Autumn Floods (7)
秋水(七)
1 After Huizi removed his alert mind, he gave Chuang Tzu a warm and friendly welcome. In the meantime, he wanted to show off his achievements to his old friend.
惠子對莊子的戒心消除後，熱情洋溢地伸出了他的友誼之手; 同時也想在老朋友面前展示一下自己在梁國的成就。
2 That day, he held a feast in honor of Chuang Tzu, after which he invited him to have a walk along Hao River for further warming up their closed friendship.
首先，他設宴款待莊子，以表示他的歡迎之意，然後又邀他到濠河旁去散步聊天。
莊子與惠子游於濠梁之上。
3 When they stood on a bridge over the river, Chuang Tzu pointed at the turtles and fishes and said, “Huizi! You look at these fishes swimming leisurely and easily. Nothing bothers them. How happy are they!”
當走到濠河上的一座橋時，莊子指著河中的鱉及魚說：「惠子啊！你看鱉及魚在水中悠閒而從容地遊著，沒甚麼心煩的事會來打擾它們。這些魚實在是多麼地幸福和快樂啊！」
莊子曰：「鯈魚出游從容，是魚之樂也。」
4 Huizi’s alertness rose again. He suspected that Chuang Tzu made oblique accusations to laugh at him for bustling everyday but was not happy in his deepest mind. Even though he had fame and worth, a fish was happier than him. Unconsciously, he refuted, “You are not fish. How do you know that the fish is happy? How do you know at what circumstance the fish is happy?”
惠子聽後，戒心又起。他懷疑莊子是指桑罵槐，說自己整天忙忙碌碌，名與利都擁有了，可是卻不如一條魚快樂。惠子下意識地反駁道：「你不是魚，怎會知道魚是否快樂？又怎會知道魚在什麼情形下會覺得快樂？」
惠子曰︰「子非魚，安知魚之樂？」
5 Chuang Tzu replied at once, “You are not me. How do you know that I don’t know the fish is happy and at what circumstance the fish is happy?”
莊子立刻回答：「你又不是我，又怎會曉得，我不知道魚是否快樂，不知道魚在什麼情形下會快樂？」
莊子曰：「子非我，安知我不知魚之樂？」
6 Going with at what Chuang Tzu’s way of thinking, Huizi answered, “Of course I am not you, so I don’t know if you have the ability to know fish’s happiness. However, you are not fish for sure. I am not you so I don’t know you. You are not fish so you don’t know fish. The deduction is right, isn’t it?”
惠子順著莊子的推理方式回答說：「我當然不是你，所以不知你是否有知魚樂的本領。可是你也確實不是魚啊！我不是你，所以不知你; 而你不是魚，所以你也是不知魚，這樣的推論應該沒有問題吧！」
惠子曰「我非子，固不知子矣；子固非魚也，子之不知魚之樂，全矣！」
7 Chuang Tzu said, “Come. Let’s go back to the original topic. You said that I am not fish and how do I know if the fish is happy and at what circumstance it is happy. Obviously, your meaning is that I certainly know the fish is happy; the only thing you want to clarify is that under what circumstance I know it, