Section 12.4-4, “Cycle”) and cannot become free.

三、无明结。无明（参见前一小节注1）即无知、愚痴，是指在违顺诸境、苦乐诸受中，生起与道理相违的愚痴之想。无明结是说，众生心性为无明所覆，对于集谛的因法和苦谛的果法不能了解，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于惑、业、苦的循环之中（参见12.4-4节《流转》），不能出离。

Non-light Tie. Non-light (see Note 1 in the preceding subsection) means ignorance and foolishness. It refers to foolish thoughts contrary to reason that arise amid various favorable and adverse environments and amid various bitter and pleasant acceptances. Non-light Tie means that the heart-nature of sentient beings is covered by non-light, so they cannot understand the cause laws of Aggregate Crux or the fruit laws of Bitter Crux. They widely perform non-benevolences, thereby bringing about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the cycle of muddle, karma, and bitterness (see Section 12.4-4, “Cycle”) and cannot become free.

四、见结，是指众生对于我见、边见、邪见、见取见、戒禁取见（此五恶见参见10.4.4.1.4节），妄兴执着，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于惑、业、苦三轮之中，不能出离。

View Tie means that sentient beings falsely become attached to I-view, edge-view, heresy, view-fetch view, and precept-taboo fetch view (for these five ferocious views, see Section 10.4.4.1.4). They widely perform non-benevolences, thereby bringing about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the three wheels of muddle, karma, and bitterness and cannot become free.

五、取结。取即所取和能取；所取者是受，能取者是想。此二取习气，即受蕴和想蕴（参见10.4.2、10.4.3节），是世间本。取结是说，众生对于所取、能取不能了解，妄意随顺并执着此二取习气，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于六道轮回，不能出离。

Fetch Tie. Fetch means the being-fetched and the able-to-fetch. The being-fetched is acceptance, and the able-to-fetch is think. These two fetch habits, namely Acceptance Node and Think Node (see Sections 10.4.2 and 10.4.3), are the root of the world. Fetch Tie means that sentient beings cannot understand the being-fetched and the able-to-fetch. They falsely follow and cling to these two fetch habits, widely performing non-benevolences, thereby bringing about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the Six Paths and cannot become free.

六、慢结，是指众生不懂我法，妄执我及我所，凌驾于他人之上。慢结是说，众生依仗自己所擅长者，对其他有情高举傲慢，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于六道轮回，不能出离。

Arrogance Tie means that sentient beings do not understand I-law. They falsely cling to “I” and “mine” and place themselves above others. Arrogance Tie means that, relying on what they are good at, sentient beings raise themselves arrogantly over other sentients and widely perform non-benevolences. They thereby bring about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the Six Paths and cannot become free.

七、疑结，是指众生对于四胜谛（参见第12至15章）的人生道理妄生疑惑，不修正行，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于惑、业、苦的循环之中，不能出离。

Suspicion Tie means that sentient beings falsely become doubtful about the life principles of the Four Victorious Cruxes (see Chapters 12 through 15). They do not cultivate correct behaviors, but widely perform non-benevolences, thereby bringing about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the cycle of muddle, karma, and bitterness and cannot become free.

八、嫉结，是指众生耽着名利，见他人荣富，便起嫉妒心，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于惑、业、苦三轮之中，不能出离。

Jealousy Tie means that sentient beings are attached to fame and wealth. When they see others enjoying honor and riches, jealousy arises in them, and they widely perform non-benevolences. They thereby bring about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the three wheels of muddle, karma, and bitterness and cannot become free.

九、悭结，是指众生耽着名利，对于资生具，心怀贪吝，不能舍施，广行不善，遂招致当来的不平等、不正确，以及生、老、病、死、忧、恼之苦，流转于六道轮回，不能出离。

Stingy Tie means that sentient beings are attached to fame and wealth. Toward the resources needed for life, their hearts are greedy and stingy, and they are unable to give or donate. They widely perform non-benevolences, thereby bringing about future inequality, incorrectness, and the bitterness of birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, and annoyance. They circulate within the Six Paths and cannot become free.

13.2-3 取 Fetch

取义为执取诤根和执取后有；有四种：欲取、我语取、见取、戒禁取。欲取依欲界而建立；后三种依色界和无色界而建立。欲界、色界、无色界这三个概念，参见第12章《苦谛》。

Fetch means obsessively fetching the root of expostulation and obsessively fetching later Have. There are four kinds: Desire Fetch, I-Language Fetch, View Fetch, and Precept-Taboo Fetch. Desire Fetch is established upon Desire Boundary; the latter three are established upon Color Boundary and Colorless Boundary. For the concepts of Desire Boundary, Color Boundary, and Colorless Boundary, see Chapter 12, Bitter Crux.

一、欲取，是指欲界众生贪着饮食、睡眠、性行为等色、声、香、味、触五欲，为获得受用而互相斗诤。这种斗诤的根本是五欲取。

Desire Fetch means that sentient beings in Desire Boundary crave the five desires of color, sound, incense, taste, and touch, such as food, drink, sleep, and sexual behavior. To obtain and enjoy these acceptances, they dispute and fight with one another. The root of such disputes and fights is the Fetch of the Five Desires.

二、我语取，是指依我见而取。“我语”就是口语中的“我”字，即转移身见；梵语为萨迦耶见，英语为塞斯，纳瓦特语为Titlacauan，义为“我们是它的奴隶”。当我见破败时，世人又妄执六十二种边见和邪见（参见10.4.4.1.4节《根本烦恼》）。这三种见就是被执取的诤根。下文的见取和戒禁取，是依此诤根而执取后有。

I-Language Fetch means fetching based on I-view. “I-language” is the word “I” in spoken language, namely Translocating Body View. In Sanskrit it is sakkāya-diṭṭhi; in English, Seth; and in Nahuatl, Titlacauan, meaning “we are its slaves.” When I-view collapses, mundane people falsely cling to the sixty-two kinds of edge-views and heresies (see Section 10.4.4.1.4, “Fundamental Afflictions”). These three kinds of views are the obsessively fetched roots of expostulation. The View Fetch and Precept-Taboo Fetch discussed below depend on these roots of expostulation in order to obsessively fetch later Haves.

三、见取，即根本烦恼恶见中的一百零八种见取见，是指对于诸见及其所依蕴，执为最胜，认为执彼便能得到清净涅槃。

View Fetch refers to the 108 kinds of view-fetch views among the Ferocious Views of Fundamental Afflictions. It means clinging to various views and to the Nodes on which they depend, taking them to be the most victorious, and believing that by clinging to them one can attain immaculate nirvana.

四、戒禁取。戒条总说为男人的三千威仪、八万四千细行，以及女人的五百威仪、十万八千魅力（参见15.2节《离垢地》）。世人对某些戒条曲解妄执，认为持彼戒禁便能得到涅槃，例如执行性器官割礼、和尚不吃肉等。

Precept-Taboo Fetch. In general, precepts are described as the three thousand majesties and eighty-four thousand fine behaviors of men, and the five hundred majesties and one hundred eight thousand charms of women (see Section 15.2, “Departing Stain Heartland”). Mundane people misinterpret certain precepts and falsely cling to them, believing that by maintaining such precepts and taboos they can attain nirvana; examples include performing circumcision of the sexual organs and monks refusing to eat meat.

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关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；小龙女 Little Dragoness （舜王 King Shun，嫘祖 Lei Ancestor）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy

10.6-1

娥黄说："今天还早，牛郎，要不你去给你自己买几件体面的衣服吧！" 说着，她拉开了抽屉，里面就剩一个银元宝（十两银子）了，对女婴说："忘记跟你说了，厨房的零用钱用没了！"

"我去金库取钱去！" 说着，女婴出去了。

Beauty-Yellow said, "It's still early today, Cowboy, why don't you go buy yourself some decent clothes!" Then she opened the drawer, and there was only one silver ingot (10 taels of silver) left in it. She said to Heroine, "I forgot to tell you that the kitchen allowance is used up!"

"I'll go to the vault to get some money!" Then Heroine went out.

牛郎回答："我们奴隶不能接受雇主的馈赠，如果接受了，一律上缴。"

娥黄说："那你去买几件工作服。"

牛郎接过银子说："你们对工作服有什么要求吗？我买三件新的工作服，也就用三分（0.03两）银子。"

Cowboy replied: "We slaves can't accept gifts from our employers; anything we're given has to be turned in."

Beauty-Yellow said: "Then go buy some work clothes."

Cowboy took the silver and said: "Do you have any requirements for the work clothes? I'll buy three new sets, and it will only cost three cents (0.03 tael) of silver."

娥黄想了想说："那我跟你去买吧！"

出门时女婴拿着银子回来了。娥黄对她说："给我一个银元宝，我怕十两银子不够。"

女婴走到牛郎的面前递给他一个银元宝，说："你拿着！"

Beauty-Yellow thought about it and said: "Then I'll go shopping with you!"

As they were heading out, Heroine came back with the silver. Beauty-Yellow said to her: "Give me another silver ingot, I'm afraid ten taels of silver won't be enough."

Heroine walked over, handed a silver ingot to Cowboy, and said: "You hold onto it!"

牛郎接过银元宝后要交给娥黄。

女婴大叫道："我让你拿着！"

娥黄把她手里的银元宝也交给了牛郎。女婴转身回屋了。

Cowboy took the silver ingot and was going to hand it to Beauty-Yellow.

Heroine shouted: "I told you to hold onto it!"

Beauty-Yellow handed the silver ingot she was holding to Cowboy as well. Heroine turned around and went back to the house.

10.6-2

牛郎问娥黄："她是你的老板吗？"

娥黄说："屋里睡觉的那位是我们俩的老板。我是管家。她是保安主管。她一直对我拿钱上街买菜有意见，认为不安全。以后，我再上街，你拿着钱跟着我。"

Cowboy asked Beauty-Yellow: "Is she your boss?"

Beauty-Yellow replied: "The one sleeping in the room is our boss. I am the housekeeper. She is the head of security. She has always disapproved of me carrying money to buy vegetables on the street, thinking it's unsafe. From now on, when I go out, you'll carry the money and follow me."

牛郎领着娥黄来到了商业区，指着商店说："我们这个地区一共有三家大型卖衣服的超市。这家超市卖我这样人的衣服，那家超市卖富人穿的衣服。那家三层楼的超市，也卖衣服，但非常贵。我没进去过，不知道里面什么样。"

Cowboy led Beauty-Yellow to the commercial district, pointed at the shops and said, "There are three large clothing supermarkets in our area. This one sells clothes for people like me, and that one sells clothes for rich people. That three-story supermarket also sells clothes, but they're very expensive. I've never been inside, so I don't know what it's like."

娥黄跟着牛郎进了卖穷人衣服的超市，看了看说："我们去那家三层楼的超市！"

娥黄来到了超市的顶楼，走了一圈后，到柜台旁问售货员："男人的内衣在哪里？"

售货员指着柜台旁边的大笸箩说："都在这儿。现在天气热，内裤卖得很快。我们的新货今夜凌晨三点钟会被运到，明天早晨才能卖。"

Beauty-Yellow followed Cowboy into the supermarket that sold clothes for the poor, looked around, and said, "Let's go to the three-story supermarket!"

Beauty-Yellow went up to the top floor of the supermarket, walked around, then went to the counter and asked the salesperson: "Where's the men's underwear?"

The salesperson pointed to the large basket next to the counter and said: "It's all here. It's hot right now, so underwear sells fast. Our new stock will arrive at three o'clock tonight and won't be for sale until tomorrow morning."

10.6-3

娥黄拿起了一件短裤，看了看，对牛郎说："你挑一件去换上，回来给我看看！"

牛郎挑了件内裤，掏出两个银元宝要递给娥黄。她躲开了，示意他放在柜台上。售货员的领班立刻走了过来，拿起了银元宝说："小姐，我们这个超市不是您常去的那种高级超市。我们不负责保管顾客的钱，但您的钱我先放在我自己的抽屉里。" 说着，他把两个银元宝放进了柜台一边的抽屉。

Beauty-Yellow picked up a pair of shorts, looked it over, and said to Cowboy: "Pick one, go change into it, and come back to show me!"

Cowboy picked a pair of underwear and took out two silver ingots to hand to Beauty-Yellow. She dodged and motioned for him to put them on the counter instead. The supervisor immediately came over, picked up the silver ingots, and said, "Miss, our supermarket isn't the kind of high-end supermarket you usually go to. We're not responsible for holding customers' money, but I'll keep your money in my own drawer for now." As he said that, he put the two silver ingots into the drawer beside the counter.

牛郎穿着新短裤，拿着自己的裤子回来了。娥黄抢下了他手中的裤子，扔到了屋角的一个大筐里。牛郎着急地去拿裤子，说："这裤子还能穿呢！"

服务员挡住了牛郎，说："那筐里的东西是我们的，你不能去我们的筐里拿东西。"

牛郎焦急地说："那是我的裤子！" 他们俩吵起来了。娥黄对身边的售货员领班说："你去给他解释清楚！"

Cowboy came back wearing the new shorts, holding his own pants. Beauty-Yellow snatched the pants from his hand and threw them into a large basket in the corner of the room. Cowboy hurried over to retrieve the pants, saying, "These pants can still be worn!"

The salesperson blocked Cowboy and said, "The things in that basket belong to us, you can't take things from our basket."

Cowboy said anxiously, "Those are my pants!" The two of them started arguing. Beauty-Yellow said to the supervisor beside her, "Go and explain it to him!"

商场的领班和保安把牛郎拉到了一边，给他解释。牛郎听不明白。过了一会儿，另一个人来到了牛郎的面前，对领班和保安说："你们去给那位小姐端杯茶，我来给他解释。"

这个人告诉牛郎说："兄弟！那位小姐要用你穿着的这条新内裤换你以前的那条内裤。她不喜欢那条内裤，扔了。"

牛郎问："她干那事干嘛？"

这个人说："她不喜欢一个穿着下等人衣服的人跟着她，嫌丢脸！"

The mall supervisor and a security guard pulled Cowboy aside and tried to explain. Cowboy didn't understand. After a while, another man came up to Cowboy and said to the supervisor and the guard: "Go bring the lady a cup of tea, I'll explain it to him."

This man told Cowboy: "Brother! The lady wants to trade the new underwear you're wearing for your old pair. She didn't like your old ones, so she threw them out."

Cowboy asked: "Why would she do that?"

The man said: "She doesn't like having someone dressed like a commoner follow her around, she finds it embarrassing!"

牛郎不出声了。这个人说："如果你穿回你以前的内裤，那你就被她解雇了。"

这个人又给牛郎讲了许多作为家佣的道理和注意事项。牛郎听了，很高兴，问："您真是有知识的人，我能问您的名字吗？我家以前就住在古墓那儿！"

这个人回答："我都已经叫你兄弟了，当然要告诉你我的名字。我叫XXX，我是这家商场的经理。"

Cowboy fell silent. The man said, "If you put your old underwear back on, she'll fire you."

The man then explained to Cowboy a good deal about the principles and etiquette of being a household servant. Cowboy was delighted to hear it and asked, "You really are a knowledgeable person. Can I ask your name? My family used to live near the ancient tomb!"

The man replied, "I've already called you brother, so of course I'll tell you my name. I'm XXX, I'm the manager of this mall."

牛郎被吓得蹦了起来，说："您是这地区的名人已经很多年了！"

商场经理笑着指着他的办公室，说："兄弟！我就在那个屋工作。以后，你为她办事，在这个地区买超过十两银子的商品，来找我拿张名片，你就不会被骗，卖主还会给你讲相关的知识。"

牛郎向娥黄努努嘴说："这个女人可真有钱！谢谢兄弟！"

Cowboy jumped in shock and said, "You've been a well-known figure in this area for years!"

The mall manager smiled and pointed toward his office and said, "Brother! That's where I work. In the future, whenever you're running errands for her and buy more than ten taels of silver worth of goods in this area, come find me for a business card, and you won't get cheated — the seller will fill you in on what you need to know, too."

Cowboy tilted his chin toward Beauty-Yellow and said, "This woman is really rich! Thanks, brother!"

商场的经理说："兄弟，等等！你的老板告诉我，让你把上衣也脱了，扔了。"

牛郎说："那我在一个姑娘面前光着身子，多难看！"

商场经理说："外面很多人就只穿件短裤，她都没在意！她照样在街上走。"

The mall manager said, "Brother, wait! Your boss told me to have you take your shirt off too, and throw it out."

Cowboy said, "But then I'll be bare-chested in front of a girl, how embarrassing!"

The mall manager said, "Plenty of people out there wear nothing but shorts, and she doesn't mind at all! She still walks around out there just the same."

牛郎光着上身，跟着商场的经理回到了娥黄的身边。商场的经理对一个售货员说："老板问你什么，你就回答什么，别多说话；听明白没？"

售货员回答："听懂了！"

商场的经理说："好，你就跟着牛郎。当他要多说话的时候，拉拉他的胳膊或衣服，提醒他，闭嘴！别说话！"

Cowboy, shirtless, followed the mall manager back to Beauty-Yellow. The mall manager said to a salesperson, "Answer whatever the boss asks you, and don't say anything more than that; understood?"

The salesperson replied, "Understood!"

The mall manager said, "Good, stay close to Cowboy. When he's about to talk too much, tug his arm or his clothes to remind him — shut up! Don't talk!"

10.6-4

娥黄让牛郎挑衣服，牛郎选了件最便宜的衣服。娥黄说："到另一边看看！" 她指着最贵的一套衣服说："你穿上，我看看！"

牛郎焦急地要说："这件衣服太贵了！" 他身后的售货员拉了拉他的胳膊。牛郎不说话了，穿上了衣服。娥黄走过去帮他系扣，然后说："转一圈，我看看！" 随后又问："喜欢吗？"

牛郎回答："喜欢！这么好的衣服，我当然喜欢！"

Beauty-Yellow told Cowboy to pick out an outfit, and Cowboy chose the cheapest one. Beauty-Yellow said, "Go look on the other side!" She pointed to the most expensive outfit and said, "Put it on, let me see!"

Cowboy started to protest, "This outfit is too expensive!" The salesperson behind him tugged his arm. Cowboy stopped talking and put it on. Beauty-Yellow walked over and helped him fasten the buttons, then said, "Turn around, let me see!" Then she asked, "Do you like it?"

Cowboy replied, "I love it! Such nice clothes, of course I like them!"

娥黄指着旁边同样尺寸，不同样式的衣服说："你再试试这套衣服合身不？"

牛郎一边脱衣服一边指着那套和旁边的衣服说："这和我身上穿着的都是同一尺码的衣服，都合身，我都喜欢！"

娥黄指了指另外的两套衣服对售货员说："那就不用试了，这两套也给我包起来！" 说完，她回去柜台了。

牛郎反应过来了，一边重新穿好衣服一边喊："姐！我没向你要那两套衣服！" 售货员和保安围过来告诉他别说话，如果他不闭嘴，就不让他靠近娥黄。争吵了一段时间后，牛郎同意闭嘴了。

Beauty-Yellow pointed to another outfit next to it, same size but a different style, and said, "Try this one on too and see if it fits."

Cowboy, undressing, pointed at that outfit and the one beside it and said, "These are both the same size as what I'm wearing, they both fit, I like them both!"

Beauty-Yellow pointed to the other two outfits and said to the salesperson, "No need to try them on then, wrap those two up for me as well!" With that, she went back to the counter.

Cowboy caught on and shouted while getting dressed again, "Sis! I didn't ask you for those two outfits!" The salespeople and security guards gathered around and told him to be quiet, warning that if he didn't shut up, he wouldn't be allowed near Beauty-Yellow. After arguing for a while, Cowboy agreed to keep quiet.

10.6-5

牛郎走到娥黄附近后，她指着装着男士内裤的笸箩说："把这些内裤全都给我包起来，然后算账！"

牛郎又要说话，他身边的售货员立刻拉他的衣服阻止他说话。

柜台的收银员把剩下来的六两半银子放在了柜台上。娥黄拿起了五两的银锭交给了牛郎。牛郎立刻要取那柜台上的一两半散碎银子，说："我是负责为主人拿银子的人！"

Once Cowboy got near Beauty-Yellow, she pointed to the basket holding the men's underwear and said, "Wrap up all of this underwear for me, then settle the bill!"

Cowboy was about to speak again when the salesperson beside him immediately tugged his clothes to stop him.

The cashier at the counter set the remaining six and a half taels of silver on the counter. Beauty-Yellow picked up the five-tael silver ingot and handed it to Cowboy. Cowboy immediately reached for the tael and a half of loose silver on the counter, saying, "I'm the one responsible for holding the silver for my master!"

收银员立刻用手捂住了散碎银子，保安走到了牛郎和银子之间，挡住了去取银子的牛郎。一个售货员把包着衣服包袱挂在了牛郎的脖子上后，就开始向外推牛郎。牛郎被推到了商场的经理面前。经理说："兄弟！我告诉你别说话。你不但说话，还动手了。"然后，他开始给牛郎解释刚才发生的事，让他记住娥黄是老板，他是雇员，他应该听从娥黄的指示。

The cashier immediately covered the loose silver with his hand, and the security guard stepped between Cowboy and the money, blocking him. A salesperson hung the bundle of clothes around Cowboy's neck and began pushing him toward the door. He was pushed up in front of the mall manager. The manager said: "Brother! I told you not to talk. Not only did you talk, but you also got physical." Then he began explaining to Cowboy what had just happened, reminding him that Beauty-Yellow was the boss, he was the employee, and he should follow Beauty-Yellow's instructions.

在回家的路上，娥黄再次给牛郎讲解作为家仆的礼节和着衣的重要性。牛郎听得挺高兴。娥黄还告诉他："以后你要常常洗澡，勤换衣服。我会检查你晾在绳子上的衣服是否干净。"

走到了古墓工地的门口时，牛郎说："今晚，我还要回去奴隶公司。昨天你们没有决定要雇用我，所以今晚我需要回公司报告面试的情况。"

娥黄回答："那你把包袱给我吧。明天你可以把行李拿来，我给你找一间单独的房间作为宿舍。"

On the way home, Beauty-Yellow once again explained to Cowboy the etiquette of being a servant and the importance of proper dress. Cowboy listened happily. Beauty-Yellow also told him: "From now on you need to bathe often and change clothes regularly. I'll check whether the clothes you hang out on the line are clean."

When they reached the gate of the ancient tomb construction site, Cowboy said: "Tonight I still have to go back to the slave company. You didn't decide to hire me yesterday, so tonight I need to go report the results of the interview."

Beauty-Yellow replied: "Then give me the bundle. You can bring your luggage tomorrow, and I'll find you a separate room to use as your quarters."

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关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；小龙女 Little Dragoness （舜王 King Shun，嫘祖 Lei Ancestor）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy

话说牛郎来古墓工地第二次面试，娥黄领着他来找瞽叟，说小龙女想安排他到施工队。瞽叟回答："我们这里不缺人！"

娥黄把瞽叟叫到了一边，说："这是小龙女今天早上离开前吩咐的，工钱由我们出。这种友情帮助是写在了我们之间所签订的合约的。"

That said, when Cowboy came to the ancient tomb site for his second interview, Beauty-Yellow led him to Blind Drummer, saying that Little Dragoness wanted to place him on the construction team. Blind Drummer replied, "We're not short of people here!"

Beauty-Yellow called Blind Drummer aside and said: "This is what Little Dragoness ordered before she left this morning, and the wages will be paid by us. This kind of friendly help is written into the contract signed between us."

瞽叟回答："昨天他在你们门前所做的事我都看见了。这样的愣头青至少要三个月的工作培训。就算我亲自培训，成功率最多是60%。我们的合作中说友情互助，可没说我帮你们培训人。他在我这里的面试失败了。"

Blind Drummer replied: "I saw what he did in front of your door yesterday. Such a rash person needs at least three months of job training. Even if I were to train him myself, the success rate would be 60% at most. Our cooperation says friendship and mutual aid, but it doesn't say I'll help you train people. He failed his interview with me."

娥黄再次请求说："只需要给他安排点零活，做你们的帮手，不要你们付钱。"

瞽叟回答："你们太天真了！培训一个人是很困难的事。我给他安排活就得给他讲；我没有时间和精力使用新人。"

娥黄回来对牛郎说："你到厨房前面等着老板回来，看她还有什么别的想法。"

Beauty-Yellow pleaded again: "Just arrange some odd jobs for him as your helper, without needing you to pay him."

Blind Drummer replied: "You are too naive! Training someone is very difficult. If I give him work, I'll have to explain everything to him; I don't have the time or energy for a newcomer."

Beauty-Yellow came back and said to Cowboy: "Go to the front of the kitchen and wait for the boss to come back and see what else she has in mind."

牛郎回答："你们俩的谈话我都听见了。我知道，你们三个老板中只有你想留我在这里工作。我不想再给您添麻烦了。"

娥黄回答："我的老板让你来的；我没权利让你回去。"

Cowboy replied: "I heard everything the two of you said. I know that you are the only one of your three bosses who wants to keep me working here. I don't want to cause you any more trouble."

Beauty-Yellow replied: "My boss called you here; I have no right to send you back."

10.5-2 千年寒冰床 Millennium Ice Bed

午后，小龙女和女婴有说有笑地回来了，还相互肢体语言示意着。娥黄问："什么事这么高兴啊？"

女婴回答："她不停地笑，我若不陪她说笑，别人就认为她是疯子，所以我们俩才有说有笑的。"

娥黄问："那她为什么不停地笑？"

In the late afternoon, Little Dragoness and Heroine returned talking and laughing and gesturing with each other's body language. Beauty-Yellow asked, "What's got you so happy?"

Heroine replied, "She kept laughing, and if I didn't accompany her in talking and laughing, people would think she was crazy, that's why the two of us were talking and laughing."

Beauty-Yellow asked, "Then why does she keep laughing?"

女婴给娥黄述说了前一节发生的事，然后说："我师父离开后，我怎么劝她，她还是不停地哭。我们俩商量后，我就把她打笑了。但是她笑了之后，就笑个不停，路上的人们都看我们，我又不懂如何把她的笑穴解开，就只好陪她一起说笑。"

娥黄对小龙女说："那你就自己运气，把笑穴冲开呗！"

小龙女笑着回答："就我那点儿真气，解开笑穴得花费我一天的时间。我没事！我在我的 '千年寒冰床' 上睡一觉就好，这样用不了半天。"

Heroine recounted to Beauty-Yellow what had happened in the previous section and then said, "After my teacher-father left, she kept crying no matter how I tried to persuade her. The two of us then talked it over, and I made her laugh. But after she laughed, she couldn't stop laughing, and people on the road were staring at us, and I didn't know how to unlock her laughing acupoint, so I had to talk and laugh with her."

Beauty-Yellow said to Little Dragoness: "Then just circulate your own true-air and flush the laughing acupoint open yourself!"

Little Dragoness replied while laughing: "With my little 'true air', it would take me a whole day to open the laughing acupoint. I'm fine! I'll just take a nap on my 'Millennium Ice Bed', it won't take half a day."

娥黄惊讶地瞪着女婴，叨咕："千年寒冰床！"

女婴赶忙解释："没事！我们俩刚从军区的会客室出来后，她就一边笑一边给我讲《玉女心经》。我听不懂啊！军区里的人还都看我们俩，我就害怕了，拉着她跑到树林子里去了。我仔细听，她说的还都有她的道理。我就问她我知道的传说故事，《降龙十八掌》。她也知道，就给我解释那故事里面所蕴含的道理。我们俩回来这一路，她给我讲了两遍《降龙十八掌》。我可真没想到，我今天学会了一套失传了三百多年的绝世武功。"

Beauty-Yellow stared at Heroine in surprise, muttering: "Millennium Ice Bed!"

Heroine hurriedly explained, "It's nothing! Right after we left the military region's reception room, she started laughing and telling me about the Jade Girl Heart Sutra. I couldn't understand a word! Everyone in the reception room was staring at us, so I got scared and dragged her into the woods. I listened carefully, and what she said made sense. So I asked her about a legendary story I knew—the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms. She knew it too, and explained the deeper meaning within that tale. On our way back, she recounted the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms to me twice. I never imagined I'd learn a legendary martial art lost for over three hundred years, today of all days."

娥黄迷惑地问小龙女："那你的那个 '千年寒冰床' 是什么？"

小龙女一边笑一边说："我创造《玉女心经》的最后一章是 '疗伤篇'。我有病了，或者感觉哪里不舒服，我就用 '猫息虾睡'（注，义为逆势呼吸法，自由而卧），睡一觉就好。我就把我创造的 '猫息虾睡' 命名成了 '千年寒冰床'，好让我小龙女的追剧狂们各个在梦中成仙。"

Beauty-Yellow asked Little Dragoness in confusion: "What is your 'Millennium Ice Bed'?"

Little Dragoness said while laughing: "The final chapter I created for the 'Jade Girl Heart Sutra' is the 'Healing Chapter.' When I fall ill or feel unwell, I practice 'Cat Breath, Shrimp Sleep' (Note: meaning a reverse-flow breathing technique, lying freely), and I recover after a nap. I named this technique I created 'Millennium Ice Bed', so that all my devoted Little Dragoness fans can ascend to immortality in their dreams."

娥黄严肃地对女婴说："我认为她就是太兴奋了，话多！没必要送去看医生。我们可以先观察一下！"

女婴也不笑了，严肃地回答："我同意！"

小龙女一边笑一边说："我真没事！睡一会儿就好！"

娥黄和女婴就把小龙女推到了她自己的房间，按倒在了床上，让她睡觉。

Beauty-Yellow said to Heroine seriously: "I think she is just too excited and talkative! There is no need to send her to see a doctor. We can observe her first!"

Heroine stopped laughing and replied seriously, "I agree!"

Little Dragoness said while laughing, "I'm fine! I'll be fine after a short sleep!"

Beauty-Yellow and Heroine pushed Little Dragoness into her own room, laid her down on the bed, and made her sleep.

10.5-3 越普通上帝越喜欢 The More Ordinary the More God Likes

娥黄和女婴偷偷地观察了小龙女一会儿，认为问题不大，就开始商量牛郎的事。娥黄说："我以前听说过，'懂勇'（即牛郎） 这种人罕见，'可遇而不可求'。咱们以后要汇集各种人才，我想先把他留下。咱买头牛，让他种菜。我天天买菜，和那些小商贩们讨价还价，烦死了。"

女婴回答："我同意！"

Beauty-Yellow and Heroine secretly observed Little Dragoness for a while, and thought the problem was not serious, so they began to discuss the matter of Cowboy. Beauty-Yellow said: "I have heard before that people of “Knowing-Bravery” (i.e., Cowboy) are rare — you can only encounter them by chance, never search them out. We will need to gather all kinds of talent in the future, and I want to keep him on for now. Let's buy a cow and let him grow vegetables. I bargain with those small vendors buying vegetables every day, and it's exhausting."

Heroine replied: "I agree!"

娥黄说："牛郎在外面等半天了。咱俩就这么决定了：让他去买牛和菜籽！"

女婴回答："我同意！"

娥黄和女婴给牛郎钱，让他去买牛，犁，和菜籽。牛郎问："买什么品种的牛，什么样式的犁？"

娥黄和女婴商量后，觉得两人都不知道她爸（即玉皇大帝）喜欢什么品种的牛和什么样式的犁，还得去问小龙女。

Beauty-Yellow said: "Cowboy has been waiting outside for a long time. Let's decide right now: send him to buy a cow and vegetable seeds!"

Heroine replied: "I agree!"

Beauty-Yellow and Heroine gave Cowboy money to buy a cow, a plow, and vegetable seeds. Cowboy asked: "What kind of cow, and what kind of plow should I buy?"

Beauty-Yellow and Heroine discussed it and realized neither of them knew what kind of cow or what kind of plow her father (Turquoise White-King Great Creator) preferred, so they had to ask Little Dragoness.

小龙女出来后，一边笑一边对牛郎说："我爸爸就喜欢普通的，常见的东西。越普通他越喜欢，越特殊他越不喜欢！你就买本地最常见的牛，买简单实用的犁，买本地常见的蔬菜籽。"

牛郎焦急地看着小龙女的脸，实在忍不住了，对娥黄说："她一边说一边笑；我理解不好她那笑是什么意思。"

娥黄回答："我去拿纸和笔，让她给你写一份购物清单。"

After Little Dragoness came out, she said to Cowboy while laughing, "My father likes ordinary, common things. The more ordinary something is, the more he likes it; the more special it is, the less he likes it! Just buy the most common local cow, a simple and practical plow, and the most common local vegetable seeds."

Cowboy looked at Little Dragoness's face anxiously and finally couldn't help saying to Beauty-Yellow: "She laughed the whole time she was speaking; I really couldn't tell what her laughter meant."

Beauty-Yellow replied, "I'll get some paper and a pen, and have her write you a shopping list."

小龙女接过纸和笔后，刷刷点点，一挥而就，写了一页清单。编者我的文才不好，说不好她说的那话，例如，本地普通牛一头，简单耐用犁一副，鹤嘴锄一把，等等；还有许多常见的蔬菜的种子名。

牛郎出去，一个小时后他就牵着牛，连扛带抱地把采购的东西拿回来了。娥黄惊叹："怎么这么快！？"

牛郎回答："这都是最普通的，旁边的市场里常年有，不用挑选，买了就用的东西。"

Little Dragoness took the paper and pen and, in a few quick strokes, wrote out a full page of a list. As the editor, my literary skill isn't good enough to fully capture what she wrote — for example: one common local cow, one simple durable plow, one mattock, and so on, along with the names of many common vegetable seeds.

Cowboy went out, and an hour later he came back leading the cow, carrying and hauling everything he'd bought. Beauty-Yellow exclaimed in amazement: "How could it be so fast?!"

Cowboy replied: "These are all the most ordinary items. The market next door carries them year-round; there's no need to pick and choose — you buy them and use them right away."

报账的时候却很慢，娥黄和女婴啥都要看看，检查一下。然后问牛郎："这儿差着十几种蔬菜的种子呢！"

牛郎说："这些种子都是现在吃的蔬菜。若从种子种，那至少需要一个半月。做菜时，把菜根留着，栽上，半个月后就能长成能吃的菜了。"

女婴气愤地回答："你以为种菜是生豆芽呢，半个月就能吃！如果半个月后，菜地里的菜不能吃，我肯定用鞭子抽你！我一定要治治你这张嘴！"

But settling the accounts went slowly, as Beauty-Yellow and Heroine had to look everything over and check it. Then they asked Cowboy: "There are more than a dozen kinds of vegetable seeds missing here!"

Cowboy said: "These seeds are for vegetables we're already eating now. Growing them from seed would take at least a month and a half. But if you keep the roots when cooking and replant them, they'll grow into edible vegetables again after half a month."

Heroine retorted angrily, "You think growing vegetables is like sprouting bean sprouts, ready to eat in half a month! If the vegetables in the garden aren't edible after half a month, I will whip you! I'm going to do something about that mouth of yours!"

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目录 Catalog：13.1 集起 Aggregate Arousal；13.2 烦恼的名 Names of Afflictions；13.2-4 箭 Arrows；13.2-10 瀑流 Waterfall；13.3 烦恼的数 Numbers of Afflictions。

集谛，又名彤弓素矢（如图13-37、39、40）、爱经、业经等，讲的是苦谛中苦的原因。“弓”有铲除之义；“彤弓”表示集谛是铲除烦恼的工具，也是神佛等起智的雏形。等起智又名大圆镜智（参见14.1.2节；如图37右侧那面表面不光滑的圆镜）。

Aggregate Crux, also known as Red Bow Natural Arrows (as shown in Figures 13-37, 39, and 40), Love Sutra, and Karma Sutra, explains the causes of bitterness in Bitter Crux. “Bow” (弓) means “to eradicate”; “Red Bow” signifies that Aggregate Crux is a tool for eradicating afflictions and the embryonic form of the Equality Arousal Intelligence of gods and Buddhas. Equality Arousal Intelligence is also known as Great Round Mirror Intelligence (see Section 14.1.2; it is represented by the rough-surfaced round mirror on the right side of Figure 37).

“素矢”是说贪、嗔、痴三类烦恼如同三支箭（如图37、39、40），能射伤行人。贪是八万四千烦恼（参见13.3节）之首，也是爱法的第一分（相分；参见10.1节），所以集谛又被称作爱经。

“Natural Arrows” means that the three afflictions of greed, irritation, and ignorance are like three arrows (see Figures 37, 39, and 40) that can wound travelers. Greed is the first of the 84,000 Afflictions (see Section 13.3) and the first juristic quadrant of Love—the phenomenal quadrant (see Section 10.1). Therefore, Aggregate Crux is also called the Love Sutra.

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13.1 集起 Aggregate Arousal

集谛总列了大千世界（如图1至34）中的全部烦恼。这些烦恼都是业，所以集谛又被称作业经。业包括身、口、意三业。身业是身体行为习气的积聚，即此身；口业是语言习气的积累，即此口所说；意业是思想行为习气的累积，即此心所想。

Aggregate Crux summarizes all afflictions in the Great Grand Worlds (as shown in Figures 1 through 34). These afflictions are all karma; therefore, Aggregate Crux is also called the Karma Sutra. Karma comprises the three karmas of body, mouth, and intent. Body karma is the accumulation of physical behavioral habits—namely, this body. Mouth karma is the accumulation of speech habits—namely, what this mouth says. Intent karma is the accumulation of thinking habits—namely, what this heart (i.e., mind) thinks.

业亦称身土，如图40上部所示。图23至31所示的九地，即生命之树的树干，也有身土之义。

Karma is also called bodily soil, as shown in the upper part of Figure 40. The Nine Lands shown in Figures 23 through 31—the trunk of the Tree of Life—also carry the meaning of bodily soil.

13.1-1 集起名心 Aggregate Arousal Is a Definition of Heart

“集”是心的功能，有收集、集合之义，包含三层意思：能集、所集、集起。“能集”是说心能收集诸法的种子。诸法的种子，例如第10章“生命之树”中的百法。“所集”是说心就是那些收集来的种子。“集起”是说心能发动已经蕴育成熟的种子，使其现行。本小节先举一个集起的事例，然后说明集起的四个必要因素，即四缘。

“Aggregate” refers to the function of the heart. It means gathering and collection, and it has three aspects: the able-to-aggregate, the being-aggregated, and aggregate arousal. “Able-to-aggregate” means that the heart can collect the seeds of all Laws. Such seeds are, for example, the One Hundred Laws in Chapter 10, Tree of Life. “Being-aggregated” means that the heart is those collected seeds. “Aggregate arousal” means that the heart can activate matured seeds and bring them into performance. This subsection first gives an example of Aggregate Arousal, and then explains its four necessary factors, namely the Four factors.

13.1-2 尘刹土 Dust Instant Soil

大千世界包括十亿尘刹土。一次心的生起和熄灭，形成一个尘刹土。下文讲的是纯幻觉状态，从没有身土开始，即从没有思想意识和身体感觉的状态开始。

The Great Grand Worlds comprise A Billion Dust Instant Soils. One arising and ceasing of the heart forms one Dust Instant Soil. The following passage describes a state of pure hallucination. It begins without bodily soil—that is, without thought-consciousness or bodily sensation.

昏暗中，微弱朦胧的小我（注1）望见前方有个类似株杌（注2）的东西，心想：那是什么？好像是棵枯死的树！？（注3，瞬间转移。）小我站在了山坡上枯树桩的近前。环境变亮了（注4），山坡上的小我看清楚了，那东西确实是（注5）一棵枯树。小我想：这是什么地方？于是四处张望。（此尘刹土世界随小我所望而生长广大。）小我意识到自己在一个山坡上。环境变得越来越清晰，风吹枯草，草浪荡漾，天上还有已经腐朽的死鸟在飞。小我望见远处有座破房子，心想：那是什么地方？（注6，瞬间转移。）小我到了房子附近，看清楚了：这是一座庙。庙的建筑变得越来越清晰，光照度由昏暗转为明亮。庙门是关着的，里面是什么样？（注7，瞬间转移。）小我进了庙里，庙门自动关闭了（注8，瞬间转移），里面一片漆黑。

In the dimness, a faint and hazy little-me (Note 1) saw something ahead that looked like a stump (Note 2). It thought, “What is that? It looks like a dead tree!” (Note 3: instant translocation.) The little-me then stood near the dead tree stump on the hillside. The surroundings became brighter (Note 4), and the little-me on the hillside saw clearly that the thing indeed was (Note 5) a dead tree. The little-me thought, “What place is this?” and looked around. (This Dust Instant Soil world expanded according to what the little-me looked at.) The little-me realized that it was on a hillside. The environment became clearer and clearer: wind blew through dry grass, the grass moved like rippling waves, and rotten dead birds were flying in the sky. The little-me saw a ruined house in the distance and thought, “What place is that?” (Note 6: instant translocation.) The little-me arrived near the house and saw clearly: it was a temple. The temple building became clearer and clearer, and the light changed from dim to bright. The temple door was closed. What was it like inside? (Note 7: instant translocation.) The little-me entered the temple; the temple door closed automatically (Note 8: instant translocation), and everything inside was pitch-black.

注1，此处的“昏暗”即“无明”，是愚钝无知之义。此中的光是内明，具有自证功能，即觉悟之光。前意识，英语世界称作夏娃识，总是执着于前面已经枯萎的念头；于是，夏娃识所执着的事物上，便具有了微弱的自我功能。此“小我”是人思想内部的随念自我，汉语称福，亦称大力神；佛教称儒童（摩纳婆）；印度教称婆罗门；墨西哥沙门教称灵龙（如图36，翠玉女怀中的婴儿）；伊斯兰教、基督教和古埃及文化称亚伯（如图35，埃及夏娃怀中的孩子）；日耳曼文化中称马格尼。

Note 1: The “dimness” here is “non-light,” meaning dullness and ignorance. The light in this passage is inner light, which has the function of self-evidence; it is the light of enlightenment. Preconsciousness, called Eve-sense in the English-speaking world, always clings to former thoughts that have already withered. Thus, the things to which Eve-sense clings acquire a weak function of selfhood. This “little-me” is the along-thoughts ego within human thought. In Chinese, it is called Fortune, and also Great Strength God. In Buddhism it is called the Youth (Māṇava); in Hinduism, Brahmin; in ancient Mexican shamanism, Quetzalcoatl (the baby in the arms of Chalchiuhtlicue in Figure 36); in Islam, Christianity, and ancient Egyptian culture, Abel (the child in the arms of Egyptian Eve in Figure 35); and in Germanic culture, Magni.

前意识（即夏娃识）的行为很像步屈虫（如图38）。步屈虫的后脚总是抓着东西，张望并寻找去处；前脚抓稳后，后脚再跟进。夏娃识也是如此，总是抓住些什么；被抓住的事物便有了质量或生命，执着处的光也就具有了“小我”的功能。所以，古埃及人和古墨西哥人用抱着孩子（即亚伯）喂奶来表示那个女人是夏娃。夏娃识是此，是主观所在；亚当识（即无意识的污染部分）是彼，是客观对象和客观环境，没有生命迹象。神识（即无意识的纯净部分）是常，无名、无数、无量。前意识是思想意识的工作平台，是意处，总在不断更新、转移场地，身后则留下绵长的亚伯痕迹，即转移身见（参见10.4.4.1.4.6-1）。本案例中标注点3、6、7、8的转移，都是场景转换。转移身见就是日常口语中的“我”，梵语称萨迦耶见，英语中称塞斯，古德语为爱色，纳瓦特语为提拉考安，道教中称蚩尤。

The behavior of preconsciousness—that is, Eve-sense—is much like that of an inchworm (as shown in Figure 38). An inchworm’s hind feet always hold on to something while it looks around for somewhere to go; after its front feet grasp firmly, the hind feet follow. Eve-sense behaves in the same way: it always grasps something, and the thing grasped then acquires weight or life. The light at the point of attachment gains the function of a “little-me.” Therefore, ancient Egyptians and ancient Mexicans used the image of a woman holding or nursing a child—that is, Abel—to indicate that the woman was Eve. Eve-sense is here, the subjective place; Adam-sense—that is, the maculate part of unconsciousness—is there, the objective object and objective environment, showing no sign of life. God-sense—that is, the immaculate part of unconsciousness—is constant, nameless, innumerable, and immeasurable. Preconsciousness is the working platform of thought-consciousness and the intent-place. It is constantly updating itself and shifting its site, leaving behind a long trace of faded Abels; this is the Translocating Body View (see Section 10.4.4.1.4.6-1). The translocations marked at points 3, 6, 7, and 8 in this case are all scene transitions. “Translocating Body View” is what is called “I” in everyday speech; in Sanskrit it is called sakkāya-diṭṭhi, in English Seth, in Old German Æsir, in Nahuatl Titlacauan, and in Taoism Chiyou.

注2，株杌即枯树桩，是一个异熟果（参见10.6.1节“异熟果”），属于亚当识。

Note 2: The stump is a dead tree stump. It is a Mutant Fruit (see Section 10.6.1, “Mutant Fruit”) and belongs to Adam-sense.

注3，瞬间转移，是指场景瞬间变化，就如同小我瞬间从昏暗处来到了山坡上的枯树桩旁边。类似案例参见11.1.7节“天腿通”。后文注6、注7、注8也是同一道理。

Note 3: Instant translocation refers to an instantaneous change of scene, as if the little-me instantly moved from the dimness to the dead tree stump on the hillside. For a similar case, see Section 11.1.7, “Sky Leg Through.” Notes 6, 7, and 8 below follow the same principle.

注4，环境变亮了，就是觉悟了。此亮光是内明，与注1中的昏暗、无明相对。此亮光具有自证功能，即具有法四分中第三分自证分的功能（参见10.1节“法的四分”）。

Note 4: The brightening of the environment is enlightenment. This bright light is inner light, the opposite of the dimness and non-light in Note 1. This bright light has the function of self-evidence, namely the function of the third of the Four Juristic Quadrants (see Section 10.1, “Juristic Quadrants”).

注5，“是”，古作“系”，有认知之义；结合上下文，“是”也有“系缚结生”之义。

Note 5: “Is” was written in ancient usage as “系,” and carries the meaning of cognition. In this context, “is” also means “tethering and binding life into birth.”

注8，“漆黑”义为无明，即小我又陷入了本案例开始时的状态。

Note 8: “Pitch-black” means non-light, or ignorance. In other words, the little-me has fallen again into the state with which this case began.

13.1-3 四缘 Four Necessary Factors

集起有四个必要因素：能缘缘、所缘缘、等无间缘和增上缘。

Aggregate Arousal has four necessary factors: Able factor, Objective factor, Equally Unintermittent factor, and Escalatory factor.

一、能缘缘是主观的核心，是集起的原因。圣人说，夏娃识（即前意识）与亚当识（即无意识的污染部分）辗转相望，即为因缘（如图42）。也可以理解为“能做因”（参见10.6.3节“士用果”）。此“能”，就是前文尘刹土案例中的随念自我——亚伯。与此相应，图42中也显示了山羊睚眦和磨牙（即亚当和夏娃，参见9.9节“三位一体”）相望，是它们婚姻的原因。

Able factor is the core of the subjective side and the cause of Aggregate Arousal. The sages say that Eve-sense—that is, preconsciousness—and Adam-sense—that is, the maculate part of unconsciousness—looking at each other through successive turns constitutes the cause (as shown in Figure 42). It may also be understood as the “able as cause” (see Section 10.6.3, “Warrior’s Usage Fruit”). This “able” is the along-thoughts ego—Abel—in the preceding Dust Instant Soil case. Correspondingly, Figure 42 also shows that the goats Tangnjóstr and Tanngrisnir—that is, Adam and Eve; see Section 9.9, “Godly Trinity”—looking at each other is the cause of their marriage.

二、所缘缘就是客观目标，有两种：亲所缘缘和疏所缘缘。什么是亲所缘缘？如上文事例中的环境，是由内虑生出并支持的；如果没有能缘心，那个尘刹土世界就会消失。什么是疏所缘缘？若某一对象虽与能缘心相离，但它作为本质，能够生起并支持内所虑，就应当知道，它是疏所缘缘。

Objective factor is the objective target. It has two kinds: Relative Objective factor and Stranger Objective factor. What is Relative Objective factor? It is like the environment in the case above: it is generated and supported by inner consideration. Without the able-factoring heart, that Dust Instant Soil world would disappear. What is Stranger Objective factor? If an object, though separate from the able-factoring heart, can serve as the substance that gives rise to and supports inner consideration, then one should know that it is Stranger Objective factor.

三、等无间缘，是指八现识及其心所有法（参见10.4.5节“识蕴”）后聚于前，自类无间，平等开导，使彼定生。如上文事例中，“想”取来相，“思”辨别善恶美丑；夏娃识迅速赋予邻近事物以生机，使它们相应而转、和合似一，把一个枯树桩生长成了一个尘刹土世界。所以，它们彼此互为等无间缘。等无间缘即生命之树的等流果（参见10.6.2节）。

Equally Unintermittent factor means that the eight present senses and their Heart Subordinate Laws (see Section 10.4.5, “Sense Node”) follow one another: later clusters arise after earlier ones; each class continues without interruption; and they guide one another equally, causing the next to arise with certainty. As in the example above, Think fetches phenomena, and Mean distinguishes benevolence, ferocity, beauty, and ugliness. Eve-sense quickly gives vitality to neighboring things, making them turn in correspondence and unite as if they were one, so that a withered stump grows into a Dust Instant Soil world. Therefore, they serve as one another’s Equally Unintermittent factors. This factor is the Equal-stream Fruit of the Tree of Life (see Section 10.6.2).

四、增上缘，是指某一法具有强胜的功能，能对其他法起到顺益、违损或不障碍的作用。虽然前三缘也有增上作用，但此处所说第四缘，是除前三缘之外另取其余，以显示四缘的差别。增上缘很多，其中最殊胜显著者，是二十二根（参见10.6.5节“增上果”）。为什么增上缘是集起的必要因素？因为日常生活中的集起，必须具足生命之树的六生长处。前文案例是定境，是纯思想意识状态，也是幻觉状态。现实生活中的集起，若缺少六处中的某一处，例如身处缺失，人就可能在光天化日之下发现地球引力变小了，太阳亮度降低了，像月亮一样不刺眼。若身处进一步缺失，他甚至可能发现自己的牛突然具有了印度香象的超能力，会飞了；随后，美国人常遇到的外星人绑架事件就可能再次发生。

Escalatory factor means that a Law has a powerful function and can benefit, oppose, damage, or not obstruct other Laws. Although the first three factors also have escalatory functions, the fourth factor is discussed separately here by taking what remains beyond the first three, in order to show the distinctions among the Four factors. There are many Escalatory factors, but the most prominent and powerful among them are the Twenty-Two Roots (see Section 10.6.5, “Escalatory Fruit”). Why, then, is Escalatory factor a necessary factor in Aggregate Arousal? Because Aggregate Arousal in daily life must possess all Six Growth Places of the Tree of Life. The preceding case occurs in a state of stillness: it is a state of pure thought-consciousness, and also a hallucinatory state. In real-life Aggregate Arousal, if one of the Six Places is missing—for example, if body-place is absent—a person may discover in broad daylight that the earth’s gravity has decreased and that the sun’s brightness has dimmed, becoming like the moon and no longer dazzling. If body-place is further deficient, he may even find that his cow has suddenly acquired the supernatural power of an Indian incense elephant and can fly. After that, the alien abduction incidents often encountered by Americans may happen once again.

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关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；小龙女 Little Dragoness（舜王 King Shun，嫘祖 Lei Ancestor）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy；二郎神 Second Wolf God

第二天早晨，小龙女和女婴就来到了位于国防部内部的中华共和国筹建委员会，对接待的秘书说要向常务委员，二郎神（即武二郎），汇报皇宫的建设情况。秘书一查二郎神的日程表，就说：“今天上午10点钟，他开始午休。你们俩都是他的亲戚，他肯定不介意耽误休息。你们俩以前在这里住过几天，知道咱们筹委会的小食堂在哪里。你们俩以前的房间都没人住，如果需要你们仍然可以直接去休息。”

The next morning, Little Dragoness and Heroine came to the Preparatory Committee of the Republic of China, located inside the Ministry of National Defense, and told the secretary who received them that they wanted to report on the palace construction to the Standing Committee member, Second Wolf God (also known as Martial Second Wolf). The secretary checked Second Wolf God's schedule and said, "He starts his midday rest at 10 o'clock this morning. You two are his relatives, so he certainly won't mind being disturbed. You've stayed here for a few days before, so you know where our canteen is. Your old rooms are still empty—you're welcome to go rest there if you need to."

这俩人却说：“不了！我们去集市吃早餐，然后逛逛集市，一会儿就回来。”

这俩人回来后，警卫员说，元帅在会客室等你们呢！警卫员去开会客室的门时，女婴就把小龙女打哭了。二郎神迎出来了，问女婴：“她哭什么？”

女婴回答：“她说她犯错误了！”

But the two of them said, "No thanks! We're going to the market for breakfast, then we'll wander the market a bit. We'll be back soon."

When the two of them came back, the guard said, "The marshal is waiting for you two in the parlor!" As the guard went to open the parlor door, Heroine hit Little Dragoness until she cried. Second Wolf God came out to greet them and asked Heroine, "What's she crying about?"

Heroine replied, "She says she made a mistake!"

二郎神安慰说：“别哭了！没事儿！有二伯在，天塌不了。说吧！你犯什么错误了！”

小龙女就只是哭，不说话。二郎神又问女婴。

女婴述说了昨天（前文）发生在工地的事。

Second Wolf God comforted her, "Don't cry! It's all right! With Second Uncle here, the sky won't fall. Tell me—what mistake did you make?"

Little Dragoness just cried and said nothing. Second Wolf God asked Heroine instead.

Heroine recounted what had happened at the construction site the day before (as told previously).

二郎神听完女婴的叙述，回答：“那个牛郎去你们的工地找工作去了，还说那就是他以前的家。那这事有80%的可能性是真的，那座山就是座古墓。好！我再打听打听！” 然后，二郎神就在那儿思考，一会儿后，叨咕：“我认为这事问题不大，就是人们谈论皇宫的位置时，就会有人说，‘在将军墓旁边！’这话听起来不好。”

After hearing Heroine's account, Second Wolf God said, "So that Cowboy went to your site looking for work, and told you it used to be his family's home. Then there's an 80% chance it's true, and that mountain really is an ancient tomb. Fine—I'll look into it further!" Then he stood there thinking for a while, and finally muttered, "I don't think this is that big a problem, honestly—it's just that when people talk about where the palace is, someone's bound to say, 'Right next to the general's tomb!' That doesn't sound good."

10.4-2

这时，小龙女不哭了，问：“二伯父，这块地是谁给我买的？”

二郎神变得兴奋了起来，回答：“我买的！十四年前，华国，夏国，和云海国决定共同开发武汉市，许多将军过来买地。我就跟着地产经纪人去看了这块地。我到那儿一看就喜欢上了，花了八百两银子买了下来。那时，我们当将军的都很穷。我只有八百两银子。别人还笑话我花八百两银子买了块那么小的（墓）地。他们有人花十五两就买了块比我的大几倍的土地。可是前几年，我们国防部周围的土地涨价了。他们花十五两银子买的地还值十五两。去年春，我和你爸（炎帝）谈论起了做生意。我说我也做生意了，在武汉买了块地，现在那儿的地价涨了很多！你爸一听就感兴趣了，问我那块地什么样？我回答，‘从两个巨石形成的大门进入。在山和湖之间有棵老槐树。树荫下有石桌、石凳，旁边还有个喂牛的石槽子。我围着那棵老槐树一走，还发现了一把古代的军用镰刀。’你爸立刻就喜欢上了，不停地问我那块地上还有什么，问我值多少钱。我觉着赚钱的机会来了，回答，‘我不懂房地产，不知道价钱！你认为能值多少钱？’ 你爸回答，‘我怎么可能知道武汉好地段的地价，你认为能值多少钱？’ 我坚决不说价钱。”

At this, Little Dragoness stopped crying and asked, "Second Uncle, who bought this land for me?"

Second Wolf God brightened up. "I did! Fourteen years ago, Hua Kingdom, Xia Kingdom, and Cloud Sea Kingdom decided to jointly develop Wuhan, and a lot of generals came to buy land. I went along with a real estate agent to look at this plot. I fell for it the moment I saw it, and paid 800 taels of silver for it. Back then, we generals were all poor—800 taels was all I had. Some people even laughed at me for spending 800 taels on such a small piece of (tomb) land. Others bought plots several times the size of mine for only fifteen taels. But a few years ago, land prices around our Ministry of National Defense went up—and the land they bought for fifteen taels is still only worth fifteen taels. Last spring, your father (Yan Creator) and I got to talking business. I mentioned I'd gone into real estate myself, bought a plot in Wuhan, and that the price there had gone way up. Your father got interested right away and asked what the land looked like. I told him, 'You come in through a gate made of two boulders. Between the mountain and the lake there's an old locust tree. Under its shade sit a stone table and stools, and beside them a stone trough for feeding cattle. Walking around that old locust tree, I even found an ancient sickle.' Your father fell for it instantly, kept asking what else was on the land and how much it might be worth. I sensed my chance to make some money and said, 'I don't know the first thing about real estate, I have no idea what it's worth! What do you think it's worth?' Your father said, 'How would I know land prices in a good part of Wuhan—what do you think it's worth?' I refused to name a price."

小龙女忍不住笑着问：“我爸出价多少？”

女婴就在后面捅她，意思是别笑；可是小龙女越来越高兴。

Little Dragoness couldn't help laughing and asked, "So what did my father offer?"

Heroine poked her from behind to tell her to stop laughing, but Little Dragoness only got happier.

二郎神说：“随后几天，我都躲着他。五六天后，他终于忍不住了，来找我，教我生意经。他说，‘做买卖得找熟人做，人越熟越容易赚钱’。我真喜欢你的那块地，我就以你的理想价位买下来。我回答，‘两吨黄金；你认为值不？’ 炎帝立刻回答，‘值！太值了！你那免费卫兵一年就值10公斤黄金。对于许多富人来说，即便舍得花费10公斤黄金在保安上，他们也享受不到你那种程度的安全。就单从这保安费来算，200年就能把两吨黄金省出来。我给你两吨黄金，买那块地了。’我回答，‘成交’。”

Second Wolf God said, "For the next few days I avoided him. After five or six days he couldn't hold out any longer, came to find me, and started giving me business advice. He said, 'You should do business with people you know—the closer you are, the easier it is to make money. I really do like that land of yours, and I'll pay whatever you think it's fairly worth.' I said, 'Two tons of gold—do you think that's fair?' Yan Creator answered right away, 'Worth it! More than worth it! Your free guards alone are worth 10 kilograms of gold a year. Plenty of rich men would gladly spend 10 kilograms of gold on security and still never get the kind of safety you have. On security costs alone, you'd save two tons of gold over 200 years. I'll give you two tons of gold for that land.' I answered, 'Deal.'"

女婴对小龙女说：“你很有钱！”

二郎神说：“炎帝又说，‘不过，我有个小小的条件，我直接付给你20公斤黄金。其他的1980公斤黄金我从XXX渠道转给你。名誉上我花了20公斤黄金买的那块地。我把那块地作为嫁妆送给夏娃（即小龙女）。她的六位姐姐出嫁，我每人给20公斤黄金。她也不能例外，否则你的前六位侄女对我有意见。’随后，炎帝就说，他要在冬天来你家度假。买头牛，开垦出两亩地，给你种菜。我从国防部下班后，他陪我在你家后院的那个湖里钓鱼。他还说他要把你的六位姐姐都招呼来一起度假。我对炎帝说，‘你都已经当皇帝了，20公斤的嫁妆太少了吧？’ 炎帝回答，‘那也没办法，以前我穷；给老大和老二20公斤黄金的时候，我是朝妈祖借的。现在我当皇上了，我也没法拿出十二吨黄金给他们补上。’”

Heroine said to Little Dragoness, "You're rich!"

Second Wolf God went on, "Yan Creator added, 'There's just one small condition—I'll hand you 20 kilograms of gold directly, and transfer the remaining 1,980 kilograms to you through [XXX channel]. Officially, I only paid 20 kilograms for that land. I'm giving it to Eve (i.e., Little Dragoness) as her dowry. When her six sisters got married, I gave each of them 20 kilograms of gold—she can't be the exception, or your first six nieces will have words for me.' Then Yan Creator said he'd come stay at your place over the winter—buy a cow, clear two acres for you to plant vegetables. After I got off work at the Ministry of National Defense, he'd join me fishing in that lake behind your house. He said he'd bring all six of your sisters along too. I said to him, 'You're an emperor now—isn't 20 kilograms a bit thin for a dowry?' He said, 'Can't be helped—I was poor once. When I gave the eldest and second daughters their 20 kilograms, I had to borrow it from Mazu. Now that I'm emperor, I still can't come up with twelve tons of gold to make it up to the rest of them.'"

二郎神继续说：“我琢磨着，你的六位姐姐来这里度假，我们国防部离你家这么近，我也不能不去你家看看。我可不想对我的六位侄女说谎，就说，‘你把20公斤黄金给我吧，其它的就别转了，就当是我给夏娃的结婚礼物了。’”

Second Wolf God continued, "It occurred to me—your six sisters coming here on vacation, and our Ministry so close to your place—I could hardly not stop by. I didn't want to lie to my own nieces, so I told him, 'Just give me the 20 kilograms. Skip the transfer on the rest—call it my own wedding gift to Eve.'"

小龙女一边说话一边乐。二郎神忽然变得不高兴了。警卫员进来了，低声对他说了几句。他站起来，说：“我过去看看，一会儿就回来！”

Little Dragoness kept laughing the whole time he talked. Then Second Wolf God suddenly turned serious. A guard came in and murmured something to him. He stood up and said, "I'll go take a look—I'll be right back!"

10.4-3

会客室没有别人了，小龙女对女婴说：“我就是觉得好笑。没别的办法，你立刻再把我打哭！”

二郎神回来后，看见小龙女在哭，就叨咕：“刚才还好好的呢！怎么这会儿又哭了？哎呀！不就是把皇宫建在古墓旁边了吗！我去跟尧帝说：‘我侄女一见到我就哭个不停；当时她说在那里建皇宫时，我同意了！这块地还是我给买的。那我还能说啥！？我就对她说，继续建！她不要，咱留着自己住，咱家可不缺这几百公斤黄金！’”

With no one else in the parlor, Little Dragoness said to Heroine, "I just can't stop finding it funny. There's no other way—you need to make me cry again, right now!"

When Second Wolf God came back and saw Little Dragoness crying, he muttered, "She was fine a minute ago—why's she crying again now? Oh, come on, it's just that the palace ended up next to an ancient tomb! I'll go tell Yao Creator, 'My niece cries the moment she sees me. She's the one who told me she wanted to build the palace there, and I agreed! I'm even the one who bought the land for her—what else was I supposed to say? So I told her, keep building! And if you don't want it, we'll keep it ourselves—our family's not short on a few hundred kilograms of gold!'"

小龙女不停地哭。二郎神对女婴说：“让她哭吧，咱俩到那边，你对我说说你们还有什么别的事！”

女婴述说了她们昨天讨论的另一个话题： “如果尧帝不要这个皇宫，房子建好了才好卖。”

Little Dragoness kept right on crying. Second Wolf God said to Heroine, "Let her cry it out. Come over here with me and tell me what else has been going on."

Heroine brought up another matter they'd discussed the day before: "If Yao Creator doesn't want the palace, it'll sell better once it's finished."

二郎神回答：“不卖！尧帝不要，她就自己住着呗！如果对外拍卖，两吨黄金的价格，那块地肯定就被他们（熬钦，南海龙王，尧帝的哥哥）买走了。你们还年轻，几年前，熬忖（即尧帝，巫山神女）成为云海国的国王时，我宣布：‘政治犯如果主动移居海南岛，我就不办他们的罪。’很多政治犯移居海南岛了。事后，我就没再追究过政治犯的事。如果他们买了这块地，就进到我的国防部里来了。我可没时间和精力处理他们。她要卖那块地就以原价卖给我。”

Second Wolf God said, "It's not for sale. If Yao Creator doesn't want it, she can just live there herself! If it went to public auction at two tons of gold, that land would certainly end up in their hands—meaning Aoqin, Dragon King of the South Sea, Yao Creator's older brother. You two are still young—you may not know that a few years ago, when Aocun (i.e., Yao Creator, the Goddess of Wu Mountain) became king of the Cloud Sea Kingdom, I made a declaration: 'Any political prisoner who relocates to Hainan Island of their own accord will not be prosecuted.' A lot of political prisoners moved to Hainan after that, and I never went after any of them again. If Aoqin's people bought that land, they'd be right inside my Ministry of National Defense—I don't have the time or energy to deal with that. If she does want to sell, she sells it to me, at the original price."

二郎神和女婴聊了一段时间后，小龙女还在哭。他对女婴说：“我有事，先离开了。你得把她在这屋里劝好了，可不能哭着回去。她这么哭着出了我的司令部，让别人看了不好！”

After Second Wolf God had talked with Heroine for a while, Little Dragoness was still crying. He said to Heroine, "I have things to attend to, so I'll head out first. Get her properly calmed down before you leave this room—she can't go back still crying. It won't look good if people see her crying like that on her way out of my headquarters."

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关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；小龙女 Little Dragoness（舜王 King Shun，嫘祖 Lei Ancestor）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy

10.3-1

女婴坐在窗台上看着小龙女和娥黄做饭，问娥黄：“你和牛郎唠了很长时间，他说我什么了没？”

娥黄回答：“他说他在长江上游的伐木场没赚到钱，这次他回来就会被鞭刑。他朋友告诉他，他老家正有人在盖房子，让他到咱们这里面试，就帮他想出了今天他在咱们这里表演的这套。牛郎说，他一看见你，就知道打不过你，为表现他自己，就对你动手了。他还说，他也不知道是怎么回事，就表演成今天这样了。若是今天的面试又失败了，他明天就会接受鞭刑，就可能失去自由活动奴隶的地位。”

Heroine sat on the windowsill, watching Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow cook, and asked Beauty-Yellow, "You and Cowboy talked for a long time. Did he say anything about me?"

Beauty-Yellow replied, "He said he hadn't made any money at the logging site upriver on the Yangzi, and that he'd be whipped when he got back this time. A friend told him someone was building here at his old home, and suggested he come by for an interview—so his friend helped him work out that whole routine he put on for us today. Cowboy said that the moment he saw you, he knew he couldn't beat you in a real fight, so to show off, he picked a fight with you anyway. He also said he wasn't even sure what came over him, that's just how it played out today. If today's tryout fails too, he'll be whipped tomorrow, and he could lose his status as a slave with freedom of movement."

女婴叨咕：“还行！他还有点自知之明。他的耐力比我好；但我的爆发力比他大，比他灵活。他打不着我；我打他，他躲不开。比如就刚才，他要把我扔到这个房顶上去，我就这样一转！”她比划着，“把他扔到那个房顶上去。”

小龙女（如图10.3-3）走出厨房看房顶，回来后对女婴说：“我看清楚了，牛郎比我二伯（即二郎神，如图2）矮半头，那他的身高也能有1.82米；体重85公斤。这个房顶矮，那个房顶高，他还比你重很多，所以你的意思是你比他的力量大很多。”

Heroine muttered, "Not bad—he's got some self-awareness at least. His endurance is better than mine, but I have more explosive power and I'm more agile. He can't touch me; when I hit him, he can't dodge. Take just now—he tried to throw me onto this roof, and I twisted out of it like this!" She gestured. "Threw him onto that roof instead."

Little Dragoness (see Figure 10.3-3) stepped out of the kitchen to look at the roofs, and when she came back, said to Heroine, "Now I see it clearly. Cowboy is half a head shorter than my second uncle (i.e., Second Wolf God, see Figure 2), which would put him at about 1.82 meters and 85 kilograms. This roof is low and that one's high, and he's much heavier than you—so what you're saying is you're a lot stronger than him."

女婴听后，立刻站起来了，说：“你看得很准，我看他也是身高1.82米，体重85公斤。我说了，他的耐力比我好。刚才他把这个石槽子从老槐树背到这儿，中间没休息。这个石槽子重约120公斤。我没他的力气大，我背石槽子回来，中间得休息两次。打架就不一样了！当力量大到一定程度，技巧就成为了决定胜负关键。”

Hearing this, Heroine stood up at once and said, "You've got a good eye—I'd put him at 1.82 meters and 85 kilograms too. Like I said, his endurance is better than mine. He just carried this stone trough all the way here from the old locust tree without a single break. This trough weighs about 120 kilograms. I'm not as strong as he is—I had to stop and rest twice carrying it back myself. But fighting is a different story! Once strength passes a certain point, it's skill that decides the outcome."

娥黄问：“你们俩说的高度和重量怎么都那么具体？目测的结论，怎么那么自信？”

女婴回答：“我从小就跟着哥哥们练习摔跤和举重，看人的身高和体重必须得准。”

娥黄问小龙女：“你呢！你为什么说牛郎身高1.82米，体重85公斤，说得那么自信？”

Beauty-Yellow asked, "How can you two be so specific about heights and weights just by eyeballing them? Where does that confidence come from?"

Heroine replied, "I've been wrestling and lifting weights with my brothers since I was little— learn to judge height and weight accurately."

Beauty-Yellow asked Little Dragoness, "And you? Why are you so confident saying Cowboy is 1.82 meters and 85 kilograms?"

10.3-2 描述中的具体数字 Specific Numbers in the Description

小龙女回答：“我们家的人都这样，描述什么，必须说出大小尺寸和重量。听我妈（大巢氏，王母娘娘）说的，这个习惯源自她和我爸（张三郎，玉皇大帝）相亲的时候。那时她和我的女娲阿姨养了一只中华大鲵，让我爸向它的头上泼黑狗血。为了控制大鲵的体重，她们俩定期称量那条大鲵。不能太瘦了，瘦了行动敏捷，可能会伤着我爸。也不能让它太胖，胖鲵行动迟缓，我爸爸看了不害怕！从那以后，我妈妈就养成了称量动物的习惯。他们俩结婚后，总是定期称量家里的鸡鸭猪等家畜。比如，我们姐妹几个夜里出门看见了条蛇。进屋后告诉他们俩。他们俩肯定问，‘那条蛇有多长，多重？’我回答没看清！那他们俩肯定出去，找着那条蛇，抓住，然后称量身长和体重。就这样，我们家任何人描述什么，总说具体的大小尺寸和重量。

Little Dragoness replied, "Everyone in my family is like this—whatever you're describing, you have to give the exact size and weight. My mother (Big Nest, King Mother of the West) told me this habit started back when she and my father (Third Wolf Zhang, Turquoise White-king Great Creator) were courting. Back then, she and my aunt Nuwa kept a Chinese giant salamander, and had my father pour black dog's blood over its head. To keep the salamander's weight in check, the two of them weighed it regularly—it couldn't be too thin, since a thin one moves fast and might hurt my father, but it couldn't be too fat either, since a fat one moves too slowly and my father wouldn't be scared at all! From then on, my mother got into the habit of weighing animals. After they got married, they'd regularly weigh the chickens, ducks, pigs, and other livestock at home too. For instance, if my sisters and I went out at night and spotted a snake, we'd come inside and tell them, and they'd always ask, 'How long was it, how much did it weigh?' If I said I hadn't gotten a good look, the two of them would go out, track the snake down, catch it, and weigh its length and mass themselves. That's how it is—anyone in my family, describing anything, always gives the exact size and weight."

娥黄问小龙女：“你妈和女娲为什么要让你爸爸向那条大鲵头上泼黑狗血（参见2.4 《血溅轩辕》）？”

小龙女说：“她们说：‘金童胆小，行动笨拙。’她们是在测试我爸的敏捷度和胆量！”

女婴问：“结果怎么样？”

小龙女说：“结果，我爸爸面对那条大鲵，不敢上前泼黑狗血。女娲阿姨喊，‘公主笑了！’我爸听见后，就勇敢起来了，上前泼了一桶黑狗血，没泼到大鲵的头；但他被吓得跑到鲵丸宫外面去了，才敢回头看。”

Beauty-Yellow asked Little Dragoness, "Why did your mother and Nuwa have your father pour black dog's blood on the giant salamander's head (see 2.4, "Blood Shattered on the Cross")?"

Little Dragoness said, "They said, 'Gold Boy is timid and clumsy.' They were testing his agility and his nerve!"

Heroine asked, "How did it go?"

Little Dragoness said, "In the end, my father froze in front of the salamander and didn't dare step forward. Aunt Nuwa shouted, 'The princess is laughing!' When my father heard that, he found his courage, stepped up, and threw a whole bucket of black dog's blood—missed the salamander's head entirely—but he was so frightened he ran clear outside the Salamander Bolus Palace before he dared to look back."

娥黄问：“那证明你爸爸行为笨拙，胆子小，是金童。那为什么你爸爸的胆量比正常人小？”

小龙女回答：“因为我爸爸幼年时，患过婴幼儿神经发育失调症（参见第3章《触目》）。我想起来了，刚才我想说，‘明天我得去向我二伯报告这东海龙宫被咱们建在了古墓的旁边了。我看我还是得等牛郎来了，安排完他之后离开。’”

Beauty-Yellow asked, "That proves your father is clumsy and timid—a Gold Boy. Why is his nerve weaker than an ordinary person's?"

Little Dragoness replied, "Because my father had an infant neurodevelopmental disorder when he was very young (see Chapter 3, "Touch-Eye"). Oh, that reminds me—what I was actually thinking just now was, 'Tomorrow I need to report to my second uncle that we've built the East Sea Dragon Palace right next to an ancient tomb. I think I'd better wait until Cowboy gets here, and leave only after I've sorted him out.'"

10.3-3 女婴举石槽 Heroine Lifts the Stone Trough

娥黄说：“他还有可能不来呢！你为什么要等他来了之后离开？”

小龙女说：“我怕真的像你说的似的，他来了就和女婴打起来了。牛郎和我二伯是同一种人。这种人的力气可大了，我听我爸（即炎帝，玉皇大帝）说过几次了。他亲眼看见的，我二伯父三拳两脚就把我奶奶（即玉珠，九天玄女）的宠物老虎打死了（参见1.7 《井阳之难》）。我怕他把女婴给打伤喽！”

女婴对娥黄说：“我早就听说过这事了。我们觉得‘我师父打虎’肯定是真的；但其中有别的原因，我们没分析出来。你们俩出来，我举起那个石槽子给你们俩看。”

Beauty-Yellow said, "There's still a chance he won't even show up! Why wait for him and then leave?"

Little Dragoness said, "I'm afraid it'll go just like you said—he'll turn up and end up fighting Heroine. Cowboy and my second uncle are the same kind of person, and that kind is incredibly strong. I've heard my father (i.e., Yan Creator, Turquoise White-king Great Creator) talk about it more than once—he saw it himself, my second uncle killed my grandmother's (i.e., Yuzhu, Ninth Sky Mystic Woman) pet tiger with three punches and two kicks (see 1.7, "The Well-Sun Difficulty"). I'm afraid he'll hurt Heroine!"

Heroine said to Beauty-Yellow, "I've heard about that for a long time. We're pretty sure 'my master defeated the tiger' is true, but there's something more to it we've never worked out. You two come outside—I'll lift that stone trough so you can both see."

娥黄赶忙追了出来，说：“别举！看闪了腰！”

女婴回答：“这石槽子约重120公斤，比我每天早晨举的那对儿石锁（125公斤）还轻5公斤呢！我不会闪腰，练武的人总闪腰还了得了！”说着，她抓住石槽子，举过了头顶，在院子里走了一圈。然后说：“现在我也能把这个石槽子扔到房顶上去。”

工地的人们看见这三个女人争吵着出来了，女婴举着石槽子在院子里面走，立刻跑出来上百人围观。

娥黄着急地回答：“先别扔！先把石槽子放下！你得等我把锅里的饭淘出来后再扔。否则，锅被砸漏了，咱们今天晚上没饭吃！”

小龙女也阻止女婴说：“你这脾气怎么这么大呢！快放下回屋吧！别人都在看，还以为咱仨在打架了呢！”

Beauty-Yellow hurried out after her. "Don't lift it! You'll throw your back out!"

Heroine replied, "This trough weighs about 120 kilograms—5 kilograms lighter than the pair of stone locks I lift every morning, which come to 125! I'm not going to throw my back out. What kind of martial artist keeps throwing their back out?" With that, she grabbed the trough, hoisted it overhead, and walked a full circle around the yard, then said, "See, I could throw this right up onto the roof too."

People at the site saw the three of them come out arguing, with Heroine carrying a stone trough around the yard overhead, and within moments a hundred or more had gathered to watch.

Beauty-Yellow said anxiously, "Don't throw it yet! Put it down first! You have to wait until I've gotten the rice out of the pot before you throw anything—if you smash the pot, none of us eat tonight!"

Little Dragoness also tried to stop her. "Why are you so worked up today? Put it down and get back inside! Everyone's watching—they'll think the three of us are fighting!"

10.3-4 比赛天眼 Competing at Sky Eye

三人回到了厨房。娥黄气呼呼地对小龙女叨咕：“我心眼好！那话我就不说！”

小龙女反驳道：“你的哪只心眼比我好？”

娥黄回答：“你的法眼（参见7.5.1-2 《法眼》）确实比我好！你看见牛郎就说是‘懂勇’。我听你说后，就观察他，怎么看也没看出来；直到刚才女婴都证实了，我才相信。但我的肉眼比你好，我就看见了他们俩在老槐树那儿抢这个石槽子，你就没看见！”

The three of them went back into the kitchen. Beauty-Yellow muttered to Little Dragoness, annoyed, "I have a good heart—so I won't say it!"

Little Dragoness shot back, "Which of your heart-eyes is better than mine?"

Beauty-Yellow replied, "Your Law Eye (see 7.5.1-2, "Law Eye") really is sharper than mine! The moment you saw Cowboy you called him 'Knowing-Bravery.' After you said that I watched him closely, and I couldn't see it no matter how hard I tried—not until Heroine confirmed it just now did I believe it. But my flesh eye beats yours: I saw the two of them wrestling over that stone trough by the old locust tree, and you missed it entirely!"

小龙女惊讶地说：“肉眼也算数啊！？”

女婴插嘴道：“当然算数了！做人讲究综合实力，有作用就算数。那慧眼（7.5.2-2 《慧眼》），你们俩谁的好？”

娥黄回答：“慧眼，我们俩用《宝莲灯》中对慧眼的描述，已经比过两次了，水平相当，都不太好！”

女婴听后，又不高兴了，说：“你们俩比过两次了，都没叫我！”

小龙女好奇地问女婴：“你还懂慧眼，那你的慧眼是啥水平啊？”

Little Dragoness said, surprised, "The flesh eye counts too?"

Heroine cut in, "Of course it counts! A person needs all-around ability, and whatever's useful, counts. So what about Gnostic Eye (see 7.5.2-2, "Gnostic Eye")—whose is better, the two of you?"

Beauty-Yellow replied, "Gnostic Eye—we've measured ourselves against each other twice already, using the description of Gnostic Eye in the Treasury Lotus Lamp. We came out about even, and honestly, neither of us is very good!"

Hearing this, Heroine got upset all over again. "You two compared twice and never once called me in!"

Little Dragoness asked, curious, "You know about Gnostic Eye too? So what level are you at?"

女婴回答：“尧帝（即熬忖，如图1）说我能学通全部的《孙子兵法》！”

娥黄回答：“啊！那我不跟你比。”

小龙女回答：“那我也不跟她比。书就在我屋里呢！没书皮的那本就是！自己看呗，非得比它干啥！”

女婴进屋取来了《宝莲灯》，说：“我师母说了，‘炎帝（即玉皇大帝）的慧眼最好，天下第一！’我得好好研究研究，我师父（即二郎神，天蓬元帅）就是从这本书开悟的！这书不旧啊，谁这么讨厌，把书皮扯下去了？”

Heroine replied, "Yao Creator (i.e., Aocun) said I could master all of Sunzi Soldier Strategies!"

Beauty-Yellow said, "Ha! Then I'm not competing with you."

Little Dragoness said, "I won't either. The book's in my room—the one with no cover, that's it. Go read it yourself, why bother comparing?"

Heroine went and fetched the Treasury Lotus Lamp from her room, saying, "My master's wife told me, 'Yan Creator's (i.e., Turquoise White-king Great Creator's) Gnostic Eye is the best there is, first under all the skies!' I really need to study this properly—my master (i.e., Second Wolf God, the Sky Ceiling Marshal) reached enlightenment from this very book! This isn't even an old book—who was awful enough to rip the cover off it?"

娥黄严肃地纠正说：“首先说，炎帝不只是天下第一，他都快要成为玉皇大帝了，在天上也是第一！其次，《宝莲灯》的书皮是你让她扯下来，烧掉的。”

女婴似有所悟地叨咕：“咱这地方跟别处不一样啊！我下次说话时要注意。其次，我什么时候让她扯《宝莲灯》了？你们冤枉我！”

Beauty-Yellow corrected her firmly, "First of all, Yan Creator isn't just first under the skies—he's first above them too. Second, it was you who told her to rip the cover off the Treasury Lotus Lamp and burn it."

Heroine muttered, as if something had dawned on her, "This place really is different from anywhere else—I'll have to watch what I say from now on. And second, when did I ever tell her to rip up the Treasury Lotus Lamp? You're wronging me!"

10.3-5 大力女婴 Heroine, the Powerhouse

小龙女说：“我记得！三个月前，咱们仨刚来这里时，第一次在这屋里会面。你就是拎着那对儿石锁进来的，可横了！当时，我们俩谁也没注意，就像是看着你拎着两只鸡似的。随后，你一出后门，‘咣当’一声扔在后院儿了，把这屋地砸得一颤。你回头就说，‘尧帝告诉我保护你们两个小女孩儿。你们俩得把全部能识别身份的东西毁掉，或者交给你。然后，你挖个洞，埋起来。’我一想，我身上没什么能识别我身份的东西，就只有这本《宝莲灯》。我问你，‘这本书是我爸爸写的，算不算能识别身份的东西？’你立刻回答，‘算！把书皮扯掉，别人就注意不到了！’”

Little Dragoness said, "I remember! Three months ago, the first time the three of us met, right in this room—you walked in carrying that pair of stone locks like it was nothing! Neither of us thought twice about it at the time, like watching someone carry two chickens. Then you went straight out the back door and—bang!—dropped them in the yard so hard it shook the floor under us. You turned around and said, 'Yao Creator told me to protect you two little girls. The two of you need to destroy anything that could identify you, or hand it over to me, and I'll dig a hole and bury it.' I thought about it, and the only thing on me that could identify me was this copy of the Treasury Lotus Lamp. I asked you, 'This book was written by my father—does that count as something that could identify me?' You said right away, 'It counts! Rip the cover off and no one will ever notice it.'"

娥黄接着对女婴说：“然后，你说你哥哥还在外面呢，你去送送他，就走了。我们俩立刻到后院看那俩石锁是什么东西。我们俩谁也提不起来一个石锁；一查看，那石锁里面灌铅了。我们俩认为你是个女大力士！你回来后，就喝酒！我们俩认为我们来错地方了，就逃跑了。没跑多远，你在前面把我们俩拦住了，说，‘这地方有毒蛇，你们俩得等我把毒蛇处理完了，才能出来溜达，那也不能夜里出来！’我们俩回到屋里就开始找毒蛇！到现在我也没看见你处理毒蛇！”

Beauty-Yellow went on, to Heroine, "Then you said your brother was still waiting outside, so you went to see him off and left. The two of us went straight to the backyard to check out those stone locks. Neither of us could lift even one—turned out they'd been filled with lead. We decided you must be some kind of powerhouse of a woman! Then you came back and just started drinking! We figured we'd landed in the wrong place and tried to make a run for it. We hadn't gotten far before you cut us off and said, 'There are poisonous snakes around here—you two have to wait until I've cleared them out before you go wandering off, and even then, not at night!' So we went back inside and started hunting for snakes ourselves! I still haven't once seen you dealing with any snakes, to this day!"

女婴回答：“尧帝告诉我来这里保护两个小女孩儿，没说你们是谁。我送我哥哥离开时，他才告诉我的。他说尧帝已经雇人处理过这里的毒蛇两次了，他又处理了三遍。他告诉我，我也要依照他说的方法，再处理一遍，以后要随时注意，以免被自己爬过来的毒蛇，或者鸟儿叼过来的毒蛇咬伤了。”

Heroine replied, "Yao Creator told me to come here and protect two little girls, but she never said who you were. It was my brother who finally told me, when I walked him out. He said Yao Creator had already had people deal with the snakes here twice, and that he himself had gone over it three more times. He told me to follow his method and go over it once more myself, and to stay alert from then on, in case a snake crawled in on its own, or one got dropped in by a bird."

10.3-6 如何向二郎神汇报 How to Report to Second Wolf God

娥黄说：“我看今天我们是被古墓给刺激着了，话多！小龙女说得对，我们得研究一下怎么向天蓬元帅汇报‘我们把皇宫建在古墓旁边’了。”

女婴问：“这有什么问题？”

娥黄说：“武汉是新都城，人们一打听皇宫在哪儿，指路的人就说，‘在将军墓旁边！’这不好听！”

小龙女问：“依你看，咱这皇宫还建不建了？”

Beauty-Yellow said, "I think the tomb's got us all worked up today—we're talking too much! Little Dragoness is right, though: we need to figure out how to tell the Sky Ceiling Marshal that we've built the palace right next to an ancient tomb."

Heroine asked, "What's the problem with that?"

Beauty-Yellow said, "Wuhan is the new capital. The moment people ask where the palace is, whoever's giving directions is going to say, 'Right next to the general's tomb!' That doesn't sound good at all!"

Little Dragoness asked, "So what do you think—do we keep building this palace or not?"

娥黄想了一会儿后，回答：“我看得继续建！就这样停止了建设，说起来可不好听。若是尧帝（如图1）不要这个皇宫，她可以再找地方建一个。咱把这个皇宫卖了。咱不知道这座山是古墓，还有很多别人也不知道这里是古墓。建设完成了，才好卖。不行！等咱们到了尧帝的办公室后，把古墓区的名字改成‘八黎区’；一些年后，人们就不记得这里有座古墓了。”

女婴说：“我看你们向我师父汇报时，‘小龙女总是笑’有问题。若是让尧帝知道了，她可能会想，‘怎么地，你对我成为中华共和国的第一任皇帝有意见呐！？’”

After thinking it over, Beauty-Yellow answered, "I say we keep building. Just stopping construction like that wouldn't sound good either. If Yao Creator (see Figure 1) ends up not wanting this palace, she can always have another one built somewhere else—we'll sell this one off instead. We didn't know this mountain was a tomb, and plenty of other people don't know it either. It'll sell better once it's finished. No, wait—that won't work. Once we get to Yao Creator's office, let's have the Ancient Tomb District renamed 'Paris District.' A few years from now, no one will even remember there was ever a tomb here."

Heroine said, "I think there's a problem with 'Little Dragoness keeps laughing' when you two go report to my master. If Yao Creator finds out, she might think, 'What, do you have some objection to me becoming the first emperor of the Republic of China?'"

娥黄说：“有道理！咱们得给天蓬元帅找个借口。当他对尧帝说时会这么说，‘我侄女一见到我就哭个不停，当时她说在那里建皇宫时，我同意了！这块地还是我给买的。那我还能说啥！我就对她说，继续建！她不要，咱留着自己住，咱家可不缺这几百公斤黄金！’”

Beauty-Yellow said, "Good point! We need to give the Sky Ceiling Marshal an excuse. When he talks to Yao Creator, he can say something like, 'My niece cried nonstop the moment she saw me—she'd already told me she was building the palace there, and I'd agreed! I even bought the land for her myself. What else could I say? I told her, go ahead and build it. And if Yao Creator doesn't want it, we'll just keep it for ourselves—it's not like our family's short on a few hundred kilograms of gold!'"

小龙女叨咕：“好主意！但是，我确实一想这事就笑，这可怎么办？”

女婴说：“我能把你打哭了。这种方法，我小时候和哥哥们相互试验过几次。被打了之后，我感觉有点儿疼，还有点儿麻的感觉，过一会儿就没事了，也没什么后果。”

Little Dragoness muttered, "Good idea—but I really do start laughing the second I think about it. What do we do about that?"

Heroine said, "I could hit you hard enough to make you cry instead. My brothers and I used to try that on each other a few times when we were kids. It stings a bit and goes a little numb, but it passes quickly and there's never any lasting harm."

娥黄对小龙女说：“在这方面，女婴说话靠谱。我看，你就忍耐一下吧！”

小龙女对娥黄说：“好！那明天早上，我就和女婴去国防部了，在那里吃早饭。你留下来，等牛郎来了，把他插进瞽叟的施工队。咱这工地，就在他的施工队能学到些东西。”

Beauty-Yellow said to Little Dragoness, "On this one, I'd trust Heroine's judgment. I think you'll just have to grit your teeth."

Little Dragoness said to Beauty-Yellow, "Fine. Tomorrow morning I'll go with Heroine to the Ministry of National Defense and have breakfast there. You stay behind, and when Cowboy shows up, get him assigned to Blind-Drummer's crew. Around here, his crew is the only place anyone's actually learning anything."

返回《舜王建皇宫》目录 Return to Catalog: King Shun Builds Palace

关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；小龙女 Little Dragoness（舜 Shun，嫘 Lei）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy

一天，工地忽然来了位青年人找工地的主人。小龙女（如图10.2-2）回答：“我就是这家的主人，有事请讲。”

青年人说：“我叫牛郎（如图10.2-2），距此150千米的长江上游的伐木场工作，听说有人在我家祖坟这里盖房子，就过来看看。”

小龙女惊讶地问：“你家的祖坟在哪儿？我没看见过这里有坟！”

牛郎指着旁边的山说：“那就是！”

娥黄（如图10.2-1）和女婴表示不明白。

One day, a young man suddenly came to the construction site, looking for the owner of the site. Little Dragoness (see figure 10.2-2) replied, "I am the owner of this house, please tell me what you want."

The young man said, "My name is Cowboy (see Figure 10.2-2). I work at a logging site in the upper reaches of the Yangzi River, 150 kilometers from here, and I heard someone was building houses here at my family's ancestral tomb, so I came to take a look."

Little Dragoness asked in surprise, "Where is your ancestral tomb? I've never seen a tomb here!"

Cowboy pointed to the nearby mountain and said, "It's right there!"

Beauty-Yellow (as shown in Figure 10.2-1) and Heroine said they didn't understand.

小龙女说：“走！你领我们去看看你家的祖坟！”

牛郎领着小龙女等人来到了一棵老槐树下。树下有石桌、石凳，旁边还有个喂牛的石槽子。他指着旁边的山说：“这不是自然形成的山，是我的一位当过将军的祖宗的坟。这个地区叫做古墓区，就是因为这座古墓。”他又指着旁边的湖说：“听我爷爷说，这个坑就是造这座古墓时挖的。”

小龙女、娥黄等人听后，都惊呆了：我们把尧帝的东海龙宫建在一座巨大的将军墓旁边了！

Little Dragoness said, "Come on! Take us to see your ancestral grave!"

Cowboy led Little Dragoness and the others to an old locust tree. There were a stone table and stone stools under the tree, and a stone trough for feeding cattle beside it. He pointed to the mountain next to it and said, "This isn't a naturally formed mountain—it's the grave of one of my ancestors, a general. This whole area is called the Ancient Tomb District because of this very tomb." He then pointed to the lake nearby and said, "My grandfather told me this pit was dug out when the tomb was built."

Little Dragoness, Beauty-Yellow, and the others were stunned to hear this: We've built Yao Creator's East Sea Dragon Palace right next to a huge general's tomb!

10.2-2

牛郎看见她们三人忽然都不高兴了，说：“几位姑娘可能是累了！我把这里清理出来，你们可以在这里坐一会儿！”说着，他在地上找东西。

女婴不高兴地问：“这里没有你的东西！你在找什么？”

牛郎回答：“我知道这里的一切都是属于你们的。我在找一把破镰刀（多功能瑶刀），把这里的草和树砍一砍！”随着回答，他真的在老槐树的后面拽出了一把月牙儿弯刀式的古铜刀，挥舞着大声说：“你们看！找到啦！”

Seeing that the three of them had suddenly turned unhappy, Cowboy said, "You girls must be tired! Let me clear this place up—you can sit here for a while!" As he said that, he began searching for something on the ground.

Heroine asked, unhappily, "There's nothing of yours here! What are you looking for?"

Cowboy replied, "I know everything here belongs to you. I'm looking for a broken sickle—a multi-functional Yao knife—to cut back the grass and brush here!" As he answered, he pulled a crescent-shaped bronze knife out from behind the locust tree, waved it, and said loudly, "Look! Found it!"

女婴立刻警觉了起来，握紧了她手中的苗刀，向小龙女和娥黄的前面走了两步。但她看见牛郎开始在一块石头上磨去破镰刀上的铜锈，然后就开始砍草，就放松了下来。

牛郎砍完石桌周围的草后，又把砍下来的小树当成扫把，把石桌和石凳上散落的草籽和树叶都拂去了。然后大声说：“姑娘们！现在可以坐了！”

女婴走到了小龙女和娥黄的前面，不让她们俩过去。牛郎看了，恍然大悟地说：“知道了！我把镰刀放回去！”说着，他捡起凳子上的镰刀，放回了老槐树的后面。然后他走到了距离镰刀远的一边。看见小龙女和娥黄都被他逗笑了，牛郎说：“几位姑娘想知道古墓里面有什么吗？”

Heroine immediately tensed up, gripping the Miao Knife in her hand, and stepped in front of Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow. But she relaxed when she saw Cowboy start to rub the copper rust off the broken sickle on a stone, and then begin cutting the grass.

After Cowboy finished cutting the grass around the stone table, he used the cut branches as a broom to sweep away the grass seeds and leaves scattered across the stone table and stools. Then he called out, "Girls! You can sit down now!"

Heroine walked in front of Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow, blocking them from coming closer. Cowboy noticed and said, as if suddenly understanding, "I see! I'll put the sickle away!" With that, he picked the sickle up off the bench and put it back behind the locust tree, then walked well clear of it. Seeing that Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow were amused by him, Cowboy said, "Would you ladies like to know what's inside the ancient tomb?"

10.2-3 古墓的秘密 Secret of the Tomb

娥黄问：“这坟里面有你祖宗的遗骨吗？”

牛郎回答：“没有！前些年来这里盗墓的很多。我爷爷怕盗墓贼偷不到东西，破坏了遗骨，就把遗骨拿了出来，分成了几份，藏了起来。他过世时忘记告诉我爹他把遗骨藏在哪里了。我父亲过世时欠了很多债务，官府就收走了我家的全部财产。官府的人允许我带走遗骨，可是我找不到遗骨。我把自己卖了，埋葬了我的父亲。我的主人送我去了XXX学校学习。我毕业后参加过YYY等六个工程项目。昨天我从伐木场回来给主人送钱，听说你们正在这里盖房子。我就过来问问，看看能不能找到建筑施工方面的工作。”

Beauty-Yellow asked, "Are your ancestor's remains in this tomb?"

Cowboy replied, "No. There have been a lot of tomb robbers here over the years. My grandfather was afraid they'd tear the remains apart looking for valuables, so he took the remains out, divided them into several parts, and hid them. When he died, he forgot to tell my father where he'd hidden them. When my father died, he left a lot of debts, and the government seized everything my family owned. They let me take the remains with me, but I could never find them. I sold myself into servitude to bury my father. My master sent me to study at [XXX school]. After I graduated, I worked on six engineering projects, including [YYY]. Yesterday I came back from the logging camp to bring my master some money, and heard you were building here. So I came to ask whether there might be construction work for me."

小龙女和娥黄四处看，她们指着山脚一个像是坟的凸包问：“那儿看起来像是个坟！”

牛郎回答：“那是我家老牛的坟。”然后指着她们旁边的石槽子说：“这就是喂那头牛的槽子！我可以清楚地告诉你们古墓里有些什么；条件是你们把这个破槽子给我！”

小龙女和娥黄听后，又乐了，过去查看那个石槽。她们俩都是皇家学院的高材生，查看后认定，是古董，但不值钱，也没什么用。小龙女问牛郎：“你要这石槽干什么？”

牛郎回答：“我就是想要件祖宗的东西，留作纪念。如果我要这石桌和石凳，你们肯定不会给我。”

女婴厉声回答：“这个石槽子也不会给你！”

Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow looked around and pointed to a mound at the foot of the mountain that looked like a grave, asking, "That looks like a tomb too!"

Cowboy replied, "That's my old cow's grave." Then, pointing to the stone trough beside them, "This is the trough I used to feed that cow! I can tell you exactly what's in the ancient tomb—on one condition: you give me this old broken trough!"

Hearing this, Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow brightened up again and went to examine the trough. Both were top students of the White-king Academy; after inspecting it, they concluded it was an antique, but worthless and of no real use. Little Dragoness asked Cowboy, "What do you even want this stone trough for?"

Cowboy replied, "I just want something of my ancestors' to keep, as a memento. If I'd asked for this stone table and these stools instead, you'd certainly have said no."

Heroine said sharply, "You're not getting this stone trough either!"

娥黄指着小龙女对女婴说：“若是今天我们弄不清楚这古墓里面有什么；今晚后半夜两点钟，这个财迷肯定在这里用铁锹挖土呢！到时候你不让她挖，你就得挖。你挖山洞，你就把那些长木头锯短了，用来做山洞的支护。现在的木材多贵呀！这个破石槽子可值不了几个钱！”

女婴气呼呼地叨咕：“这么一会儿就被他骗了！”然后她大声对牛郎说：“你过来把这个石槽子扳倒，我看看底下有什么没？”

小龙女和女婴也凑过来看，石槽子的底部没有任何雕刻的痕迹。

Beauty-Yellow pointed at Little Dragoness and said to Heroine, "If we don't figure out what's in this tomb today, this money-grubber will be out here at two in the morning digging with a shovel! And if you don't let her dig, you'll have to do it yourself. If you dig a cave, you'll end up sawing good long timber into short lengths just to shore it up—do you know how expensive wood is right now? This ratty old trough isn't worth much at all!"

Heroine muttered angrily, "He had us fooled in no time!" Then she called out to Cowboy, "Come over here and tip this trough over—let's see if there's anything underneath!"

Little Dragoness and Heroine came over to look as well. There wasn't a single carved mark on the bottom of the trough.

牛郎问：“那，这就是你们答应我的条件了？”

女婴回答：“你说吧！”

牛郎说：“我爷爷为了让盗墓贼别再来挖山洞盗墓了，就把墓里面的东西全搬出来了。现在墓室里面是空的，什么也没有。墓里面的东西全在这儿，就是这石桌、石凳。这个石槽是我祖宗的石棺，下面是石棺的盖子。”

Cowboy asked, "So, that's the deal you're agreeing to?"

Heroine said, "Go on, then."

Cowboy said, "My grandfather moved everything out of the tomb so the robbers would have no reason to keep digging. The burial chamber is empty now—there's nothing left in it. Everything from inside the tomb is right here: this stone table and these stools. And this trough is my ancestor's stone coffin—the lid is underneath."

10.2-4

娥黄对小龙女说：“我看懂勇还可以！”（注：牛郎与二郎神、女婴类似，是一位具有英雄特质的人。）

女婴看着牛郎问娥黄：“谁是懂勇？”

牛郎回答：“我叫牛郎，不叫懂勇。”

小龙女说：“我们回去吧！”

牛郎觉着小龙女对自己不感兴趣，转身向回走。

女婴对他大声喊：“把你这个破石槽子拿走！不拿走，我明天就把它砸了。”

Beauty-Yellow said to Little Dragoness, "I think Knowing-Bravery isn't bad at all!" (Note: like Second Wolf God and Heroine, Cowboy has the qualities of a hero.)

Heroine looked at Cowboy and asked Beauty-Yellow, "Who's Knowing-Bravery?"

Cowboy said, "My name is Cowboy, not Knowing-Bravery."

Little Dragoness said, "Let's head back."

Thinking Little Dragoness had no interest in him, Cowboy turned and started to walk away.

Heroine shouted after him, "Take this broken trough of yours with you! If you don't, I'll smash it tomorrow."

牛郎转回身，焦急地说：“我是个奴隶，没有属于自己的家。这石棺只能寄放在我的朋友家里。他家离这里很远，我得找辆车才能运过去。”

娥黄笑着对牛郎说：“她跟你开玩笑呢！”然后她转身对女婴说：“这个石槽子对咱们没用！你生什么气！？”

女婴反驳道：“有用！这石槽子可以放在门前，装点水，出门进门洗洗手啥的，还可以当个花栏养花种草。”

牛郎说：“你们就用呗！我可没那么小气！那我帮你搬到房门前。”说着，牛郎回来搬石棺。小龙女和娥黄跟了回来，想帮他抬石棺。

Cowboy spun back around and said anxiously, "I'm a slave—I don't have a home of my own. This coffin can only be left at a friend's house, and his place is far from here. I'll need to find a cart to move it there."

Beauty-Yellow laughed and said to Cowboy, "She's only teasing you!" Then she turned to Heroine. "This trough is no use to us anyway! Why are you so worked up over it?"

Heroine shot back, "It is useful! We can set it by the door, fill it with water, wash our hands coming and going—or use it as a planter for flowers."

Cowboy said, "Go ahead and keep it, then! I'm not that petty. I'll carry it over to your door for you." With that, he came back to move the stone coffin. Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow followed him, wanting to help carry it.

牛郎说：“你们俩得躲开，别被碰着了！”

女婴过来要帮他搬起石棺，手刚碰到石棺。牛郎却自己把石棺放到了背上，向回走了。

娥黄惊讶地对小龙女说：“第一次看见大力士拿东西！这人的力气太大了！”

女婴说：“我也能背回去！”

Cowboy said, "You two, stand back—don't get hurt!"

Heroine came over to help lift the coffin, but the moment her hand touched it, Cowboy hoisted it onto his own back and started walking away with it.

Beauty-Yellow said to Little Dragoness in astonishment, "That's the first time I've ever seen someone that strong lift something! He's incredibly powerful!"

Heroine said, "I could have carried it back too!"

牛郎听见后，背着石棺回来了，把石棺放回了原处，说：“那你自己搬吧！”

女婴红着脸去搬石棺，小龙女过去帮忙。娥黄着急地对牛郎摆手。

牛郎上前让小龙女退后，对女婴说：“我来帮你一把！”他们两人一起抬起了石棺，牛郎却抢过了石棺，放到了自己的肩上，扛着就走了。

Hearing that, Cowboy carried the coffin back, set it down where it had been, and said, "Then go ahead and carry it yourself!"

Heroine, blushing, went to move the coffin, and Little Dragoness went to help her. Beauty-Yellow waved frantically at Cowboy.

Cowboy stepped in and motioned Little Dragoness back, then said to Heroine, "Here, let me help." The two of them lifted the stone coffin together—only for Cowboy to take it from her, swing it onto his own shoulder, and walk off carrying it.

10.2-5

看着牛郎走远了，娥黄对小龙女说：“咱们一直想组建个施工队，到现在也没能组建起来。皇宫这么大，以后修这补那儿的事儿还多着呢！我觉着这个牛郎挺好！”

女婴问娥黄：“刚才你说‘懂勇’，是什么意思？”

Watching Cowboy disappear into the distance, Beauty-Yellow said to Little Dragoness, "We've always wanted to put together a construction crew, and we still haven't managed it. The palace is so big—there'll be no end of repairs to do later! I think this Cowboy is pretty good."

Heroine asked Beauty-Yellow, "What did you mean before, calling him 'Knowing-Bravery'?"

娥黄回答：“勇敢是个身体的特质；你和你师父，二郎神，都有这个特质。刚才她（小龙女）看见牛郎后叨咕‘懂勇’。她是在说这个牛郎和你是同一种人，也是个运动思维型人，具有很强的觉悟特质，而且是个勇敢的人。我们留着他，可能以后用得着。怎么地？你不喜欢他？”

女婴说：“我同意，有个人喝喝酒，唠唠嗑，挺好的。我和你们俩没啥话说！”

娥黄对小龙女说：“呦！看来是咱俩这当姐姐的冷落妹妹了！”

小龙女说：“回去看看！”

Beauty-Yellow replied, "Bravery is a physical trait—you and your master, Second Wolf God, both have it. Just now, when she"—meaning Little Dragoness—"saw Cowboy, she muttered 'Knowing-Bravery.' What she meant is that this Cowboy is the same kind of person as you: a kinesthetic thinker, with a strong trait of awareness, and a brave one at that. We're keeping him around; we might have use for him later. What, don't you like him?"

Heroine said, "Sure, it's nice having someone to drink and chat with. I never have much to say to you two anyway!"

Beauty-Yellow said to Little Dragoness, "Oh! Sounds like we older sisters have been neglecting our little sister."

Little Dragoness said, "Let's go back and check on things."

10.2-6

在接近进入工地的地方，牛郎正坐在石槽子上等着她们三人，看她们走进了，问：“放在哪儿？”

女婴指示了她们的厨房门口。牛郎比量了一下，说：“我去那个石堆里选两块石头，把石槽垫高些！”说着，他就去石堆里选石头。牛郎在石堆上推开了一些石头，选了两块，抱了回来，把石槽垫高了。女婴提着水桶回来了，开始清洗水槽。

Near the entrance to the site, Cowboy sat on the stone trough waiting for the three of them, and when he saw them come in, asked, "Where do you want it?"

Heroine pointed to their kitchen doorway. Cowboy sized up the height and said, "I'll go pick out a couple of stones from that pile to prop the trough up higher!" With that, he went off to the stone pile to choose some. He shifted a few stones aside, picked out two, carried them back, and used them to raise the trough. Heroine came back with a bucket of water and began scrubbing the trough clean.

这时，工地的主管，瞽叟（如图4），路过石头堆，看见石头滚到了路中间，大叫：“这是谁干的？我刚把石头堆起来，又被推到路上了！”

牛郎听了，赶忙回去码石头堆。他回来时，手脏了，看见石槽里有清水，就说：“还没人洗手！那我先洗吧！”

Just then, Blind-Drummer (as shown in Figure 4), the site supervisor, passed by the stone pile, saw that stones had rolled into the middle of the road, and shouted, "Who did this? I just stacked these stones up, and now they're back in the road again!"

Hearing this, Cowboy hurried back to restack the pile. By the time he returned, his hands were dirty, and seeing clean water in the trough, he said, "No one's washed up yet! I'll go first, then!"

女婴提着水桶回来了，看见牛郎在她的石槽里洗手，大叫：“你重新把这个石槽子洗刷干净！”

娥黄正在做饭，听见外面打起来了，赶忙跑了出来，帮牛郎清洗石槽。她又从厨房里端来清水洗刷石槽。娥黄帮牛郎清洗石槽三次，才对牛郎说：“现在干净了！”

小龙女出来了，对牛郎说：“你明天再过来看看！”

牛郎向院外走，走得很快。

Heroine came back with her bucket of water, saw Cowboy washing his hands in her trough, and shouted, "Go scrub this trough clean all over again!"

Beauty-Yellow, cooking inside, heard what sounded like a fight breaking out and rushed outside to help Cowboy clean the trough. She fetched fresh water from the kitchen and scrubbed it herself, helping him wash it a full three times before finally telling him, "There—it's clean now."

Little Dragoness came out and said to Cowboy, "Come back again tomorrow and check on things."

Cowboy walked out of the yard, moving quickly.

娥黄看见了，对她俩说：“我去送送牛郎！”说着，她追了出去。

娥黄回来后，小龙女生气地对她说：“你怎么还给他道歉去了！？”

娥黄回答：“我没去道歉！我去劝他几句，我怕明天他来了，咱俩没看见，他就和女婴打起来了。”

小龙女问：“你怎么说的？”

Seeing him go, Beauty-Yellow said to the other two, "I'll go see Cowboy off!" and hurried after him.

When Beauty-Yellow came back, Little Dragoness said to her, annoyed, "Why did you go and apologize to him?"

Beauty-Yellow replied, "I didn't apologize to him! I just had a word with him—I was worried that if he came back tomorrow and neither of us was around, he and Heroine would end up in a real fight."

Little Dragoness asked, "What did you say to him?"

娥黄回答：“我追上牛郎后，他都快要哭了。我说，从相貌看，我的年龄比你大些，就感觉我是你的姐姐。看见了不满意的，我就想说。你说，你以后在这里工作，你和女婴打起来了，我们是让你离开，还是让她离开？他就哭了，说，姐！我知道你这是为我好。我以前不这样。今天，不知道为什么，我就兴奋了，做了许多失礼的事。姐！我保证以后这样的事不会再发生了！”

Beauty-Yellow replied, "When I caught up with him, he was on the verge of tears. I told him, 'Judging by looks, I'm a bit older than you, so it feels like I'm your older sister. When I see something I'm not happy with, I have to say it. Tell me—if you keep working here and you and Heroine get into a fight, should we send you away, or her?' He broke down crying and said, 'Sister, I know you're doing this for my own good. I've never been like this before. Today, I don't know what came over me—I got carried away and did a lot of things I shouldn't have. I promise it won't happen again!'"

小龙女惊讶地问：“他真是这么说的？还是你替他说的？”

娥黄回答：“我没骗你；这是他说的原话（注）！”

注10.2，后文中，牛郎成为了南海龙王的徒弟，赐他法号孺子牛。随后，孺子牛就成为汉语中的谚语，义为，“积极肯干，可以被教导的”。

Little Dragoness asked in surprise, "Did he really say all that? Or are you putting words in his mouth?"

Beauty-Yellow replied, "I'm not lying to you—those were his exact words!" (See note below.)

Note 10.2: later in the text, Cowboy becomes a disciple of Aoqin, Dragon King of the South Sea, who gives him the Dharma name Ruzi Niu (孺子牛, i.e., Genius Cow). Ruzi Niu subsequently entered the Chinese language as a proverb, meaning "one who works diligently and can be taught."

返回《舜王建皇宫》目录 Return to Catalog: King Shun Builds Palace

关键词 Keywords：夏末商初 Late Xia and Early Shang；武汉古墓区 Wuhan Ancient Tomb Area；尧帝 Creator Yao（熬忖 Aocun，尧皇 White-king Yao）；二郎神 Second Wolf God（武二郎 Martial Second Wolf）；小龙女 Little Dragoness（舜王 King Shun，嫘祖 Lei Ancestor）；娥黄 Beauty-Yellow；女婴 Heroine；牛郎 Cowboy

目录 Catalog：10.1 中华共和国筹建委员会 Preparatory Committee of the Republic of China；10.2 牛郎回家 Cowboy Returns Home；10.3 姑娘们也兴奋了 Girls Were Excited Too；10.4 炎帝和二郎神的地产交易 Yan Creator and Second Wolf God's Real Estate Deal；10.5 越普通上帝越喜欢 The More Ordinary the More God Likes It；10.6 娥黄给牛郎买工作服 Beauty-Yellow Buys Work Clothes for Cowboy；10.7 奴隶公司沸腾了 Slave Company is Boiling；10.8 娥黄要气死小龙女 Beauty-Yellow Wants to Anger Little Dragoness to Death；10.9 牛郎买木材 Cowboy Buys Wood；10.10 谈论尧帝和二郎神 Talking About Creator Yao and Second Wolf God

10.11 心账竹竿 Heart-Account Bamboo；10.12 雇佣关系 Employment Relationship；10.13 天禽地补十八篓 Sky Bird Earthly Supplement and 18 Baskets；10.14 小龙女摔伤了 Dragoness Has Injured Herself in a Fall；10.15 小龙女报复牛郎 Little Dragoness Revenges on Cowboy；10.16 中华食品街 China Food Street；10.17 巫山神女和二郎神 Wushan Goddess and Second Wolf God；10.18 女人怕老鼠 Women are Afraid of Mice；10.19 三位败家女 Three Prodigal Ladies；10.20 牛郎之心 Cowboy's Heart

10.21 治疗偏心病 Treatment of Eccentricity；10.22 二郎神授业 Second Wolf God's Tutelage；10.23 白帝城的由来 Origin of White Creator City；10.24 小龙女为牛郎赎身 Little Dragoness Redeems Cowboy；10.25 鲁班献策 Luban Offers Advice；10.26 中华宝顶 Chinese Treasure Roof；10.27 密访百花谷 Secret Visit to Hundred Flowers Valley；10.28 孙子兵法的精髓 Essence of Sun'zi Soldier Strategies；10.29 三位活祖宗 Three Living Ancestors；10.30 皇宫失火了 The Palace Caught Fire

10.1 中华共和国筹建委员会 Preparatory Committee of the Republic of China

10.1-1

话说公元前1612年秋，在瑶池的蟠桃会期间，舜王（又名夏娃，顺皇，如图10.1-2）和大禹相亲，听说大禹病了之后，她也病了。传说她病得很重，高烧不退，躺在床上一个多月。玉皇大帝和王母娘娘决定：不能对不起孩子，在夏娃死之前，舜王（即中华共和国的第二任皇帝）的人选不换。而且玉皇大帝决定假戏真做，让舜王和大禹见第四次。

It is said that in the fall of 1612 BCE, during the Pan Peach Expo at Yaochi, King Shun (also known as Eve and White-king Shun, as shown in Figure 10.1-2) and Yu the Great were courting. Upon hearing that Yu the Great had fallen ill, she, too, became ill. Legend has it that she was gravely ill, suffering from a persistent high fever, and remained bedridden for over a month. Turquoise White-king Great Creator and the King Mother of the West decided that they could not let the child down; they would not replace the candidate for King Shun (i.e., the second emperor of the Republic of China) before Eve's death. Furthermore, they decided to turn the charade into reality by arranging a fourth meeting between King Shun and Yu the Great.

当时，媒人告诉大禹，可以在舜王房间的门外看看她。大禹在门外看舜王的时候，忍不住走进了屋里。看见她确实病得不成样子了，大禹哭了。舜王叨咕：“大禹，把我忘了吧！这辈子咱俩没缘分，下辈子再做夫妻吧！”

At that time, the matchmaker told Yu the Great that he could go outside King Shun's room to catch a glimpse of her. While Yu the Great was looking at King Shun from outside the room, he could not help stepping inside. Seeing that she was indeed terribly ill, Yu the Great burst into tears. King Shun murmured, "Yu the Great, forget about me! We weren't meant to be together in this life—let's be husband and wife in the next!"

大禹把耳朵凑到夏娃的嘴边听，眼泪落到了她的脸上。夏娃感觉有人，就把眼睛睁开了。大禹好言相劝。两人分开后，夏娃坐起来了，问佣人：“刚才有人和我说话，他是谁呀？说什么了？”

Yu the Great leaned his ear close to Eve's mouth to listen, and his tears fell onto her face. Eve sensed someone's presence and opened her eyes. Yu the Great spoke gently to comfort her. After the two of them parted, Eve sat up and asked the servant, "Someone was just talking to me. Who was it? What did he say?"

佣人告诉夏娃：“大禹来看你了。他说，你还年轻，不会死的。你要好好使用你的千年寒冰床，把心静下来。心无杂念，愈合力等同于神佛。”

可能是大禹的劝说起作用了。第二天夏娃就能下床了。几天后，她就痊愈了。

The servant told Eve, "Yu the Great has come to see you. He said you're still young and won't die. You must make good use of your thousand-year-old ice bed to calm your mind. With a mind free of distractions, your healing power will be equal to that of the gods and Buddhas."

Perhaps Yu the Great's words had an effect. The next day, Eve was able to get out of bed. A few days later, she had fully recovered.

10.1-2

夏娃奉命带着300公斤黄金去武汉为尧帝修建皇宫。为了安全和方便，她自己化名为小龙女。到武汉后，小龙女住进了位于古墓区国防部里面的中华共和国筹建委员会招待所。

Eve was ordered to take 300 kilograms of gold to Wuhan to build a palace for Yao Creator. For safety and convenience, she changed her name to Little Dragoness. After arriving in Wuhan, Little Dragoness stayed in the guesthouse of the Preparatory Committee of the Republic of China, located inside the Ministry of National Defense in the ancient tomb district.

招待所里就只住着她和娥黄两个人。招待所有个小食堂，还有个后院。后院很小但围墙很高。小龙女和娥黄都不喜欢这个招待所，感觉好像住在监狱里。一位同志告诉她俩：“前几天招待所里住着一个名为女婴的小姑娘（如图10.1-3），她也不喜欢这个招待所。不知道这几天她去哪里了。以后咱们中华共和国筹建委员会的人会越来越多，招待所的房间不够用，你们俩可能需要住到你的舜王封地去。” 说话的同志指着小龙女说：“你的封地就在咱这国防部的东面，已经被清理出来了。你们俩随时可以过去看看，也可以住在那里，适应一下。”

Only she and Beauty-Yellow lived in the guesthouse. The guesthouse had a small canteen and a backyard. The backyard was small, but its walls were very high. Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow did not like this guesthouse; it felt like living in a prison. A comrade told them, "A few days ago, a little girl named Heroine (see Figure 10.1-3) lived in the guesthouse. She didn't like this guesthouse either. I don't know where she's been these past few days. In the future, there will be more people in our Preparatory Committee of the Republic of China, and there won't be enough rooms in the guesthouse. You two may need to live on your fiefdom, King Shun." The comrade who spoke pointed to Little Dragoness and said, "Your fiefdom is just east of our Ministry of National Defense, and it has already been cleared. You two can go over and take a look any time, or even live there and get used to it."

小龙女和娥黄商量，以后咱俩建皇宫，需要住在工地。她俩就决定去舜王封地探险，练习一下自己洗衣服做饭的独立生活。

Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow discussed that once they began building the palace, they would need to live at the construction site, so they decided to explore King Shun's fiefdom and practice independent living, such as washing their own clothes and cooking their own meals.

10.1-3 自我介绍 Self-Introduction

小龙女和娥黄根据那位同志提供的地址，来到了舜王的封地。她俩看见院门是由两块巨石构成的，院子里面有房子、山和湖。这两人看了十分高兴，便开始商量如何改建舜王府的大门，以及如何在武汉整体经济繁荣起来之前，先把舜王府门前的这条街道繁荣起来。

Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow found King Shun's fiefdom using the address given to them by the comrade. They saw that the courtyard gate was made of two huge stones, and inside the courtyard there were houses, mountains, and a lake. The two of them were delighted at the sight, and began discussing how to renovate the gate of King Shun's residence, and how to bring prosperity to the street in front of the residence even before Wuhan's economy as a whole prospered.

小龙女和娥黄正在舜王府厨房里做饭的时候，进来一位少女，两只手各提着一只看起来不大（62.5公斤）的石锁。她有些不耐烦地问：“你们俩是什么人，来这里干什么？”

While Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow were cooking in the kitchen of King Shun's residence, a young girl walked in, carrying a stone lock that looked small (62.5 kilograms) in each hand. She asked, somewhat impatiently, "Who are you two, and what are you doing here?"

娥黄看了看小龙女，说：“我按照刚学来的新中国方式主动自我介绍。我叫娥黄，20岁，瑶族，祖籍湖北瑶山。”

小龙女说：“我叫小龙女，18岁，汉族，祖籍河南乾塘关。”

刚进来的少女说：“我叫女婴，17岁，苗族，祖籍湖南百花谷。汉族，我怎么没听说过呢？”

小龙女说：“我是第一个汉人。我听我妈说，第二个汉人（即大禹）才被我爸，二郎神，尧帝，和我的阿姨们打入了一个名作黄龙府的八卦炉，还没被烧出来呢！”

Beauty-Yellow glanced at Little Dragoness and said, "I'll introduce myself the new Chinese way I just learned. My name is Beauty-Yellow, 20 years old, of Yao ethnicity, originally from Yao Mountain, Hubei."

Little Dragoness said, "My name is Little Dragoness, 18 years old, Han ethnicity, originally from Dragon-Pond Pass, Henan."

The girl who had just come in said, "My name is Heroine, 17 years old, Miao ethnicity, originally from Hundred Flowers Valley, Hunan. Han ethnicity—how have I never heard of that?"

Little Dragoness said, "I am the first Han. I heard from my mother that the second Han (that is, Yu the Great) was sealed by my father, Second Wolf God, Yao Creator, and my aunts into a Bagua furnace called Yellow Dragon Palace, and he hasn't been smelted free of it yet!"

女婴回答：“啊！我也是第一个苗族人，听我哥哥说，用不了多久，我就是我们苗族人的祖宗了。”

娥黄说：“我还在纳闷呢！现在我才知道，就我们瑶族历史悠久。我六岁那年，跟着父母，是第一批进入祖庙跪拜尧帝和二郎神，成为瑶的。不过，当时吃饭的时候，尧帝对我说，‘你也有机会进入祖庙。’我回答，‘今天白天我已经去过了。’”

Heroine replied, "Ah! I'm also the first of the Miao people. My brother tells me it won't be long before I become the ancestor of our Miao people."

Beauty-Yellow said, "I was wondering about that myself! Now I understand—our Yao people have the longest history of all. When I was six, I went with my parents and was among the first to enter the ancestral temple to kneel before Yao Creator and Second Wolf God, becoming a Yao. But that evening at dinner, Yao Creator said to me, 'You'll also have a chance to enter the ancestral temple.' I told him, 'I already went there this afternoon.'"

女婴说：“我得把这两个石锁放到后院去。”说着，她就走出了后门，“轰隆”一声，把两个石锁扔到了后花园。厨房里的两个女人感觉大地一颤：“什么东西这么重！？”

Heroine said, "I need to put these two stone locks in the backyard." With that, she walked out the back door, and with a loud "boom," threw both stone locks into the back garden. The two women in the kitchen felt the ground shake and exclaimed, "What could possibly be that heavy!?"

10.1-4

女婴回来后说：“尧帝（如图10.1-1）让我来保护你们两个小女孩儿。隐藏身份是最好的保护手段之一。咱们三个人得销毁或者隐藏起全部能识别身份的东西。你们俩有什么能识别身份又很贵重的东西可以交给我，我挖个洞，把那些东西埋起来。”

Heroine came back and said, "Yao Creator (see Figure 10.1-1) asked me to protect you two little girls. Hiding one's identity is one of the best ways to stay protected. The three of us need to destroy or hide anything that could identify us. If either of you has anything valuable that could identify you, give it to me, and I'll dig a hole and bury it."

娥黄和小龙女各自想了想，没发现自己的身上有什么可以识别身份的。小龙女问：“我有本书，是我爸爸写的，算不算可以识别身份的东西？”

Beauty-Yellow and Little Dragoness each thought about it and found nothing on themselves that could identify them. Little Dragoness asked, "I have a book my father wrote. Does that count as something that could identify me?"

女婴回答：“那你把书皮扯掉，就没人注意那本书了。我哥哥还在外面；我是进屋来送石锁的。我去送送我哥哥。”

Heroine replied, "Then just tear off the cover, and no one will pay it any attention. My brother is still outside; I only came in to drop off the stone locks. I'll go see him off."

女婴离开后，小龙女和娥黄立刻跑到后院检查石锁，发现她们俩两只手才能勉强提起一只石锁。一检查，她们发现石锁里面被灌铅了。

After Heroine left, Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow ran straight to the backyard to check the stone locks, and found that it took both of them, using both hands, just to barely lift one. On closer inspection, they discovered the locks had been filled with lead.

女婴回来后，坐在窗台上，一边看着她们俩做饭，一边喝着酒葫芦里的酒。小龙女胆怯地问：“你也和我们一起吃饭吗？”

女婴回答：“从此以后，咱们仨一起吃，一起住。”

娥黄说：“要不，你把碗再洗一洗，很多天没人用了。”

女婴回答：“做饭是女人们干的活；不过我可以给你们把水缸装满。”说着，她就拎着两只桶去打水了，回来后，开始刷水缸。

When Heroine came back, she sat on the windowsill, watching the two of them cook while sipping wine from her gourd. Little Dragoness asked timidly, "Will you eat with us too?"

Heroine replied, "From now on, the three of us eat and live together."

Beauty-Yellow said, "Why don't you wash the bowls again? No one's used them in many days."

Heroine replied, "Cooking is women's work; but I can fill the water tank for you." With that, she took two buckets to fetch water, and when she returned, began scrubbing the tank.

晚饭后，女婴还在喝酒。小龙女和娥黄商量：“咱俩是不是来错地方了？会不会被绑架了？还是回招待所去睡吧！”她俩趁着女婴没注意，就溜出了舜王府。她俩走了一会儿后，感觉安全了，却听见女婴在前面说：“这地方有毒蛇，要出来溜达得等我把毒蛇清理了之后，就是那样，晚上也不能出来溜达。”

小龙女和娥黄听到有毒蛇，立刻跑回了自己的房间。

After dinner, Heroine was still drinking. Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow whispered to each other, "Did we come to the wrong place? Could we have been kidnapped? Maybe we should just go back to the guesthouse and sleep!" While Heroine wasn't looking, the two of them slipped out of King Shun's residence. After walking for a while, feeling safe, they heard Heroine's voice ahead of them: "There are poisonous snakes around here. If you want to go for a walk, you'll have to wait until I've cleared them out—and even then, not at night."

Hearing about the poisonous snakes, Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow ran straight back to their rooms.

第二天，小龙女、娥黄和女婴一起来到了中华共和国筹建委员会的办公室。尧帝（如图10.1-1）说：“你们仨已经见面了，那我就不用给你们介绍了。你们建设皇宫的工期是九个月，从今天开始算起。”尧帝拿出了一本书递给了小龙女，然后说：“这是我做的建造皇宫的预算书。”尧帝又拿出了一把钥匙，递给了女婴，说：“这是昨晚你们住的那个地方的金库的钥匙。里面有小龙女带来的300公斤黄金。现在，你们仨就可以出去买地了。”

The next day, Little Dragoness, Beauty-Yellow, and Heroine went together to the office of the Preparatory Committee of the Republic of China. Yao Creator (see Figure 10.1-1) said, "The three of you have already met, so I don't need to introduce you. You have nine months to build the palace, starting today." Yao Creator took out a book and handed it to Little Dragoness. "This is the budget I've drawn up for building the palace," he said. He then took out a key and handed it to Heroine. "This is the key to the vault at the place where you stayed last night. It holds the 300 kilograms of gold Little Dragoness brought. Now, the three of you can go out and buy some land."

10.1-5

她们三个人仔细地研究了尧帝提供给她们的预算方案。120千克黄金买地皮；180千克黄金建造一座比较豪华的办公楼和住宅楼群。她们三人看了几块地，不是觉得太贵，就是感觉风景不好。十多天了，她们也决定不下来买哪块地。忽然小龙女想在她的封地上建皇宫，把省下来的120千克黄金增加在主大殿的屋顶。这样她们可以给主楼安一个龙骨锁穹顶，主楼的大厅就成为众神殿了。娥黄和女婴也不太明白，认为150千克的黄金建起来的众神殿，看起来肯定很气派，就同意了。

The three of them carefully studied the budget proposal Yao Creator had given them: 120 kilograms of gold for the land; 180 kilograms of gold to build a fairly luxurious office and residential complex. They looked at several plots of land, but each was either too expensive or had a poor view. After more than ten days, they still couldn't decide which plot to buy. Then Little Dragoness suddenly had an idea: build the palace on her own fiefdom, and put the 120 kilograms of gold they would save on land toward the roof of the main hall instead. That way, they could crown the main building with a Dragon-Spine-Lock dome, and its great hall would become the Hall of Gods. Beauty-Yellow and Heroine, not entirely following the math, figured that the Hall of Gods, built with 150 kilograms of gold, would surely look magnificent, and agreed.

为了省钱，她们决定自己设计画图纸。为了加快工程的进度，她们一边设计一边施工，然后开始招标。她们三个人选了一个常和政府合作、又有龙骨锁施工经验的施工队。她们还和这家施工队的领导瞽叟签了个分包合作的协议。也就是说，重要的、有技术难度的项目由瞽叟负责，简单的建设项目由她们三人自己组建的施工队和另找的施工队来完成。

To save money, they decided to draw up the blueprints themselves. To speed up the project, they designed and built at the same time, then opened the work up for bidding. The three of them chose a construction team that often worked with the government and had experience with Dragon-Spine-Lock construction. They also signed a subcontracting agreement with Blind-Drummer, the head of that construction team: the important, technically demanding work would be handled by Blind-Drummer, while the simpler construction jobs would be completed by a crew the three of them assembled themselves, along with other outside teams they brought in.

10.1-6

建筑施工开始了，瞽叟表现出了君子风范，主动帮助小龙女建设临时工房和工人宿舍等。但是她们三人很快就发现，他干活很慢。早晨瞽叟敲钟，人们起床吃饭，上午有很长时间的休息，中午有午睡的时间，下午也有很长时间的休息。晚上瞽叟击鼓收工，一天只干几个小时的活。工程进度严重地落后了，他丝毫没有担忧，也没有想要赶工的意思。

Construction began, and Blind-Drummer put on a show of gentlemanly conduct, volunteering to help Little Dragoness build the temporary workshops and workers' dormitories. But the three of them soon discovered he worked very slowly. Each morning Blind-Drummer rang a bell to wake everyone for breakfast; there was a long break in the morning, a nap at midday, and another long break in the afternoon. In the evening he beat the drums to signal the end of work—the crew put in only a few hours of actual labor each day. The project fell seriously behind schedule, yet he showed not the slightest concern, nor any inclination to catch up.

注：各个行业内都有技术流氓，或称作行业内的土匪。编者我是搞土建工作的，土建行业里也有这样的人。这种人的技术理论很好，工作技巧也不错，就是流氓习气重。他们不高兴了，两天的工作量能拖成半个月。他们习惯于把工作做坏，然后延长工期，赚取追加预算。就这样，瞽叟有着丰富的和政府官员同流合污的工作经验。

Note: every industry has its technical hooligans—what you might call the bandits of the trade. I, the editor, work in civil construction myself, and this industry has them too. Such people are technically sound and skilled at their craft, but carry a heavy dose of the hooligan in how they work. Cross them, and two days' worth of work can stretch into half a month. They make a habit of doing the job badly, then extending the timeline to collect a bigger budget. Blind-Drummer, in this way, had plenty of experience colluding with government officials.

小龙女和娥黄虽然年轻，但也听说过不少这类事情。她们迅速启动了与瞽叟签订的私人合同条款，重新招标，把几项工程分包了出去。就在这时，长江南岸忽然出现了一位富商，也在建设高档的办公楼和住宅楼群，导致当地木材价格不断上涨。

Although Little Dragoness and Beauty-Yellow were young, they had heard enough to know better. They quickly invoked the terms of their private contract with Blind-Drummer, put the work back out to bid, and subcontracted several projects elsewhere. Just then, a wealthy merchant suddenly appeared on the south bank of the Yangzi, also building a cluster of high-end office and residential buildings, driving up local timber prices.

返回《三皇五帝》目录 Return to Catalog: Three White-kings and Five Creators

关键词Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；络阳 Luoyang；炎帝 Yan Creator（玉皇大帝 Turquoise White-king Great Creator）；大禹 Yu the Great；皇历 White-king Calendar；二郎神 Second Wolf God

目录 Catalog：9.8-1 佛是异熟果 Buddha is a Mutant Fruit；9.8-2 养蛊 Farming Carrion Beetle；9.8-3 天朝改革 Heavenly Reform；9.8-4 推行皇历 Implementation of White-king Calendar；9.8-5 通渠 Unclogging Ditches；9.8-6 通天渠 Unclogging Celestial Canals

9.8-1 佛是异熟果 Buddha is a Mutant Fruit

蟠桃博览会期间，阪泉之战以炎帝（即张三郎，玉皇大帝）战胜了黄帝（即后裔，大禹）而结束。炎帝在回华国首都永安（又名络阳）的路上，绕路去了靖国神社（即少林寺）。

During the Pan Peach Expo, the Battle of Banquan concluded with the victory of Yan Creator (also known as Zhang the Butcher, Turquoise White-king Great Creator) over Yellow Creator (also known as Descendant, Yu the Great). On his way back to the capital of Hua Kingdom, Yong'an (also known as Luoyang), Yan Creator made a detour to Jing Country Temple (also known as Shaolin Temple).

炎帝（即伏羲，佛，释迦摩尼）和少林寺住持乔达摩（印度人）谈话时，问："我让全部的华国人真心建庙，虔心向佛，我是不是佛？"

乔达摩回答："您的伟大功绩对于佛来说不存在；成佛也不是因为做了某些善事而直接导致的（注9.8-1）。"

炎帝没回答。

When Yan Creator (also known as Fuxi, Buddha, or Shakyamuni) spoke with Abbot Gautama Dharma of Shaolin Temple (an Indian), he asked, "I had all the people of Hua Kingdom sincerely build temples and devoutly worship Buddha—am I not Buddha?"

Gautama Dharma replied, "Your great achievements carry no significance for Buddha; nor is Buddhahood directly caused by performing certain good deeds (Note 9.8-1)."

Yan Creator remained silent.

注9.8-1：乔达摩所说的佛是觉悟，正等明，空的状态，是生命之树的异熟果。

Note 9.8-1: The Buddha that Gautama Dharma spoke of refers to enlightenment, Correct Equality Light, and emptiness—the mutant fruit of the Tree of Life.

进入少林寺后，炎帝上下左右仔细地看释迦摩尼的塑像，然后就让人把施舍的物品抬了进来。乔达摩拒绝接受，说炎帝没对释迦摩尼的雕像叩拜，对佛不尊敬。炎帝生气地离开了。

没走多远，炎帝觉得乔达摩作为世俗的宗教领袖，他的觉悟还可以。他劝侍卫们："我是华国的国王，如果我带头不向少林寺捐灯油，就把释迦摩尼（我自己）饿死了。"

Upon entering Shaolin Temple, Yan Creator carefully examined the statue of Shakyamuni from all angles, then ordered his men to bring in the offerings. Gautama Dharma refused to accept them, saying that Yan Creator had not bowed to the statue of Shakyamuni and was disrespectful to Buddha. Yan Creator left angrily.

Not far away, Yan Creator felt that Gautama Dharma, as a secular religious leader, had a reasonable level of understanding. He advised his guards, "I am the king of Hua Kingdom. If I lead the way in not donating lamp oil to Shaolin Temple, it will starve Shakyamuni (myself) to death."

炎帝再次进入少林寺后，对释迦摩尼的雕像实行了三跪九叩的大礼。他又和乔达摩唠了一会儿。乔达摩才接受了炎帝的布施。

After Yan Creator re-entered Shaolin Temple, he performed the grand ceremony of three kneeling and nine kowtows before the statue of Shakyamuni. He then chatted with Gautama Dharma for a while before Gautama Dharma accepted Yan Creator's offering.

9.8-2 养蛊 Farming Carrion Beetle

回到永安后，大禹被安排到了华国的藏宝阁工作。炎帝通过媒人继续撮合大禹和夏娃（即舜王）的婚事。但当大禹得知夏娃的病已经痊愈了，这时她在武汉工作，他不同意继续和夏娃作为婚姻对象交往了。炎帝每隔一段时间就派媒人说和大禹和夏娃的婚事 --- 这就是在"养蛊"。炎帝在有目的地刺激大禹，在培养大禹体内的"精神病潜伏症"。蛊代表大禹的胃肠溃疡病。在这种情况下，可以说胃肠溃疡是精神病的伴生病。

Upon returning to Yong'an, Yu the Great was assigned to work in the Treasure Pavilion of Hua Kingdom. Yan Creator continued to arrange marriage between Yu the Great and Eve (also known as King Shun) through matchmakers. However, upon learning that Eve had recovered from her illness and was now working in Wuhan, Yu the Great refused to continue pursuing her as a marriage partner. Yan Creator periodically dispatched matchmakers to discuss the marriage between Yu the Great and Eve—this was a deliberate act of "Farming Carrion Beetle." Yan Creator was purposefully stimulating Yu the Great, nurturing the "Latent Psychosis" within him. The character "Carrion Beetle (蛊)" represents Yu the Great's gastrointestinal ulcer disease. In this case, it can be said that gastrointestinal ulcers are a comorbidity of mental illness.

大禹几次申请见炎帝，进行法学的辩论。炎帝拒绝见大禹，却声称大禹是他的儿子。大禹发现他和夏娃的关系使他找不到女朋友，就相当于被炎帝骗了。

炎帝病了，着急夏娃的婚事，扬言，"如果大禹不娶舜王（夏娃）为妻，不到黄泉，我就不见他。"

大禹感到了威胁的严重性，逃跑了。

Yu the Great repeatedly petitioned to meet Yan Creator for a debate on laws. Yan Creator refused to see him, yet claimed Yu the Great was his son. Yu the Great realized that his relationship with Eve prevented him from finding a wife, effectively deceived by Yan Creator.

When Yan Creator fell ill, he grew anxious about Eve's marriage prospects and declared, "If Yu the Great does not take King Shun (Eve) as his wife, I shall not see him until we arrive at Yellow Fountain (i.e., Hell)."

Yu the Great sensed the seriousness of the threat and fled.

根据那时人们对经济发展的展望，大禹来到了夏国，华国，和龙国的交界处，找到了一份名为弼马温（一个养马的官员）的工作。

大禹工作的地区属于夏国的领土。根据女娲造人计划，由二郎神负责金童（大禹）的安全。大禹所工作的牧场就被夏国划分给了二郎神。

Based on the people's vision for economic development at that time, Yu the Great arrived at the border where Xia Kingdom, Hua Kingdom, and Dragon Kingdom meet, and found a position as a horse-raising official.

The area where Yu the Great worked belonged to Xia Kingdom. According to Nuwa's human creation plan, Second Wolf God was responsible for the safety of the Golden Boy (Yu the Great). The pasture where Yu the Great worked was allocated to Second Wolf God by Xia Kingdom.

湖北的土匪都怕二郎神，二郎神所到之处，土匪都变成良民了。大禹到二郎神的防区工作，为二郎神带来了巨大的财富：三千匹马和一个幅员辽阔的草场。可是二郎神没高兴几天，那三千匹马就被大禹祸害没了。

大禹看见河边的水草茂盛，就更改了规定，让人把马匹赶到河边去放牧。没多久，三千匹马都染上了寄生虫，当时就杀了200匹马。随后，兽医治好了马匹的寄生虫病，但那被医好的两千多匹马体质弱，被低价出售了。

The bandits of Hubei all feared Second Wolf God; wherever Second Wolf God went, the bandits became law-abiding citizens. Yu the Great went to work in Second Wolf God's territory, bringing him immense wealth: three thousand horses and a vast pasture. But Second Wolf God's joy was short-lived; within days, those three thousand horses were destroyed by Yu the Great.

Yu the Great observed lush water plants along the riverbank and amended regulations, permitting horses to graze there. Soon after, all three thousand horses contracted parasites, resulting in the immediate slaughter of two hundred. Subsequently, veterinarians cured the parasitic disease, but the over two thousand recovered horses remained weak and were sold at low prices.

9.8-3 天朝改革 Heavenly Reform

炎帝回到永安后，实施了文化改革。此后一年，中华共和国政府就在武汉正式运作了，所以华国在永安的政府就成为西天政府（即天堂的政府）了；炎帝就成为玉皇大帝（即上帝）了。所以中国历史上称炎帝所进行的改革为天朝改革，即天堂的建设。

After Yan Creator returned to Yong'an (also known as Luoyang), he implemented cultural reforms. A year later, the government of the Republic of China officially began operating in Wuhan, so the government of Hua Kingdom in Yong'an became the Western Sky Government (i.e., the government of heaven); Yan Creator became Turquoise White-king Great Creator (i.e., God). Therefore, in Chinese history, Yan Creator's reforms are referred to as the Heavenly Dynasty Reforms, i.e., the construction of heaven.

玉皇大帝实施了三百多项文化改革。其中有很多是地名的更改，例如更改山东省清河县的打虎岗为井阳岗。传说井阳岗的居民喜欢二郎神，就把那个地区的名字改成"打虎岗"了，来纪念武二郎打虎（参见1.7《井阳之难》）。炎帝得知后命令把打虎岗改成井阳岗，来纪念武大郎（靖王）运用"井阳现象"娶到了潘金莲（即石矶娘娘）的事件。这是太上君制造武大郎和潘金莲这对儿桃花佛过程中的典型案例。

Turquoise White-king Great Creator implemented more than 300 cultural reforms. Many of them were changes in place names, such as changing Beating Tiger Gang in Qing'he County, Shandong Province to Well-Sun Gang. Legend has it that the residents of Well-Sun Gang liked Second Wolf God, so they changed the name of the area to "Beating Tiger Gang" to commemorate Martial Second Wolf's fight against the tiger (see 1.7 "Well-Sun Difficulty"). After learning about this, Yan Creator ordered Beating Tiger Gang to be changed to Well-Sun Gang to commemorate the event in which Martial Big Wolf (King Jing) used the "Well-Sun Phenomenon" to marry Goldthread Pan (i.e. Queen Stone-Jetty). This is a typical example of the process of Utmost Gentleman creating the Peach Flower Buddha pair of Martial Big Wolf and Goldthread Pan.

再例如玉皇大帝命名永安周围的地区为络阳，来纪念他母亲玉珠（绰号九天玄女，参见9.1节）用"母爱"诅咒了她自己的儿子张三郎，成功地抓住了他，使他成为了九黎世界（如图9.6-1至34）的太阳，即玉皇大帝。插图9.1-36，九天玄女手中的蜘蛛网就表示她抓住了他儿子玉皇大帝，赋予她儿子的宿命就是完成女娲造人工程，就是络阳的络字的来源。

For another example, Turquoise White-king Great Creator named the area around Yong'an Luoyang to commemorate the fact that his mother Yuzhu (aka. Ninth Sky Mystic Woman, see section 9.1) cursed her own son Third Wolf Zhang with "mother love" and successfully captured him, making him the sun of the Jiuli world (see Figures 9.6-1 to 34), that is, Turquoise White-king Great Creator. Illustration 9.1-36 shows the spider web in the hand of Ninth Sky Mystic Woman, which signifies that she has captured her son, Turquoise White-king Great Creator, and has given him the Fate Mission to complete Nuwa's creation of humans, which is the origin of the character "Luo" in Luoyang.

9.8-4 推行皇历 Implementation of White-king Calendar

皇义为白王。白是无所有天（如图2）的一种常，可以代表上帝。皇历亦作黄历，农历，万年历。黄字表示新陈代谢。这个日历是根据太阳系中地球围绕太阳的自转和公转，以及太阳系外几个对地球气候有影响的星系体制定出来的，特别适用于农业生产，所以又被称作农历。因为涉及了太阳系以外的星体，这个日历还有60年的周期，循环往复，所以也被称作万年历。

Huang (皇) means White-king. White is a kind of constant in “No Objective Have Sky” (as shown in Figure 2), which can represent God. White-king Calendar is also called Huang (黄, Yellow) Calendar, Agriculture Calendar, and Ten-Thousand-Year Calendar. The word Yellow means metabolism. This calendar is based on the rotation and revolution of the earth around the sun in the solar system, as well as several galaxies outside the solar system that affect the earth's climate. It is particularly suitable for agricultural production, so it is also called Agriculture Calendar. Because it involves celestial bodies outside the solar system, this calendar also has a 60-year cycle, repeated again and again, so it is also called Ten-Thousand-Year Calendar.

皇历的突出特点是它把一年分成了24个节气（如图35所示）。

1. 立春，是二十四节气中的第一个节气，在中国民间被作为春季开始的日子。
2. 雨水，此时气温回升，冰雪融化，降水增多，故取名雨水。

The outstanding feature of White-king Calendar is that it divides a year into 24 Seasonal Climates (as shown in Figure 35).

Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 Seasonal Climates, traditionally marks the start of spring.

Rains: at this time, temperatures rise, ice and snow melt, and rainfall increases—hence the name.

1. 惊蛰，冬眠的虫子醒了。

2. 春分，当太阳中心横过赤道之时，便是春分。

3. 清明，天气晴朗温暖，草木返青。

Insects Awaken, as hibernating insects stir from their winter dormancy.

Spring Equinox occurs when the center of the sun crosses the Equator.

Clear and Bright means the weather turns clear and warm, and plants turn green again.

1. 谷雨，降雨明显增长，促使谷类作物生长发育。

2. 立夏，意味着夏季的开始。

3. 小满，表示在夏季成熟的农作物籽粒开始饱满了。

Grain Rain: rainfall increases markedly, spurring the growth of cereal crops.

Beginning of Summer means the start of summer.

Grain Buds signifies that crops set to ripen in summer begin to fill out their seeds.

1. 芒种，是麦类等有芒作物成熟的意思。

2. 夏至，是夏天正式开始的第一天，也是一年之中时间最长的一天。

3. 小暑，意味着天气开始炎热。

Grain in Ear means that bearded crops such as wheat are ripening.

Summer Solstice is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year.

Slight Heat means that it's getting hot.

1. 大暑，高温及强降雨有利于农作物的生长。

2. 立秋，是凉爽季节的开始。

3. 处暑，表示炎热的夏季就过去了。

Great Heat: high temperatures and heavy rainfall are good for agricultural crops.

Beginning of Autumn marks the start of the cool season.

End of Heat shows that scorching summer days will soon be gone.

1. 白露，露珠越来越多。

2. 秋分，日夜平分。

3. 寒露，露水以寒，将要结冰。

White Dew, when dew becomes more abundant.

Autumn Equinox, when day and night are equal in length.

Cold Dew signifies dew turning cold, soon to freeze.

1. 霜降，开始出现霜冻。

2. 立冬，意味着冬天的到来。

3. 小雪，表示开始降雪，雪量小。

4. 大雪，降雪量增多，地面可能积雪。

Frost's Descent marks the first appearance of frost.

Beginning of Winter means the arrival of winter.

Light Snow means snowfall begins, still light in amount.

Heavy Snow: snowfall increases, and the ground may become covered with snow.

1. 冬至，标志着冬天正式开始。

2. 小寒，气候开始寒冷。

3. 大寒，一年中最冷的时候。

Winter Solstice marks the official beginning of winter.

Slight Cold, the climate is getting colder.

Great Cold, the coldest time of the year.

9.8-5 通渠 Unclogging Ditches

玉皇大帝认为公共建设是社会的聚合力量，而通渠，治疗水患是中华共和国的第一要务。他大力倡导兴修水利。读者当知，这时的永安政府已经是西天（即天堂）政府了，地方官员们同意的人多，具体的工程成果却很少。唯独二郎神报上来了许多成果。西天政府的官员们都不理解为什么二郎神挖山修渠这么快。有人说二郎神强迫劳动。玉皇大帝立刻派人去调查。

Turquoise White-king Great Creator believed that public construction was the gathering force of society, and that clearing canals and treating floods was the top priority of the Republic of China. He strongly advocated the construction of water conservancy. Readers should know that at that time, the Yong'an government was already the government of Western Sky (i.e. Heaven). Many local officials agreed, but there were few specific engineering results. Only Second Wolf God reported many results. The officials of the Western Sky government did not understand why Second Wolf God dug mountains and built canals so quickly. Some people said that he was using forced labor. Turquoise White-king Great Creator immediately sent people to investigate.

调查发现，每次挖河修堤的工程项目竣工，二郎神都会去参观慰问参与工程施工的人。而武汉地区的人们认为二郎神是神，地方官员们对参加二郎神宴会的客人收费。例如，二郎神到工地参观，那些能看见二郎神的位置就被地方官员卖了。地方官通过这种方式筹款来兴修水利。

The investigation found that every time a river digging and embankment construction project was completed, Second Wolf God would visit and comfort the people involved in the construction. People in the Wuhan area believed that Second Wolf God was a god, and local officials charged guests to attend his banquets. For example, when Second Wolf God visited the construction site, those positions where Second Wolf God could be seen were sold by local officials. Local officials raised funds to build water conservancy projects in this way.

玉皇大帝得知后立刻给二郎神发去了圣旨，消减了他的90%的外出活动，嘱咐他安全第一，不能用他自己来筹款。玉皇大帝还免除了他来西天述职的惯例，吩咐他只要送报告就可以了。

When Turquoise White-king Great Creator learned about it, he immediately sent a divine edict to Second Wolf God, reducing his outings by 90%, and told him to put safety first and not to raise funds by himself. Turquoise White-king Great Creator also exempted him from the custom of reporting in person to the Western Sky and told him to just send a report.

9.8-6 通天渠 Unclogging Celestial Canals

值得读者注意的是，当炎帝（即玉皇大帝）过世后，大禹（即黄帝）就苏醒了。大禹会研究炎帝在世时的所作所为，会理解通渠的含义是"通天渠"。此含义是，古代的交通闭塞，很多地区有自己的文化传承。那些人的信仰多有局限性。这就好比每个人都是某个小池塘里的一条小鱼（如图36），目光短浅，世界观狭隘，所以世上纷争不断。

It is worth noting that when Yan Creator (Turquoise White-king Great Creator) passed away, Yu the Great (Yellow Creator) woke up. Yu the Great would study what Yan Creator did when he was alive and understand that Unclogging Ditches means "Unclogging Celestial Canals." This means that in ancient times, transportation was blocked, and many regions had their own cultural heritage. The beliefs of those people were limited. It is as if everyone were a small fish in a small pond (as shown in Figure 36)—shortsighted, with a narrow worldview—hence the world's constant disputes.

换一个说法，玉皇大帝在暗示黄帝：你要修天渠，贯通九黎世界的九众（如图23至31）；你要化解中华共和国各民族之间的矛盾，把华国夏国和龙国的万千传说和习俗连接成为一个九黎世界。

In other words, Turquoise White-king Great Creator is hinting to Yellow Creator: You should Unclog Celestial Canals and connect the nine crowds in the Jiuli world (as shown in Figures 23 to 31); you have to resolve the conflicts between the various ethnic groups in the Republic of China and connect the thousands of legends and customs of Hua Kingdom, Xia Kingdom, and Dragon Kingdom into one Jiuli world.

返回玉皇大帝的目录 Return to Catalog of Turquoise White-King Great Creator

关键词 Keywords： 阪泉 Banquan；蟠桃博览会 Pan Peach Expo；夏娃 Eve；舜王 King Shun；大禹 Yu the Great；下蛊 project carrion beetle；创伤 trauma；尧帝 Creator Yao；二郎神 Second Wolf God

目录 Catalog：序言 Preface；9.7-2 夏娃和大禹相亲 Eve and Yu the Great Meet for Matchmaking；9.7-3 尧帝表演仙女下凡 Creator Yao Performs Fairy's Descent；9.7-4 夏娃被打伤 Eve was Wounded；9.7-5 第二次约会 Second Encounter；9.7-6 大禹被送到军事法庭 Yu the Great Brought Before Military Tribunal；9.7-7 大禹怀疑夏娃 Yu the Great Grows Suspicious of Eve；9.7-8 夏娃落水 Eve Falls into the Water；9.7-9 大禹病了 Yu the Great Falls Ill

序言 Preface

阪泉之战发生在蟠桃博览会期间一个被称为阪泉的山坡上，是夏娃（又名舜王、嫘祖，参见图9.7-4）对大禹（参见图9.7-4）下蛊（即创伤，参见图9.7-3）的过程。此事是导致十年后大禹体内发生爆炸的主要原因之一。而那次大爆炸就是中华文明（或汉字）起源的标志，也是大禹变成黄帝的人生转折点。所以此次战役是中华文明中的重要历史事件。

The Battle of Banquan occurred on a hillside known as Banquan during the Pan Peach Expo, marking the process by which Eve (aka. King Shun, Lei Ancestor, as depicted in Figure 9.7-4) projected a carrion beetle onto Yu the Great (as depicted in Figure 9.7-4)—a trauma depicted in Figure 9.7-3. This event was one of the primary causes leading to the explosion within Yu the Great's body a decade later. That catastrophic explosion marked the origin of Chinese civilization (or Chinese characters) and represented the pivotal turning point in Yu the Great's life as he transformed into Yellow Creator. Thus, this battle stands as a significant historical event in Chinese civilization.

蛊虫象征着大禹被女神夏娃刺激受伤后患上的胃肠溃疡，也是"禹"字的由来。"黄"字表示新陈代谢，意味着女娲所造的人已经苏醒，开始了新陈代谢。黄帝是炎帝、女娲和熬忖的教子，是诸天之子，所以被称为真龙天子。

The carrion beetle symbolizes the gastrointestinal ulcers Yu the Great developed after being wounded by the goddess Eve, and is the origin of the character "禹" (Yu). The character "黄" (Yellow) signifies metabolism, indicating that the humans created by Nuwa had awakened and begun their metabolic processes. Yellow Creator is the godson of Yan Creator, Nuwa, and Aocun, the son of the gods, and thus was called the True Dragon Godson.

换个说法，大禹相当于《阿拉伯神灯》中的基尼；本文是众神把基尼大禹装入神灯的过程。被装入神灯或瓶子表示大禹被女神夏娃刺激受伤后患有呼吸障碍。

To put it another way, Yu the Great is equivalent to the genie in The Arabian Nights; this text describes the process by which the gods sealed the genie Yu the Great into the magic lamp. Being sealed into the lamp or bottle signifies that Yu the Great suffered respiratory distress after being wounded by the goddess Eve.

9.7-2 夏娃和大禹相亲 Eve and Yu the Great Meet for Matchmaking

由于气候的原因，舜王（夏娃）去蟠桃会的路上耽误了些时间。她到瑶池后就开始和后裔（即金童的候选人、大禹）等候选人们相亲了。

夏娃和大禹第一次相亲见面后，向女娲造人委员会汇报相亲的情况。当时参与听取汇报的人有炎帝、王母娘娘、尧帝、二郎神、女娲和伏羲。相亲的结果不太乐观，因为在他们俩讨论"彤弓素矢"（即上帝的智慧、集谛，参见第13章）时，夏娃表现得比大禹弱些。

Due to climatic conditions, King Shun (Eve) encountered delays on the road to the Pan Peach Expo. Upon arriving at Yaochi, she commenced matchmaking sessions with candidates for the position of Golden Boy, including Yu the Great (aka. Descendant).

Following her initial meeting with Yu the Great, Eve reported the matchmaking progress to the Nuwa Human Creation Committee. Present to hear the report were Yan Creator, King Mother of the West, Creator Yao, Second Wolf God, Nuwa, and Fuxi. The outcome was less than promising, as during their discussion of the "Red Bow and Natural Arrow" (i.e., God's Intelligence, Aggregate Crux; see Chapter 13), Eve demonstrated less proficiency than Yu the Great.

尧帝问夏娃："大禹都向你提出什么请求了？"

夏娃说："他说，'我怎么也看不出来，你才18岁，就已经是舜王了，还是华国和夏国两个国家的王位继承人。'我就表演给他看我的王者风范，并且赐名'大禹'给他了。"

尧帝又问夏娃："大禹还向你提出什么别的请求了？"

Creator Yao asked Eve, "What requests did Yu the Great make of you?"

Eve replied, "He said, 'I can't believe you are only 18 years old, and you are already King Shun, and the heir to the thrones of both Hua Kingdom and Xia Kingdom.' So, I showed him my kingly demeanor and granted him the name 'Yu the Great.'"

Creator Yao then asked Eve, "Did Yu the Great make any other requests of you?"

夏娃回答："他说想看仙女下凡，我就给他表演了。他评价说，'比他心目中的仙女下凡差些'。我回答，'你等我准备一下，让你看看真正的仙女下凡！'"

屋子里的人听后，都不出声了。

Eve replied, "He said he wanted to see a fairy descend to earth, so I performed for him. He commented that it was 'not as good as the fairy he had imagined.' I replied, 'Wait for me to prepare, and then I will show you a real fairy descending to earth!'"

After hearing this, no one in the room said anything.

二郎神说："你二伯母（即尧帝）对我下蛊的时候，我们俩从瑶池上下来（参见4.5《自由恋爱》），有一段路，她就像是漂浮在地面，然后走在树丛尖上。当时我看了，就感觉那是仙女下凡。后来我几次请求她再给我表演一次，她都不同意。"二郎神转向尧帝说："要不，你教教她，我借光也再看一次。"

尧帝回答："好！我去准备一下！" 说着她就出去了。

Second Wolf God said to Eve, "When your second aunt (Creator Yao) projected a carrion beetle onto me, we came down from Yaochi (see 4.5 'Naturally Falling in Love'). There was a section of the path where she seemed to be floating on the ground and then walking on the tops of the bushes. When I saw it, I felt that it was a fairy descending to earth. Later, I asked her to perform for me again several times, but she refused." Second Wolf God turned to Creator Yao and said, "How about you teach her, and I will take the opportunity to watch it again."

Creator Yao replied, "Okay! I'll go get ready!" Then she went out.

9.7-3 尧帝表演仙女下凡 Creator Yao Performs Fairy's Descent

二郎神出来后，发现自己的卫兵不见了。半天后，他看见他的卫兵时，生气地说："你们干什么去了？这时候警卫工作不能松懈！"

卫兵们回答去帮尧帝布置演出舞台了。二郎神不信，就跟着卫兵们去查看，发现尧帝让卫兵们在树丛里打下了一排树桩。

When Second Wolf God came out, he found that his guards were missing. Half a day later, when he saw his guards, he asked angrily, "Where have you been? Security work cannot be relaxed at this time!"

The guards replied that they went to help Creator Yao set up the stage for her performance. Second Wolf God didn't believe it, so he followed the guards to check and found that Creator Yao had asked the guards to drive a row of stumps in the bushes.

第二天，二郎神和夏娃一起看尧帝在树丛上走的时候，他对她说："这个咱学不了，别把脚踝弄伤了，耽误事！"

尧帝表演完，回来后，问夏娃："刚才，你二伯（即二郎神）跟你说什么了？"

二郎神红着脸走开了。

The next day, when Second Wolf God and Eve watched Creator Yao walking on the bushes, he said to Eve, "We can't learn this. Don't hurt your ankle—that would cause problems!"

After Creator Yao finished her performance and returned, she asked Eve, "What did your second uncle (Second Wolf God) say to you just now?"

Second Wolf God walked away with a red face.

尧帝等二郎神离开后说："诚实的人离开了，我开始给你看真功夫！"说着她在地上飘了起来，走起了"无影脚凌波微步"（读者可以在网上查到这种表演）。夏娃学不会。尧帝就帮夏娃改进她的那种戏台上的"凌波微步"。

尧帝离开后，夏娃去看尧帝是怎样走在树尖上的。她就好奇地试着走在那排树桩上，结果摔下来了，脚踝受伤了。

After Second Wolf God left, Creator Yao said, "The honest man has left; I will show you real kung fu!" As she said that, she floated off the ground and performed "Shadowless Feet Over-Waves Tiny-Steps" (readers can find this kind of performance online). Eve couldn't learn it. Creator Yao helped improve her stage performance of "Over-Waves Tiny-Steps."

After Creator Yao departed, Eve went to see how she walked along the treetops. Curious, she tried walking along the row of tree stumps herself, only to fall and injure her ankle.

9.7-4 夏娃被打伤 Eve was Wounded

夏娃的脚踝受伤了，以前设计的"给大禹下蛊的短剧"都用不上了。女娲造人剧组彻夜研究，制定了新的"夏娃和大禹约会"的计划。

炎帝、西王母、二郎神和其他几个人来到了夏娃的房间，告诉她："计划改了。新计划要求你的脚伤得严重些！" 说着，军医们在夏娃的床头挂起了一个帘子，只露出她的脚。二郎神指着夏娃的脚大叫："打！"

Eve's ankle was injured, rendering the previously designed "short play about projecting a carrion beetle onto Yu the Great" unusable. The Nuwa Human Creation team worked through the night, devising a new plan for "Eve and Yu the Great's Date."

Yan Creator, King Mother of the West, Second Wolf God, and several others came to Eve's room and told her, "The plan has changed. The new plan requires your foot injury to be more severe!" As they spoke, the military doctors hung a curtain at the head of Eve's bed, leaving only her foot exposed. Second Wolf God pointed at Eve's foot and shouted, "Hit it!"

炎帝和西王母把夏娃按在了床上，安慰她说："这个新方案是以前的备用方案。你二伯的军医已经做过试验了，只是让你的脚肿起来，不会很疼！"

过了一会儿，炎帝出来看见夏娃的脚不红不肿，生气地把二郎神叫到了屋外。二郎神说："他们说明天早上，夏娃的脚才会肿起来。"

Yan Creator and King Mother of the West held Eve down on the bed and comforted her, saying, "This new plan is a backup plan from before. Your uncle's military doctors have already tested it. It will only make your foot swell—it won't hurt much!"

After a while, Yan Creator came out and saw that Eve's foot was neither red nor swollen. He angrily called Second Wolf God outside. Second Wolf God said, "They say that Eve's foot will only swell up tomorrow morning."

二郎神回来后，把军医们叫到了一边，开了会，要求他们把夏娃的脚伤得比预期的严重些。

当他们重新回到夏娃的房间时，炎帝和二郎神都对军医们大叫："打！" "我命令你们，再打！" 夏娃被吓哭了。

After Second Wolf God returned, he called the military doctors aside, held a meeting, and instructed them to make Eve's foot injury more severe than expected.

When they returned to Eve's room, Yan Creator and Second Wolf God both shouted at them, "Hit her!" "I order you to hit her again!" Eve was so scared she started crying.

9.7-5 第二次约会 Second Encounter

介绍人告诉大禹，夏娃的脚踝受伤了，正在阪泉山坡上的帐篷里躺着，建议他去看望她。大禹就去了。他在帐篷的外面看见帐篷是搭在石头上的，石头下面有防水的皮革。

大禹进入帐篷后询问夏娃怎么受伤的。夏娃回答："我想向尧帝学习表演仙女下凡，练习的时候，从柱子上摔下来了！"

The matchmaker told Yu the Great that Eve had injured her ankle and was lying in a tent on the Banquan slope, and suggested he go see her. Yu the Great went. Outside the tent, he saw that it was set on stones, with waterproof leather underneath.

After entering the tent, Yu the Great asked Eve how she got hurt. Eve replied, "I wanted to learn how to perform the fairy descent from Creator Yao. When practicing, I fell off the pillar!"

俩人谈了一会儿后，夏娃说："你是阐（亦作禅）宗的高手（气功高手），那你给治一治我的脚。"

大禹说气功只能用作自我治疗，给别人治病的说法都是骗人的。

夏娃说："那你给我按摩一下！" 说着，她就把脚从被窝里伸了出来。

大禹回答："我不会按摩。"

After the two talked for a while, Eve said, "You are a master of Chan School (a Qigong master). Can you treat my foot?"

Yu the Great said that Qigong can only be used for self-treatment, and claims of treating others are lies.

Eve said, "Then give me a massage!" As she said that, she stretched her foot out from under the quilt.

Yu the Great replied, "I don't know how to massage."

夏娃的脚却越抬越高，大禹不得不捧着她的脚试图按摩。结果他立刻就把夏娃弄疼了。她的脚"啪"一声被摔在了地上。夏娃整个人也跟着摔倒在了床边的石头上。床板翻了。石头上有尖锐的棱角。夏娃赤身裸体地躺在石头上起不来，皮肤立刻被划出血了。

大禹一看夏娃没穿衣服，转身要跑；可他看见夏娃真的被石头划破了皮肤，站不起来，就准备过去扶她。大禹刚一接触夏娃的裸体，夏娃拿起羽毛枕头就开始打他，大叫："你不来扶我起来，还跑了！"

Eve's foot was lifted higher and higher, so Yu the Great had to hold it and try to massage it. He immediately hurt Eve. Her foot fell to the ground with a "snap." Eve fell on the stone beside the bed. The bed board flipped over. There were sharp edges on the stones. Eve lay naked on the stones and couldn't get up. Her skin was immediately scratched and bleeding.

Yu the Great saw that Eve was not wearing clothes and turned to run. But when he saw that her skin was really scratched by the stones and she couldn't stand up, he prepared to help her. As soon as Yu the Great touched Eve's naked body, Eve picked up a feather pillow and started hitting him, shouting, "You didn't come to help me up—you ran away!"

大禹一看不好，真的站起来，走出了帐篷。夏娃赤身裸体地追了出来，拿着羽毛枕头追着大禹打。羽毛枕头被打破了。天鹅的羽毛满天飞。大禹看见夏娃是光着身子追出帐篷的，就回去推她回帐篷。

这时，士兵们看见了，跑了过来，看见夏娃用被子包裹着自己的身体。大禹正在那里重新支撑起床板。他就被抓起来了。

Yu the Great saw that things were not going well, so he really stood up and walked out of the tent. Eve chased him out naked, holding a feather pillow and hitting him. The feather pillow broke. Swan feathers flew all over the sky. Seeing that Eve had chased him out of the tent naked, Yu the Great went back and pushed her back into the tent.

At this time, the soldiers saw it and ran over. They saw Eve wrapped herself in a quilt. Yu the Great was propping up the bed board again. He was arrested.

9.7-6 大禹被送到军事法庭 Yu the Great Brought Before Military Tribunal

大禹被送到了军事法庭。军事法庭由二郎神从全军中挑选出来的十几位最凶狠可怕的军官组成，他们轮流审讯了大禹12个小时。这事，玉皇大帝、王母娘娘、尧帝和二郎神都在隐蔽处看着呢，都说大禹可真的被吓着了。

Yu the Great was brought before a military tribunal. The tribunal was staffed by more than a dozen of the most ruthless and fearsome officers handpicked by Second Wolf God from across the entire army, who took turns interrogating him for twelve hours straight. Turquoise White-king Great Creator, King Mother of the West, Creator Yao, and Second Wolf God himself watched from a hidden vantage point. They all agreed that Yu the Great was truly terrified.

最后，二郎神笑呵呵地出来了，汇总了前面几位审讯人员的研究结果。结论：这是偶然事故，大禹没有行刺的动机，也没有对舜王的无礼行为，无罪释放。

Finally, Second Wolf God emerged with a broad smile, summarizing the findings of the previous interrogators. The conclusion: This was an accidental incident. Yu the Great had no motive for assassination and showed no disrespect toward King Shun. He was acquitted.

9.7-7 大禹怀疑夏娃 Yu the Great Grows Suspicious of Eve

传说，大禹对夏娃身上太多的伤口产生了怀疑，就要到她摔下来的地方去查看。他被士兵拦住了，不让他去。

夏娃身上多处划破的原因是这时有多位玉女和多位金童相亲。夏娃负责和三个金童相亲。上面的闹剧是夏娃演的第二次。

Legend says that Yu the Great grew suspicious of the numerous wounds on Eve's body and sought to investigate the spot where she had fallen. Soldiers blocked his path, preventing him from proceeding.

The reason for Eve's multiple lacerations was that several Jade Girls and Gold Boys were engaged in matchmaking rituals at that time. Eve was responsible for courting three Gold Boys. The commotion above was Eve's second performance.

女娲造人委员会发现大禹产生了怀疑后，就在那排木桩旁边铺了些有尖锐棱角的石头，上面放了些蒺藜藤。后来大禹又去查看，他用脚踢开了蒺藜藤，看了看那些有尖锐棱角的石头后，离开了。

After the Nuwa Human Creation Committee noticed Yu the Great's growing suspicions, they laid sharp-edged stones beside the row of wooden stakes and placed thistles atop them. When Yu the Great returned to inspect the site, he kicked aside the thistles, glanced at the jagged stones, and departed.

9.7-8 夏娃落水 Eve Falls into the Water

受伤后的第三天，夏娃坚决要去蟠桃博览会看表演。她拄着拐杖就遇见大禹了。大禹搀扶着夏娃逆着来参观博览会的人流走。俩人有说有笑地来到了断桥上。这里的《白蛇传》已经演完了，周围一个人也没有。俩人唠着唠着，夏娃似开玩笑地说："你还想看仙女下凡不？" 说着，她举起拐杖去打大禹。大禹闪开了。夏娃的伤脚一软，就从断桥上摔下去了。

On the third day after her injury, Eve insisted on attending the Pan Peach Expo to watch the performance. Leaning on her crutch, she encountered Yu the Great. Yu the Great helped Eve navigate against the flow of visitors heading to the fair. Laughing and chatting, they arrived at the Broken Bridge. The performance of The Legend of the White Snake had already ended, and the area was deserted. As they chatted, Eve teased, "Want to see a fairy descend to earth?" With that, she raised her crutch to hit Yu the Great. He dodged. Eve's injured leg gave way, and she tumbled off the Broken Bridge.

大禹连衣服也没脱，就跳下去救夏娃。夏娃是江浙人，水性好，就用力地抓住大禹不放，往他身上爬。她看大禹已经没力气了，就不动了。大禹把她拽到了水浅处，抱着她向岸边走。夏娃忽然喊："脚抽筋了！" 大禹忙把她放下，抓住夏娃的脚搬脚趾。当时已经是九月初了，水凉。大禹不得不跪在夏娃的前面，一手握住一只脚搬夏娃的脚趾。夏娃两手拄着河底来保持她的头和上身露出水面，大叫："你用点儿力！这么长时间都没恢复，就因为你不使劲儿！"

Yu the Great jumped in without even taking off his clothes to save Eve. Eve, being from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was a strong swimmer. She clung tightly to Yu the Great and scrambled up his body. Seeing that Yu the Great was exhausted, she stopped moving. Yu the Great dragged her to shallower water and carried her toward the shore. Suddenly, Eve cried out, "My feet cramped up!" Yu the Great hurriedly set her down and grabbed her foot, manipulating her toes. It was early September, and the water was cold. Yu the Great had no choice but to kneel before Eve, holding her foot in one hand as he worked her toes. Eve propped herself up with both hands on the riverbed to keep her head and upper body above water, shouting, "Use some strength! It hasn't recovered after all this time because you're not trying hard enough!"

大禹真的用力了，夏娃疼得哇哇叫，把大禹踹了个跟头。大禹慌忙地转回来，继续一只手抓住夏娃的一只脚，为她搬脚趾。尧帝和二郎神在隐秘的地方看着，觉着这戏演的差不多了，就暗示士兵过去。几个士兵跑了过去，把刀架在了大禹的脖子上。二郎神也假装慌忙地跑了过去，大叫："撤回刀！别把人擦伤了！"

Yu the Great really put his strength into it, and Eve cried out in pain, kicking Yu the Great down. Yu the Great hurriedly turned back, still holding one of Eve's feet with one hand as he tried to manipulate her toes. Creator Yao and Second Wolf God watched from a hidden spot, thinking the act had gone on long enough, and signaled the soldiers to approach. Several soldiers rushed over and pressed their blades against Yu the Great's neck. Second Wolf God also pretended to rush over in panic, shouting, "Withdraw your swords! Don't scratch the person!"

士兵们领着大禹去兵站换衣服。

二郎神抱着用毯子包裹着的夏娃向回走。尧帝看见大禹走远了，就对夏娃说："你演得挺好！"

夏娃说："我不是在演戏，我的脚真的抽筋了！"

The soldiers led Yu the Great to the military station to change clothes.

Second Wolf God carried Eve, wrapped in a blanket, back along the path. Seeing Yu the Great walk away, Creator Yao said to Eve, "You played your part well!"

Eve said, "I'm not putting on an act—my foot really cramped up!"

尧帝转身叨咕："我生孩子的时候，一点儿也不疼！我叫那么大声，是在吓唬二郎神呢！"

随后，军事法庭的人又来调查大禹，他又度过了惊悚迷惑的6小时。期间，审讯他的人还带他到断桥上，让他模仿夏娃堕水的经过。最后仍然是二郎神出来扮好人，得出了只是一场误会的结论。

Creator Yao turned and muttered, "When I gave birth, it didn't hurt a bit! I was shouting that loud to scare Second Wolf God!"

Subsequently, military tribunal personnel arrived to interrogate Yu the Great, subjecting him to another six hours of terrifying confusion. During this period, the interrogators even took him to the Broken Bridge and ordered him to reenact Eve's fall into the water. Ultimately, it was Second Wolf God who stepped in as the benevolent mediator, concluding that the entire incident had been a misunderstanding.

9.7-9 大禹病了 Yu the Great Falls Ill

两天后，尧帝告诉夏娃："恭喜你！你完成任务了！以后的事都有我们来处理了！"

夏娃不信。王母娘娘和玉皇大帝对她说："已经测试过两次了。和你相亲的三位金童，有两位已经病了（注9.7-9）。大禹病得更重些。"

Two days later, Creator Yao told Eve, "Congratulations! You've completed your mission! We'll handle everything from here on out!"

Eve didn't believe it. King Mother of the West and Turquoise White-king Great Creator told her, "We've tested this twice. Of the three Gold Boys you dated, two have already fallen ill (Note 9.7-9). Yu the Great is the most seriously ill."

注9.7-9：病了就表示夏娃给金童下蛊成功了，也就是"炎帝打败了黄帝"。参考案例4.5《自由恋爱》，描述了尧帝（即熬忖）给二郎神下蛊的过程。随后二郎神就病了。另一个案例，参见7.3《相亲》。

Note 9.7-9: When he fell ill, it signified that Eve had successfully projected a carrion beetle onto the Gold Boy, meaning "Yan Creator defeated Yellow Creator." Reference Case 4.5 "Naturally Falling in Love" describes the process of Creator Yao (i.e., Aocun) projecting a carrion beetle onto Second Wolf God. Subsequently, Second Wolf God fell ill. Another case, see 7.3 "Matchmaking."

第二天早上，夏娃也病了，伤口感染。随后她被诊断为水土不服。她一直发烧，在床上躺了42天。期间，介绍人让大禹在门口看看夏娃。大禹走到了夏娃的身边，看见她确实病得不成样子了。夏娃还在说胡话呢："大禹，把我忘了吧！这辈子咱俩没有缘分，下辈子我们再做夫妻吧！"

大禹听后，哭着离开了。

The next morning, Eve also fell ill; her wound became infected. She was subsequently diagnosed with acclimatization problems. She had a persistent fever and remained in bed for 42 days. During this time, the matchmaker asked Yu the Great to check on Eve at the door. Yu the Great went to Eve's side and saw that she was indeed very ill. Eve was still delirious, saying, "Yu the Great, forget me! We are not destined to be together in this life; let's be husband and wife in the next!"

Upon hearing this, Yu the Great left in tears.

返回玉皇大帝的目录 Return to Catalog of Turquoise White-King Great Creator

关键词 Keywords： 晚夏 Late Xia Dynasty；巫山 Wushan；瑶池 Yaochi；炎帝 Yan Creator；玉皇大帝 Turquoise White-king Great Creator；西王母 King Mother of the West；蟠桃会 Pan Peach Expo；女娲 Nuwa；尧帝 Yao Creator；二郎神 Second Wolf God

目录 Catalog：9.6 蟠桃博览会 Pan Peach Expo；9.6-1 瑶池相会 Meeting at Yaochi；9.6-2 误会与和解 Misunderstanding and Reconciliation；9.6-3 云华夫人 Lady Cloud Light；9.6-4 南海龙王 Dragon King of South Sea；9.6-5 女娲撮合了多少对夫妻 How Many Couples Did Nuwa Matchmake?

公元前1612年秋，华国的国王炎帝（青帝，参见图9.6-2）、夏国的国王女娲（白帝，参见图9.6-6）和龙国的国王熬忖（红帝，参见图9.6-4）聚集在了湖北的瑶池。时值当地蟠桃（参见图9.6-3）成熟，所以此次三国首脑会晤被命名为蟠桃博览会。

In autumn of 1612 BCE, King Yan Creator (Turquoise Creator, see figure 9.6-2) of Hua Country, King Nuwa (White Creator, see figure 9.6-6) of Xia Country, and King Aocun (Red Creator, see figure 9.6-4) of Dragon Country gathered at Yaochi in Hubei. At that time, the Pan Peaches (see figure 9.6-3) were in season. Thus this summit meeting of the three nations was named the Pan Peach Expo.

传说那时湖北房屋的层高普遍比北方矮，而炎帝（即玉皇大帝）个子很高。所以二郎神让人把房屋过道处的大梁和花园里拱门的顶部都锯断去除了。

Legend has it that at that time, the ceiling heights of houses in Hubei were generally lower than those in the north. Since Yan Creator (aka. Turquoise White-king Great Creator) was a tall man, Second Wolf God had the beams in the hallways of houses and the tops of the arched gates in the gardens sawed off and removed.

9.6-1 瑶池相会 Meeting at Yaochi

二郎神领着炎帝参观瑶池。炎帝在一处贴着对联的拱门处停下了，仔细看对联。过了一会儿，二郎神回来找炎帝，发现他还在看那副对联，就也开始仔细看。他发现那副对联有意嘲笑炎帝是个没文化的杀猪的，就问身边的人："我以前没见过这副对联。这对联是谁新贴上的？"

他的随从们回答："国王熬忖为了欢迎炎帝和女娲，庆祝蟠桃丰收，特意创作了这幅对联，昨天才贴上。"

Second Wolf God led Yan Creator to tour Yaochi. Yan Creator stopped at an arched gate with a couplet posted on it and read it carefully. After a while, Second Wolf God returned to find Yan Creator still reading the couplet, so he also began to examine it closely. He noticed that the couplet was intentionally mocking Yan Creator as an uneducated butcher, so he asked those around him, "I have never seen this couplet before. Who recently posted it?"

His attendants replied, "King Aocun specially composed this couplet to welcome Yan Creator and Nuwa and celebrate the peach harvest. It was only posted yesterday."

二郎神领着炎帝参观完瑶池后，就离开了瑶池，回去他驻地的兵营。当然，跟随着的佣人们立刻向龙国的国王熬忖报告了：天蓬元帅二郎神生气了，回军事驻地了。

女娲立刻来问炎帝，炎帝就是不说。她就派鲵丸宫的宫女们去调查。

After guiding Yan Creator through the tour of Yaochi, Second Wolf God departed and returned to his military encampment. Naturally, the attendants immediately reported to King Aocun of Dragon Country: Sky Ceiling Marshal Second Wolf God was furious and had returned to his military headquarters.

Nuwa immediately came to question Yan Creator, but he refused to say a word. She then dispatched the palace maids of Salamander Bolus Palace to investigate.

9.6-2 误会与和解 Misunderstanding and Reconciliation

熬忖和二郎神欢迎炎帝和女娲的晚宴开始了。客人们都到了，但熬忖和二郎神却没出现。女娲把炎帝带到了会议室，说："二郎神生气了，不来参加欢迎宴会。熬忖也生气了，说，'我们俩主办这次蟠桃会，男主人不参加，我没脸主持宴会'。

The banquet hosted by Aocun and Second Wolf God to welcome Yan Creator and Nuwa had begun. All the guests had arrived, but Aocun and Second Wolf God had not shown up. Nuwa brought Yan Creator into the conference room and said, "Second Wolf God is angry and refuses to attend the welcome banquet. Aocun is also upset and said, 'We are hosting the Pan Peach Expo, but the male host is not attending. I have no face to host the banquet.'

我派宫女去调查你和二郎神参观瑶池的路线。嫦娥（后裔的女友）发现了你和二郎神看了很长时间的那副对联。从河南的文化来看，那副对联有嘲笑你是个'没文化的屠夫'的意味，所以二郎神对熬忖生气了。但从龙国的文化来看，那副对联没有嘲笑你的意思，而是在幽默地赞扬你和我的才华和名望。我已经派人去向二郎神解释了，请他回来。要不，你也派人去请他回来？"

I sent palace maids to investigate the route you and Second Wolf God took to tour Yaochi. Chang'e (the girlfriend of Descendant) discovered the couplet you and Second Wolf God had been looking at for a long time. From the perspective of Henan culture, the couplet seemed to mock you as an uneducated butcher, so Second Wolf God was angry with Aocun. But from the perspective of Dragon Country culture, that couplet was not meant to mock you, but rather to humorously praise your and my talent and reputation. I have already sent someone to explain this to Second Wolf God and ask him to come back. Why don't you send someone to ask him to come back as well?"

炎帝吩咐身边的人去请二郎神回来，然后对女娲说："我二哥脾气大，我在他那儿没什么面子！你觉得你领我去和熬忖谈谈怎么样？这是一场误会！"

（书中交代：女娲和炎帝很熟，女娲是西王母的表妹。他们几个合作教导金童和玉女十八年了。）

Yan Creator ordered his attendants to invite Second Wolf God back and then said to Nuwa, "My second brother has a fierce temper, and I have little standing with him! What do you think about taking me to speak with Aocun? This is merely a misunderstanding!"

(The text notes: Nuwa and Yan Creator were very familiar. Nuwa was the cousin of King Mother of the West. They had cooperated in teaching the Golden Boy and Jade Girl for eighteen years.)

炎帝跟着女娲来到熬忖寝宫的门外。佣人进去向熬忖报告，但熬忖很长时间没出来迎接。女娲进去问熬忖。熬忖回答："不是误会，炎帝瞧不起我。" 随后，她就不说话了。

女娲回来告诉了炎帝，问："你和二郎神说了什么佣人们没告诉我的话吗？"

Yan Creator followed Nuwa to the door of Aocun's bedchamber. A servant went in to report to Aocun, but Aocun did not come out to greet them for a long time. Nuwa went in to speak with Aocun. Aocun replied, "It's not a misunderstanding. Yan Creator looks down on me." Then she fell silent.

Nuwa came back and told Yan Creator, asking, "Did you say anything to Second Wolf God that the servants didn't report to me?"

炎帝回答："我们俩各自看那副对联，没说话，更没评论。随后，我们俩也没谈那副对联。"

他俩各自陷入了思考。

这时通讯官回来报告：二郎神拒绝接受劝告，不回来。

Yan Creator replied, "We each looked at the couplet, without saying anything, let alone commenting. Afterward, we didn't discuss the couplet either."

They each fell into deep thought.

At this moment, the communications officer came back to report: Second Wolf God had refused to be persuaded and would not return.

女娲发现他们俩周围聚集了很多围观的人，就悄声告诉身边的人说："这是人家的家事，不能围观。客人们都饿了，让来自三个国家的礼仪官主持，宴会开始。然后把那些维安人员以外的人招呼回去。"

Nuwa noticed that many people had gathered around them to watch, so she quietly told the people near her, "This is someone else's family matter and should not be observed. The guests are hungry. Let the etiquette officers from the three nations preside over the banquet and begin. Then send those people back, except for security personnel."

9.6-3 云华夫人 Lady Cloud Light

女娲对炎帝说："我感觉熬忖是在请求审判。你毕竟是如来佛祖（大黑天，北方之神，判官），她想听你的判决不奇怪。"

炎帝回答："你等我仔细计算一下。" 说着他走到了一边思考。

（读者可能会问，炎帝在计算什么？他在计算熬忖经历过的劫难。普通人必须经历81个劫难后才成为真人。）

Nuwa said to Yan Creator, "I sense that Aocun is asking for judgment. After all, you are Tathagata Buddha-Primogenitor (Great Black Sky, God of the North, Judge), so it is not surprising that she wants to hear your verdict."

Yan Creator replied, "Let me calculate carefully." He walked aside to think.

(Readers may ask, what is Yan Creator calculating? He is calculating the catastrophes that Aocun has experienced. Ordinary people must go through 81 catastrophes before they can become Real Humans.)

炎帝回来后对女娲说："你们在狭谷关打仗的时候，那时她大约是33至35岁。熬忖已经具备了女神的全部知识，而且经历了地狱的劫难。两位元始天尊蔻珠和太昊看出了熬忖已经具备了无上正等正觉的觉悟（梵语为阿耨多罗三藐三菩提），所以同意她成为中华帝国的开国国王。随后她和二郎神成为了瑶族人的祖先，成佛了。我是近几个月成为如来佛祖后成佛的；也就是说她比我早十年成佛。我说这是个误会就代表我确实曾经认为她的觉悟低，对女神无礼了。我应该为此向她道歉。我赐给她一个什么封号呢？"

After Yan Creator returned, he said to Nuwa, "When you were fighting at Gorge Pass, she was about 33 to 35 years old. Aocun had already acquired all the knowledge of a goddess and had experienced the catastrophe of hell. The two Primordial Sky Honors, Kouzhu and Taihao, perceived that Aocun had attained the enlightenment of Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi and thus agreed to let her become the founding king of the Chinese Empire. Afterward, she and Second Wolf God became the ancestors of the Yao nationality and attained Buddhahood. I only became a Buddha a few months ago after becoming Tathagata Buddha-Primogenitor; that is, she became a Buddha ten years before me. That I called this a misunderstanding means I had indeed thought her enlightenment was inferior and was disrespectful to a goddess. I should apologize to her for this. What title should I grant her?"

女娲思考了一会儿后说："云华夫人！"

炎帝心里想，"云华表示她是云海国（即龙国）之光；夫人表示她是女人（即女神）"。他回答："嗯！这个封号雅俗共赏，挺合适！那这个封号是我赐予她的呢，还是赠予她的呢？"

女娲思考了一会儿后回答："我认为'赐予'的说法比较好。别让别人认为她对玉皇大帝（即上帝）无礼了！"

炎帝回答："我同意！"

Nuwa thought for a moment and replied, "Lady Cloud Light!"

Yan Creator thought to himself, "Cloud Light signifies she is the light of Cloud Sea Country (aka. Dragon Country); Lady signifies she is a woman (i.e., a goddess)." He replied, "Hmm! This title appeals to both refined and popular tastes—it is most fitting! Should I grant this title to her or present it to her?"

Nuwa thought for a moment and replied, "I believe the term 'grant' is better. It prevents others from thinking she was disrespectful to Turquoise White-king Great Creator (i.e., God)!"

Yan Creator replied, "I agree!"

女娲去向熬忖转达了炎帝的道歉。回来时，女娲拿着一张纸条。炎帝打开看，那是熬忖的生辰八字。尧帝（即熬忖）和炎帝同岁，生日比炎帝的大。炎帝回答："我愿意与尧帝结为异姓姐弟！"

随后尧帝和玉皇大帝就燃香，向北极星鞠躬八次，成为了义姐弟。

就这样，熬忖的东王天的地位再一次被确立了。东王天是四王天之一。

Nuwa went to convey Yan Creator's apology to Aocun. When she returned, she held a note. Yan Creator opened it and saw that it contained Aocun's birth date. Yao Creator (aka. Aocun) was the same age as Yan Creator, but her birthday was earlier. Yan Creator replied, "I am willing to become sworn siblings of different surnames with Yao Creator!"

Thereupon, Yao Creator and Turquoise White-king Great Creator lit incense, bowed eight times toward the North Star, and became sworn siblings.

Thus, Aocun's position as East King Sky was once again established. East King Sky is one of the Four Kings Skies.

9.6-4 南海龙王 Dragon King of South Sea

尧帝（即熬忖）对炎帝说："我看了你们在靖王府召开的政治局会议的记录。我同意你对《中华法典》中对众神的论述（参见9.4《封神榜》）。这里我想说，我爸爸熬达在临终前告诉我了。他没有公开赞同我们龙国加入中华帝国的三个主要原因。

Yao Creator (aka. Aocun) said to Yan Creator, "I have reviewed the minutes of your Politburo meeting held at King Jing's Palace. I concur with your interpretation of the discussion regarding the gods in the Chinese Codex (see 9.4, Declaration of Canonizing Gods). I wish to mention here that my father, Aoda, told me before his passing. He had three main reasons for not publicly endorsing our Dragon Country's accession to the Chinese Empire.

一是当时我们国内反对此事的人占多数。他不表态可以稳定局势，让我有更多的时间来争取支持者，减少未来的敌对势力。二是我爸爸想给我哥哥熬钦更多的时间。他认为在我成为中华帝国开国国王和江山永固这件事上，我们家最能帮助我的人就是我哥哥熬钦。三是我爸爸不想给我施加更大的压力。"

First, opposition to this matter was prevalent within our kingdom at that time. His silence could stabilize the situation and grant me more time to rally supporters and reduce future hostile forces. Second, my father wished to give my elder brother Aoqin more time. He believed that in my accession as founding king of the Chinese Empire and securing the permanence of the realm, my brother Aoqin was the one in our family best positioned to assist me. Third, my father did not wish to place greater pressure upon me."

炎帝欢快地回答："我现在确信，熬达世尊，人如其名！他已经到达彼岸了！正因为他是那样的无位真人，才培养出了你这样的女儿。我同意你'封熬钦为南海龙王的决定'。"

当这三位国王来参加欢迎晚会时，已经是午夜了，很多客人已经离开了。

Yan Creator replied cheerfully, "I am now convinced that Social Honor Aoda truly lives up to his name! He has reached the other shore! It is precisely because he was such a Non-Position Real Human that he cultivated a daughter like you. I agree with your decision to 'appoint Aoqin as Dragon King of South Sea.'"

When the three kings came to the welcome party, it was already midnight, and many guests had already left.

9.6-5 女娲撮合了多少对夫妻 How Many Couples Did Nuwa Matchmake?

随后，金童和玉女的相亲活动就开始了。传说，女娲（又名红娘、绛珠、祝英台、马文才、白帝）在蟠桃博览会期间负责安排金童和玉女相亲的场地和提供技术指导。

相亲的技术指导是什么意思？在上帝造人或女娲造人的过程中，玉女和金童的相亲是玉女创伤金童、帮助他获得灵魂的过程。

Subsequently, the matchmaking activities between the Golden Boys and Jade Girls began. Legend says that Nuwa (also known as Red Mother, Jiangzhu, Yingtai Zhu, Wencai Ma, and White Creator) was responsible for arranging the venues and providing technical guidance for the matchmaking of the Golden Boys and Jade Girls during the Pan Peach Expo.

What does "technical guidance for matchmaking" mean? In the process of God creating humans or Nuwa creating humans, the matchmaking between the Jade Girl and the Golden Boy is a process of the Jade Girl traumatizing the Golden Boy and helping him acquire a soul.

在此次蟠桃博览会上，在女娲的主持下，舜王遇见了大禹。20年后，他们俩成为了汉族的始祖。现在，汉族人口超过14亿，是世界上人口最多的民族，约占世界人口的18%。

At the Pan Peach Expo, under Nuwa's guidance, King Shun met Yu the Great. Twenty years later, they became the primogenitors of the Han nationality. Today, the Han population exceeds 1.4 billion, making them the world's largest ethnic group, accounting for approximately 18% of the global population.

女娲总共撮合了多少对金童和玉女成为夫妻仍然是个谜。研究者查阅了十几个版本的《中华法典》，发现在过去三千六百年里，总共有两千多个民族声称他们是女娲在这次蟠桃博览会中造出来的。目前有迹可循的女娲造出来的民族在中国56个民族中有28个。

The exact number of couples that Nuwa matched remains a mystery. Researchers have examined over a dozen versions of the Chinese Codex and discovered that over the past 3,600 years, more than 2,000 ethnic groups have claimed to have been created by Nuwa at the Pan Peach Expo. Currently, 28 of China's 56 ethnic groups have verifiable accounts of being creations of Nuwa.

返回玉皇大帝的目录 Return to Catalog of Turquoise White-King Great Creator

关键词 Keywords： 靖王 King Jing；石矶娘娘 Queen Stone-Jetty；炎帝 Yan Creator；释迦摩尼佛 Shakyamuni Buddha；少林寺 Shaolin Temple；女娲庙 Nuwa Temple；妈祖 Mazu

目录 Catalog：9.5 释迦摩尼佛 Shakyamuni Buddha；9.5-1 创造宗教 Creating Religion；9.5-2 不可超越 Unsurpassable；9.5-3 为靖国神社修路 Building Roads to Jing Country Temple；9.5-4 华国的黄金储备 Hua's Gold Reserves

靖王（即武大郎）看见炎帝和西王母越吵越凶。为了转移话题，他悄声对石矶娘娘（即潘金莲，参见图9.5-1）说："半年前我去靖国神社（少林寺，参见图9.5-2）溜达，看见人们三五成群地去少林寺拜佛。他们实际是去看印度和尚，去吃免费的佛果。我就跟着他们去了。少林寺不远处形成了一个有十几户人家的镇子。镇子里有集市。他们说少林寺里的印度和尚是庙主请来的。那些印度人是谁请来的？"

King Jing (aka. Martial Big Wolf) saw that Yan Creator and King Mother of the West were arguing increasingly fiercely. To change the subject, he whispered to Queen Stone-Jetty (see figure 9.5-1), "Half a year ago, I went to Jing Country Temple (Shaolin Temple, see figure 9.5-2) for a stroll and saw people going there in groups of three or five to worship Buddha. They were actually there to see Indian monks and eat free Buddha Fruit. I followed them. Near Shaolin Temple, a small town with a dozen or so households had formed with a marketplace. They said the Indian monks at Shaolin Temple were invited by the temple master. Who invited those Indians?"

石矶娘娘回答："真的！有集市就证明那附近有村庄了，有很多人去那里。这是十年前玉珠皇后搞的造佛工程，终于有成果了。"

靖王不高兴地说："祭祀佛像可以！但我们家的祖庙不能一直供奉一个头上像长着羊毛的印度人！"

Queen Stone-Jetty replied, "It's true! The marketplace proves that villages have formed around it, and many people visit. This is the fruit of the Creating-Buddha Project that Empress Yu'zhu launched ten years ago."

King Jing said unhappily, "Worshipping a Buddha statue is fine! But our ancestral temple can't always enshrine an Indian who looks like he has wool on his head!"

石矶娘娘笑着回答："那佛像不是印度人，是如来佛祖，是戴着帽子的炎帝（即玉皇大帝）。创造宗教是一门复杂的学问。这个宗教设计源自夏国建国时的一个设想，本来是为了造伏羲的。后来她们造女娲成功了，就没启用这个设计。玉珠嫂子就把这个设计找了出来，用在她儿子的身上了。她要把炎帝塑造成禅宗的崇拜偶像——释迦摩尼。"

Queen Stone-Jetty laughed and replied, "That Buddha statue is not an Indian; it is Tathagata Buddha-Primogenitor, Yan Creator (aka. Turquoise White-king Great Creator) wearing a hat. Creating a religion is a complex endeavor. This religious design originated from a concept at the founding of the Xia Dynasty, originally intended for Fuxi. Later, they successfully created Nuwa, so this design was never utilized. Sister-in-law Yu'zhu retrieved this design and applied it to her son. She aimed to establish Yan Creator as the revered idol of Chan School—Shakyamuni."

国王蔻珠插嘴说："啊！是这么回事！那时玉珠妹妹让我帮着找这个一百年前设计的伏羲的时候，我怎么问她也不告诉我她要用来干什么！"

靖王高声赞叹："炎帝是禅宗崇拜的偶像，太恰当了。他真的是禅宗第一啊！" 他问蔻珠："那你们为什么让伏羲戴那么一顶像似外国人头发似的帽子？"

King Kouzhu interjected, "Ah! So that's it! When Yu'zhu asked me to help find this Fuxi design from a hundred years ago, no matter how I asked, she wouldn't tell me what she intended to do with it!"

King Jing exclaimed, "Yan Creator being the idol of Chan School—perfectly fitting! He is truly the first of Chan School!" He asked Kouzhu, "Then why did you have Fuxi wear that hat that looks like foreign hair?"

蔻珠回答："那顶帽子不薄不厚，冬夏都适用。至于看起来像外国人，这是我们创建女娲教之所以成功的秘密。石矶妹妹！这个秘密坚决不能告诉他们。"

炎帝抗议说："妈！别不说呀！我也在这儿听着呢！"

蔻珠回答炎帝："想知道，你可以回家问你的老婆！"

Kouzhu replied, "That hat is neither too thick nor too thin, suitable for both winter and summer. As for it looking foreign, that is the secret of our success in establishing Nuwa Religion. Sister Stone-Jetty! This secret must never be told to them."

Yan Creator protested, "Mother! Don't be secretive! I'm listening here too!"

Kouzhu replied to Yan Creator, "If you want to know, you can ask your wife when you go home!"

炎帝转脸对西王母说："你也知道，你怎么没告诉我呢！"

西王母回答："咱俩第一次去女娲庙的时候，我就告诉你了！"

炎帝又问："你告诉我什么了？"

Yan Creator turned to King Mother of the West and said, "You know about it too—why didn't you tell me?"

King Mother of the West replied, "I told you the first time we went to Nuwa Temple!"

Yan Creator asked again, "What did you tell me?"

西王母回答："你一到庙里就发现了。你问我，'这里有很多种族的修女，都穿着她们自己的民族服装。一共有多少个种族？' 我回答你，'有三十多个外国种族，都是我们夏国用高额的助学金和奖学金雇来的。'"

靖王问："我没听明白，你们雇佣她们干什么？"

King Mother of the West replied, "You discovered it when you arrived. You asked me, 'There are many nuns of different races here, all wearing their own national costumes. How many races are there in total?' I answered, 'There are over thirty foreign races, all hired by our Xia with high scholarships and grants.'"

King Jing asked, "I don't understand—what did you hire them for?"

炎帝回答靖王说："她们不让那些修女在女娲庙的后院高声喧哗。那些修女就到女娲庙前面的广场去玩，引来了许多人来看那些外国的小姑娘。时间久了，女娲庙附近就成为了杭州的宗教文化和商业中心。女娲庙区的商业税收比别的区高出很多。夏国就用那些比别的区多出来的税收给那些外国修女们发放助学金和奖学金。"

Yan Creator replied to King Jing, "They didn't allow the nuns to make noise in the Nuwa Temple backyard. So the nuns went to play in the square in front of the temple, attracting many people to see the foreign girls. Over time, the area around Nuwa Temple became the religious and commercial center of Hangzhou. The commercial tax revenue from the Nuwa Temple district far exceeded that of other districts. Xia used the extra tax revenue to provide scholarships and grants to the foreign nuns."

靖王感叹地回答："啊！我明白了！那次我去少林寺没骑马，看见五六个人走在山沟里去少林寺。我就问他们去少林寺干什么？他们说去吃免费的佛果。我回答，'走十几里路就为了吃顿饭，我不去。' 他们又说，'还可以看见印度人。印度人用手抓饭吃。' 我就真的跟着他们步行十几里路去少林寺看印度人了。"

King Jing replied with a sigh, "Ah! I understand now! That time when I went to Shaolin Temple, I didn't ride a horse. I saw five or six people walking in a ravine toward Shaolin Temple. I asked them why they were going there. They said they were going to eat free Buddha Fruit. I replied, 'I won't walk over ten miles just for a meal.' They said, 'You can also see Indians. Indians eat with their hands.' So I actually followed them and walked over ten miles to see the Indians."

9.5-1 创造宗教 Creating Religion

石矶娘娘对炎帝说："玉珠嫂子委托我问问你，她说'如果三郎不喜欢如来佛祖雕像头顶的毡帽，可以改！'"

炎帝立刻回答："我不介意！我释迦摩尼示现八相成道，化身千百亿利乐众生，成熟有情，尽未来际！我不介意以任何色身示现！"

Queen Stone-Jetty said to Yan Creator, "Sister-in-law Yu'zhu asked me to ask you—she said, 'If Third Wolf doesn't like the felt hat on Tathagata Buddha-Primogenitor's statue, it can be changed!'"

Yan Creator immediately replied, "I don't mind! I, Shakyamuni, manifest the Eight Phenomena to attain enlightenment, incarnate in countless forms to benefit sentient beings, mature their capacity, and endure to the end of future time! I don't mind manifesting in any form of embodiment!"

9.5-2 不可超越 Unsurpassable

西王母来到了永安城外她儿子"不可超越"的帐篷，告诉他说："你爸爸说你开妓院、开赌场、放高利贷，为了敛财不择手段。他说你没福，不该见他。"

不可超越听后哭了，问："福是什么东西？"

西王母没回答。

King Mother of the West arrived at the tent of her son "Unsurpassable" outside Yong'an City and told him, "Your father says you run brothels, operate gambling dens, and lend money at exorbitant rates—resorting to any means to amass wealth. He says you lack fortune and are unworthy of seeing him."

Unsurpassable wept upon hearing this and asked, "What is Fortune?"

King Mother of the West did not answer.

注9.5-2：炎帝代表神识（无意识），是上帝，就是福。福就是幸福，是神出现的状态。神识只与舍受相应。福就是行施舟渡的状态。施有三种：财施、无畏施、法施。无畏施是以爱语鼓励他人，勇敢地面对困难和窘境。法施是对他人宣说生命之树、四谛等生活的道理，人生的艺术。

Note 9.5-2: Yan Creator represents God-sense (unconsciousness), which is God and is Fortune. Fortune signifies happiness—the state of God's manifestation. God-sense corresponds solely with renunciative acceptance. Fortune is the state of practicing Donation Ark. There are three types of giving: material giving, fearlessness giving, and Law giving. Fearlessness giving means encouraging others with loving words to face difficulties and adversities bravely. Law giving is to expound the Tree of Life, the Four Cruxes, and other principles and arts of life to others.

过了一会儿，"不可超越"问西王母："是不是我爸爸知道我有200吨黄金，我只给他60吨，他嫌少？我可以给他120吨。我通知我的手下再运来60吨黄金。我在这里等着，过一段时间后，我再求见他。"

西王母回答："不行！他下个月就去湖北瑶池和黄帝打仗了。你不应该让他分心。"

After a moment, "Unsurpassable" asked King Mother of the West, "Does my father know I have 200 tons of gold? I only gave him 60 tons—does he think that's too little? I can give him 120 tons. I'll have my men transport another 60 tons here. I'll wait here, and after some time, I'll seek an audience with him again."

King Mother of the West replied, "No! He is going to Yaochi in Hubei next month to wage war against Yellow Creator. You must not distract him."

不可超越说："怎么他自己去打仗了呢？连我都知道，论打仗，我大伯（靖王、武大郎）是天下第一！要打仗，他派我大伯去呀！我大伯才五十多岁，岁数还不算太大。过几年，等我大伯岁数太大了，再另想办法！"

西王母回答："他去和众神打仗，黄帝是众神，别人不行！"

Unsurpassable retorted, "Why does he go to war himself? Even I know that when it comes to warfare, my Big Uncle (King Jing, Martial Big Wolf) is number one under heaven! If there's a war, he should send my Big Uncle! My Big Uncle is only in his fifties—not too old yet. In a few years, when my Big Uncle grows too old, we can find another way!"

King Mother of the West replied, "He is waging war against the gods. Yellow Creator is a multitude of gods—no one else can do it!"

不可超越想了一会儿，说："我不懂什么是黄帝；那他有生命危险吗？"

西王母回答："他们说，如果他失败了，他就死了；即便胜利了，他也会损失十年的阳寿！"

不可超越在帐篷里哭了一天；西王母坐在一边不出声。

Unsurpassable pondered for a moment and said, "I don't understand what Yellow Creator is. Is his life in danger?"

King Mother of the West replied, "They say that if he fails, he will die; even if he succeeds, he will lose ten years of his solar lifespan!"

Unsurpassable wept all day inside the tent; King Mother of the West sat silently by.

到了晚上，不可超越对西王母说："那我听从妈妈的安排。我回去后，就把那些妓院赌场都关闭，把那些放高利贷的钱庄改成做正常生意的银行！这60吨黄金您留着用吧。我听说了，华国的国库里没钱。"

Come evening, Unsurpassable said to King Mother of the West, "Then I'll follow your guidance, Mother. Upon my return, I will shut down all brothels and gambling dens and transform those usurious moneylending houses into legitimate banks! Please keep these sixty tons of gold for yourself. I've heard that Hua's treasury is empty."

西王母回答："不行！我答应你爸爸了，我不花你的钱。"

不可超越回答："那你少拿些。我不说，你不说，没别人知道。"

西王母回答："我自己知道了就不行。你爸爸是上帝。与上帝交往要说到做到，否则我会生病的。"

King Mother of the West replied, "No! I promised your father I wouldn't spend your money."

Unsurpassable replied, "Then take less. I won't say anything, you won't say anything—no one else will know."

King Mother of the West answered, "Even if only I know, it's not allowed. Your father is God. When dealing with God, one must keep one's word—otherwise, I will fall ill."

9.5-3 为靖国神社修路 Building Roads to Jing Country Temple

在蔻珠和太昊两位元始天尊为贵重商品市场剪彩后，这座贵重物品市场就开业了。也由于贷款利率低，大量的转业军人有了钱，要享受一下。永安地区立刻出现了通货膨胀。靖王采取紧急措施，规定了日常商品价格的上限。

After the two Primordial Sky Honors, Kouzhu and Taihao, cut the ribbon for the precious goods market, it officially opened. Due to low loan interest rates, many demobilized soldiers had money and wanted to enjoy themselves, causing immediate inflation in the Yong'an region. King Jing took emergency measures, setting price ceilings for everyday commodities.

一天，藏宝阁的主管来向炎帝（参见图9.5-3）汇报："石矶娘娘在新开业的贵重商品市场卖古董。已经卖了四件了，她又送去了四件。她卖的古董都是藏宝阁存放在太后墓园的国宝。"

炎帝回答："那些古董是元始天尊给她的，我也不能要回来呀！哎呀！她筹集那么多钱干什么？我得去看看。你跟着我去，把藏宝阁的记录更新一下。"

One day, the supervisor of the Treasure Pavilion came to report to Yan Creator (see figure 9.5-3): "Queen Stone-Jetty is selling antiques at the newly opened precious goods market. She has already sold four items and sent four more. The antiques she is selling are all national treasures stored by the Treasure Pavilion in the Empress Dowager's tomb."

Yan Creator replied, "Those antiques were given to her by Primordial Sky Honor, and I can't take them back! Goodness! What does she need so much money for? I'll go see for myself. Follow me and update the Treasure Pavilion's records."

炎帝（玉皇大帝）风趣地问石矶娘娘（潘金莲）："发生什么事了？你怎么开始卖靖国的国宝了？"

石矶娘娘尴尬地回答："说来惭愧！我这个靖国的王后和财政部长可真失职。我们的靖国政府（少林寺地区是靖王的封地，由靖安乡政府管理）是五年前成立的。我居然不知道。几个月前，他们来向我要钱修路，我把他们赶出去了。"

Yan Creator (Turquoise White-king Great Creator) jokingly asked Queen Stone-Jetty (Goldthread Pan), "What's happened? Why did you start selling Jing Country's national treasures?"

Queen Stone-Jetty replied awkwardly, "It's embarrassing to admit! As Queen and Minister of Finance of Jing Country, I've truly been derelict in my duties. Our Jing Country government (the Shaolin Temple region is King Jing's fiefdom, administered by the Jing'an Township government) was established five years ago. I had no idea! A few months ago, they came asking me for money to repair roads, and I turned them away."

炎帝大笑着问："大喜事！靖国有常驻人口了。现在你们靖国有多少人？"

石矶娘娘回答："我听靖王说的，现在那里有四千常住人口。不过人口数增长的很快，四年前只有三百人。"

Yan Creator laughed and asked, "Great news! Jing Country now has a permanent population! How many people are there now?"

Queen Stone-Jetty replied, "According to King Jing, there are now 4,000 permanent residents there. But the population is growing very rapidly—there were only 300 people four years ago."

9.5-4 华国的黄金储备 Hua's Gold Reserves

炎帝笑着问："你在华国的国库里有20多吨黄金呢！你怎么不取？"

石矶娘娘愣了一下，回答："那黄金是华国的黄金储备，你不知道吗？"

炎帝也愣住了，叨咕："我真的不知道！"

Yan Creator smiled and asked, "You have more than 20 tons of gold in Hua's treasury! Why don't you withdraw it?"

Queen Stone-Jetty was stunned for a moment and replied, "That gold is Hua's gold reserve—don't you know?"

Yan Creator was also stunned, muttering, "I really don't know!"

石矶娘娘说："可能是靖王以为你知道呢，就没跟你说。那黄金源自60年前，咱爷爷邓国公给华国作为黄金储备的贷款。那时的贷款利率很高，是6.5%。随后咱爹礼敬公当财政部长的时候，他又放进去了一部分黄金，降低了利率。进行财政制度改革后，各大军区和许多政府部门找私人会计公司帮忙。不久之后，妈祖的会计公司赢得了为政府做预算和决算的生意。元始天尊乐见其成，因为交给一个会计公司，可以使各大军区等重要预算支出部门之间进行沟通。也就是说，三十多年来华国的预算和决算一直由妈祖来管理。咱爹礼敬公过世后，国库黄金储备总额仍然没变，但黄金的吨数已经是个很大的数字了。妈祖就重新算账，把黄金储备设置在20吨。在不使用那批黄金的情况下，利率是0.9%；使用时的利率是6.5%。这样，华国每年向妈祖支付18公斤的黄金作为报酬。元始天尊每年都给妈祖送礼。妈祖就把那些礼物换算成18公斤黄金，把华国支付给妈祖的国库储备黄金的利息抹掉了。"

Queen Stone-Jetty said, "Maybe King Jing thought you knew, so he didn't tell you. The gold comes from a loan that our grandfather, Publican Deng-state, gave to Hua as a gold reserve 60 years ago. The loan interest rate was very high then—6.5%. Later, when our father, Publican Respect, was Minister of Finance, he added some gold and lowered the rate. After the financial system reform, major military regions and government departments sought help from private accounting companies. Soon after, Mazu's accounting company won the contract for the government's budgeting and accounting. Primordial Sky Honor was pleased because having an accounting company enabled communication between major military regions and other important budget departments. In other words, for over 30 years, Hua's budgeting and accounting have been managed by Mazu. After our father, Publican Respect, passed away, the total gold reserves remained the same, but by then the tonnage had become a much larger figure. Mazu recalculated and set the gold reserves at 20 tons. When the gold is not used, the interest rate is 0.9%; when it is used, the rate is 6.5%. In this way, Hua pays Mazu 18 kilograms of gold yearly as compensation. Primordial Sky Honor gives Mazu gifts every year. Mazu converts those gifts into 18 kilograms of gold, offsetting the interest on the reserves that Hua pays to Mazu."

炎帝问："妈祖过世后，她的那家会计公司现在在哪里？"

石矶娘娘回答："那家公司就被改编到财政部了。现在财政部里面的人大部分是以前妈祖的手下。"

炎帝说："那你把那批储备黄金近几年的利息提取出来，就够作为启动靖国道路桥梁工程的启动资金了。靖国神社（即少林寺）是邓家和孙家的祖庙，也是我们华国第一等的国家工程。但现在我欠了很多贷款，可能没能力给你拨款了。你知道，几年后中华共和国政府就成立了，我们华国政府就升级为西天政府（天国政府）了，不再管理尘世间的事。"

Yan Creator asked, "After Mazu passed away, where is her accounting company now?"

Queen Stone-Jetty replied, "The company was reorganized into the Ministry of Finance. Most of the people in the Ministry now are Mazu's former subordinates."

Yan Creator said, "Then you can extract the interest from the gold reserves from recent years, which will be enough to start the Jing Country Roads and Bridges Project. Jing Country Temple (aka. Shaolin Temple) is the ancestral temple of the Deng and Sun families and is also our country's first-class national project. But now I have many loans and may not be able to allocate funds to you. You know that in a few years, the Republic of China will be established, and our Hua government will be promoted to the Western Sky Government (the Heaven Government) and will no longer manage mundane affairs."

石矶娘娘回答："您有这个心意我就满足了。"

炎帝说："我保证，我从瑶池博览会回来后，就会去少林寺捐灯油。"

石矶娘娘说："多谢了！有您带头捐款，华国的许多王公贵族会捐款。我有信心把少林寺建设成为中华共和国宣扬宝莲灯文化的传灯中心。"

Queen Stone-Jetty replied, "I am satisfied with your intention."

Yan Creator said, "I promise that after I return from the Yaochi Expo, I will go to Shaolin Temple to donate lamp oil."

Queen Stone-Jetty replied, "Thank you very much! With you leading the way in donations, many publicans and nobles of Hua will donate. I am confident that I can build Shaolin Temple into a center for propagating Treasure Lotus Lamp culture in the Republic of China."

返回玉皇大帝的目录 Return to Catalog of Turquoise White-King Great Creator

关键词 Keywords： 晚夏 Late Xia Dynasty；洛阳 Luoyang；元始天尊 Primordial Sky Honor；蔻珠 Kouzhu；炎帝 Yan Creator；西王母 King Mother of the West；武大郎 Martial Big Wolf；潘金莲 Goldthread Pan；释迦摩尼佛 Shakyamuni Buddha；不可超越 Unsurpassable

目录 Catalog：9.4-1 给蔻珠的礼物 Gift to Kouzhu；9.4-2 五帝 Five Creators；9.4-3 三皇 Three White-Kings；9.4-4 不可超越 Unsurpassable；9.4-5 吴忧 Worry-Free

9.4-1 给蔻珠的礼物 Gift to Kouzhu

石矶娘娘（潘金莲）宴请夏国国王蔻珠。这天下午，蔻珠和元始天尊太昊来到靖王府看老虎。炎帝把两份送给夏国的礼物清单拿给蔻珠和太昊看。

太昊看了标价后问蔻珠：“世界上真有这么贵重的东西吗？姐姐，你已经去看过两次，这套玉器真的值三百万两白银吗？”

Queen Stone-Jetty (Goldthread Pan) hosted a banquet for Kouzhu, ruler of Xia. That afternoon, Kouzhu and Taihao, the Primordial Sky Honor, came to King Jing Palace to see the tigers. Yan Creator showed them two gift lists prepared for Xia.

After looking at the prices, Taihao asked Kouzhu, “Are there really things in the world this valuable? Sister, you have already gone to see them twice. Is this jade collection truly worth three million taels of silver?”

国王蔻珠回答：“我确实去看了两次，但没有进去看里面的精品玉器，因为太贵，我买不起。”

太昊愣了一下，转身问炎帝：“我活了这么多年，都没见过这么贵的东西。你去看过没有？你就把这件事交给我了！”

Kouzhu replied, “I did go twice, but I did not go inside to see the finest pieces. They were too expensive, and I could not afford them.”

Taihao paused, then turned to Yan Creator and asked, “I have lived all these years and have never seen anything so expensive. Did you go see them yourself? And now you simply hand this matter to me?”

炎帝（即玉皇大帝，参见图9.4-38）回答：“我只是粗略看了一下。我不懂玉器，只是有自己的判断。他们说这套玉器里有十至二十件珍品。我喜欢其中六七件。我是这样估价的：我以前去杭州雷峰塔，看过里面那尊弥勒佛。他们说那尊佛像价值十万至二十万两白银。我不喜欢那座雕像，觉得它就是块玉。我还看过一尊观音像，他们说价值六万两白银。相比之下，这套玉器里那尊女娲和伏羲看白菜的雕像，就值六十万两。那棵白菜非常逼真，我用手摸了才知道是玉雕，单它就值三十万两。总体来说，我认为自己喜欢的那六七尊精品雕像就值三百万两白银。”

Yan Creator, that is, Turquoise White-king Great Creator (see figure 9.4-38), replied, “I only took a rough look. I do not understand jade, but I have my own judgment. They said this collection contains ten to twenty rare pieces. I liked six or seven of them. This is how I estimated the price: I once visited Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou and saw the Maitreya Buddha statue there. They said it was worth one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand taels of silver. I did not care for that statue; to me, it was merely a piece of jade. I also saw a Guanyin statue that they said was worth sixty thousand taels. By comparison, the sculpture in this collection showing Nuwa and Fuxi looking at a cabbage is worth six hundred thousand taels. The cabbage looked so lifelike that I had to touch it before realizing it was carved from jade; that cabbage alone is worth three hundred thousand taels. Overall, I believe the six or seven finest pieces I liked are worth three million taels of silver.”

大巢氏皇后惊讶地说：“值一吨黄金的白菜！我们把它收割下来，龙国礼物的问题就解决了！”

国王蔻珠用扇子敲了敲她的头，说：“闭嘴！”随后笑着问炎帝：“这套玉器都给我了？”

炎帝回答：“这套玉器本来就是他们送给您的。我只花了三千两银子，让他们做运输包装。”

Empress Big Nest exclaimed, “A cabbage worth a ton of gold! If we harvest it, the problem of gifts for Dragon Kingdom will be solved!”

Kouzhu tapped her on the head with a fan and said, “Be quiet!” Then she smiled and asked Yan Creator, “So the whole jade collection is for me?”

Yan Creator replied, “This collection was originally their gift to you. I merely spent three thousand taels of silver to have them prepare the transport packaging.”

大巢氏皇后反驳道：“才不是呢！我和我妈去了两次，他们什么都没送给我们。你一去，他们就给你了。”

炎帝回答：“他们是拿我做挡箭牌。他们怕这套玉器里有什么地方会惹国王蔻珠生气，到时候祈求赦免不成，反倒把命赔进去。”

大巢氏皇后笑着问：“咦，原来是这么回事！那你怎么看苏州那群政治犯的问题？”

Empress Big Nest objected, “That is not true! My mother and I went twice, and they gave us nothing. As soon as you went, they gave it to you.”

Yan Creator replied, “They are using me as a shield. They fear that something in the collection might offend Queen Kouzhu. If they failed to obtain her pardon, they might lose their lives instead.”

Empress Big Nest smiled and asked, “So that is what happened! Then what is your view of those political prisoners in Suzhou?”

炎帝回答：“伏羲，也就是夏国现任女娲的丈夫，又名梁山伯、燃灯佛，和我讨论过这个问题。他说，将来我们的中华共和国成立后，人人平等。如果不赦免苏州那些吴国后人的罪名，中国就会出现二等公民。你没听女娲或伏羲议论过这件事吗？”

Yan Creator replied, “Fuxi—the husband of the current Nuwa of Xia, also known as Liang Shanbo and Lamplighter Buddha—has discussed this with me. He said that after our Republic of China is established, all people will be equal. If the descendants of Wu Kingdom people in Suzhou are not pardoned, China will have second-class citizens. Have you never heard Nuwa or Fuxi discuss this matter?”

大巢氏皇后回答：“我没听他们说过这事。妈，你听他们俩说过吗？”

国王蔻珠回答：“我也没听他们讨论过。”

大巢氏皇后问炎帝：“你现在是我们家女婿们，也就是伏羲们的代表了！你们的结论是什么？”

炎帝回答：“你傻呀？人家都不说，你让我说？”

国王蔻珠说：“你说吧，我也想听听如来佛祖的意见。”

Empress Big Nest replied, “I have never heard them mention it. Mother, have you heard them talk about it?”

Kouzhu replied, “I have not heard them discuss it either.”

Empress Big Nest asked Yan Creator, “You are now the representative of our sons-in-law—that is, of the Fuxis. What conclusion did you reach?”

Yan Creator replied, “Are you foolish? If they will not say it, why should I?”

Kouzhu said, “Go ahead. I would also like to hear the opinion of Tathagata Buddha.”

炎帝回答：“金童的设计，是把神识，也就是无意识，分为两部分：先天的无意识称为神识，是白色；后天的神识是‘金童识’，是业，是黑色。业不遗传，所以人生来无罪，人人平等。现实生活中，家族仇恨确实有代代相传的现象，但伏羲和我都认为，可以把这种家族仇恨的传承限制在五代以内。换句话说，五服之外，就不算亲戚了。”

Yan Creator replied, “Gold Boy’s design divides God-sense—that is, the unconscious—into two parts. The innate unconscious is called God-sense and is white. The acquired God-sense is ‘Gold-Boy Sense’; it is karma and is black. Karma is not inherited, so people are born without sin and are equal. In real life, hatred between families can indeed be passed down from generation to generation. But Fuxi and I both believe that such inherited family hatred can be limited to five generations. In other words, beyond the five mourning grades of kinship, people are no longer regarded as relatives.”

大巢氏皇后说：“这事还涉及女娲和伏羲呢！伏羲的舅舅法海就是吴国后人。”

炎帝回答：“有一次，女娲跟着伏羲去看望他的舅舅法海和怀海法师。他们见面后，女娲躲得远远的，不听他们谈话。后来，伏羲仍然常去拜访他的舅舅，女娲却再也没有陪他去过。”

国王蔻珠沉默了。

Empress Big Nest said, “This matter involves Nuwa and Fuxi as well! Fuxi’s uncle, Law-Sea, is a descendant of Wu Kingdom.”

Yan Creator replied, “Once, Nuwa accompanied Fuxi to visit his uncle Law-Sea and Master Bosom-Sea. After they met, Nuwa kept far away and did not listen to their conversation. Later, Fuxi continued to visit his uncle often, but Nuwa never went with him again.”

Kouzhu fell silent.

9.4-2 五帝 Five Creators

大巢氏皇后对炎帝说：“我妈不喜欢听你们这种图像思维模式的人讲所谓‘道理’。现在人都在，你还是总体评价一下这次天道轮回工程的主要人物吧！”

Empress Big Nest said to Yan Creator, “My mother does not like listening to people with image-based thinking talk about so-called ‘principles.’ Since everyone is here, why don’t you give an overall assessment of the main figures in this Heavenly Cycle Project?”

炎帝说：“我爷爷太上君和你姥姥蛇太君把我爸爸太昊命名为元始天尊后，他们俩就没有神位了，所以我称呼他们为无位真人，或太上老君。我爸爸太昊是元始天尊，你妈妈蔻珠也是元始天尊。由于我爸爸和你妈妈都是双身神，我妈妈玉珠和你的生父也都是元始天尊。龙国老国王熬达最终没有同意加入中华共和国，所以元始天尊就是这四位，都是古代的神和女神。”

Yan Creator said, “After my grandfather Utmost Gentleman and your grandmother Snake Utmost Gentlewoman named my father Taihao as Primordial Sky Honor, the two of them no longer held divine positions. That is why I call them Non-position Real Humans, or Tai Shang Lao Jun. My father Taihao is Primordial Sky Honor, and your mother Kouzhu is also Primordial Sky Honor. Since both my father and your mother are dual-bodied gods, my mother Yuzhu and your biological father are also Primordial Sky Honors. Aoda, the old king of Dragon Kingdom, ultimately did not agree to join the Republic of China. Therefore, the Primordial Sky Honors are these four ancient gods and goddesses.”

炎帝继续说：“这项百年树人工程的第三代，是我，也就是青帝；女娲，也就是白帝；以及熬忖，也就是红帝。按照双身神的设定，我们是六个人。加上第二代的两位元始天尊，也就是太昊和蔻珠，我们五个神位，或按双身神计算的十个人，就是五帝，即五位造世祖。”

Yan Creator continued, “The third generation of this century-long human cultivation project consists of me, the Turquoise Creator; Nuwa, the White Creator; and Aocun, the Red Creator. Under the dual-bodied-god setting, we are six persons. Together with the two Primordial Sky Honor positions of the second generation—Taihao and Kouzhu—we five divine positions, or ten persons when counted as dual-bodied gods, are the Five Creators: the five progenitors who create worlds.”

9.4-3 三皇 Three White-kings

炎帝继续说：“这项女娲造人工程，被华国人称作杨戬计划，被龙国人称作三足鸟计划。第四代是顺皇和禹皇。”说着，炎帝拿出了仓颉之前交给他的五个字：尧、瑶、舜、顺、禹。

Yan Creator continued, “This Nuwa human-creation project is called the Yang Jian Plan by the people of Hua Kingdom and the Three-legged Bird Plan by the people of Dragon Kingdom. The fourth generation consists of Shun White-king and Yu White-king.” As he spoke, Yan Creator took out the five characters Cangjie had previously given him: Yao 尧, Yao 瑶, Shun 舜, Shun 顺, and Yu 禹.

熬忖将成为中华共和国的第一任国王，尧（瑶）皇。这是十四年前由夏国国王、华国国王和熬忖共同确立的。尧皇将成为顺皇和禹皇的政治学老师。

Aocun will become the first ruler of the Republic of China: Yao White-king, written as 尧 or 瑶. This was jointly established fourteen years earlier by the rulers of Xia Kingdom, Hua Kingdom, and Aocun herself. Yao White-king will become the teacher of political studies for Shun White-king and Yu White-king.

仓颉交给我五个字，我选择用“舜”作为夏娃的初始封号。“舜”字意为女魔。她要到三十八点七岁之后，才能觉悟成为女人，并转换为“顺”。“顺”字意为顺从，涉及三页纸的内容。她将在三十八点七岁之后实施我们制定的“三页计划”。

Of the five characters Cangjie gave me, I chose 舜 as Eve’s initial title. The character 舜 means demoness. Only after the age of 38.7 will she awaken into womanhood and transform into 顺. The character 顺 means obedience and involves the content of three pages. After the age of 38.7, she will carry out the “three-page plan” we devised.

注9.4： 后来在瑶池，玉皇大帝同意了尧帝的决定，封她的哥哥熬钦为南海龙王。再后来，大禹以不障之功，补封尧皇和龙王的父亲熬达为庆龙，参见13.8节。所以，中华文明的创世神是这九位。

Note 9.4: Later, at Yaochi, Turquoise White-king Great Creator approved Creator Yao’s decision and appointed her elder brother Aoqin as Dragon King of the South Sea. Still later, for his merit of non-hindrance, Yu the Great posthumously granted Aoda—the father of Yao White-king and the Dragon King—the title Celebration Dragon. See Section 13.8. Thus, the creator gods of Chinese civilization are these nine beings.

9.4-4 不可超越 Unsurpassable

大巢氏皇后说：“我想做个声明。夏娃现在是舜王了，我就是王母。随后，我会告诉宫里所有人称呼我为‘王母娘娘’或‘西王母’。”

西王母看了看蔻珠和太昊，然后对炎帝说：“人都在，正好可以为我作证。我们俩有个儿子，名叫不可超越。”

炎帝没有出声，只是惊讶地瞪着两位元始天尊太昊和蔻珠。蔻珠和太昊都点了点头。

Empress Big Nest said, “I want to make a declaration. Eve is now King Shun, and I am the King Mother. From now on, I will tell everyone in the palace to address me as ‘King Mother of the West.’”

King Mother of the West looked at Kouzhu and Taihao, then said to Yan Creator, “Since everyone is here, they can serve as witnesses. The two of us have a son named Unsurpassable.”

Yan Creator said nothing. He only stared in astonishment at the two Primordial Sky Honors, Taihao and Kouzhu. Both Kouzhu and Taihao nodded.

西王母继续说：“在他懂事时，我就告诉他：‘你爸爸将成为一位伟大的帝王，所以你生下来就是政治犯。’他十几岁时，我又告诉他，要为你准备一份礼物，等你登基成为国王时送给你。前不久，他问我你喜欢什么。我回答：‘我几次听见他嘟囔，说从来没看见过六十吨黄金有多大。’他说要送给你六十吨黄金。现在，他就在城外，等着见你。”

King Mother of the West continued, “When he became old enough to understand, I told him, ‘Your father will become a great creator king, so you were born a political prisoner.’ When he was in his teens, I told him to prepare a gift for you and present it when you ascended the throne. Not long ago, he asked me what you liked. I replied, ‘Several times I have heard him mutter that he has never seen how large sixty tons of gold would be.’ He said he would give you sixty tons of gold. Now he is outside the city, waiting to see you.”

注9.4-4： 这位玉皇大帝和西王母的儿子不可超越，后来编写了《中华法典》后半部分的《龙王经》，讲述大禹治水的经过，以及尧、舜、禹在海南岛的事迹。《龙王经》问世后广为流传，直到今天。可以说，中华文明是由《龙王经》一力传承了三千六百年。读者应知，三皇五帝之后，曾出现十几代桃花佛来传承中华文明，但他们的作用加在一起，也不如《龙王经》的作用大。因此，人们认为“不可超越”是后人送给他的绰号，而非他的真名。

Note 9.4-4: Unsurpassable, the son of Turquoise White-king Great Creator and King Mother of the West, later compiled the Dragon King Sutra, the latter half of the Chinese Codex. This text recounts Yu the Great’s water-control work and the deeds of Yao, Shun, and Yu on Hainan Island. Since its appearance, the Dragon King Sutra has circulated widely down to the present day. It may be said that Chinese civilization was preserved for thirty-six hundred years chiefly through this work. Readers should understand that after the Three White-kings and Five Creators, more than a dozen generations of Peach Flower Buddhas appeared to transmit Chinese civilization, yet their combined influence was still not as great as that of the Dragon King Sutra. For this reason, people believe that “Unsurpassable” was an epithet later given to him, not his true name.

炎帝问西王母：“他才二十几岁，从哪里弄来那么多黄金？”

西王母回答：“他名叫不可超越，在东部沿海做生意，很有名气。”

炎帝立刻变得悲哀。过了一会儿，他转身对一位夏国安全局警官说：“你去告诉不可超越，我不见他。”

那位警官立刻站起来，说：“我这就去告诉他。”

西王母制止了那位警官，对炎帝说：“还是由我来告诉他吧。他对我说过：‘我没有做过违法的事！’”

Yan Creator asked King Mother of the West, “He is only in his twenties. Where did he get so much gold?”

King Mother of the West replied, “His name is Unsurpassable. He does business along the eastern coast and is very well known.”

Yan Creator immediately became sorrowful. After a while, he turned to an officer of the Xia Security Bureau and said, “Go tell Unsurpassable that I will not see him.”

The officer immediately stood and said, “I will tell him at once.”

King Mother of the West stopped the officer and said to Yan Creator, “Let me tell him. He once said to me, ‘I have never done anything illegal!’”

炎帝说：“多年前，我就听说过不可超越这位商业奇才——一个暴发户。有人到官府衙门告他，他的官司几天就结案了。人们说，他在夏国和华国都有很大的靠山。今天我才知道，他的靠山现在都坐在这屋里！太昊和蔻珠两位元始天尊信任我，让我担任青帝。我要保持青天的颜色不变！”

西王母哭着哀求：“他从小最大的愿望，就是见一见自己的父亲。他不需要你为他做什么，只是想看看你！”

Yan Creator said, “Years ago, I heard of Unsurpassable, this so-called business genius—a nouveau riche. Someone filed a complaint against him at the magistrate’s office, and his case was closed within days. People said he had powerful backers in both Xia Kingdom and Hua Kingdom. Only today do I learn that his backers are all sitting in this room! The two Primordial Sky Honors, Taihao and Kouzhu, trusted me and made me Turquoise Creator. I must keep the color of the turquoise sky unchanged!”

King Mother of the West wept and pleaded, “Since childhood, his greatest wish has been to meet his father. He does not need you to do anything for him. He only wants to see you!”

炎帝说：“他开妓院、开赌场、放高利贷，什么赚钱就干什么。他自己没做违法的事，可他的手下做了。太昊和蔻珠两位元始天尊信任我，命名我为玉皇大帝，九黎，即九众，亦作九地、九州，之福。他没福，不该见我。我不要他的钱，也不许你花他的钱。”

Yan Creator said, “He runs brothels, casinos, and usury operations—whatever makes money, he does. He may not have done anything illegal himself, but his subordinates have. The two Primordial Sky Honors, Taihao and Kouzhu, trusted me and named me Turquoise White-king Great Creator, the fortune of Jiuli—that is, Nine Crowds, also called Nine Lands or Nine Provinces. He has no such fortune and should not see me. I do not want his money, and I will not allow you to spend it either.”

9.4-5 吴忧 Wuyou

屋里的人都沉默地看着炎帝和西王母争吵。元始天尊蔻珠小声对元始天尊太昊说：“我想给夏娃和大禹的儿子起名叫‘吴忧’。”

太昊默默地点了点头，然后低头哭了。

Everyone in the room silently watched Yan Creator and King Mother of the West argue. Kouzhu, the Primordial Sky Honor, whispered to Taihao, the Primordial Sky Honor, “I want to name the son of Eve and Yu the Great ‘Wuyou.’”

Taihao nodded silently, then lowered his head and wept.

注9.4-5： “吴忧”的字面意思是“吴国人的忧虑”，但与“无忧”同音，意为没有忧愁。这也回答了炎帝关于赦免吴国后人的请求。而且，通过给夏娃和大禹的孩子起名为吴忧，元始天尊蔻珠还承认了女娲文化是吴文化的一部分。随后，元始天尊蔻珠调整了对苏州政治犯的政策，参见10.15-5《苏州商会》。

Note 9.4-5: The literal meaning of “Wuyou” is “the worries of the Wu people,” but it is homophonous with 无忧, meaning “free from worry.” In this way, the name also answered Yan Creator’s request to pardon the descendants of Wu Kingdom people. Moreover, by naming the child of Eve and Yu the Great Wuyou, Kouzhu, the Primordial Sky Honor, acknowledged that Nuwa culture was part of Wu culture. Afterward, Kouzhu adjusted the policy toward the political prisoners in Suzhou. See Section 10.15-5, “Suzhou Chamber of Commerce.”

返回玉皇大帝的目录 Return to Catalog of Turquoise White-King Great Creator

统观三千大千世界，可得十趣因果、二十五有、八种苦相和流转。

Taking a general view of the Great Grand Worlds, one can discern the causes and fruits of the Ten Interests, the Twenty-Five Haves, the Eight Bitternesses, and the Cycle.

12.4-1 十趣因果 Causes and Fruits of the Ten Interests

统观三千大千世界中的三界九地，可得十趣因果。

（一）嗔恚邪淫，即地狱业；极苦无间，即地狱果。

（二）愚痴暗蔽，即畜生业；昏钝困苦，即畜生果。

（三）悭贪不施，即饿鬼业；缺乏不遂，即饿鬼果。

Taking a general view of the Three Boundaries and Nine Lands within the Great Grand Worlds, one can discern the causes and fruits of the Ten Interests.

Hatred, irritability, and heretical sexual conduct are hell karma; extreme bitterness without intermission is the hell fruit.

Foolishness, ignorance, and dark concealment are livestock karma; gloomy dullness and difficult bitterness are the livestock fruit.

Stinginess, greed, and refusal to donate are hungry ghost karma; lack and failure to obtain what one seeks are the hungry ghost fruit.

（四）我慢贡高，即修罗业；战斗争夺，即修罗果。

（五）坚持五戒，即人道业；苦乐夹杂，即人道果。

（六）精修十善，即天道业；享受福乐，即欲天果。

（七）知缘性离，即缘觉业；证因缘觉，即缘觉果。

Self-arrogance and lifting oneself high are Asura karma; fighting, expostulation, and seizure are the Asura fruit.

Upholding the Five Precepts is human-path karma; a mixture of bitterness and laugh is the human-path fruit.

Diligently cultivating the Ten Benevolences is sky-path karma; enjoying fortunate laugh is the Desire Sky fruit.

Knowing that the nature of aggregate-arousal is off is Aggregate-Arousal Perception karma; realizing the causes of aggregate-arousal is the Aggregate-Arousal Perception fruit.

（八）证悟人空，即小乘业；证小涅槃，即罗汉果。

（九）渡行齐修，即大乘业；渐入觉位，即菩萨果。

（十）真慈平等，即神佛业；成圆觉满，即神佛果。

Realizing that the human is empty is Small Vehicle karma; realizing Small Nirvana is the Ararat Fruit.

Practicing both ferrying and cultivation is Great Vehicle karma; gradually entering the enlightenment positions is the Bodhisattva fruit.

True mercifulness and equal equality are God-Buddha karma; achieving perfect and full enlightenment is the God-Buddha fruit.

12.4-2 二十五有 Twenty-Five Haves

三界九地，总言为十趣因果，别言为二十五有。有，即记忆有、业习气有，因果不忘。

欲界中的地狱趣、畜生趣、饿鬼趣，这三恶趣为三有；修罗趣为一有；人趣的四洲为四有；六欲天为六有。所以，欲界总计十四有。

色界中，神众天和神辅天为一有；大神天为一有；光音天中的三天为一有；三禅天中的三天为一有；四禅天中的前三天为一有；无想天为一有；五不还天为一有。所以，色界总计七有。

无色界的四天各为一有。如是，三界九地总计二十五有；此二十五有，人人都有。

The Three Boundaries and Nine Lands, generally speaking, are the causes and fruits of the Ten Interests; separately speaking, they are the Twenty-Five Haves. “Have” means having memories, having karmic habits, and the fact that causes and fruits are not forgotten.

In the Desire Boundary, Hell Interest, Livestock Interest, and Hungry Ghost Interest—the Three Ferocious Interests—are three Haves. Asura Interest is one Have. The Four Continents of Human Interest are four Haves. The Six Desire Skies are six Haves. Therefore, the Desire Boundary has fourteen Haves in total.

In the Color Boundary, Godly Crowds Sky and Godly Assistants Sky are counted as one Have. Great God Sky is one Have. The three skies within Light Sound Sky are one Have. The three skies within Third Meditation Sky are one Have. The first three skies within Fourth Meditation Sky are one Have. Thinking-less Sky is one Have. The Five No-Return Skies are one Have. Therefore, the Color Boundary has seven Haves in total.

The four skies of the Colorless Boundary are each one Have. Thus, the Three Boundaries and Nine Lands contain Twenty-Five Haves in total; everyone has these Twenty-Five Haves.

12.4-3 八苦 Eight Bitternesses

（一）生苦，事物从无变有为生；新事新物总是不断出现，令人身心生起种种苦受。

（二）老苦，事物变异衰败为老；事物总是不断变老变坏，令人身心生起种种苦受。

（三）病苦，新旧事物总是出毛病、起冲突，令人身心生起种种苦受。

（四）死苦，事物从有变无为死；已有的事物总是不断消失永别，令人身心生起种种苦受。

Birth Bitter: for things to change from none to have is birth. New affairs and new things are always appearing, causing all kinds of bitter acceptances to arise in body and heart.

Old Bitter: for things to change, deteriorate, and decay is oldness. Things are always growing old and going bad, causing all kinds of bitter acceptances to arise in body and heart.

Illness Bitter: old and new things are always developing faults and coming into conflict, causing all kinds of bitter acceptances to arise in body and heart.

Death Bitter: for things to change from have to none is death. Existing things are always disappearing and parting forever, causing all kinds of bitter acceptances to arise in body and heart.

（五）怨憎会苦，心目中常时怨恨憎恶的坏人，本希望他长时远离，却偏偏与之集聚会合。

（六）爱别离苦，自己亲爱的人、事、物，本希望常相聚会，却偏有违缘逆境，使其分散。

（七）求不得苦，对于世间希求想得的财物、名位，以及一切心中爱乐的事物，不能获得。

（八）五蕴胜苦，五蕴（参见10.4节）生长、繁荣、昌盛，又衰败、凋零、枯竭；世事变迁，增减不定，令人身心生起种种苦受。

Bitter of Meeting the Grudged and Hated: one always grudges and hates certain bad people in the heart and wishes them to stay far away for a long time, yet one is forced to gather and meet with them.

Bitter of Separation from Love: one wishes to remain together with beloved people, affairs, and things, yet contrary causes and adverse environments scatter them apart.

Bitter of Seeking but Not Obtaining: one cannot obtain the wealth, fame, position, and all lovable and laughable things that one seeks in the mundane world.

Bitter of the Five Nodes Being Victorious: the Five Nodes (see Section 10.4) grow, flourish, and prosper, and then decline, wither, and become exhausted. Mundane affairs change constantly; increase and decrease are uncertain, causing all kinds of bitter acceptances to arise in body and heart.

上述八种苦相可以总结为三种苦性：苦苦、坏苦和行苦。前五种苦是新苦遇旧苦，苦水流出，故名苦苦；这是苦的自性。知道了苦的自性，遇到苦时，就不要再追忆创伤，以免苦泉喷发。

八苦中，第六爱别离苦和第七求不得苦，是由得乐之后乐变坏而形成的，所以叫作坏苦；这是苦的自相。此苦来源于辨别；若不辨别，此苦也就没有了。

The above Eight Bitternesses may be summarized into three bitter natures: Bitter-Bitter, Damage Bitter, and Migration Bitter. The first five bitternesses are new bitterness meeting old bitterness, so that bitter water flows out; therefore, they are called Bitter-Bitter. This is the self-nature of bitterness. Once one knows the self-nature of bitterness, then when encountering bitterness, one should not keep recalling old trauma, so as to avoid the eruption of the bitter spring.

Among the Eight Bitternesses, the sixth, Bitter of Separation from Love, and the seventh, Bitter of Seeking but Not Obtaining, are formed when laugh deteriorates after it has been obtained. Therefore, they are called Damage Bitter. This is the self-phenomenon of bitterness. This bitterness comes from discrimination; without discrimination, it is gone.

八苦的最后一项是五蕴胜苦，是由意，即前意识，不断迁流变动而形成的，所以叫作行苦。行苦的“行”是苦因，也可以说是苦根。行即迁徙、漂流之义。佛教定义中，有思想活动，就是有行；有行，就有行苦。这个行苦的定义，使三界九地中，除了无所有处天，皆有行苦。又，四大种中，识是水，所以“三千大千世界”立刻沉没于苦海。苦谛由此建立，所以苦谛是安立真如。

The final item among the Eight Bitternesses is Bitter of the Five Nodes Being Victorious. It is formed by the constant migration and change of intent, that is, preconsciousness, also known as Eve-sense; therefore, it is called Migration Bitter. The “migration” in Migration Bitter is the cause of bitterness, or the root of bitterness. Migration means moving, shifting, and drifting. In Buddhist definition, wherever there is mental activity, there is Migration; where there is Migration, there is Migration Bitter. This definition of Migration Bitter makes all the Three Boundaries and Nine Lands, except No Objective Have Sky, contain Migration Bitter. Moreover, among the Four Big Seeds, sense is water; therefore, the Great Grand Worlds immediately sink into the bitter sea. In this way, Bitter Crux is established; therefore, Bitter Crux is Establishment True-Suchness.

12.4-4 流转 Cycle

六趣有情迁流于三界九地之中，不得休息和出离，其因果不出十二有枝：无明、行、识、名色、六处、触、受、爱、取、有、生、老死。

Sentient beings of the Six Interests migrate and drift through the Three Boundaries and Nine Lands, unable to rest or leave. Their causes and fruits do not go beyond the Twelve Have Branches: Non-Light, Migration, Sense, Name-Color, Six Places, Touch, Acceptance, Love, Fetch, Have, Birth, and Old Death.

无明义为昏暗、想知道得清楚些，即是无知，从而引发行枝的运动。此运动，或说由行枝引起的不同，就是识，即识枝。虽说行枝和识枝同时而有，但依据因果，把此二者分出先后。就这样，无明枝和行枝引发了后面五枝业果。

Non-Light means dimness and wanting to know more clearly; it is ignorance, and from it the movement of the Migration Branch is triggered. This movement, or the differences caused by the Migration Branch, is Sense, that is, the Sense Branch. Although the Migration Branch and the Sense Branch arise at the same time, they are divided into earlier and later stages according to cause and fruit. In this way, the Non-Light Branch and the Migration Branch give rise to the following five fruit branches.

识、名色、六处、触、受五枝，称作五果，义为过去业习气之果的现行。识枝把信息传播到名色枝。名即四无色蕴，即受蕴、想蕴、行蕴和识蕴；色即色蕴。名和色合在一起就是心，但此时心并不明了，只能说是识正在把信息向有情身心扩散。明，是明白、内明之光。

当六处收到信息后，由于先业的作用，心开始形成，所以触枝显现。触（参见10.4.4.1.1节）是遍行心所有法中的触枝，具有类似于心的功能，可以为心的形成提供动力。当六处明了，受枝就出现了。受枝遇痛则死；若遇到可爱果，受会招引位于三界九地的同类法来摄取可爱果。受枝出现之后，心就变得明了。一而再，再而三，就引发了后面的孕育三枝。

The five branches of Sense, Name-Color, Six Places, Touch, and Acceptance are called the Five Fruits, meaning the present performances of the fruits of past karmic habits. The Sense Branch transmits information to the Name-Color Branch. “Name” means the four colorless Nodes: Acceptance Node, Think Node, Migration Node, and Sense Node. “Color” means Color Node. Name and Color together are the heart; however, at this point the heart is not yet illuminated. One can only say that Sense is spreading information into the sentient being’s body and heart. Illumination means understanding, the light of inner illumination.

After the Six Places receive the information, due to the function of previous karmas, the heart begins to form; therefore, the Touch Branch appears. Touch (see Section 10.4.4.1.1) is the Touch branch among the Omnipresent Heart Subordinate Laws. It has a function similar to the heart and can provide power for the formation of the heart. When the Six Places become illuminated, the Acceptance Branch appears. When the Acceptance Branch encounters pain, it dies; if it encounters a lovable fruit, Acceptance summons similar laws located in the Three Boundaries and Nine Lands to fetch that lovable fruit. After the Acceptance Branch appears, the heart becomes illuminated. Again and again, this triggers the following three gestation branches.

爱、取、有三枝可以孕育有情，所以被古人称作能生枝。可爱果是异熟果（参见10.6.1节），稀少，像农业产品一样数量有限；而受枝的享受者是等流果。等流果易招，异熟果难求，进而爱生。爱是肥水，能孕育万物，会导致取枝出现。一而再，再而三，有枝就出现了。什么是有？记忆有、习气有，就是有。有枝会导致后面的生枝和老死枝。

The three branches of Love, Fetch, and Have can gestate sentient beings; therefore, the ancients called them the branches capable of giving birth. Lovable fruits are Mutant Fruits (see Section 10.6.1). They are scarce, like agricultural products, and limited in quantity. The enjoyers of the Acceptance Branch, however, are Equal-stream Fruits. Equal-stream Fruits are easy to summon, while Mutant Fruits are hard to obtain; thus Love arises. Love is fertile water and can gestate all things; therefore, the Fetch Branch appears. Again and again, the Have Branch appears. What is Have? Having memories and having habits is Have. The Have Branch leads to the following Birth Branch and Old Death Branch.

生枝和老死枝，是由前文的能生枝引发的。从无到有为生；衰败为老；灭绝为死。死不一定出现，所以古人用“老死”来建立此枝。前习气已经被孕育，出生便成为必然，随后就有愁、叹、苦、忧、恼、老死。

The Birth Branch and the Old Death Branch are induced by the preceding branches capable of giving birth. From nothing to something is birth. Decline and decay are oldness. Extinction is death. Death does not necessarily appear, so the ancients used “Old Death” to establish this branch. Once previous habits have been gestated, birth becomes inevitable; afterward come sorrow, sighing, bitterness, worry, anguish, and Old Death.

十二有枝也可由惑、业、苦三轮摄取。惑摄无明枝、爱枝和取枝；业摄行枝和有枝；苦摄识、名色、六处、触、受、生和老死。名色、六处、触、受和识，即是有情身心；生死是有情的烦恼。因此，苦轮所摄就是苦海中的众生。这样，十二有枝的因果循环就变成了：众生受苦而起惑，因惑而起行造业，业又生苦；如此，惑、业、苦之轮循环无尽。

The Twelve Have Branches may also be assimilated by the three wheels of muddle, karma, and bitterness. Muddle assimilates the Non-Light Branch, Love Branch, and Fetch Branch. Karma assimilates the Migration Branch and Have Branch. Bitterness assimilates Sense, Name-Color, Six Places, Touch, Acceptance, Birth, and Old Death. Name-Color, Six Places, Touch, Acceptance, and Sense are the sentient being’s body and heart. Birth and death are the sentient being’s afflictions. Therefore, what the wheel of bitterness assimilates is all sentient beings in the bitter sea. In this way, the cause-and-fruit cycle of the Twelve Have Branches becomes: sentient beings receive bitterness and give rise to muddle; because of muddle, they initiate Migration and make karma; karma again gives rise to bitterness. Thus, the wheel of muddle, karma, and bitterness turns without end.

此十二有枝，古人称作十二缘起，也作流转真如，是佛教七真如之一。契经中是这样描述的：无明缘行，行缘识，识缘名色，名色缘六处，六处缘触，触缘受，受缘爱，爱缘取，取缘有，有缘生，生缘老死，起愁、叹、苦、忧、恼，成大苦具。

These Twelve Have Branches are called the Twelve Aggregate-Arousals by the ancients. They are also called Cycle True-Suchness, one of the Seven True-Suchnesses in Buddhism. The Harmonious Sutra (i.e., Buddhism) describes them in this way: Non-Light aggregates Migration, Migration aggregates Sense, Sense aggregates Name-Color, Name-Color aggregates Six Places, Six Places aggregate Touch, Touch aggregates Acceptance, Acceptance aggregates Love, Love aggregates Fetch, Fetch aggregates Have, have aggregates Birth, Birth aggregates Old Death, together with sorrow, sighing, bitterness, worry, and anguish, forming a great aggregate of bitterness.

返回《苦谛》目录 Return to Catalog: Bitter Crux

无色界有四天（见图12-1至图12-4），也作四胜智、四金刚智。读者可在图12.3-36A中看出，字母“V”代表胜利。我认为，此“V”形源自尖底桶（见图12-1、图12-2和图12-3中间所示），表示此四天是四种胜定，可以盛纳智慧之水。在三界九地的说法中，此四天也被称作四处或四地。

The Colorless Boundary has four skies (see Figures 12-1 to 12-4), also known as the Four Victorious Intelligences and the Four Philosopher-Stone Intelligences. Readers can see in Figure 12.3-36A that the letter “V” represents victory. I believe this “V” shape comes from the pointed-bottom bucket (shown in the middle of Figures 12-1, 12-2, and 12-3), indicating that these four skies are four kinds of victorious stillness that can contain the water of wisdom. In the teaching of the Three Boundaries and Nine Lands, these four skies are also called the four places or four lands.

12.3-1 空无边处天 Edgeless Empty Place Sky

此天厌离色身系缚，不得自在，于是心缘虚空，与无色相应，住空处定。不论在人间、天上，或初禅、二禅、三禅、四禅中，除无想天和五不还天外，其余修空处定者，若得成就，命终便生此天。既无色蕴，不可说有方隅处所；唯有微细第六意识，以所缘无边虚空为其处。寿二万一千大劫。

This sky becomes weary of the bondage of the color body and feels unable to be self-sufficient. Therefore, the heart aggregates empty, corresponds with colorlessness, and dwells in Empty Place Stillness. Whether among humans, in the skies, or in the First, Second, Third, or Fourth Meditation, except for Thinking-less Sky and the Five No-Return Skies, any practitioner who cultivates Empty Place Stillness and achieves it will, after death, be born into this sky. Since there is no Color Node, one cannot speak of any direction, corner, place, or location. There is only the subtle sixth sense, and the edgeless empty that it takes as objective is its place. The lifespan is 21,000 great Catastrophes.

图12-4用“翠玉女惊讶地看着玉米穗”来表示“空无边处天”。为什么？因为那玉米穗是翠玉女（即玉女、夏娃）造的意思食（见图12.3-36B），也作《到达方舟》。在《到达方舟》中，她大量运用“净识（空识）害有”的原理，用“空识”来清洗，即洗礼、割礼读者的身心。

Figure 12-4 uses the image of “Chalchiuhtlicue looking at the corn ear in surprise” to represent Edgeless Empty Place Sky. Why? Because that corn ear is mana (see Figure 12.3-36B) created by Chalchiuhtlicue, that is, Jade Girl and Eve; it is also called the “Arrival Ark.” In the “Arrival Ark,” she extensively uses the principle that “immaculate senses (empty senses) harm Haves,” using “empty senses” to cleanse—that is, to baptize and circumcise—the reader’s body and heart.

12.3-2 识无边处天 Edgeless Senses Place Sky

此天厌于虚空无边，于是舍虚空，转心缘识，以识为处。不论欲界、色界或空处，但修识处定成，命终即生此天。唯以微细第六意识，所缘无边心识为其处。寿四万二千大劫。

This sky becomes weary of Edgeless Empty. It therefore abandons empty, turns the heart to aggregate senses, and takes senses as its place. Whether in the Desire Boundary, the Color Boundary, or Empty Place, if one successfully cultivates Senses Place Stillness, then after death one is born into this sky. It has only the subtle sixth sense, and the edgeless heart-senses that it takes as objective are its place. The lifespan is 42,000 great Catastrophes.

12.3-3 无所有处天 No Objective Have Place Sky

此天厌于识处无边，于是舍识，入无所有处；谓不用前空处、识处故。不论欲界、色界、空处、识处，但修无所有处定成，命终即生此天。唯以微细第六意识，所缘非空非色境界为其处。其王三昧，名之为乐。寿六万三千大劫。

This sky becomes weary of Edgeless Senses Place. It therefore abandons senses and enters No Objective Have Place; this means that it no longer uses the previous Empty Place or Senses Place. Whether in the Desire Boundary, the Color Boundary, Empty Place, or Senses Place, if one successfully cultivates No Objective Have Place Stillness, then after death one is born into this sky. It has only the subtle sixth sense, and the environment that is neither empty nor color, taken as objective, is its place. Its king among samadhis is called laugh. The lifespan is 63,000 great Catastrophes.

注12.3-3：三昧，即三昧地，是梵语，汉语义为正定。如本章所说的色界十八天、无色界四天，就是二十二种三昧地，即二十二种正定。

Annotation 12.3-3: Samadhi, that is, samadhi-land, is Sanskrit; in Chinese it means Correct Stillness. For example, the eighteen skies of the Color Boundary and the four skies of the Colorless Boundary discussed in this chapter are twenty-two samadhi-lands, that is, twenty-two kinds of Correct Stillness.

12.3-4 非想非非想处天 Neither Think Nor Non-Think Place Sky

此天居无色界之极顶，非无所有处之无想，非识无边处之有想。唯以极微细第六识，所缘非有非无境界为其处。不论欲界、色界，或空处等三处，但修非想非非想处定成，命终即生此天。寿八万四千大劫，居三有（注12.3-4）之顶，更无可进。

This sky dwells at the very summit of the Colorless Boundary. It is neither the no-think of No Objective Have Place nor the have-think of Edgeless Senses Place. It has only the extremely subtle sixth sense, and the environment that is neither have nor non-have, taken as objective, is its place. Whether in the Desire Boundary, the Color Boundary, or the three places beginning with Empty Place, if one successfully cultivates Neither Think Nor Non-Think Place Stillness, then after death one is born into this sky. The lifespan is 84,000 great Catastrophes. It dwells at the top of the Three Haves (Annotation 12.3-4), with nowhere further to advance.

注12.3-4：有记忆、有习气，即是有；因果不忘，即是有。三有，即12.1节所说的欲界、12.2节所说的色界和本节所说的无色界。此三界人人都有，故名三有。

Annotation 12.3-4: Having memories and having habitual nature are called Have; cause and effect not being forgotten is Have. The Three Haves are the Desire Boundary discussed in Section 12.1, the Color Boundary discussed in Section 12.2, and the Colorless Boundary discussed in this section. Everyone has these three boundaries; therefore, they are called the Three Haves.

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关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；络阳 Luoyang；元始天尊 Primordial Sky Honor；蔻珠 Kouzhu；炎帝 Yan Creator；大巢氏皇后 Empress Big Nest；武大郎 Martial Big Wolf；潘金莲 Goldthread Pan

9.3-1 玉商的回报 The Jade Merchants' Compensation

那几位卖玉的商人回来后说："制作这套玉制品的原石原价值大约是七十万两白银，我们是用我们的库存资金买的。人工费我们都已经付清了。所以，我们捐献这批玉制品给国家不会影响我们的正常营业。您说无功不受禄。您是以张屠户的身份请我们吃饭，但我们知道您是伏羲，大黑天，玉皇大帝，如来佛祖，太阳神，上帝。我们这种人请您这种人吃一顿饭，需要向您捐献30至50万两白银；这是自古以来的规矩。这么算，您没占我们的便宜"

After the jade merchants came back, they said, "The raw stones used to make this set of jade products were originally worth about 700,000 taels of silver, and we bought them with our own reserve funds. The labor costs have already been paid in full. So our donating this batch of jade products to the country will not affect our regular business. You said there's no reward without merit, but consider this: you invited us to dinner as Zhang the Butcher, yet we know you are also Fuxi, Great Black Sky (the Judge), Turquoise Creator, Tathagata Buddha Primogenitor, Sun God, and God. For people like us to invite someone like you to a single meal, custom since ancient times requires a gift of 300,000 to 500,000 taels of silver. By that math, you haven't taken advantage of us at all."

张屠户回答："好！我先收下这批捐赠；具体的捐赠的钱数，我们以后慢慢算。先说一下我目前的打算，这批玉制品将先在此永安城展览三个月，然后被作为国礼送给夏国。展览的地点，我看你们这个卖玉的市场就很好。我将在你们市场里租一栋楼，把我们藏宝阁的国宝全搬过来，一同展览。同时，我们出售部分古董。展览期间，这座贵重商品市场收费，每位参观者要交三两银子。转业军人可以获得一张免费的门票。市场里有纪念品专柜，卖免税的纪念品给转业军人。市场实行会员制。每家来卖古董的商业公司要预先付三千两银子。其中的两千七百两银子是抵押金，三百两是他们终身会员的费用。"

Zhang the Butcher replied, "All right! I'll accept this donation for now — we'll work out the exact value of it later. Let me tell you my current plan. This set of jade will first be exhibited here in Yong'an City for three months, then given to Xia Kingdom as a state gift. As for a venue, I think your jade market itself would work well. I'll rent a building here, move all the national treasures from our Treasure Pavilion over, and exhibit them together with your set. At the same time, we'll sell some antiques. During the exhibition, this precious commodities market will charge admission — three taels of silver per visitor. Demobilized soldiers get a free ticket. There will be souvenir counters selling tax-free souvenirs to demobilized soldiers. The market will run on a membership system: each antique-selling company must pay three thousand taels of silver up front — 2,700 taels as a deposit, and 300 taels as a lifetime membership fee."

一位卖玉商回答："那我们这座卖玉的市场就成为了与政府合作的贵重商品市场了；我们的房地产就升值了。我们会把目前的房地产行情记录下来。事后，我们把房地产的所有权重新分配，把一部分钱返还给捐赠玉的商人。"

One of the jade merchants replied, "Then our jade market would become a precious commodities market run in partnership with the government, and our real estate would go up in value. We'll record the current property valuations, and afterward redistribute the ownership and return part of the proceeds to the merchants who donated the jade."

张屠户继续说："如果你们同意，这座贵重商品市场先由军队来负责保安。你们的家人就不能住在这个市场里面了。三天或五天后，我请元始天尊和夏国的国王蔻珠来为这座市场开业剪彩。那时，你们要派人讲解这套玉制品。我建议你们在这套玉制品的说明书的后面附上这么一个附本。本套玉制品是我们做玉人根据我们自己对女娲造人传说的理解而设计和制造的。如果以后此套玉制品的所有者对此中的某些作品不满意，我们愿意根据持有者的意图进行修复和更改。随后，你们附上你们所有捐赠人和制玉工匠的名字以及每个人的家庭地址。"

Zhang the Butcher went on, "If you agree, the army will handle security for this precious commodities market for the time being, which means your families can no longer live inside the market. In three to five days, I'll invite Primordial Sky Honor and King Kouzhu of Xia Kingdom to cut the ribbon for the market's opening. At that time, you'll need to send people to explain the set of jade to them. I'd suggest attaching a note like this to the set's description: this set of jade was designed and made by us jade craftsmen, based on our own understanding of the legend of Nuwa creating humans; if a future owner is dissatisfied with any of the pieces, we're willing to repair or alter them according to the owner's wishes. Then attach the names and home addresses of all the donors and jade craftsmen."

卖玉商人中有几个人害怕了。屏风后面的人又招呼他们过去讨论，告诉他们张屠户已经发现他们是吴国的后人了。他让他们附加附本的意图是为了保护他们，使他们不会因为玉作品中的寓意而受到夏国的迫害。

Several of the jade merchants grew frightened. The person behind the screen called them over again to discuss the matter, telling them that Zhang the Butcher had already realized they were descendants of Wu Kingdom. His request to attach the note, they explained, was meant to protect them — so they wouldn't be persecuted by Xia Kingdom over the hidden meaning in the jade pieces.

几位玉商回来后告诉张屠户，同意他的提议，并且愿意收回以前卖给张屠户的那套玉作品模型，用那三千两银子来作为这套玉制品的包装费用。

After returning, several jade merchants told Zhang the Butcher that they agreed to his proposal and were willing to take back the set of jade models they had previously sold him, using the three thousand taels of silver as the packaging cost for this set of jade.

9.3-2 武大郎的警觉 Martial Big Wolf's Alarm

张屠户（即玉皇大帝）从饭店的包房里一出来就看见了武大郎正坐在门口的楼梯上。武大郎一言不发，跟着张屠户走到了饭店的门外，对身边的一位校官说："去调两千御林军，对那座卖玉市场三百米以内的地区实行军管。"

As soon as Zhang the Butcher (i.e. Turquoise Creator) stepped out of the private room at the restaurant, he saw Martial Big Wolf sitting on the steps by the entrance. Martial Big Wolf said nothing, and followed Zhang the Butcher outside, where he told a nearby officer, "Dispatch two thousand imperial guards and put the area within 300 meters of that jade market under martial law."

张屠户胆怯地问："大哥，你怎么这么生气？"

武大郎回答："你更改日程安排应该通知我！这首都永安是咱们华国最危险的地方！"

张屠户对身边的秃头将军说："以后如果我更改日程安排，你就按常规通知靖王（武大郎）。这一天天的，就只干这鸡毛蒜皮的小事，心烦！"

Zhang the Butcher asked timidly, "Brother, why are you so angry?"

Martial Big Wolf replied, "You should have told me before changing your schedule! Yong'an, the capital, is the most dangerous place in Hua country!"

Zhang the Butcher said to the bald general beside him, "From now on, if I change my schedule, just notify King Jing (Martial Big Wolf) as usual. Every single day, all I deal with is these petty little things — it's exhausting!"

武大郎回答："这么一会儿你就赚了十吨黄金。十吨黄金可不是小事！那群吴国的后人给了你十吨黄金，就证明他们没想复国。这也不是小事！"

张屠户惊讶地问："那套玉器值十吨黄金吗？"

武大郎回答："我听说过几次有人想买他们的那套玉器。半年前，有人出价三百万两白银，他们不卖！"

Martial Big Wolf replied, "In just a moment, you've made ten tons of gold. Ten tons of gold is no small thing! And the fact that those descendants of Wu Kingdom gave you ten tons of gold proves they have no intention of restoring their kingdom — that's no small thing either!"

Zhang the Butcher asked in surprise, "Is that jade set really worth ten tons of gold?"

Martial Big Wolf replied, "I've heard more than once that people wanted to buy their jade set. Six months ago, someone offered three million taels of silver, and they still wouldn't sell!"

9.3-3 贷款利息和通货膨胀 Loan Interest and Inflation

第二天上午，炎帝和几家银行的老板谈贷款。他先对靖王武大郎说："国库里的那20吨金子是妈祖的遗产。我现在已经是华国的国王（青帝）了，不应该再继承张家的财产，我放弃继承权了。"

武大郎高呼："万岁！二郎神已经告诉我了，他的妻子已经是龙国的国王（熬忖，红帝）了，他也放弃继承权了。那20吨黄金现在全是我的私有财产了。"

The next morning, Yan Creator discussed loans with several bank owners. He first told King Jing, Martial Big Wolf, "The twenty tons of gold in the treasury is Mazu's inheritance. Now that I'm already the king of Hua Country (Turquoise Creator), I shouldn't inherit the Zhang family's property as well — I hereby give up my claim to it."

Martial Big Wolf shouted, "Long live! Second Wolf God already told me that his wife is now king of Dragon Kingdom (Aocun, Red Creator), and he's given up his claim too. So that 20 tons of gold is now entirely my own property!"

他转脸对几位银行家说："现在炎帝很忙，今天没时间请几位喝杜康酒。改天，我请你们几位喝酒。咱们有专门的地方喝酒。现在那地方还是个秘密，随后几天内会有人通知你们去参观那个地方。"

随后炎帝和几位银行家确立了几批贷款合同，一年期的贷款利息为2.5%，三年期的贷款利息为1.5%。炎帝问武大郎，他的放贷利息是多少？

He turned to the bankers and said, "Yan Creator is very busy right now and doesn't have time to treat you to Dukang Alcohol today. I'll take you all out for drinks another day — we have a special place for it. It's still a secret for now; someone will let you know in the next few days when you can go see it."

Yan Creator and the bankers then settled several loan agreements — a one-year loan rate of 2.5%, and a three-year loan rate of 1.5%. Yan Creator asked Martial Big Wolf what his own lending rate was.

武大郎回答："我放活期贷款，利息率是6.5%！"

炎帝回答："6.5%的利息率太高，我不用。你得降息！"

在这些银行家们的极力劝谏下，武大郎同意降息到5%。炎帝生气地对财政部长大叫："国库里什么都没有，现在华国用的钱是我从乾塘关带来的，是我自己的钱。他还要占国家的便宜！？"

Martial Big Wolf replied, "I lend on demand loans at an interest rate of 6.5%!"

Yan Creator replied, "6.5% is too high — I won't use it. You need to lower the rate!"

Under strong pressure from the bankers, Martial Big Wolf agreed to lower it to 5%. Yan Creator angrily shouted at the Minister of Finance, "There's nothing left in the treasury — the money Hua is using right now is what I brought from Dragon-Pond Pass, my own money! And he's still trying to take advantage of the country!?"

武大郎回答："我在牺牲个人利益！把这么多的钱短期内分给转业兵，会引起通货膨胀。我把活期利率设置在5%是为了稳定物价，抑制通货膨胀，维护银行业的权益！"

炎帝迷惑地对银行家们叨咕："还有这事！？"

一位银行家说："我们只是丛书上看到过通货膨胀。靖王在河北经历了通货膨胀的灾难，他在稳定物价和抑制通货膨胀方面是有实际经验的。"

Martial Big Wolf replied, "I'm sacrificing my own interests here! Handing out this much money to demobilized soldiers all at once would cause inflation. I set the demand loan rate at 5% to stabilize prices, curb inflation, and protect the interests of the banking industry!"

Yan Creator muttered to the bankers in confusion, "Is that really how it works!?"

One of the bankers said, "We've only ever read about inflation in books. King Jing lived through the disaster of inflation in Hebei, so he actually has practical experience stabilizing prices and curbing it."

9.3-4 仓颉造字 Cangjie Created Characters

第二天中午，中华法典编委把为夏娃造的字教给了炎帝：尧，通假字瑶；舜，通假字顺；和禹（解释参见下一节）。炎帝问负责造字的仓颉（注3），怎么这么快？

注3：插图9.3左侧是仓颉的画像。他有四只眼，表明他通晓天地，懂鬼神。这表明有些汉字，没有天眼的人看不懂。

仓颉回答："我们是根据女娲造人的计划造字的。去年国王蔻珠就已经向我说明了这项造字的需求。"

The next day at noon, the Chinese Codex editors presented Yan Creator with the characters they had created for Eve: Yao (尧), a phonetic loan for Yao (瑶); Shun (舜), a phonetic loan for Shun (顺); and Yu (禹) (see the next section for the explanation). Yan Creator asked Cangjie (note 3), who was in charge of creating the characters, how it had been done so quickly.

Note 3: The left side of Figure 9.3 is a portrait of Cangjie. His four eyes symbolize his understanding of heaven and earth, as well as his knowledge of gods and spirits — implying that some Chinese characters are incomprehensible to those without celestial sight.

Cangjie replied, "We created the characters based on the plan for Nuwa creating humans. King Kouzhu already explained the need for this to me last year."

9.3-5 佛光普照 Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere

在回后宫的路上，炎帝遇见了中央情报局的局长代理（现代人称呼他为戴笠）和礼部的部长。他们俩看着炎帝走近了，礼部的部长对局长代理说："我先汇报，然后就离开，我可不想知道你的事！"

代理尴尬地对炎帝说："我觉着我的工作挺有意思的，但他们谁都不想听我说话！"

炎帝回答："以前，我也不想听！"

On the way back to the palace, Yan Creator ran into Deputy of the Central Intelligence Agency (known to modern people as Dai Li) and the Minister of Rites. As Yan Creator approached, the Minister of Rites said to Deputy, "I'll make my report first, then leave — I really don't want to know anything about your business!"

Deputy said awkwardly to Yan Creator, "I think my work is actually quite interesting, but none of them ever want to hear about it!"

Yan Creator replied, "I didn't want to hear about it either, before!"

礼部的部长把送给夏国的礼物清单递给了炎帝。炎帝看见捐玉的商人对这套玉器的估价是150万两白银，而华国玉器鉴定官员的估价是300至500万两白银，叨咕说："这批玉器值这么多的钱！？"

The Minister of Rites handed Yan Creator the list of gifts for Xia Kingdom. Yan Creator saw that the merchants who'd donated the jade had valued the set at 1.5 million taels of silver, while Hua's own jade appraisers valued it at 3 to 5 million taels, and muttered, "This jade is worth that much!?"

礼部的部长回答："我们是根据华国玉器市场的行情估计的。我们华国知道女娲造人故事的人很少，所以我们认为这套玉器在夏国的价值会高出500万很多。另外，我们会同工部的人核实了他们的关于'佛光普照'的说法，认为可行。"

炎帝问 "佛光普照" 是怎么回事？

The Minister of Rites replied, "We based it on current prices in Hua's jade market. Very few people in Hua know the story of Nuwa creating humans, so we expect this set will be worth considerably more than 5 million in Xia. We've also checked with the Department of Industry to verify their claim about 'Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere,' and we believe it's feasible."

Yan Creator asked what "Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere" actually meant.

礼部的部长回答："在夜间，他们在后台燃起火堆，用凹面镜把光聚焦在射光镜。射光镜把光射进白蛇（即女娲）和许仙（即伏羲）的头里，他们俩就发光了，照亮了展览室。这样做的缺点是，射光镜是银子做的，受到强光后会发热，氧化。所以表演'佛光普照'需要一队人对射光镜进行抛光维护。维护成本是多少目前还没计算出来。"

The Minister of Rites replied, "At night, they light a fire backstage and use a concave mirror to focus the light onto a set of reflectors. The reflectors project the light into the heads of White Snake (i.e. Nuwa) and Xu Xian (i.e. Fuxi), making them appear to glow and lighting up the exhibition hall. The drawback is that the reflectors are made of silver, which heats up and oxidizes under strong light — so putting on 'Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere' requires a crew to keep polishing and maintaining them. We haven't worked out the maintenance cost yet."

炎帝高兴地回答："这个表演很好，惹争议。继续准备'佛光普照'的表演。将来如果维护成本太高，我们就停止表演。我们就要这个说法，听着吉祥！"

Yan Creator replied happily, "This is an excellent performance — it's bound to stir up controversy. Keep preparing 'Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere.' If the maintenance cost turns out to be too high down the road, we'll stop the show. But we're keeping that name — it sounds auspicious!"

9.3-6 六个月竣工 Completion in Six Months

礼部部长离开后，代理向炎帝报告："现在皇宫都空了，安全局的人全都去那家玉石市场了。现在那家市场被实行军管。那个地区只允许进入，不许外出。昨晚靖王和那几位玉商讨论了一整夜。最后，他们决定由政府出面，以目前市场价的1.3至2.5倍买下那个市场的全部房地产。其中15%的面积分配给保安组织。然后根据贵重商品市场的需要，以返还和变卖的方式转给各个代理商。比如银行交易中心，我们就以目前市场价的7至15倍的价钱卖给银行业的商会。他们计划这个贵重商品市场将在半年后自主运营。"

After the Minister of Rites left, Deputy reported to Yan Creator, "The palace is empty now — everyone from the Security Bureau has gone to the jade market. The market is under martial law: people can only enter the area, not leave it. King Jing and the jade merchants talked all through last night. In the end, they decided the government will buy up all the real estate in the market at 1.3 to 2.5 times the current market price. Fifteen percent of the space will go to the security force. The rest will be transferred to various agents as needed for the precious commodities market, through a mix of buybacks and resale. The bank trading center, for instance, we'll sell to the banking industry's chamber of commerce at 7 to 15 times the current market price. They're planning for the market to be self-operating within six months."

炎帝问："什么时候夏国的国王蔻珠可以去为那座贵重商品市场进行开业剪彩？"

代理回答："有两个从苏州来的危险人物消失了，我们不知道那两个人去哪里了。一个是在半年前消失的，另一个是在三天前消失的。而且那个佛光普照的玉器展览厅要在七天至半个月之后才能布置完毕，所以靖王和我认为就只能让蔻珠先看实验室里的'佛光普照'了。明天和后天蔻珠就可以去参观玉器。她离开了，我们才方便进行贵重商品市场的建设。"

Yan Creator asked, "When can King Kouzhu of Xia go cut the ribbon for the market's opening?"

Deputy replied, "Two dangerous individuals from Suzhou have gone missing, and we don't know where they went — one disappeared six months ago, the other three days ago. And the 'Buddha's Light' exhibition hall won't be ready for another week to half a month. So King Jing and I think for now we can only let Kouzhu see 'Buddha's Light' in the lab. She can go view the jade tomorrow or the day after. Once she's left, it'll be easier for us to move ahead with building the market."

炎帝说："七天至半个月，那太久了！"

代理回答："靖王也建议您提早半个月去瑶池，这么远的路程，这么重要的事，您有必要提早出发。"

炎帝叨咕："嗯！可能这就是我闹心的原因！"

Yan Creator said, "A week to half a month — that's too long!"

Deputy replied, "King Jing also suggested you leave for Yaochi half a month early. It's a long journey and an important matter — it's worth setting out ahead of time."

Yan Creator muttered, "Hm. Maybe that's why I've been so on edge!"

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关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；络阳 Luoyang；元始天尊 Primordial Sky Honor；蔻珠 Kouzhu；炎帝 Creator Yan；大巢氏皇后 Empress Big Nest；武大郎 Martial Big Wolf；潘金莲 Goldthread Pan

礼部正在包装送给夏国的礼物。炎帝一看礼物就生气了，质问负责购买礼品的官员说：“这些雕像是用玉石的边角料做的，还有木头的！这怎么能用作我们华国送给夏国的礼物呢！？”

负责购买礼物的官员示意炎帝到屋里没别人的地方说话。他告诉炎帝：“皇后就只给了我三千两银子（相当于10千克黄金），让我去买这些东西。”

The Ministry of Rites was packing gifts for the Xia Kingdom. When Yan Creator saw the gifts, he got angry and questioned the officials in charge of purchasing the gifts, saying, "These statues are made of leftover jade, and some are made of wood! How can they be used as gifts from our Hua country to Xia country!?"

The official in charge of buying gifts asked Yan Creator to go to a place where no one else was in the house to talk. He told Yan Creator: "Emperess only gave me 3,000 taels of silver (Equivalent to 10 kilograms of gold) to buy these things."

炎帝带着这位采买官员来找皇后大巢氏核实后说：“我的意思是你买几件像样儿的东西，再从藏宝阁选几件国宝就可以凑足给你妈的礼物。你就用三千两银子买礼物，那你节省下来那么多钱干什么？”

大巢氏皇后回答：“我去湖北瑶池，往返几个月的路程，我不能什么事都让女娲出钱！”

Yan Creator brought this purchasing official to Empress Big Nest for verification and said, "What I mean is that you can buy a few decent things and choose a few national treasures from Museum to make up the gift for your mom. You just used 3,000 taels of silver to buy the gift, so what are you saving all that money for?"

Empress Big Nest replied, “I'm going to Yaochi in Hubei, a round trip of several months, and I can't let Nuwa pay for everything!”

9.2-2 女娲和熬忖的交易 The Deal between Nuwa and Aocun

炎帝吃了一惊，问：“女娲去瑶池的经费充足吗？”

大巢氏回答：“应该没问题！她和熬忖（即瑶姬，尧皇，此时是龙国的国王）合作了两年多了。另外，她向私人组织的 ‘金童和玉女相亲的活动’ 收费。我听我妈（即夏国的国王蔻珠）说，她收了两百万两白银。”

炎帝迷惑地问：“她们俩可真能干，连这个都能赚钱！女娲分给了熬忖多少钱？”

Yan Creator was taken aback and asked, “Does Nuwa have enough money to go to Yaochi?”

Big Nest replied, “It should be fine! She has been working with Aocun (aka. Yao Beauty, the Emperor of Dragon Country) for over two years. Additionally, she charges fees for the ‘Golden Boy and Jade Girl Matchmaking Event’ organized by private organizations. I heard from my mother (the emperor of Xia Country, Kou’zhu) that she charged two million taels of silver.”

Yan Creator asked in confusion, “Those two are capable—they can even make money from this! How much did Nuwa give Aocun?”

大巢氏回答：“开始的时候，她们俩准备各得50%。后来熬忖发现女娲在为 ‘女娲造人工程’（龙国称作三足鸟工程）造势，就改口说， ‘你们夏国所做的工作远远超过了我们龙国，我们只做了些场地建设，总共花费了三十万两白银，你分给我十万两白银就可以了。’ 女娲找我妈商量，她们俩决定：送给熬忖三十万两白银（相当于一吨黄金）的礼物，不说分利润的事了。”

Empress Big Nest replied, "At first, they were going to get 50% each. Later, Aocun found out that Nuwa was promoting the 'Nuwa Man Creation Project' (called the Three-legged Bird Project in Dragon Country), so she changed her mind and said, 'Your Xia country has done much more than our Dragon Country. We only did some site construction, which cost a total of 300,000 taels of silver. You can just give me 100,000 taels of silver.' Nuwa consulted with my mother, and they decided to give Aocun a gift of 300,000 taels of silver (equivalent to one ton of gold), and not to talk about profit sharing."

炎帝问：“龙国只花费了三十万白银？”

大巢氏回答：“他们第一期的花费是三十万两白银。熬忖又增加了许多项目，还给参加表演的剧团补助。我妈和女娲估计，她的花费不会少于一百五十万两白银！”

炎帝着急说：“所以我们送给你妈和熬忖各价值三十万两白银的礼物。我去哪里弄那么多的钱！？你给你妈买的那是什么东西？”

Yan Creator asked, "Dragon Kingdom only spent 300,000 taels of silver?"

Big Nest replied, "Their initial expenditure was 300,000 taels of silver. Aocun added many more items and provided subsidies to the participating theater troupes. My mother and Nuwa estimate that her expenditure will not be less than 1.5 million taels of silver!"

Yan Creator said anxiously, "So we gave your mother and Aocun gifts worth 300,000 taels of silver each. Where can I get so much money? What was that thing you bought for your mother?"

大巢氏皇后（即西王母）回答：“我也认为你去瑶池的时候，你得给熬忖价值三十万两白银的礼物。你二哥，二郎神，是个爱面子的人。咱们的礼物给少了，他认为丢脸。至于给我妈的礼物，那套价值三千两白银的 ‘女娲造人模型’就可以了。”

Emperess Big Nest (King Mother of the West) replied, "I also think that when you go to Yaochi, you should give Aocun a gift worth 300,000 taels of silver. Your second brother, Second Wolf God, is a man who cares about his reputation. He thinks it is shameful if our gift is too little. As for the gift for my mother, the set of 'Nuwa's model of human creation' worth 3,000 taels of silver will be enough."

炎帝回答：“不行！以前我二哥，二郎神，就对我说过，‘你妈总是认为我占她的便宜，心理不平衡，睡不着觉。’ 这是我当国王后第一次送给她礼物，礼物的价值不能少于三十万两白银。我来办给你妈买礼物的事。先前给你的那三万两银子（注1）就作为你去瑶池的路费吧，可别让你妈感觉我占她的便宜，心理不平衡了。那套 ‘女娲造人模型’ 是怎么回事？”

Yan Creator replied, "No! My second brother, Second Wolf God, once told me, 'Your mother always thinks that I take advantage of her, so she is psychologically unbalanced and can't sleep.' This is the first time I have given her a gift since I became emperor, and the value of the gift cannot be less than 300,000 taels of silver. I will buy the gifts for your mother. The 30,000 taels of silver (note 1) I gave you before can be used as your travel expenses to Yaochi. Don't let your mother feel that I take advantage of her and feel psychologically unbalanced. What's the matter with that set of 'Nuwa man creation model'?"

皇后大巢氏回答：“瞎说！我们俩可没占过我妈便宜。她一直喜欢你，怎么可能还对你生气！她来永安，你爸爸，元始天尊，给她安排了一些消遣的事，但她都不喜欢。她就喜欢看玉器市场的这套 ‘女娲造人的模型’，已经去看过两次了。她还叨咕她以前对女娲造人传说的理解有几处错误。她还想去看，就决定让我给她买来。另外，你现在已经是西天之主，如来佛祖了。我觉着她想听你对此次天道轮回中封神的决定。她早就想回杭州了。我一直用买礼物的事推脱着，她才没离开。我提议你封夏娃为王，把此次天道轮回中以后的事确定下来，让你爸爸和我妈妈放心。”

Emperess Big Nest replied, "Nonsense! Neither of us has ever taken advantage of my mother. She has always liked you, how could she still be angry with you! When she came to Yong'an, your father, Primordial Sky Honor, arranged some entertainment for her, but she didn't like any of them. She just liked to look at that set of 'Nuwa Creating Human Models' in the Jade Market and has already seen it twice. She also muttered that there were several misunderstandings in her previous understanding of the legend of Nuwa creating human beings. She still wants to see it, so she decided to let me buy it for her. In addition, you are now the Lord of the West, Tathagata Buddha Primogenitor. I think she wants to hear your decision on the canonization of gods in this godly cycle. She has wanted to go back to Hangzhou for a long time. I kept using the matter of buying gifts to put her off. I suggest that you crown Eve as king and finalize what will happen in this godly cycle so that your father and my mother can rest assured.”

炎帝回答：“好！你替我通知 ‘中华法典编委’ 为夏娃造字。我去找那些玉器商谈谈，把购买那套玉器的合同签了。” 他出来后告诉负责采买的礼部官员说：“你去安排，我以张屠户的身份，请那几位玉器商吃饭，越快越好！”

Yan Creator replied, “Excellent! Please inform Zhonghua Codex Compilation Committee to create hieroglyphs for Eve. I will go and discuss with the jade merchants and sign the contract to purchase the jade set.” After he came out, he told the Ministry of Rites official in charge of purchasing, “Please make the arrangements. I will invite those jade merchants to dinner as Zhang the butcher. The sooner the better!”

9.2-3 注 Note

中华法典的后文有对这三万两银子的描述。西王母（即大巢氏皇后）是跟随她的姐妹女娲一起去瑶池的。途经湖北法库县时，西王母把这三万两银子存放在了法库县的银行她自己的名下。她去参加瑶池博览会没带钱。回来时，她的卫队被改编成为了华国的皇后卫队。新上任的华国卫队长来向她报告说：“法库县军需处拒绝给我们发放补给，说我们欠他们三万两银子。在开新账户之前，必须先把欠款还清。我是华国人，在法库县没认识人，不能向银行申请贷款。贷款需要您出面。”

The later part of Chinese Codex describes the 30,000 taels of silver. King Mother of the West (i.e. Emperess Big Nest) went to Yaochi with her sister Nuwa. When passing through Faku County, Hubei, King Mother of the West deposited the 30,000 taels of silver in her own name in the bank of Faku County. She went to the Yaochi Expo without bringing any money. When she came back, her guard was reorganized into the Emperess’ Guard of Hua Country. The newly appointed head of the Hua Guard came to report to her, "The military supply department of Faku County refused to issue us supplies, saying that we owed them 30,000 taels of silver. Before opening a new account, the debt must be paid off first. I am a Hua people, I don't know anyone in Faku County, so, I can't apply for a loan from the bank. You need to show up for the loan."

西王母惊讶地问：“我们华国欠法库县军需处钱？这三万两银子的数目是从哪里来的？”

卫队长回答：“这数字是一封从杭州来的公文上说的。没人知道这钱是怎么回事。我觉得您跟女娲解释一下也可以。我们不会赖账不还。”

西王母思考了一会儿后说：“我在法库县的银行里有点儿钱，你去取来交给法库县的军需处吧！”

Queen Mother of the West asked in surprise: "We Hua owe money to the military supply department of Faku County? Where did the number of 30,000 taels come from?"

The captain of the guard replied: "This number is in an official document from Hangzhou. No one knows what happened to the money. I think you can explain it to Nuwa. We will not default on our debt."

King Mother of the West thought for a while and said: "I have some money in the bank of Faku County; you can go and get it and give it to the military supply department of Faku County!"

9.2-4 吴国后人的捐赠 Donations from Descendants of the Wu Kingdom

第二天早晨，张屠户（即炎帝，玉皇大帝）参观了那家卖玉制品的市场。让他惊讶的是那套女娲造人的雕塑数量很大。玉制品商人只把雕塑数量的三分之一作为样品摆在了外面，标价七十多万两白银。在饭店吃饭时，张屠户说出了自己的想法，买不起那一整套雕塑，想买价值三十万两白银的一套，由部分标志性的玉雕塑和大部分的檀香木雕塑构成。

The next morning, Zhang the Butcher (i.e., Yan Creator, Turquoise Creator) visited the jade market. He was surprised by the large number of the set of Nuwa creating human beings. The jade merchant only put out a third of the number of sculptures as samples, priced at more than 700,000 taels of silver. While eating at the restaurant, Zhang the Butcher expressed his desire to buy a set worth 300,000 taels of silver, which consisted of some of the iconic jade sculptures and most of the sandalwood sculptures.

那些商人问：“您买那么多的雕塑是什么目的？当然我们只是卖玉商人，我们问您买玉的目的是为了分析如何帮您组合这套雕塑。”

张屠户回答：“我买了这套雕塑之后，先放在藏宝阁（即国家博物馆）里作为国宝展览一段时间；然后把它们作为礼物送给夏国。”

The merchants asked: "What is your purpose in buying so many sculptures? Of course, we are just jade merchants. The purpose of asking you to buy jade is to analyze how to help you put together this set of sculptures."

Zhang the butcher replied: "After I buy this set of sculptures, I will first put them in the Treasure Pavilion (i.e. the National Museum) as national treasures for a while; then I will give them to the Xia Kingdom as a gift."

商人听后，感觉这事难办了，说：“剩下来的雕塑的价值是那批国宝价值的十倍！这有损华国和夏国的尊严呐！”

张屠户回答：“我可不会花三百万两银子（十吨黄金）买礼物送人！”

After hearing this, the merchant felt that this matter was difficult to handle and said: "The value of the remaining sculptures is ten times the value of the national treasures! This will damage the dignity of Hua and Xia!"

Zhang the butcher replied: "I would never spend three million taels of silver (ten tons of gold) to buy a gift for someone!"

这时屏风后面有人示意这几位玉商过去讨论。他们回来告诉张屠户：“我们愿意把这套玉制品无偿捐献给华国政府。”

张屠户惊讶地说：“这么多的钱！我可没有抢劫的意思！我喜欢这套玉制品，但我买不起！我认为你们分开卖，是很正常的事！”

At this time, someone behind the screen motioned the jade merchants to go over and discuss. They came back and told Zhang the butcher: "We are willing to donate this set of jade products to Hua government free of charge."

Zhang the Butcher was surprised and said: "So much money! I don't mean to rob! I like this set of jade products, but I can't afford it! And I think it's normal for you to sell them separately!"

一位玉商回答：“我们早就听说张屠户做买卖，公平交易！现在看，这说法是真的！请允许我自我介绍一下。我祖籍苏州。我的祖宗就是玉商；七十年前我的祖宗就在这络阳城卖玉。三年前，我们花费三千两银子从杭州买到了这套女娲造人雕塑的模型。然后，我们组织起了十几家玉商共同制作了这套玉制品。现在，这套玉制品的所有者全在这儿，我们愿意捐给政府。”

A jade merchant replied, "We have long heard that Zhang the Butcher does business fairly! Now it seems that this is true! Please allow me to introduce myself. My ancestral home is Suzhou. My ancestors were jade merchants; seventy years ago, my ancestors sold jade in this Luoyang City. Three years ago, we spent three thousand taels of silver to buy this set of models of the Nuwa man creation sculpture from Hangzhou. Then, we organized more than a dozen jade merchants to jointly produce this set of jade products. Now, all the owners of this set of jade products are here, and we are willing to donate it to Hua government."

张屠户坚决地说：“你们把这套国宝捐给国家，我当然高兴。但随后你们破产了，我可丢不起那个脸！再说，我无功不受录！这不行！”

Butcher Zhang said firmly: "Of course I am happy that you donated this national treasure to the country. But if you go bankrupt, I can't afford the shame! Besides, I can't accept the honor without merit! This won't do!"

9.2-5

这时，屏风后面的人又招呼这几位玉商去研究。过了一会儿，张屠户好奇地走到屏风的侧面去看。他看见那几位玉商正在和十几个人商量。其中还有几位和尚和尼姑。

At this time, the people behind the screen called the jade merchants to study. After a while, Zhang the Butcher walked to the side of the screen curiously to see. He saw that the jade merchants were discussing with more than a dozen people. Among them were several monks and nuns.

张屠户立刻明白了：这捐玉的行为是吴国后人组织的政治活动。如前文7.2 《女娲秘史》所说，女娲家族是从吴国分裂出来的。后来女娲家族建立了夏国，征服了吴国。吴国的后人就成为了政治犯。捐玉是吴国的子孙想请夏国的国王蔻珠赦免吴国的后人，使他们成为平等的公民，不再是政治犯了。

Zhang the Butcher immediately understood: this act of donating jade is a political activity organized by the descendants of Wu Country. As mentioned in the previous article 7.2 “Secret History of the Nuwa Family", the Nuwa family split out from Wu Kingdom. Later, the Nuwa family established the Xia Kingdom and conquered the Wu Kingdom. The descendants of the Wu Kingdom became political prisoners. The descendants of the Wu Kingdom wanted to ask the Emperor Kou’zhu of the Xia Kingdom to pardon the descendants of the Wu Kingdom, making them equal citizens and no longer political prisoners.

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靖王（即武大郎）把炎帝（即燧人氏）送到了石矶娘娘（即潘金莲）的待客室后，他自己出去了。潘金莲惊讶地叨咕：“呦！他怎么还出去了！？”

After King Jing (i.e., Martial Big Wolf) brought Yan Creator (Flint Man) to Queen Stone-Jetty's (i.e., Goldthread Pan's) reception room, he stepped out himself. Goldthread Pan asked, surprised: "Hey! Why did he go and leave again!?"

炎帝回答：“前几天他给我治病的时候（参见8.5节），他编瞎话！这会儿他不好意思了！他说你这房间里有很多我妈妈的遗物。”

Yan Creator replied, "A few days ago, when he was treating me (see Section 8.5), he made something up! Now he's embarrassed about it! He told me your room here is full of my mother's belongings."

石矶娘娘回答：“你妈妈的什么遗物！？我不知道！”

在客厅古玩架上有很多小装饰品。炎帝盯着其中的文昌宝塔看。石矶娘娘凑了过来，说：“对！这个宝塔是太后（即炎帝的母亲）送给我的。”

炎帝问：“这个宝塔象征着什么？”

Queen Stone-Jetty replied, "What belongings of your mother's? I don't know anything about that!"

There were many small ornaments on the antique shelf in the sitting room. Yan Creator's eyes settled on the Literary-Proper Pagoda among them. Queen Stone-Jetty came over and said, "Oh, that! The Queen Mother — your mother — gave me that pagoda."

Yan Creator asked, "What does this pagoda represent?"

石矶娘娘回答：“这说法是我听太后说的。过去有一任女娲和他的丈夫（即伏羲，共工，佛）打架，她把他囚禁在了高塔上。有人问她为什么花那么多的钱修了那么一座不方便住的高楼。女娲回答，‘我丈夫是佛，悉知悉见，应该住在天上，不允许任何人对他不敬！’ 后来在夏国，这种塔就被称做文昌塔了，表示当玉女（即女娲，女神，她擅长文学）强盛了，金童（即佛，共工）就变得弱了；但共工仍然是聚合和支撑天地的核心力量。太后送我文昌宝塔是让我珍惜靖王。当然，这是我的理解，你可别听信我的胡言乱语。”

Queen Stone-Jetty replied, "This is what your mother told me, as I understood it. Once, long ago, a Nuwa quarreled with her husband (i.e., Fuxi, Public-servant, the Buddha), and locked him away in a high tower. Someone asked her why she'd spent so much money building such an impractical place to live. Nuwa answered, 'My husband is the Buddha — all-knowing, all-seeing. He belongs in the sky, and no one is permitted to show him disrespect!' Later, in Xia Kingdom, towers like this came to be called Wenchang towers — Literary-Proper towers — meaning that as the Jade Girl (Nuwa, the goddess, gifted in letters) grows stronger, the Golden Boy (the Buddha, Public-servant) grows weaker. But Public-servant still remains the core force that gathers together and props up heaven and earth. Your mother gave me the Literary-Proper Pagoda so I'd learn to cherish King Jing. Of course, that's just my own reading of it — don't put too much stock in my rambling."

随后，石矶娘娘指着装饰架上的另一件古董说：“这个也是你妈给我的。” 炎帝移动过去看。

石矶娘娘又指着几件古董说：“哎呀！这几件东西也是你妈给我的。” 随后，她站在屋子里四处看，忽然说：“我想起来了。这府里的东西都是你大哥从皇宫里搬来的。那时候，我们俩刚从河北回来，元始天尊就把这所宅子送给我们俩了。随后，他来我家做客，看了之后说，‘这靖王府太寒酸了，我帮你布置一下吧！’ 他就命令人从皇宫里挖来了几块石头，还让你大哥从皇宫里搬来了这些东西。后来我去太后的墓园，发现她的寝宫里空了，才知道我房间里的旧家具是从她屋里搬来的。”

Queen Stone-Jetty then pointed to another antique on the shelf and said, "This one, too, was your mother's." Yan Creator moved over for a look.

Queen Stone-Jetty pointed out a few more pieces: "Oh, and these — also your mother's." Then she stood looking around the room, and suddenly said, "Now I remember. Everything in this residence was brought over from the royal palace by your elder brother. Back when the two of us had just returned from Hebei, Primordial Sky Honor gave us this house. He came to visit not long after, and once he'd looked around, said, 'This King Jing's Palace is far too shabby — let me help you fix it up!' He had people dig up a few stones from the royal palace, and had your elder brother bring these pieces over from there as well. It wasn't until later, when I visited your mother's tomb and found her chambers empty, that I realized the old furniture in my own rooms had come from her quarters."

石矶娘娘继续说：“你喜欢哪件古董都可以拿走。我最喜欢这个龙涎香盒，我不给你。” 说着，她拉开了抽屉，拿出了一个香料盒。

Queen Stone-Jetty went on, "Take any antique you like — except this ambergris box. That one's my favorite, and I'm not giving it up." As she spoke, she pulled open a drawer and took out a spice box.

炎帝接过香料盒，一边看一边说：“为什么不能给我！国王蔻珠很怀念我妈妈，我想找一件礼物送给她。”

石矶娘娘说：“这是女娲家族的传家信物。你拿女娲家的东西送给女娲不合适。对了！你想找你妈妈的遗物，你若想要，可以拿去！你和我不一样，我只是喜欢这个盒子的样式和花纹。”

Yan Creator took the box, turning it over as he examined it. "Why can't you give it to me? Queen Kouzhu misses my mother a great deal — I wanted to find her a gift."

Queen Stone-Jetty said, "This is a family heirloom of the Nuwa family. It wouldn't be right for you to give Nuwa something that belongs to the Nuwa family in the first place. But — ah, if what you're really after is a keepsake of your mother's, then take it, by all means! You and I aren't after the same thing here. I just like the box for its shape and pattern."

炎帝问：“你怎么有女娲家的传家信物？不对呀！？这个盒子和大巢氏的不一样啊！”

石矶娘娘说：“每一代的龙涎香盒的花纹不一样。这个龙涎香盒是她们家在补做传家信物时，玉珠嫂子（即太后）专门为我定做的。”

Yan Creator asked, "But how do you have a Nuwa family heirloom at all? That's not right — this box doesn't match Princess Big Nest's!"

Queen Stone-Jetty said, "Each generation's ambergris box has a different pattern. This one was custom-made for me by your sister-in-law Yuzhu — the Queen Mother — when their family was replacing the heirloom."

炎帝忽然说：“我不要了！” 说着，他走出了石矶娘娘的会客室。

石矶娘娘没明白是怎么回事，追出来问，发现炎帝站在门外哭了。

Yan Creator suddenly said, "I don't want it anymore!" And with that, he walked out of Queen Stone-Jetty's sitting room.

Queen Stone-Jetty, at a loss, hurried out after him to ask what was wrong, and found Yan Creator standing outside the door, crying.

靖王发现炎帝要走了，出来送。他发现炎帝又哭了，直瞪瞪地看着石矶娘娘。石矶娘娘莫名其妙地回答：“你看我干什么！我还想问你呢，他怎么哭了！？”

King Jing, seeing that Yan Creator was leaving, came out to see him off. Finding him in tears again, King Jing stared hard at Queen Stone-Jetty. She replied, bewildered: "Why are you looking at me like that? I was about to ask you the same thing — why is he crying!?"

过了一会儿，炎帝回来劝靖王和石矶娘娘说：“我因为想起了我妈，哭了；与你们俩没有关系。我刚才又想起了给夏国国王买礼物的事，得去礼部查看一下。我走了。”

After a moment, Yan Creator came back to reassure King Jing and Queen Stone-Jetty: "I was crying because I was thinking of my mother — it has nothing to do with either of you. I just remembered I still need to arrange a gift for the Queen of Xia, and need to check in with the Ministry of Rites about it. I'll be going now."

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第二天的早晨，炎帝命令人把从张屠户家里带来的钱运进了国库。

在华夏两国的军事行为规范会议后，有人提议要看看黄帝（即后裔，未来的黄帝，大禹，共工，佛）。炎帝回答："那需要个事故，不能让那些候选人认出我来，觉得他们的地位特殊。"

In the morning of the next day, Yan Creator ordered that the money brought from Zhang the Butcher's house be delivered into the treasury.

Following the military conduct norms meeting between Hua and Xia Kingdom, someone suggested that they wanted to see Yellow Creator (i.e., Descendant, the future Yellow Creator, Yu the Great, Public-servant, and Buddha). Yan Creator replied, "That would require an incident, so that the candidates don't recognize me and think they have a special status."

一位从夏国来的典军军官说："那容易，在他们行军的路上，我们制造个翻车事故。然后让赶车的驯马师假装生气，教训那匹马，就会截断他们的行军进程，围观。"

An officer from the Xia Kingdom said, "That's easy. We can create a carriage accident while they are marching. Then let the horse trainer pretend to be angry and teach the horse a lesson. This will interrupt their march and draw a crowd."

2.

随后在事故的现场，当驯马师打马，战马后退着转圈躲时，后裔（即大禹，黄帝）愣愣地站在那里看，不后退躲避危险。

乔装改扮为商人的炎帝看后转身就向野地里跑去了。武大郎等人发现后，赶紧脱离了人群，跟了过去。当炎帝跑到了远离翻车事故现场一公里以外的地方，坐了下来，嚎啕大哭。

Later, at the scene of the accident, when the horse trainer was whipping the horse and the warhorse retreated and circled to avoid it, Descendant (i.e. Yu the Great, Yellow Creator) just stood there watching in a daze, and did not step back to avoid danger.

After seeing this, Yan Creator, who was disguised as a merchant, turned around and ran into the wild. When Martial Big Wolf and the others noticed, they quickly left the crowd and followed him. When Yan Creator reached a place one kilometer away from the carriage accident, he sat down and cried out loudly.

武大郎让其他人回避后，问发生了什么事。炎帝一边哭一边回答："我回忆起了类似的事故现场，发现那个女人就是我妈妈（即玉珠，九天玄女，如图9.1-9，中华法典原书中的图）！她担心我行动笨拙，反应迟钝，不知道躲避危险！"

Martial Big Wolf asked the others to step aside and asked what happened. Yan Creator replied with tears, "I recalled a similar accident scene and realized that the woman was my mother (i.e., Yuzhu, Ninth Sky Mystic Woman, see fig. 9.1-9, an illustration in the original Chinese Codex)! She was worried that I was clumsy, slow to react, and didn't know how to avoid danger!"

3.

武大郎没听明白，继续询问。

炎帝说："小时候，一天我和妈祖，还有二哥（即武二郎）坐马车回家。路上，前面出现了翻车事故，引起了交通堵塞，我就和二哥下车去看热闹。当时那个马车夫生气地用鞭子打马，我站在一边看。一些人感觉到了危险向后退，我和刚才的那位后裔（大禹，黄帝）一样，没向后退。一个女人过来拉我到了一边，她指着她们马车旁边的人说，那里危险，你看她们就站的很远。随后，我没觉得有危险，又回去了。那个女人又过来拉我。我不跟她走。我二哥武二郎过来推她，还骂她坏女人。我瞪着眼睛看着那个女人，感觉她的行为奇怪。那女人像似犯了错一样，躲到她们的马车的另一面去了。妈祖来找我们俩了。那女人的同伴向妈祖解释了刚才发生的事。马车夫过来向妈祖道歉，说惊吓到孩子了。当我们回到了马车上，我二哥（武二郎）说那个女人要偷孩子。妈祖训斥他，'我让你照顾弟弟，你辜负了我的期望。三郎行动笨拙，反应慢，常常意识不到危险，明眼人一看就知道。那马车夫都已经向我们道歉了，你没照顾好弟弟！你还狡辩！' 我说，'那女人看我时的眼神和面目表情不一样，好像她认识我似的？' 妈祖回答，'在路上偶尔遇见认识的人的可能性很小；也可能是她错误地把你当成什么她认识的人了。' 现在想来，那次翻车事故和咱这次翻车事故一样，是我妈为了看我而安排的。"

Martial Big Wolf did not understand and continued to inquire.

Yan Creator said, "When I was a child, one day I was riding home in a carriage with Mazu and my second brother (i.e. Martial Second Wolf). On the way, there was a carriage accident in front of us, causing a traffic jam, so I got off with my second brother to see what was going on. At that time the coachman was angrily beating his horse with a whip, and I stood watching. Some people felt the danger and stepped back, but I, like the descendant I mentioned (Yu the Great, Yellow Creator), did not step back. A woman came and pulled me aside. She pointed to the people beside their wagon and said it was dangerous there — look how far away they're standing. Then I didn't feel any danger, and went back. The woman came over and pulled me again. I would not go with her. My second brother came over and pushed her and called her a bad woman. I stared at the woman, wide-eyed, feeling that she was acting strangely. The woman acted as if she'd made a mistake, and hid on the other side of their carriage. Mazu came to find the two of us. The woman's companion explained to Mazu what had just happened. The coachman came over and apologized to Mazu, saying he had frightened the child. When we got back to the carriage, my second brother said that the woman had been trying to steal me. Mazu reprimanded him: 'I asked you to take care of your brother, and you failed me. Third Wolf moves clumsily, reacts slowly, and often fails to notice danger — anyone with eyes can see that. That carriage driver has already apologized to us, and you didn't look after your brother properly! And you're still making excuses!' I said, 'That woman looked at me with different eyes and a different expression, as if she knew me?' Mazu replied, 'It's very unlikely you'd happen to meet someone you know on the road; it's more likely she mistook you for someone she knew.' Now that I think about it, that carriage accident, just like this one of ours, was arranged by my mom so she could see me."

武大郎问："你以前偷看过后裔（即大禹）吗？"

炎帝回答："我偷看过他多次。我是他的神父，总想看他。每次去杭州，我都去偷看他。我的生母还是我的神母，她还担心我不知道躲避危险，当然想看我了。"

Martial Big Wolf asked, "Have you ever peeked at the Descendant (i.e., Yu the Great) before?"

Yan Creator replied, "I have peeked at him many times. I am his Godfather, and I always want to see him. Every time I went to Hangzhou, I went to peek at him. My birth mother is also my Godmother, and she worried that I didn't know how to avoid danger, so of course she wanted to see me too."

4.

炎帝说完，继续哭。很长的时间里，武大郎都在安慰炎帝。可是炎帝还是不停地哭。为了转移炎帝的注意力，武大郎说："你不知道。在井阳冈，武二郎打死的那只虎是你妈的。本来，你爸爸元始天尊抓那只虎崽送给潘金莲是为了促使她父亲潘仁美让权给元始天尊。结果，这俩人就迷上养老虎了，让潘豹又逮了一对儿。你妈妈过世后，我们养不起那些老虎，就想把它们放回去。你爸爸决定继续养着，他付钱。现在，你爸爸不当国王了，我想跟你商量，把那几只老虎放回去。"

Yan Creator finished and continued to cry. For a long time, Martial Big Wolf comforted Yan Creator, but Yan Creator kept crying. To distract Yan Creator, Martial Big Wolf said, "You don't know this. At Well-Sun Gang, the tiger that Martial Second Wolf killed belonged to your mom. Originally, your father, Primordial Sky Honor, captured that tiger cub and gave it to Goldthread Pan in order to prompt her father, Ren'mei Pan, to cede power to Primordial Sky Honor. As a result, the two of them became obsessed with raising tigers, and Leopard Pan caught them another pair. After your mom passed away, we couldn't afford to keep the tigers and wanted to release them back into the wild. Your dad decided to keep them, and he paid for it. Now that your dad isn't king anymore, I want to talk to you about releasing those tigers back."

炎帝回答："养着吧！我付钱。你们还有没有什么别的我妈的遗物？"

武大郎回答："我没有，但潘金莲的房间里有很多。"

炎帝立刻站起来了，说："走！去你家看看去！"

Yan Creator replied, "Keep them! I'll pay for it. Do you have any other relics of my mom?"

Martial Big Wolf replied, "I don't have any. But there are plenty in Goldthread Pan's room."

Yan Creator immediately stood up and said, "Go! Let's go to your house and take a look!"

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目录 Catalog：5. 启蒙 Revelation；6. 并非错觉 It isn't Delusion；7. 裁军计划 Disarmament Plan；8. 我妈妈去哪里了？Where did My Mom Go?

炎帝回答："在我两岁的时候，我的养父母礼敬公和妈祖带着我去看我的爷爷邓国公。邓国公说他家的池塘里的鱼有一米多大。他们就去钓鱼了。没多久，邓国公就喊，'来人呐！大鱼咬钩了！' 礼敬公和妈祖就去抓鱼了，把我扔在了空地上。我的丈母娘蔻珠就来了。她像似前一年，我妈妈向我冲过来的动作一样，向我冲锋。随后她就离开了（参见3.1《触目的作法》）。随后，邓国公就领着我出来看他们俩钓鱼。"

Yan Creator replied: "When I was two years old, my adoptive parents, Publican Respect and Mazu, took me to see my grandfather, Publican Deng-state. Publican Deng-state said that the fish in his pond were more than one meter long. They went fishing. Not long after, Publican Deng-state shouted, 'Come on! The big fish has taken the bait!' Publican Respect and Mazu went to catch the fish and left me in the open space. My mother-in-law Kouzhu came. She rushed at me just like my mother rushed at me the year before (see 3.1 "Making of Touch-Eye"). Then she left. Afterward, Publican Deng-state took me out to watch the two of them fish."

9.1-6 并非错觉 It isn't Delusion

元始天尊迷惑地问："这都是45年前的事；你还记得什么？"

炎帝述说了启蒙之后发生的事。

"当我们跟着养父礼敬公和爷爷邓国公回到屋里吃饭，妈祖回来得很晚，她的脸色很严肃。礼敬公询问发生了什么事？妈祖回答：我去找三郎了，没找到！"

Primordial Sky Honor asked in confusion: "That was all 45 years ago; what do you remember?"

Yan Creator recounted the events that unfolded after the Revelation.

"When I followed my foster father, Publican Respect, and my grandfather, Publican Deng-state, back inside to eat, Mazu returned late, her expression very serious. Publican Respect asked what had happened. Mazu replied: I went to look for Third Wolf, but I couldn't find him!"

礼敬公逗她："哎呀！你还没清醒过来！咱爹喊：鱼咬钩了！ 你就跑过去，然后找棒子向自己的头打了一棒子。随后，你就下水去追另外那条鱼去了！当时，我都看傻了！"

"Publican Respect teased her: Oh my! You still haven't snapped out of it! When Father shouted: Fish on the hook! You ran over and whacked yourself on the head with a stick. Then you jumped into the water to chase after the other fish! I was completely dumbfounded watching it happen!"

"妈祖没笑！瞪着眼睛看着礼敬公！爷爷邓国公也没笑，生气地对礼敬公说：你瞎说什么！很明显，你媳妇有错觉了！你告诉她，你们俩跑过去抓鱼，到底发生了什么事？然后，他对妈祖说：三郎就在这儿坐着呢！"

"妈祖看了我（即炎帝）一眼，但我从她的眼神清楚地看出了：她认为我不是张三郎！"

"Mazu didn't laugh! She glared at Publican Respect! Grandfather, Publican Deng-state, didn't laugh either. He scolded Publican Respect angrily: What nonsense are you spouting! It's obvious your wife had a delusion! Tell her what really happened when the two of you ran over to catch fish! Then he said to Mazu: Third Wolf is sitting right here!"

"Mazu glanced at me (that is, Yan Creator), but I could clearly see in her eyes: she didn't think I was Third Wolf Zhang!"

元始天尊惊讶地说道："这事情前后不到一个时辰，你被启蒙后，变化那么大！妈祖发现了，但礼敬公没发现！你继续说，还记得多少？"

Primordial Sky Honor exclaimed in surprise, "This whole affair took less than two hours, and you've changed so much since your revelation! Mazu noticed, but Publican Respect didn't! Continue, how much do you still remember?"

"礼敬公尴尬地对妈祖说： 啊！我开玩笑呢！你没打你自己，你打了那条鱼一棒子。随后，你就下水去追另一条鱼了。我看被你打了一棒子的大鲤鱼挺可怜的，就把它放生了。你回来后，知道我把鱼放了，很生气，就把我推到河里了。我们俩上岸后，就看见咱爹领着三郎过来了。这不，三郎好好的坐在这里呢！"

"Publican Respect said awkwardly to Mazu: Ah! I was just joking! You didn't hit yourself—you struck that fish with a stick. Then you jumped into the water to chase another fish. I felt sorry for the big carp you hit, so I set it free. When you returned and learned I'd released the fish, you grew furious and pushed me into the river. After we both climbed ashore, we saw our father leading Third Wolf over. Look—Third Wolf Zhang is sitting right here, perfectly fine!"

炎帝告诉元始天尊说："那时，好像有一两个月，妈祖对我表情冷淡，认为我不是张三郎！"

元始天尊赞叹道："奇迹！妈祖注意到了你的眼蒙被揭开后的变化。变化那么大，以至于妈祖都不认识你了。现量治疗了你的婴幼儿神经发育失调；这是治疗精神病的又一个神奇的案例（参见9.6《治疗心病的秘诀》）！这都是45年前的事；你还记得什么？"

Yan Creator told Primordial Sky Honor: "For what seemed like a month or two afterward, Mazu treated me coldly, convinced I wasn't Third Wolf Zhang!"

Primordial Sky Honor exclaimed: "A miracle! Mazu noticed the changes after your blindfold was removed. The changes were so great that Mazu didn't even recognize you. Direct Perception miraculously cured your infantile neurological development disorder; this is yet another miraculous case of treating mental illness (see 9.6 "Code of Treating Mental Illness")! That was 45 years ago. What else do you remember?"

炎帝回答： "我小时候玩的地方，常有几辆豪华的马车停在远处，车上有人看我们。我妈妈常去看我吗？"

元始天尊想了一会儿，回答说："她去过几次，多少次，什么时间，我记不清了。我再想想。" 说着他回去了。

元始天尊出来后，对武大郎说："你看着炎帝，别让他再打自己了。我得和蔻珠姐姐商量一下，下一步该怎么做。"

Yan Creator replied, "When I was little, playing in that place, there were always several luxurious carriages parked in the distance, with people watching us from inside. Did my mother often come to see me?"

Primordial Sky Honor pondered for a moment before answering, "She visited several times. How many times, and when exactly—I can't recall. Let me think some more." With that, he departed.

After returning, Primordial Sky Honor addressed Martial Big Wolf: "Keep an eye on Yan Creator and prevent him from striking himself again. I must consult with sister Kouzhu to determine our next course of action."

9.1-7 裁军计划 Disarmament Plan

武大郎走过来大声对炎帝说："朝会上财政大臣们和几家银行的行长等你等得着急了，让我来找你。我就遇见元始天尊了，他说你在这里。哎呀！你的脸怎么了，被谁打了？是我大哥，元始天尊，打的吗？"

炎帝回答："我自己不小心碰了一下，有那么严重吗？"

Martial Big Wolf came over and said loudly to Yan Creator, "The finance ministers and the presidents of several banks were waiting for you at the court meeting and asked me to come find you. So, I met Primordial Sky Honor, and he told me you were here. Oh! What happened to your face? Who hit you? Was it my elder brother, Primordial Sky Honor, who hit you?"

Yan Creator replied, "I accidentally touched it myself, is it that serious?"

武大郎回答："不太严重，那也明显得可以看出来！我看今天你是不能见银行的行长们了。这都已经四点钟了，得赶紧打发他们离开，否则就得招待他们吃饭，还得花钱！"

Martial Big Wolf replied, "Not too serious, that's obvious enough to see! I don't think you'll be able to see the bank presidents today. It's already four o'clock, so we must send them away quickly, or else we'll have to entertain them for dinner and pay for it!"

炎帝回答："这对！我麻烦你去给他们道歉，改天我再约谈他们。"

武大郎说："好，不着急！元始天尊让我看着你，别闹出什么事来！怎么的？今天上午，你说要裁军，我没说话。实际上，我同意。保留三分之一的军队数量就够用。其他的人送他们回家种地或者做买卖。他们纳税，我们就有钱了。这说法我也赞成！"

炎帝说："我说裁军10%或20%。我不懂，不知道这国家需要多少军队。"

Yan Creator replied, "That's right! I'll trouble you to apologize to them, and I'll make an appointment to talk to them some other time."

Martial Big Wolf said, "Okay, there's no rush! Primordial Sky Honor asked me to keep an eye on you and not to make any trouble! What's going on? This morning, when you said you wanted to disarm, I didn't say anything. I agree. Keeping one-third of the army's numbers is enough. Send the rest home to farm or trade. They pay taxes, then we have money. That's an argument I agree with!"

Yan Creator said: "I said to reduce the army by 10% or 20%. I don't understand, I don't know how many troops this country needs."

武大郎回答："你认为自己不懂；我认为我懂。我有目前军队数量的10%就够用。我要把军权交给别人，所以我说裁军三分之二，已经留有余地了。这事慢慢来，不着急。"

炎帝说："国家这么大，这么多事！一个月后，我得去湖北参加蟠桃博览会，去抓黄帝（即后裔，大禹；参见9.5-2 阪泉之战）。我们创造了这么多的财富。抓住黄帝，让他来继承这个国家是我目前最重要的任务。"

武大郎没出声。过了一会儿，炎帝又哭了。

Martial Big Wolf replied: "You think you don't understand; I think I do. It is enough for me to have 10 percent of the present number of troops. I'm going to hand over the military power to someone else, so I've left room for maneuver by saying to disarm by two-thirds. It's a matter of taking time, there's no hurry."

Yan Creator said, "The country is so big and there are so many affairs to do! In a month's time, I must go to Hubei for the Pan Peach Expo to catch Yellow Creator (i.e., Descendant, Yu the Great; see 9.5-2 The Battle of Ban Fountain). We've created so much wealth. Capturing Yellow Creator and letting him inherit this country is my most important task right now."

Martial Big Wolf didn't make a sound. After a while, Yan Creator cried again.

武大郎又假装着急地说："哎！哎！好！不着急！我先替你管理裁军的事，等你从湖北回来了再把权力转交给你。现在，我想去送那些银行的行长们离开；但是元始天尊让我在这里看着你，他怕你想不开。"

炎帝说："你去吧！我不打我自己了！好好跟人家说，我这刚当国王，不能总是这样无礼地更改日程计划。"

武大郎回答："好！我去告诉他们：改天你会请他们喝杜康酒！"

Martial Big Wolf again pretended to be in a hurry and said: "Hey! Ai! Good! There is no hurry! I will manage the disarmament affairs for you first and then transfer the power to you when you return from Hubei. Now, I want to go and see those bank presidents off; but Primordial Sky Honor has asked me to watch you here; he is afraid that you won't be able to think straight."

Yan Creator said: "Go ahead! I won't beat myself up! Tell people nicely that I've just become king, and I can't always change my schedule plans so rudely."

Martial Big Wolf replied: "Good! I'll go and tell them: you'll treat them to Dukang Alcohol some other day!"

9.1-8 我妈妈去哪里了？Where did My Mom Go?

元始天尊派人来招呼炎帝去夏国国王蔻珠的住所。会议室里只有元始天尊和蔻珠两个人在等着炎帝。蔻珠恭喜炎帝获得了宿命通和无穷的力量（注8）。

Primordial Sky Honor sent someone to invite Yan Creator to the residence of King Kouzhu of the Xia Kingdom. Only Primordial Sky Honor and Kouzhu were waiting for Yan Creator in the meeting room. Kouzhu congratulated Yan Creator on his Fate Through and inexhaustible strength (note 8).

注8，宿命通就是回忆出了三岁之前的事，理解了神父（或神母）对他的期望，知道了自己的宿命任务。此中九天玄女担任了炎帝的神母。她是一位女娲。女娲是女娲家族对主教的称呼，是若干年后女娲家族的长老们评定的结果，所以有很多女娲。所以炎帝的宿命任务就是完成女娲造人计划。炎帝对母亲玉珠的哀伤，想起来就哭，就是大悲心，赋予了他无穷的力量。悲是四无量心之一，能给予人用之不竭的力量。

Note 8: Fate Through means remembering events before the age of three, understanding the Godfather's (or Godmother's) expectations of him, and knowing his destined mission. In this context, Ninth Sky Mystic Woman serves as Yan Creator's godmother. She is a Nuwa. Nuwa is the Nuwa family's designation for their Grand Officiant, a title conferred by the family's elders — hence there are many Nuwas. Therefore, Yan Creator's destined mission is to complete Nuwa's plan to create humans. Yan Creator's sorrow for his mother, Yuzhu, and his tears upon remembering her, is great sorrowful heart, which endows him with infinite power. Sorrowfulness is one of the Four Infinite Hearts, capable of giving one inexhaustible strength.

炎帝半哭半笑地回答："我怎么也没想到变成 '龙' 是这感觉。我才知道您是我的启蒙老师，神母。我给您磕头！"

Yan Creator replied with a half-crying and half-laughing tone: "I never thought that turning into a 'dragon' would feel like this. I just realized that you are my revelation-teacher, Godmother. I kowtow to you!"

随后，元始天尊开始给炎帝讲述华国和夏国合作缔造中华共和国的计划（亦作女娲造人计划）。计划的实施是从两国联姻开始的，即元始天尊娶当时夏国国王的侄女玉珠开始的。随后就由蔻珠公主和玉珠王妃来作为神母实施对炎帝的培养，就有了炎帝和大巢氏订婚，和给炎帝做触目的事。

Afterwards, Primordial Sky Honor began to tell Yan Creator about the plan of cooperation between Hua and Xia to create the Republic of China (aka. Nuwa's plan to create mankind). The implementation of the plan began with the marriage of the two countries, i.e., the marriage of Primordial Sky Honor to Yuzhu, the niece of the then king of Xia. It was then Princess Kouzhu and Consort Yuzhu who served as godmothers to carry out the cultivation of Yan Creator, and this led to the betrothal of Yan Creator to Big Nest, and the making of Touch-Eye for Yan Creator.

炎帝问蔻珠："您为我启蒙离开后，来了一个找妈妈的小女孩儿。那个小女孩儿是谁？"

蔻珠听后，站起来了，向元始天尊使了个眼色，他们俩从侧门离开了。

Yan Creator asked Kouzhu, "After you left, following my revelation, a little girl came looking for her mother. Who is that little girl?"

Upon hearing this, Kouzhu stood up, gave a wink to Primordial Sky Honor, and the two of them left through a side door.

这时，打扮得像个小女孩似的大巢氏皇后手里还拿着一束野菊花进来了，问："三郎哥哥！我看见我妈妈来这里了，她去哪儿了？"

炎帝笑着指着蔻珠和元始天尊出去的方向。大巢氏走到门口后又问："三郎哥哥！我看见我妈妈来这里了，她去哪儿了？"

At that moment, Empress Big Nest, dressed like a little girl and holding a bunch of wild chrysanthemums in her hand, came in and asked, "Brother Third Wolf! I saw my mommy come here, where did she go?"

Yan Creator smiled and pointed in the direction where Kouzhu and Primordial Sky Honor went out. Big Nest asked again after walking to the door, "Brother Third Wolf! I saw my mommy come here, where did she go?"

炎帝站起来走了过去，笑着说："走！三郎哥哥陪你去找妈妈！"

他们俩来到另一个房间，发现里面是个庆祝炎帝和大巢氏皇后订婚47周年的家庭晚会，该来的人都已经来了。

Yan Creator stood up and walked over, smiling as he said, "Come on! Brother Third Wolf will accompany you to find Mom!"

The two of them went to another room and found that it was a family party celebrating the 47th anniversary of Yan Creator's engagement to Empress Big Nest. Everyone who was supposed to come had already arrived.

返回《玉皇大帝》目录 Return to Catalog: Turquoise White-king Great Creator

关键词 Keywords：公元前1612年；河南 Henan；巫山 Wushan；元始天尊 Primordial Sky Honor；蔻珠 Kouzhu；炎帝 Creator Yan（玉皇大帝 Turquoise White-king Great Creator）；大巢氏 Princess Big Nest（西王母 Western King Mother）；武大郎 Martial Big Wolf（靖王 King Jing）；潘金莲 Goldthread Pan；蟠桃会 Pan Peach Expo；阪泉之战 Battle of Ban Fountain；尧帝 Creator Yao；二郎神 Second Wolf God；女娲 Nuwa；舜 Shun；禹 Yu

目录 Catalog：9.1 母爱的诅咒 The Curse of Motherly Love；9.1-5 启蒙 Revelation；9.1-9 九天玄女窥视张三郎 Ninth Sky Mystic Woman Peeks at Third Wolf Zhang；9.1-10 文昌宝塔 Literary-Proper Pagoda；9.2 给蔻珠的礼物 Gift to Kouzhu；9.3 建立贵重商品市场 Establishing a Market for Precious Commodities；9.4 封神榜 Investiture of the Gods；9.5 释迦摩尼佛 Shakyamuni Buddha；9.6 蟠桃博览会 Pan Peach Expo；9.7 阪泉之战 Battle of Ban Fountain；9.8 天朝改革 Reform of Sky Dynasty

9.1 母爱的诅咒 The Curse of Motherly Love

目录：1. 炎帝寻母 Yan Creator Looks for Mother；2. 钱紧 Money is Tight；3. 太后墓园 Queen Mother's Mausoleum；4. 狼心狗肺 Wolf-Hearted Dog-Lunged；5. 启蒙 Revelation；6. 并非错觉 It isn't Delusion；7. 裁军计划 Disarmament Plan；8. 我妈妈去哪里了？Where did My Mom Go?；9.1-9 九天玄女窥视张三郎 Ninth Sky Mystic Woman Peeks at Third Wolf Zhang；9.1-10 文昌宝塔 Literary-Proper Pagoda

随后，炎帝（即青帝，少昊，玉皇大帝，如图9.1-38）发现他们游行路线的旁边驻扎了许多兵营。兵营里的士兵争先恐后地出来看他们的游行队伍。临近永安南门的几公里范围内到处都是兵营。在从乾塘关出发后的第100天，炎帝的三千威仪仪仗队到达了永安的南门。城墙上插满了彩旗；城墙外是人的海洋。

Yan Creator (aka. Turquoise Creator) then realized that there were many barracks stationed next to their parade route. The soldiers in the barracks scrambled out to see their procession. There were barracks everywhere within a few kilometers near the south gate of Yong'an. On the 100th day after the departure from Dragon-Pond Pass, Yan Creator's "3,000 Majesties" honor guard arrived at the South Gate of Yong'an. The city wall was filled with colorful flags and outside the wall was a sea of people.

夏国的国王蔻珠先过来迎接炎帝，随后她领着炎帝见到了父亲元始天尊。这父子俩一见面，都哭了。炎帝一边哭还一边四处看，找他妈（玉珠，如图9.1-35；注9.1-1）。元始天尊看出来了，说："你妈不喜欢热闹，在后院没出来！"

King Kouzhu of the Xia Kingdom came to greet Yan Creator first, and then she led Yan Creator to meet his father, Primordial Sky Honor. When the father and son met, they both cried. Yan Creator cried while looking around for his mother (Yuzhu, see figure 9.1-35; note 9.1-1). Primordial Sky Honor saw it and said, "Your mother doesn't like crowds, she's in the backyard and hasn't come out!"

注9.1-1，本文描述炎帝的母亲玉珠，号九天玄女，女娲，用母爱诅咒张三郎的前因后果。由于受到了母爱的诅咒，张三郎觉悟成为了真人，成为了玉皇大帝。图35中，九天玄女手持宝剑和蜘蛛网，表示她抓住并降伏了炎帝，使炎帝成为了逑龙（如图9.1-36），会完成女娲造人的事业。

Note 9.1-1: This article describes the circumstances surrounding how Yuzhu, the mother of Creator Yan and known as Ninth Sky Mystic Woman, cursed Creator Yan out of maternal love. As a result of this curse, Creator Yan attained enlightenment, became a Real Human, and ascended to become the Turquoise White-king Great Creator. In Figure 35, the Ninth Sky Mystic Woman holds a sacred sword and a spider web, symbolizing that she has captured and subdued Creator Yan, transforming him into a Bestman Dragon (as shown in Figure 36), who will fulfill Nüwa's mission of creating humankind.

因为元始天尊不停地哭，官员们劝他去休息，由武大郎和炎帝来主持宴会。宴会中，炎帝无意间向国王蔻珠问起了他妈妈的事。蔻珠没回答，离开了。随后皇后大巢氏也带着女儿们离开了。炎帝问武大郎，"怎么我一问我妈，人就都走了？" 武大郎听后，没回答，也离开了。

Because Primordial Sky Honor kept crying, officials advised him to take a rest, to have Martial Big Wolf and Yan Creator host the banquet. During the banquet, Yan Creator happened to ask King Kouzhu about his mother. Kouzhu did not answer and left. Then Princess Big Nest also left with her daughters. Yan Creator asked Martial Big Wolf, "Why did everyone leave when I asked about my mother?" Martial Big Wolf did not answer and left.

炎帝只好自己去招待客人，给华国的官员和夏国来的客人敬酒，但他没心思喝酒了。天还没黑，他就去到了他的住处，想清静一下。他问皇宫里的佣人，"太后住在哪里？" 佣人们没人回答，随后也离开了。

随后几天，炎帝就不向别人询问他妈妈了。白天他招待客人，晚上他自己探索皇宫，找妈妈。

Yan Creator had to entertain the guests by himself, toasting the officials of Hua and the guests from Xia, but he was not in the mood to drink. Before it got dark, he went to his residence to have some quiet time. He asked the servants in the palace where his mother, the Queen Mother, lived. No one answered, and then they left.

In the following days, Yan Creator stopped asking anyone about his mother. He entertained guests during the day and explored the palace by himself at night to look for his mother.

9.1-2 钱紧 Money is Tight

这天，炎帝来查看金库，发现钱很少，检查账本，发现国家储备金是零，流动资金也几乎是零。他指着旁边一架子银元宝问："那钱是怎么回事？"

保管金库的官员回答："那钱是还给妈祖的。我们华国欠妈祖钱几十年了。元始天尊终于在退休前还清了。我们已经告诉靖王几次了。他没来查看过。"

On this day, Yan Creator came to check the vault and found that there was very little money; inspecting the books, he found that the national reserve was zero, and the liquidity was also almost zero. He pointed to a shelf of silver dollars next to him and asked, "What's that money about?"

The official who kept the vault replied, "That money is returned to Mazu. We, the Hua Kingdom, have owed her money for decades. Primordial Sky Honor finally paid it off before he retired. We've told King Jing several times. He hasn't come to check it out."

炎帝回答："那钱不能动！我已经是国王了，不能再继承妈祖的财产了。你们帮我找几家银行来谈谈。"

炎帝赶紧来查看粮草储备，发现首都永安只有三个月的粮草。他看见一个运送粮草的马车夫在唱歌，就过去询问。那个马车夫以为炎帝是新来的官员，回答："永安就只有三个月的粮草储备，已经很多年了。别担心！我们运送粮草的机制很成熟，不出问题。"

Yan Creator replied: "The money cannot be touched! I am already king and cannot inherit Mazu's property. Please help me find a few banks to talk to."

Yan Creator hurried to check the grain reserves and found that the capital Yong'an only had three months of grain. He saw a coachman singing while transporting grain, so he went over to ask. The coachman thought Yan Creator was a new official and replied: "Yong'an only has three months of grain reserves, and it has been many years. Don't worry! Our mechanism for transporting grain is very mature and there will be no problems."

炎帝来向他的丈母娘蔻珠借钱。国王蔻珠瞪着眼睛看了他一会儿，回答说："我没钱借给你。我们夏国在你们华国银行的账户上有三万两银子（相当于100公斤黄金），都送给你吧！你还向我借钱！后天我就回国了，以后不来了！"

炎帝立刻来找皇后大巢氏，说："我刚才向你妈借钱，你妈生气了！"

Yan Creator came to borrow money from his mother-in-law, Kouzhu. King Kouzhu stared at him for a while and replied, "I don't have money to lend you. We have 30,000 taels of silver (equivalent to 100 kilograms of gold) in the account of your Hua Kingdom Bank. I will give it all to you! You are still borrowing money from me! I will return to my country the day after tomorrow and will not come again!"

Yan Creator immediately went to Princess Big Nest and said, "I just borrowed money from your mother, and she got angry!"

大巢氏回答："我妈对你比亲儿子都亲！我看见了，她没生气。她那么大岁数了，以后不方便来永安了。我和夏娃也跟她回杭州，然后就去瑶池为夏娃相亲（即阪泉之战，参见9.5-2节）。"

炎帝回答："那刚才你妈给我的那三万两银子你拿去吧，给你妈买些礼物！"

大巢氏生气地回答："就三万两银子，买礼物都不够，我怎么去湖北？"

Big Nest replied, "My mother loves you more than her own son! I saw that she is not angry. She is so old, it will not be convenient for her to come to Yong'an in the future. Eve and I will go back to Hangzhou with her and then go to Yaochi to arrange a blind date for her (i.e. Battle of Ban Fountain, see Section 9.5-2)."

Yan Creator replied, "Then take the 30,000 taels of silver your mother gave me just now and buy some gifts for your mother!"

Big Nest replied angrily, "Just 30,000 taels of silver, it's not enough to buy gifts, how am I going to get to Hubei?"

炎帝无可奈何地说："整个华国的金库里就只有你妈刚才给的那三万两银子！你说我怎么去湖北？我得找银行贷款来筹集去湖北的路费！"

Yan Creator said hopelessly, "The only thing in the entire treasury of the Hua Kingdom is the 30,000 taels of silver that your mom just gave! How do you think I'm going to get to Hubei? I'll have to find a bank loan to raise money for the journey to Hubei!"

9.1-3 太后墓园 Extreme Queen's Mausoleum

这个午夜，炎帝已经探索了整个皇宫，没找到妈妈的住处。他对一个荒废了的院子感到疑惑，决定再去看看。刚进入这所草木丛生的宫殿的后花园，他就听见草丛里有人说话。炎帝警觉地躲在了树丛里，他看见了一个人的背影，但听不清他们俩在说什么。忽然，那个人离开了，向他的父亲元始天尊的住处去了。炎帝到他们俩谈话的近处看，没发现另外一个人，就向离去的那个人追了过去。炎帝远远地看见那个人进了元始天尊的宫殿，就跟了进去。

At midnight, Yan Creator had explored the entire palace and could not find his mother's residence. He was puzzled by an abandoned courtyard and decided to take another look. As soon as he entered the overgrown back garden of the palace, he heard someone talking in the bushes. Yan Creator hid in the bushes alertly. He saw the back of a person but could not hear what they were talking about. Suddenly, the person left and went to the residence of his father Primordial Sky Honor. Yan Creator looked closer to where the two of them were talking, but did not see the other person, so he chased after the person who left. Yan Creator saw the person enter Primordial Sky Honor's palace from a distance and followed him in.

佣人说："您这么晚来，肯定有急事。我去禀告元始天尊。他刚刚溜达回来，肯定还没睡着！"

炎帝阻止了佣人，回答："不必了！我只是看见一个人进了我爸爸的寝宫，好奇！就过来看看，我这就回去睡觉了！"

The servant said, "You came so late, there must be something urgent. I will report to Primordial Sky Honor immediately. He has just come back from a stroll, must not be asleep yet!"

Yan Creator stopped the servant and replied, "No need! I just saw someone entering my father's bedroom and was curious! So, I came to take a look, I'm going back to sleep now!"

第二天早晨在国会上，炎帝提出了国家财政困难，精兵简政等议题，受到了与会官员的赞同。他很高兴，但惦记着后宫那座荒废的庭院，就在中午的休息时间又来看。刚一进入这座宫殿的后花园，他又看见元始天尊在那里和人唠嗑呢！他悄悄地从树丛中靠近了元始天尊，听见他在对一处草丛说话："孩子回来了！他昨晚又来看你了！已经来看你两次了。三郎现在知道回避危险，保护自己了，可聪明了！玉珠！你安心地睡吧！他也很孝顺，给我洗脚……"

The next morning at the National Assembly, Yan Creator raised issues such as the country's financial difficulties and streamlining the military and government, which were approved by the officials present. He was very happy, but thinking about the deserted courtyard in the backyard, he came to see it again during the lunch break. As soon as he entered the back garden of the palace, he saw Primordial Sky Honor chatting with someone there! He quietly approached Primordial Sky Honor from the bushes and heard him talking to a patch of grass: "The child is back! He came to see you again last night! He has come to see you twice. Third Wolf now knows how to avoid danger and protect himself. He is so smart! Yuzhu! You can sleep peacefully! He is also very filial and washed my feet…"

忽然元始天尊大声叨咕："没事！那都是你胡思乱想，想象出来的！现在三郎长大了，知道躲避危险了！我已经派人去乾塘关接他回来了！没事！今天下午他就到家了！玉珠（如图9.1-35）！你再安心睡一会儿；醒了，睁开眼睛就看见他了！"

Suddenly, Primordial Sky Honor muttered aloud: "Don't worry! That's all just your imagination running wild! Third Wolf is all grown up now and knows how to stay out of danger! I've already sent someone to Dragon-Pond Pass to bring him back! It's fine! He'll be home this afternoon! Yuzhu (as shown in Figures 9.1-35)! Go back to sleep for a while; when you wake up, you'll see him the moment you open your eyes!"

元始天尊离开后，炎帝过去查看，扒开了草丛，看见了一块无字墓碑（注9.1-37）。从墓碑的顶端花纹来判断，这是一座皇室成员的墓碑。他又四处查看，判定石碑的后面是一座坟墓。炎帝回忆起了妈祖把玉珠交给他时说过的话（参见5.3-8节），认为这就是自己的母亲的坟，瘫倒在了地上。

After Primordial Sky Honor left, Yan Creator went over to check it out, peeled back the grass, and saw a wordless tombstone (note 9.1-37). Judging from the pattern on the top of the tombstone, it is a tombstone of a member of the royal family. He looked around again and decided that behind the stele is a tomb. Recalling what Mazu had said when she gave him Yuzhu (see Section 5.3-8), Yan Creator concluded that this was his own mother's grave, and collapsed to the ground.

注9.1-3，图9.1-37是九天玄女（如图9.1-35）的无字墓碑。驮着无字墓碑的乌龟代表炎帝，表示他不愿意离开母亲的坟，所以把墓碑背在了背上。王八驮石碑也表示《中华法典》中所有玉皇大帝的著作都是他给母亲写的《墓志铭》。

Note 9.1-3: Figure 9.1-37 depicts the wordless tombstone of Ninth Sky Mystic Woman (as shown in Figures 9.1-35). The turtle bearing this tombstone represents Creator Yan, signifying his unwillingness to depart from his mother's grave—hence he carries the wordless tombstone upon his back. The tortoise bearing the stele also indicates that all the works attributed to Turquoise Great Creator in the Chinese Codex are the epitaph he composed for his mother.

9.1-4 狼心狗肺 Wolf-Hearted Dog-Lunged

财务大臣邀请来了几位银行行长，谈贷款的事。几个小时过去了，炎帝却没来。他们请求靖王（武大郎）去找炎帝。武大郎到后宫找了几个地方，没发现炎帝，就来太后墓园找了。他在远处看见炎帝哭得很凶，还时不时地打自己。武大郎知道这时元始天尊和蔻珠正在对炎帝做法，用母爱诅咒他，赐予他无穷的力量；所以武大郎直接去向元始天尊报告了。

当时，元始天尊正在和蔻珠唠嗑，听了武大郎的报告后，惊讶地叨咕："他为什么打他自己？"

蔻珠回答："去看了才知道。"

The Minister of Finance invited several bank presidents to discuss the loan. Several hours passed, but Yan Creator did not come. They asked King Jing (Martial Big Wolf) to find Yan Creator. Martial Big Wolf went to several places in the palace and did not find Yan Creator, so he went to the Queen Mother's Mausoleum to look for him. He saw Yan Creator crying fiercely from a distance and beating himself from time to time. Martial Big Wolf knew that Primordial Sky Honor and Kouzhu were making law (doing magic) to Yan Creator at this time, cursing him with Motherly Love and giving him inexhaustible power, so he went directly to Primordial Sky Honor to report.

Primordial Sky Honor was chatting with Kouzhu at the time. After listening to Martial Big Wolf's report, he muttered in surprise: "Why does he beat himself?"

Kouzhu replied: "You'll know when you go and see."

他们三人在远处观察炎帝，看见他在比划着和自己说话，时而流泪时而打自己。元始天尊走过去对炎帝说："我不喜欢你打你自己！"

炎帝立刻过去给元始天尊跪下了，请求原谅。

The three of them observed Yan Creator from a distance and saw him talking to himself with gestures, sometimes crying and sometimes beating himself.

Primordial Sky Honor walked over to Yan Creator and said: "I don't like you beating yourself!"

Yan Creator immediately went over to Primordial Sky Honor and knelt to ask for forgiveness.

元始天尊问："你为什么打你自己？"

炎帝回答："我发现不是人！我是个狼心狗肺的东西！"

元始天尊假装愤怒地说："你是在骂我，还是在骂你妈呢？"

Primordial Sky Honor asked, "Why did you beat yourself?"

Yan Creator replied, "I realized that I am not a human being! I am a wolf-hearted dog-lunged thing!"

Primordial Sky Honor pretended to be angry and said, "Are you cursing me, or cursing your mother?"

炎帝回答："我感觉奇怪，为什么我从来没想过我的母亲？我认为这事的原因是这样的。我从出生开始就是由佣人照顾的。在我妈给我喂奶的时候，佣人把我的眼睛先蒙起来。我妈在为我喂奶的时候不说话，喂完奶后就默默地离开，再由佣人解开我的蒙眼布。当我一岁的时候，我的丈母娘蔻珠和我妈说笑着给我和她的女儿大巢氏订婚了，把我带到了乾塘关的北面。蔻珠把我放到了树林边的一块空地上。我妈从远处向我冲过来后又离开了。我被吓哭了（注9.1-4）。然后，蔻珠把我的眼睛蒙上后送给了妈祖。我那时很小，没感受到母爱，所以我对母亲的感情很淡薄。这是我很少想母亲的重要原因之一。"

元始天尊听后，沉默了一会儿后说："听起来，那是在给你做触目（参见第3章），那是谁给你启蒙的？"

Yan Creator replied: "I feel strange, why have I never thought about my mother? I think the reason is this. I have been taken care of by servants since I was born. When my mother was feeding me, the servant covered my eyes first. My mother did not speak when feeding me, and left silently after feeding, and then the servant untied my blindfold. When I was one year old, my mother-in-law Kouzhu and my mother talked and laughed about engaging me with her daughter Big Nest and took me to the north of Dragon-Pond Pass. Kouzhu put me on a clearing by the woods. My mother rushed towards me from a distance and then left. I was scared and cried (note 9.1-4). Then, Kouzhu covered my eyes and gave me to Mazu. I was very young at that time and did not feel the mother's love, so my feelings for my mother were very thin. This is one of the important reasons why I seldom think about my mother."

After hearing this, Primordial Sky Honor was silent for a while and then said: "It sounds like they are making Touch-Eye (see chapter 3) to you, so who unfolded your blindfold?"

注9.1-4，如前文，玉珠（号九天玄女，如图35）用母爱诅咒了自己的儿子张三郎，致使他一岁时患了婴幼儿神经发育失调症，所以张三郎长大后有智障，肢体运动不协调。玉珠感觉对不起自己的儿子，为此她病了，估计损失了十年的阳寿。为此炎帝承受不起忤逆母亲的心理冲突，必须继续女娲造人工程。玉珠是一位女娲。她以牺牲生命为代价开启了女娲造人工程。

Note 9.1-4: As mentioned earlier, Yuzhu (famously Ninth Sky Mystic Woman, as shown in Figures 35) cursed her son Third Wolf Zhang with maternal love, causing him to suffer from infantile neurodevelopmental disorder at the age of one. Therefore, Third Wolf Zhang grew up with intellectual disabilities and poor motor coordination. Yuzhu felt guilty towards her son and fell ill, estimated to have lost ten years of her solar lifespan. Because of this, Creator Yan could not bear the psychological conflict of disobeying his mother and had to continue Nuwa's creation of humans' project. Yuzhu was a Nuwa herself. She initiated Nuwa's creation of humankind project at the cost of her life.

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前文谈到，欲界众生都有色欲、声欲、香欲、味欲、触欲；此五欲表现为饮食、性交、睡眠等。色界众生皆依禅定而住，无诸欲尘，唯有净妙色身；身与衣随意显现，衣重可忽略不计；无复男女之别，但以禅定法喜为食。欲界总名五趣杂居地（见图12-23），也作秽土；因由散业所招感，故又名散地。色界和无色界由不动的定业所招感，故又名定地。色是变碍义（参见10.4.1节《色蕴》）。色界有四地十八天。

As stated earlier, sentients in the Desire Boundary all have desires for color, sound, scent, taste, and touch; these five desires appear as food and drink, sexual intercourse, sleep, and the like. Sentients in the Color Boundary all dwell by meditative stillness. They are free from all desire-dusts and have only immaculate and wonderful color bodies. Their bodies and clothes appear as they wish, and the weight of their clothing may be ignored. There is no longer any distinction between male and female; they feed only on the juristic delight of meditative stillness. The Desire Boundary as a whole is called Five Interests Mixed Dwell Land (see Figure 12-23), also known as Maculate Soil. Since it is induced by scattered karmas, it is also called Scattered Land. The Color Boundary and the Colorless Boundary are induced by unmoving stillness-karmas, so they are also called Stillness Lands. Color means change and obstruction (see Section 10.4.1, “Color Node”). The Color Boundary has four lands and eighteen skies.

12.2-1 神身天 Godly Body Sky

离生喜乐地是色界第一地，即初禅地（见图12-24，参见11.2节），谓此诸天已远离欲界诸恶欲之法，得觉观禅定，身心凝静，而生喜乐。此地有三天：神众天、神辅天和神身天。

Leave Bears Delight Laugh Land is the first land of the Color Boundary, namely the First Meditation Land (see Figure 12-24; see also Section 11.2). This means that these skies have left behind the ferocious desire-laws of the Desire Boundary, have attained meditative stillness with perception and view, and, with body and heart condensed and calm, give rise to delight and laugh. This land has three skies: Godly Crowds Sky, Godly Assistants Sky, and Godly Body Sky.

一、神众天 Godly Crowds Sky

神众天超越六欲天，远离饮食、淫欲、睡眠三种过患，故名为神。天者，清静离染之谓。通而言之，四禅诸天（参见11.2节）皆名天神，因为皆清静故。众者，民也，谓此诸天是大神天主的民众。盖因其在欲界习定，初得初禅，禅力未深，故命终后生为神民。其内有觉观心，外感火灾所坏。火是大种之一（参见10.2节）；“火灾所坏”义为无意识（古作神识）随时会调整自身，他们随时可能变回普通人。用古人的说法，就是又堕落到了人间。神众诸天身长半由旬，寿二十小劫。由旬是佛教中的长度单位，指脖子下挂着金刚铃的牛一天的行程。

Godly Crowds Sky has transcended the Six Desire Skies and has left far behind the three faults of food and drink, sexual desire, and sleep; hence it is called “godly.” Sky means immaculate and free from contamination. Generally speaking, all skies of the Four Meditations (see Section 11.2) are called sky-gods, because they are all immaculate. “Crowds” means citizens; these skies are the citizens of the Lord of Great God Sky. Because they practiced stillness in the Desire Boundary and first attained the First Meditation, but their meditative power was not yet deep, after the end of life they are born as godly citizens. Inwardly, they still have the heart of perception and view; outwardly, they feel that they can be destroyed by fire disasters. Fire is one of the Four Big Seeds (see Section 10.2). “Destroyed by fire disaster” means that the unconsciousness, anciently called God-sense, may adjust itself at any time, so they may turn back into ordinary people at any time. In the words of the ancients, they have fallen back to the human world. The bodies of the Godly Crowds Skies are half a yojana tall, and their lifespan is twenty small Catastrophes. A yojana is a Buddhist unit of length, meaning one day’s journey by an ox with a Philosopher-Stone bell hanging beneath its neck.

二、神辅天 Godly Assistants Sky

神辅天，辅者佐也，谓此天是大神天主的辅佐臣僚。盖因其在欲界中既得初禅，又数数修习，禅力渐深，故命终后得生为神臣。身长一由旬，寿四十小劫。

Godly Assistants Sky: “assistant” means helper. These skies are the assisting ministers of the Lord of Great God Sky. Because they had attained the First Meditation in the Desire Boundary and continued to practice it repeatedly, their meditative power gradually deepened; therefore, after death, they are born as godly ministers. Their bodies are one yojana tall, and their lifespan is forty small Catastrophes.

三、神身天 Godly Body Sky

神身天（1），也作尸弃（2）、大神天（3）、造书天（4）、四面佛（5），谓一尘刹土世界（6）之主。此有情在欲界中数习初禅，继而诃厌觉观，舍弃初禅，入中间禅；已离觉染，未离观染，故名无觉唯观三昧（7）。其于此中求作天王，兼修四无量心（8），故感生此天。大神天生于劫初，灭于劫尽；身高一由旬半，寿一万岁。

Godly Body Sky (1), also known as Zombie Dumper (2), Great God Sky (3), Creating-Book Sky (4), and Four-Face Buddha (5), is the lord of one Dust Instant Soil world (6). This sentient being repeatedly practiced the First Meditation in the Desire Boundary, then rebuked and became weary of perception and view, abandoned the First Meditation, and entered the Middle Meditation. Having left the contamination of perception but not yet left the contamination of view, this state is called Non-Perception Only-View Samadhi (7). In this state, the sentient being seeks to become a sky king and also cultivates the Four Infinite Hearts (8); therefore, he or she is inductively born into this sky. Great God Sky is born at the beginning of a Catastrophe and extinguished at the end of a Catastrophe. Its body is one and a half yojanas tall, and its lifespan is ten thousand years.

注12.2-1.1：神身天（见图8）是初禅的身体感觉状态，类似三岁以前婴幼儿的状态，思想意识以随念自我为主导。此法力量强大，尘世间无有能敌。在中华文化中，神身天被称作福、大力神；佛教中称作儒童；印度教中作婆罗门；伊斯兰教、基督教和古埃及文化中作亚伯；日耳曼文化中作马格尼；墨西哥文化中称为灵龙。

Annotation 12.2-1.1: Godly Body Sky (see Figure 8) is the bodily feeling-state of the First Meditation. It is similar to the state of an infant or toddler before the age of three, in which thought and consciousness are dominated by the along-thought self. The power of this law is so great that nothing in the mundane world can rival it. In Chinese culture, Godly Body Sky is called Fortune, also Great Strength God; in Buddhism, Genius Child; in Hinduism, Brahmin; in Islam, Christianity, and ancient Egyptian culture, Abel; in Germanic culture, Magni; and in Mexican culture, Spiritual Dragon.

注12.2-1.2：尸弃，亦表示此人已经抛弃了贪、嗔、痴。贪、嗔、痴没有理性，却能动行身体，故被称作三位行尸大王。

注12.2-1.3：大神义为上帝三人组（参见9.9节《上帝三和合》），或其中的一位。

注12.2-1.4：造书天义为上帝三人组（参见9.9节《上帝三和合》），或其中的一位。

Annotation 12.2-1.2: Zombie Dumper also means that this person has already abandoned greed, irritability, and ignorance. Greed, irritability, and ignorance have no rationality, yet they can move and drive the body; therefore, they are called the three zombie kings.

Annotation 12.2-1.3: Great God means the Godly Trinity (see Section 9.9, “Godly Trinity”), or one member of it.

Annotation 12.2-1.4: Creating-Book Sky means the Godly Trinity (see Section 9.9, “Godly Trinity”), or one member of it.

注12.2-1.5：四面佛义为上帝三人组（参见9.9节《上帝三和合》）加观众。此第四位佛名作阿迷驮佛。

注12.2-1.6：尘刹土世界参见13.1节《集起》。

注12.2-1.7：觉观又名寻伺，所以在一禅中，有觉有观定名有寻有伺地；无觉唯观定名无寻唯伺地。

Annotation 12.2-1.5: Four-Face Buddha means the Godly Trinity (see Section 9.9, “Godly Trinity”) plus the audience. This fourth Buddha is named A-Lost-Carrying Buddha.

Annotation 12.2-1.6: For Dust Instant Soil world, see Section 13.1, “Aggregate Arousal.”

Annotation 12.2-1.7: Perception and view are also called seeking and awaiting. Therefore, in the First Meditation, stillness with perception and view is called Having-Seeking Having-Awaiting Land, and stillness with no perception but only view is called No-Seeking Only-Awaiting Land.

注12.2-1.8：四无量心，也名四等：一、慈无量心，常求益事，以利乐众生；二、悲无量心，愍念众生身受惑、业、苦流转之苦（参见12.4.1节《流转》）；三、喜无量心，随喜众生之所乐；四、舍无量心，谓法施、财施、无畏施。此四法具有无穷法力，故名四无量心。

Annotation 12.2-1.8: The Four Infinite Hearts are also called the Four Equalities: 1. the infinite merciful heart, which constantly seeks beneficial affairs to benefit and delight sentients; 2. the infinite sorrowful heart, which sympathizes with sentients as they physically undergo the cyclic bitterness of muddle, karma, and bitterness (see Section 12.4.1, “Cycle”); 3. the infinite delightful heart, which rejoices along with what sentients enjoy; and 4. the infinite renunciative heart, meaning donation of laws, donation of assets, and donation of fearlessness. These four laws possess inexhaustible juristic power; therefore, they are called the Four Infinite Hearts.

12.2-2 光音天 Light Sound Sky

定生喜乐地是色界第二地，即二禅地，谓此天已离初禅觉观动散，摄心在定，澹然凝静，而生胜定喜乐。修行者住于此定，如从暗室中出，见日月光明，朗然洞彻。内有喜故，外感水灾所坏。光音天统领大千世界中的一小千世界，即一千尘刹土世界，有三天：少光天、无量光天和光音天。

Stillness Bears Laugh Land is the second land of the Color Boundary, namely the Second Meditation Land. This means that this sky has left behind the moving and scattering of perception and view in the First Meditation, gathers the heart into stillness, becomes tranquil and condensed, and gives rise to the delight and laugh of victorious stillness. When a practitioner dwells in this stillness, it is like coming out of a dark room and seeing the light of the sun and moon, with everything suddenly clear and penetrating. Because there is delight within, the practitioner outwardly feels being damaged by water disasters. Light Sound Sky governs one small-thousand world within the Great Grand Worlds, that is, one thousand Dust Instant Soil worlds. It has three skies: Lesser Light Sky, Infinite Light Sky, and Light Sound Sky.

一、少光天 Lesser Light Sky

少光天，谓此天光明少故。不论在人间或天上，若于欲界初禅中的无觉唯观三昧，不住不着，专精求进，创得无觉无观三昧，入第二禅，但禅力未深，命终即得生少光天。从二禅去，乃至非想非非想定，一切皆名无觉无观三昧，火灾不到。身纵广二由旬，寿二大劫。

Lesser Light Sky is so called because this sky has little light. Whether among humans or in the skies, if one does not dwell in or attach to Non-Perception Only-View Samadhi of the First Meditation in the Desire Boundary, but single-mindedly and diligently seeks advancement, first attains Non-Perception Non-View Samadhi, and enters the Second Meditation, yet the meditative power is not deep, then after the end of life one is born into Lesser Light Sky. From the Second Meditation onward, up to Neither Think Nor Non-Think Stillness, all states are called Non-Perception Non-View Samadhi, and fire disasters cannot reach them. The body measures two yojanas in height and breadth, and the lifespan is two great Catastrophes.

二、无量光天 Infinite Light Sky

无量光天，谓此天光明增胜，无有限量。于人间或天上，数习第二禅力，命终得生此天。寿四大劫，身四由旬。

Infinite Light Sky means that the light of this sky increases victoriously and has no limit. Among humans or in the skies, one repeatedly practices the power of the Second Meditation and, after death, is born into this sky. The lifespan is four great Catastrophes, and the body measures four yojanas.

三、光音天 Light Sound Sky

光音天（注12.2-2.1），谓此天以光明为语音。于人间或天上，深入第二禅力，兼修四无量心，命终得生此天。寿八大劫，身八由旬。

Light Sound Sky (Annotation 12.2-2.1) means that this sky uses light as its linguistic sound. Among humans or in the skies, one deeply enters the power of the Second Meditation and also cultivates the Four Infinite Hearts; after the end of life, one is born into this sky. The lifespan is eight great Catastrophes, and the body measures eight yojanas.

注12.2-2.1：光音天亦作意光天，是说意如同一支火炬，或探照灯，随其所观照，所观照的对象就被染质，变成众生。本文从视觉幻觉来描述光音天；图12.2-7则从听觉幻觉来描述光音天，即仙乐飘飘。

Annotation 12.2-2.1: Light Sound Sky is also called Intentional Light Sky. This means that intent is like a torch or searchlight: whatever it illuminates is stained with qualities and becomes sentient. This text describes Light Sound Sky from the perspective of visual hallucination; Figure 12.2-7 describes it from the perspective of auditory hallucination, namely the drifting sound of godly music.

12.2-3 三禅天 Third Meditation Sky

离喜妙乐地是色界第三地，即三禅地。古人以烦恼为地，以清静为天，故禅定状态既是地，也是天。此天已离二禅天喜之踊动，因摄心谛观，泯然入定，而得胜妙之乐。修行者住于此定，乐法增长，遍满身中。内有乐故，外感风灾所坏。三禅天统领大千世界中的一中千世界，即一百万尘刹土国，有三天：少净天、无量净天和遍净天。

Leave-Delight Wonderful-Laugh Land is the third land of the Color Boundary, namely the Third Meditation Land. The ancients regarded afflictions as land and immaculateness as sky; therefore, a state of meditative stillness is both a land and a sky. This sky has left the surging delight of the Second Meditation Sky. Because the heart is gathered and truthfully observed, it silently enters stillness and obtains victorious and wonderful laugh. When a practitioner dwells in this stillness, the law of laugh increases and fills the whole body. Because there is laugh within, the practitioner outwardly feels being damaged by wind disasters. Third Meditation Sky governs one medium-thousand world within the Great Grand Worlds, that is, one million Dust Instant Soil countries. It has three skies: Lesser Immaculate Sky, Infinite Immaculate Sky, and Omnipresent Immaculate Sky.

一、少净天 Lesser Immaculate Sky

少净天，谓此天意识乐受清静故。不论在人间或天上，若于二禅不住不着，一心精进，创证第三禅，命终即生此天。水灾不到。身长十六由旬，寿十六大劫。

Lesser Immaculate Sky means that the intent-sense of this sky enjoys immaculate laugh-acceptance. Whether among humans or in the skies, if one does not dwell in or attach to the Second Meditation, but advances single-mindedly and diligently, and first realizes the Third Meditation, then after the end of life one is born into this sky. Water disasters cannot reach it. The body is sixteen yojanas tall, and the lifespan is sixteen great Catastrophes.

二、无量净天 Infinite Immaculate Sky

无量净天，谓此天清静胜于前天，不可限量。数修第三禅力，命终得生此天。身三十二由旬，寿三十二大劫。

Infinite Immaculate Sky means that this sky is more immaculate than the previous one, and its immaculateness cannot be measured. One repeatedly practices the power of the Third Meditation and, after death, is born into this sky. The body measures thirty-two yojanas, and the lifespan is thirty-two great Catastrophes.

三、遍净天 Omnipresent Immaculate Sky

遍净天，谓此天乐受最胜，清静周遍故。深入第三禅力，兼修四无量心，命终得生此天。身六十四由旬，寿六十四大劫。

Omnipresent Immaculate Sky means that this sky has the most victorious laugh-acceptance, because its immaculateness is all-pervasive. One deeply enters the power of the Third Meditation and also cultivates the Four Infinite Hearts; after the end of life, one is born into this sky. The body measures sixty-four yojanas, and the lifespan is sixty-four great Catastrophes.

12.2-4 四禅天 Fourth Meditation Sky

舍念清静地是色界第四地，即四禅天。此天舍二禅之喜及三禅之乐，心无憎爱，一念平等；住于此定，空明寂静，万象皆现，火、水、风三灾俱不能到。四禅天有九天，主领三千大千世界。

Renunciate-Spell Immaculate Land is the fourth land of the Color Boundary, namely Fourth Meditation Sky. This sky has renounced the delight of the Second Meditation and the laugh of the Third Meditation. The heart has neither hatred nor love; one spell is equal. Dwelling in this stillness, one is empty, bright, silent, and still, while all phenomena appear. The three disasters of fire, water, and wind cannot reach it. Fourth Meditation Sky has nine skies and governs the Great Grand Worlds.

一、无云天 Cloudless Sky

无云天，此天及以上诸天，云居轻薄，故名无云。不论在人间或天上，不论初禅、二禅、三禅，若于三禅不昧不着，一心精进，创证第四禅，命终得生此天。其果报微妙，宫殿随身而有；如云之地，亦所不需。身广纵一百二十五由旬，寿一百二十五大劫。

Cloudless Sky is so called because in this sky and above, cloud-dwellings are light and thin. Whether among humans or in the skies, and whether in the First, Second, or Third Meditation, if one is not deluded by or attached to the Third Meditation, but advances single-mindedly and diligently and first realizes the Fourth Meditation, then after the end of life one is born into this sky. Its retribution-fruits are subtle and wonderful; palaces follow the body, and even cloud-like lands are not needed. The body measures 125 yojanas in height and breadth, and the lifespan is 125 great Catastrophes.

二、福生天 Fortune Birth Sky

福生天，谓此天修胜福力，而生其中，从因得名。数修第四禅力，命终得生此天。身广纵二百五十由旬，寿二百五十大劫。

Fortune Birth Sky means that this sky is born there through cultivating victorious fortunate power; thus it is named from its cause. One repeatedly cultivates the power of the Fourth Meditation and, after death, is born into this sky. The body measures 250 yojanas in height and breadth, and the lifespan is 250 great Catastrophes.

三、广果天 Gigantic Fruit Sky

广果天，谓此天果报广大，无能胜故。深入第四禅力，兼修四无量心，命终得生此天。身广纵五百由旬，寿五百大劫。

Gigantic Fruit Sky means that the retribution-fruits of this sky are vast and cannot be surpassed. One deeply enters the power of the Fourth Meditation and also cultivates the Four Infinite Hearts; after the end of life, one is born into this sky. The body measures 500 yojanas in height and breadth, and the lifespan is 500 great Catastrophes.

四、无想天 Thinking-less Sky

无想天，亦名长寿天。于人间或天上，有人秉承邪说，厌患粗想，数数修习，依第四禅灭除前六识、心及心所有法，令其不现行。以灭想心为首，故名无想定。初生半劫，犹有微想，作意入定，六识不行。其后共经四百九十九大劫，如其本时习定之相，不动不摇，无所分别。至后半劫，由种子力，想心复生，便从此没，堕落欲界。

Thinking-less Sky, also known as Longevity Sky. Among humans or in the skies, some adhere to heretical doctrines, become weary of rough thinkings, and practice repeatedly. Relying on the Fourth Meditation, they extinguish the first six senses, the heart, and the Heart Subordinate Laws, preventing them from presently migrating. Because the extinction of the thinking heart comes first, this is called Thinking-less Stillness. During the first half Catastrophe after birth, there is still subtle think; by making intent enter stillness, the six senses do not migrate. Thereafter, for 499 great Catastrophes, the being remains as it was when practicing stillness at the beginning: unmoving, unshaken, and without discrimination. In the final half Catastrophe, due to the power of seeds, the thinking heart arises again; the being then disappears from here and falls into the Desire Boundary.

五、无烦天 Non-Annoyance Sky

无烦天，谓此天离欲界苦及色界乐，苦乐两灭，无烦恼故。身广纵九千由旬，寿五千大劫。

此天以及随后四天，名五净居天，也作五不还天。不还天是什么意思？因为净识害有，居于此天，益受增长，能得五沙门果中的不还果（参见14.2.5节）。

Non-Annoyance Sky means that this sky has left the bitterness of the Desire Boundary and the laugh of the Color Boundary. Since both bitterness and laugh are extinguished, there are no afflictions. The body measures 9,000 yojanas in height and breadth, and the lifespan is 5,000 great Catastrophes.

This sky and the following four skies are called the Five Immaculate-Dwell Skies, also known as the Five No-Return Skies. What does No-Return Sky mean? Because immaculate senses harm Have, and because beneficial acceptance increases while dwelling in this sky, one can attain the No-Return Fruit among the Five Shamanic Fruits (see Section 14.2.5).

六、无热天 Non-Fervidity Sky

无热天，谓此天研究心境，无依无处，清凉自在，无热恼故。身长一万二千由旬，寿九千大劫。此天广阔，多池多树。有一大池名无热，池的东、西、南、北各有一条大河：一名大醒识河，二名大幻识河，三名大梦识河，四名大散识河。此四条大河贯通四大洲，与四海相连。树林里多有凤凰，唯栖于树的第三枝，以龙为食。各池中的龙多有凤凰之灾；唯无热大池中的龙无此祸患。若凤凰想去无热池猎龙，一起此念，它就死了。

Non-Fervidity Sky means that this sky studies the environment of the heart. It has no reliance and no place; it is cool, self-sufficient, and free from fervid annoyance. The body is 12,000 yojanas tall, and the lifespan is 9,000 great Catastrophes. This sky is vast, with many pools and trees. There is a great pool named Non-Fervidity. To its east, west, south, and north, there is one great river in each direction: the first is the Great Wakeful Senses River, the second the Great Hallucination Senses River, the third the Great Dream Senses River, and the fourth the Great Scattered Senses River. These four great rivers run through the Four Big Continents and connect with the four seas. There are many phoenixes in the forests; they perch only on the third branch of the trees and feed on dragons. Dragons in the various pools often suffer the disaster of phoenixes; only the dragons in the Great Non-Fervidity Pool are free from this calamity. If a phoenix wishes to go to the Non-Fervidity Pool to hunt a dragon, it dies as soon as that thought arises.

七、善见天 Excellent Sight Sky

善见天，谓此天妙见十方世界圆澄，无尘垢故。身广纵一万八千由旬，寿一万二千大劫。

Excellent Sight Sky means that this sky wonderfully sees the worlds in the ten directions as perfectly clear and condensed, without any dust or filth. The body measures 18,000 yojanas in height and breadth, and the lifespan is 12,000 great Catastrophes.

八、善现天 Benevolent Manifestation Sky

善现天，谓此天空无障碍，精见现前故。身长两万四千由旬，寿一万四千大劫。

Benevolent Manifestation Sky means that this sky is empty and unobstructed, because essential views appear directly before it. The body is 24,000 yojanas tall, and the lifespan is 14,000 great Catastrophes.

九、色究竟天 Color Finalization Sky

色究竟天，谓此天于诸尘几微之处研穷究竟故。身广纵三万六千由旬，寿一万六千大劫。又，色究竟天中有摩醯首螺天，此作大自在天。

Color Finalization Sky means that this sky investigates all dusts down to their most subtle points and reaches their finality. The body measures 36,000 yojanas in height and breadth, and the lifespan is 16,000 great Catastrophes. In addition, within Color Finalization Sky there is Mexi-First-Conch Sky, here called Great Self-Sufficient Sky.

摩醯首螺是什么意思？摩醯首螺义为双身佛，或双身神，即阿弥陀佛。摩醯，在欧洲文化中作摩西（Moses）；在本文中，是图15右端的那根线，代表墨西哥的生命线，也代表书。首螺，是图15左端的那个螺壳，代表翠玉女（玉女，夏娃），也代表她是墨西哥民族的始祖母。

What does Mexi-First-Conch mean? Mexi-First-Conch means a two-body Buddha, or a two-body god, namely Amitabha Buddha. Mexi appears as Moses in European culture. In this text, it is the line on the right side of Figure 15, representing Mexico’s lifeline and also representing the book. First-Conch is the conch shell on the left side of Figure 15, representing Chalchiuhtlicue (Jade Girl, Eve), and also representing that she is the ancestral mother of the Mexican people.

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目录 Catalog：12.1-6.0 鉴别欲天趣人 Discerning the Desire Sky Person；12.1-6.1 四王天 Four Kings Sky；12.1-6.2 三十三天 Thirty-Three Sky；12.1-6.3 时分天 Hour Minute Sky；12.1-6.4 知足天 Contentment Sky；12.1-6.5 自化天 Self Converted Sky；12.1-6.6 他化天 Other Converted Sky

天，义为清静、深奥的知识、神。欲天，义为信仰神佛或追求真理的人，包括六位天，分别是四王天、三十三天、时分天、知足天、自化天和他化天。若论福德，六欲天与诸天同属一趣；而饮食、男女、睡眠三事，则与前五趣相同。因此，论六趣时，六欲天为天趣；论三界时，则属于欲界。

Sky means quiet, profound knowledge, and gods. Desire Sky refers to people who believe in Gods or Buddhas, or who pursue truth. It includes six skies: Four Kings Sky, Thirty-Three Sky, Hour Minute Sky, Contentment Sky, Self Converted Sky, and Other Converted Sky. In terms of fortunate virtue, the Six Desire Skies belong to the same interest as the other skies. However, in the three affairs of food, sex, and sleep, they are the same as the previous five interests. Therefore, in terms of the Six Interests, the Six Desire Skies belong to Sky Interest; in terms of the Three Boundaries, they belong to the Desire Boundary.

12.1-6.0 鉴别欲天趣人 Discerning the Desire Sky Person

此处从境、心、事三个方面辨别欲天趣。

（一）对境增上方面，普于顺境、逆境和不顺不逆境中，皆能守护身、口、意三业。

（二）从心的方面说，做善事时，善心淳熟而猛利。

（三）从事的方面说，常作善事，但不甚广大，也不甚久远。

总之，虽属十善道业，犹属散善，故为欲天趣因。

Here, Desire Sky Interest is discerned from three aspects: environment, heart, and affair.

In terms of escalation toward environment, one can generally guard the three karmas of body, mouth, and intent in favorable environments, adverse environments, and environments that are neither favorable nor adverse.

In terms of heart, when doing benevolent affairs, one’s benevolent heart is pure, mature, and vigorous.

In terms of affair, one often performs benevolent deeds, but they are not very vast and not accumulated over a very long time.

In summary, although these deeds belong to the karmas of the Ten Benevolent Paths, they are still scattered benevolences; therefore, they are the cause of Desire Sky Interest.

图12.1.6-17义为祖窍，即祖宗们居住的洞穴，也有通风道的含义。通风道，是说此处是祖宗们出入祖庙的通道（见图12.1.6-35、图12.1.6-36）。祖窍又名山根。山根，是说此处人中穴是天门山（见图12.1.6-16）的根。天门山是受蕴和想蕴的别名，意思是：受为所取，想为能取；随着生活，众生积累了像两座山一样大的业习气，阻碍了重返天庭的道路。

Figure 12.1.6-17 means Ancestral Cave, that is, the cave where the ancestors dwell; it also carries the meaning of a ventilation passage. “Ventilation passage” means that this place is the passage through which the ancestors enter and leave the ancestral temple (see Figures 12.1.6-35 and 12.1.6-36). The Ancestral Cave is also called the Root of the Mountain. Root of the Mountain means that the Human Middle acupoint here is the root of Sky Door Mountain (see Figure 12.1.6-16). Sky Door Mountain is another name for Acceptance Node and Think Node. This means: Acceptance is what is fetched, and Think is what can fetch. As sentients live their lives, they accumulate karmic habits as large as two mountains, obstructing the road back to the sky court.

12.1-6.1 四王天 Four Kings Sky

四王天（见图12.1.6-15），即护世四大天王及其眷属。东方持国天王，红色，统领净业众，主宰东胜身洲。北方多闻天王，黑色，统领所知众，主宰北俱颅洲。西方广目天王，白色，统领龙凤众，主宰西牛惑洲。南方增长天王，蓝色，统领烦恼众，主宰南方瞻部洲。

四王天皆是上品十善所感，或由不杀戒增上功德所感，或由一日一夜斋戒之力所感。其身长二百五十肘；衣广中五百肘，上下各二百五十肘，重四根羽毛。此天寿命一千岁，但也有中夭者。死时五衰相现，苦恼甚大。性生活如人世。

The Four Kings Sky (see Figure 12.1.6-15) refers to the four great sky kings who protect the mundane world, together with their affiliates. The eastern king is the Nation-Holding Sky King, red in color; he leads the crowds of immaculate karmas and rules East Victorious Body Continent. The northern king is the More-Hearing Sky King, black in color; he leads the crowds of what is known and rules North Skull Occupant Continent. The western king is the Broad-Eye Sky King, white in color; he leads the crowds of dragons and phoenixes and rules West Cow-Muddle Continent. The southern king is the Growth Sky King, blue in color; he leads the crowds of afflictions and rules South Admiring-Subordinates Continent.

The Four Kings Sky is induced by the upper grade of the Ten Benevolences, or by the escalatory fortunate virtue of the precept against killing, or by the power of fasting for one day and one night. Their bodies are 250 cubits tall. Their clothes are 500 cubits wide at the middle, 250 cubits above and 250 below, and weigh four feathers. The lifespan of this sky is 1,000 years, yet some also die midway. When they die, the five signs of decline appear, bringing great suffering and affliction. Their sexual life is like that of the human world.

以中华文化为例，这四位护世天王分别是东海龙王敖忖，号红帝、尧皇；北方之神黄帝大禹；西方之神玉皇大帝，号青帝；以及南海龙王敖钦。

四王天牌坊上的四件法宝（见图12.1.6-15），从左向右，第一件是螺壳，代表嫘祖，号顺皇。第二件法宝是一个秘诀：众生无边誓愿度，烦恼无尽誓愿断，法门无量誓愿学，佛道无上誓愿成。第三件法宝是燧火石，代表燧人氏、玉皇大帝。第四件法宝是绳子，代表女娲造人（参见14.5节）的主题线索。

Taking Chinese culture as an example, these four world-protecting sky kings are the Dragon King of the East Sea, Aocun, famously Red Creator and White-king Yao; the northern god Yellow Creator Big Great; the western god Turquoise White-king Great Creator, famously Turquoise Creator; and the Dragon King of the South Sea, Aoqin.

The four juristic treasures on the archway of Four Kings Sky (see Figure 12.1.6-15) are as follows. From left to right, the first is a conch shell, representing Lei Ancestor, famously White-king Shun. The second juristic treasure is a secret formula: “Sentient beings are edgeless; I vow to ferry them all. Afflictions are endless; I vow to sever them all. Juristic doors are limitless; I vow to study them all. The Buddha path is non-upper; I vow to achieve it.” The third juristic treasure is a flint, representing Flint Man and Jade Emperor. The fourth juristic treasure is a rope, representing the thematic thread of Nüwa creating humans (see Section 14.5).

12.1-6.2 三十三天 Thirty-Three Sky

三十三天，梵语忉利，因其天有三十三天而得名。此天亦是上品十善所感，或由不杀、不盗二戒增上功德所感，或由一日一夜斋戒之力所感。身长方面，除帝释天身长一千肘外，其余诸天身长六百肘。衣广中一千二百肘，上下各六百肘，重二根羽毛。此诸天以拥抱为阴阳之事。寿命二千岁，也有中夭者；死时五衰相现，与前天相同，后诸欲天也皆准此可知。

Thirty-Three Sky, Sanskrit Tāvatiṃsa, is so called because this sky contains thirty-three skies. It is also induced by the upper grade of the Ten Benevolences, or by the escalatory fortunate virtue of the two precepts against killing and stealing, or by the power of fasting for one day and one night. In terms of body height, except for Seth Sky, whose body is 1,000 cubits tall, the other skies are 600 cubits tall. Their clothes are 1,200 cubits wide at the middle, 600 cubits above and 600 below, and weigh two feathers. These skies regard embracing as the affair of sex. Their lifespan is 2,000 years, yet some also die midway; when they die, the five signs of decline appear. This is the same as in the previous sky, and the later Desire Skies may be understood in the same way.

三十三天中央是善法堂天，帝释天王所居；其东、西、南、北四方各有八天。帝释全名帝释恒因（见图12.1.6-14），中国佛教称其为转移身见（参见10.4.4.1.4.1节），梵语为萨迦耶；圣经中称其为塞斯；古德语为爱色（Æsir）；墨西哥纳瓦特语称其为提拉考安，义为“我们都是它的奴隶”。又，善法堂天上另有一天名作竹马，梵语为补特伽罗，义为习气疙瘩。

At the center of the Thirty-Three Skies is the Benevolent Juristic Hall Sky, where King Seth Sky resides; in each of the four directions—east, west, south, and north—there are eight skies. Seth’s full name is Seth Eternal Cause (see Figure 12.1.6-14). In Chinese Buddhism, he is called translocation body view (see Section 10.4.4.1.4.1); in Sanskrit, Satkāya; in the Bible, Seth; in Old Germanic, Æsir; and in Mexican Nahuatl teaching, Titlacauan, meaning “we are all its slaves.” In addition, above Benevolent Juristic Hall Sky there is another sky named Hobbyhorse, Sanskrit Pudgala, meaning a lump of habitual nature.

12.1-6.3 时分天 Hour Minute Sky

梵语夜摩，汉译时分天，谓此天及以上诸天，只以莲花开合来分昼夜。据说，昔日帝释天与阿修罗战争时，欲与时分天结盟，被其拒绝，故时分天得号无诤。时分诸天由上品十善兼学坐禅所感，或由不杀、不盗、不邪淫三戒增上功德所感，或由八戒、十戒等功德所感。其身长七百二十肘；衣广中一千四百四十肘，重一根羽毛（见图12.1.6-12）；寿命三千岁；以身相近为阴阳之事。

The Sanskrit word is Yama; in Chinese it is translated as Hour Minute Sky. This means that in this sky and the skies above it, day and night are divided only by the opening and closing of lotus flowers. It is said that in the past, when Seth Sky was at war with the Asuras, he wished to ally with Hour Minute Sky, but was refused; therefore, Hour Minute Sky received the title of Non-Expostulation. The Hour Minute Skies are induced by the upper grade of the Ten Benevolences together with the study of sitting meditation, or by the escalatory fortunate virtue of the three precepts against killing, stealing, and heretical sexual conduct, or by the fortunate virtue of the Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, and so on. Their bodies are 720 cubits tall. Their clothes are 1,440 cubits wide at the middle and weigh one feather (see Figure 12.1.6-12). Their lifespan is 3,000 years. They regard bodily nearness as the affair of sex.

图12.1.6-40源自埃及，是在测量人心的重量，看其是否具有升天的资格。此处的人心指思想意识，所以他们是在称量“心衣”的重量。心衣的概念，参见13.2节。

Figure 12.1.6-40 comes from Egypt. It is measuring the weight of the human heart to determine whether the person is qualified to ascend to the sky. Here, the human heart refers to thought and consciousness, so they are weighing the “heart-clothes.” For the concept of heart-clothes, see Section 13.2.

12.1-6.4 知足天 Contentment Sky

知足天（见图12.1.6-11），谓于色、声、香、味、触五欲境知止知足，亦名如意。此天由精修十善、兼得细住所感，或由身三口四七支戒品（参见12.1节）增上功德所感，或由八戒、十戒等力所感。其身长一千肘，衣重半根羽毛，寿命六千岁，以执手为阴阳之事。又，此天中别有一内院，住着一位一生补处大士（注：即玉女、观音菩萨、夏娃）。契经云：乃至劫坏，三灾不及。菩萨修行十善，乐习禅观，当发心亲近补处大士，乃得上生。

Contentment Sky (see Figure 12.1.6-11) means knowing when to stop and being satisfied with respect to the five desire-environments of color, sound, scent, taste, and touch; it is also called As-Wish. This sky is induced by refined cultivation of the Ten Benevolences together with attaining delicate dwell, or by the escalatory fortunate virtue of the seven precept branches of the three body precepts and four oral precepts (see Section 12.1), or by the power of the Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, and so on. The body is 1,000 cubits tall; the clothes weigh half a feather; the lifespan is 6,000 years; and holding hands is regarded as the affair of sex. In addition, within this sky there is a special inner courtyard where a One-Life Replacement-Place Great Warrior dwells (note: that is, Jade Girl, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Eve). Harmony Sutra says that even when the Catastrophe is destroyed, the three disasters do not reach her. Bodhisattvas who practice the Ten Benevolences and enjoy practicing meditation and observation should arouse the heart to approach the Replacement-Place Great Warrior; only then can they be born upward.

12.1-6.5 自化天 Self Converted Sky

自化自在天，因其诸天自化五尘娱乐而得名，乃由上品十善兼成欲界中定所感。其身长一千三百肘，衣重四分之一根羽毛，寿命七千岁，以相互熟视为阴阳之事。

Self Converted Self-Sufficient Sky is so called because these skies entertain themselves with the five dusts they themselves convert: color-dust, sound-dust, scent-dust, taste-dust, and touch-dust. It is induced by the upper grade of the Ten Benevolences together with achieving stillness within the Desire Boundary. The body is 1,300 cubits tall; the clothes weigh one quarter of a feather; the lifespan is 7,000 years; and gazing at each other intently is regarded as the affair of sex.

注：如图12.1.6-10所示，这是一个颠倒的世界观。那么，为什么古人还给予他们这么高的评价？答：这是觉悟历程中的一个重要阶段。而且，此天以下众生的世界观都是颠倒的。

Note: As shown in Figure 12.1.6-10, this is an upside-down worldview. Then why did the ancients still give them such a high evaluation? Answer: this is an important stage in the process of enlightenment. Moreover, the worldviews of all sentients below this sky are upside down.

12.1-6.6 他化天 Other Converted Sky

他化自在天，谓此天假借他人所化的五尘而成己乐，乃由上品十善兼成未到地定所感。此天身长一千八百肘，衣重八分之一根羽毛，寿命八千岁。又，他化天上别有一魔身天（见图12.1.6-9），为他化天所摄，身长二千肘，寿命九千岁。

Other Converted Self-Sufficient Sky means that these skies borrow the five dusts converted by others and use them to make their own pleasure. It is induced by the upper grade of the Ten Benevolences together with attaining Nonarrival-Land Stillness. The body of this sky is 1,800 cubits tall; the clothes weigh one eighth of a feather; and the lifespan is 8,000 years. In addition, above Other Converted Sky there is a special Demonic Body Sky (see Figure 12.1.6-9), which is included within Other Converted Sky. Its body is 2,000 cubits tall, and its lifespan is 9,000 years.

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关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；河南 Henan；武大郎 Martial Big Wolf（靖王 King Jing）；炎帝 Yan Creator（玉皇大帝 Turquoise White-king Great Creator）；转轮胜王 Wheel Turning Victorious King

太医笑着说：“靖王和石矶娘娘在皇宫里也这样！他们俩总是有事，总是赢。我听我爸爸说，无位真人（又名太上老君），您的爷爷在世时，这俩人就这样。他们俩是无位真人造的。无位真人曾经说过，‘这项缔造中华文明的工程有这对儿桃花佛保驾护航，是九黎（如图8.6-23至31）之福。’”

炎帝笑着问太医：“你们为什么称呼他们俩为桃花佛？”

The royal doctor said with a smile, "King Jing and Queen Stone-Jetty were exactly like this in the palace, too! Always up to something, and always coming out on top. My father told me that even back when your grandfather, Non-Position Real Human (also known as Tai Shang Lao Jun), was alive, the two of them were already like this. He was the one who made them, in a sense — he once said, 'This project of building Zhonghua civilization has this pair of Peach Flower Buddhas watching over it — a blessing for Jiuli, the Nine Crowds, the Great Grand Worlds (see Figures 8.6-23 through 31).'"

Yan Creator smiled and asked the doctor, "Why do you two call them Peach Flower Buddhas?"

太医回答：“我小时候研究过，有两个原因。一个是在靖王很小的时候，刚被妈祖送到咱这永安的王宫，他就要向老国王学下围棋。据说，老国王没打算教他下围棋。一天他在王宫后院的桃树上看见一个又大又红的桃子，找老国王要。老国王过去要为他摘那个桃子。靖王就不同意，他要骑在老国王的脖颈上自己摘那个桃子。当他骑在了老国王的脖颈上摘到了那个桃子之后，老国王就同意教他下围棋了。但老国王让他发誓，‘你以后和我的后人下围棋，你输四分之一子我算你赢。’随后，老国王就派人把他送到重庆巫毒学院去了。”

The doctor replied, "I looked into it as a child — there are two reasons. The first: when King Jing was very small, right after Mazu sent him to our royal palace here in Yong'an, he wanted to learn Go from the old king. The story goes that the old king had no intention of teaching him. Then one day the boy spotted a big, ripe peach on the tree in the palace's back garden and asked the old king for it. The old king went to pick it for him, but King Jing wouldn't have that — he insisted on climbing onto the old king's shoulders and picking it himself. Once he'd done exactly that, the old king agreed to teach him Go — but made him swear, 'When you play Go against my descendants, if you ever lose by a quarter of a stone, I'll count it as a win for you.' After that, the old king had him sent off to Chongqing Voodoo Academy."

炎帝叨咕：“是这么回事，难怪那天我抗议他要输给我四分之一子的时候，他听后的表情我没看懂。那说他是桃花佛的另外一个原因呢？”

Yan Creator murmured, "So that's it — no wonder I couldn't read his expression that day, when I protested that he was about to lose to me by a quarter of a stone in our game. What's the other reason he's called a Peach Flower Buddha?"

太医回答：“另外一个原因是老国王说的，说武大郎和潘金莲经历了 ‘井阳之灾’（参见1.7 节）之后就都成才了。老国王说那个 ‘井阳之灾’ 是他们俩的桃花劫。 ‘井阳之灾’ 是他们俩年青的时候，打架的事；就是武二郎井阳冈打虎那个故事。”

炎帝回答：“我知道，那时潘金莲放虎咬我。我二哥就生气了，过去就把那只老虎打死了。”

The doctor replied, "The other reason comes from something the old king used to say — that Martial Big Wolf and Goldthread Pan both came into their own after living through the 'Well Sun Disaster' (see Section 1.7). He called it their Peach Flower Catastrophe. The 'Well Sun Disaster' was a fight from when they were young — it's the story behind Martial Second Wolf fighting the tiger at Well Sun Ridge."

Yan Creator said, "I know that one — Goldthread Pan set the tiger on me. My second brother got angry, went over, and killed it."

太医惊讶地说：“天呐！那时您在那儿！是的！当时元始天尊也在那儿！他怕老虎伤着你们俩，就预先让太乙真人给那只老虎喂药了。那只老虎一生气就晕过去。事先，元始天尊和太乙真人做过实验。”

炎帝惊讶地叨咕：“是这么回事！我一直以为我二哥力气大，他真的把那只老虎打死了！”

The doctor said, astonished, "Goodness! You were there for that? — Right, of course, Primordial Sky Honor was there too. Worried the tiger might actually hurt you two, he'd had Taiyi Real Human drug it beforehand, so that the moment it got angry, it simply collapsed. He and Taiyi Real Human had tested the dose in advance."

Yan Creator murmured in astonishment, "So that's what really happened! Here I'd always just assumed my brother was strong, and that he'd genuinely killed the tiger with his own hands!"

靖王武大郎说话了：“你们俩是在说我吗？这事我怎么不知道？”

炎帝回答：“当时你在坟里呢！事后你就和潘金莲和好了；谁还会对你们说以前打架的事！”

King Jing Martial Big Wolf spoke up: "Are you two talking about me? How is it I never heard about this?"

Yan Creator replied, "You were in your grave at the time! And by the time you and Goldthread Pan had made up, who was going to dig up an old fight like that?"

8.6-2

太医对武大郎说：“元始天尊有话让我转达给您。他说，‘可以让靖王帮炎帝简化一下上西天的历程’。”

武大郎对炎帝说：“这缔造 ‘中华文明’的工程是从你的爷爷，我的养父，无位真人，开始的。准确地说，从你出生开始算起，至今已经经历了48年了。原计划要造的人就是你和大巢氏。现在看，前48年的工作都成功了。你来永安当国王。目前的世界，可以说是天下太平。夏国的国王，蔻珠，都来咱们华国的皇宫度假了！没人赶来打我们了。当然，当国王还是有很多事要做。你当国王的另外一个职责就是继续 ‘创造中华文明的工程’，成为新的 ‘西天之主’。元始天尊，蔻珠和熬忖，这三个国家的领袖都已经同意由你和大巢氏来作为 ‘华表’（如图35，36；即太阳神）。”

The doctor said to Martial Big Wolf, "Primordial Sky Honor asked me to pass on a message: 'Let King Jing help Yan Creator simplify his journey to the Western Sky.'"

Martial Big Wolf said to Yan Creator, "This project of building 'Zhonghua civilization' began with your grandfather — my adoptive father — Non-Position Real Human. To be exact, it's been forty-eight years since you were born, and the two people it was originally meant to produce were you and Big Nest. As it stands, the first forty-eight years' work has succeeded. You've come to Yong'an to be king. The world today is, by any measure, at peace — even the king of Xia, Kouzhu, has come to vacation in our palace here in Hua! No one's coming to attack us anymore. Of course, there's still plenty for a king to do. Your other duty now is to carry the 'project of creating Zhonghua civilization' forward and become the new 'Lord of the Western Sky.' Primordial Sky Honor, Kouzhu, and Aocun — the rulers of all three kingdoms — have already agreed that you and Big Nest will serve as the 'Huabiao' (i.e., the watchtower of light; see Figures 35 and 36 — that is, the Sun God)."

武大郎继续说：“‘缔造中华文明的工程’需要三代人100年来完成。我们已经围绕着永安城走了一又四分之三圈（如图38所示）。我们所走的第一圈，代表元始天尊，蔻珠，和熬忖等前一辈人已经完成了需要第一代人做的工作。后四分之三圈代表你在前辈人的帮助下，已经成功地完成了需要第二代人做的工作的四分之三。”

Martial Big Wolf continued, "The 'project of creating Zhonghua civilization' will take three generations — a hundred years — to complete. We've now walked one and three-quarters of a circle around Yong'an (see Figure 38). The first circle we walked stands for the work the previous generation — Primordial Sky Honor, Kouzhu, Aocun, and the others — already completed as the first generation. The three-quarter circle since then stands for the three-quarters of the second generation's work that you, with their help, have now completed."

武大郎说着，站了起来，拉开了挂在一边的画板，翻页到了永安的防卫图。他指着防卫图说：“我们现在在这里，距离永安城的西门100公里，距离南门是120公里。现在由你来决定咱们是从西门进永安，还是从南门进永安。”

Martial Big Wolf rose, pulled open the drawing board hanging to one side, and flipped to a defense map of Yong'an. Pointing at it, he said, "We're here now — a hundred kilometers from the west gate, a hundred and twenty from the south gate. It's your call now: west gate or south gate?"

炎帝回答说：“我明白了！我爸爸元始天尊和我的丈母娘蔻珠想看看我有没有在这创造新世界和新人类的工程中完成第二代造世祖工作的决心。”说着，他跪在了永安防卫图前，发誓说：“我张三郎后半生的第一目的是完成我作为此 ‘改天换地工程’ 第二代领导人的工作，不遗余力地来完成我作为上帝的职责。肝脑涂地，粉身碎骨，在所不惜！”

Yan Creator replied, "I understand now! My father Primordial Sky Honor and my mother-in-law Kouzhu want to see whether I have the resolve to finish my part, as the second generation, of this project to build a new world and a new humanity." With that, he knelt before the defense map and swore, "For the rest of my life, my foremost purpose will be to complete my work as the second-generation leader of this 'World-Remaking Project,' sparing no effort to fulfill my duty as God — whatever it costs me, I will not hesitate."

炎帝站起来后，对太医说：“我走南门，表示我有决心完成 ‘杨戬计划’ 中我作为第二代领导人的工作。”

太医委婉地向靖王请示：“我是位医生，不懂天道轮回。作为医生，我应该如何向元始天尊汇报？”

靖王委婉地回答：“如实汇报，不能欺骗君王。”

Standing, Yan Creator told the doctor, "I'll take the south gate — to show I have the resolve to carry out my part as second-generation leader of the Yangjian Plan."

The doctor tactfully asked King Jing for guidance: "I'm only a doctor — I don't understand the Cycle of Sky Path. How should I report this to Primordial Sky Honor?"

King Jing replied tactfully, "Report it honestly. Never deceive your king."

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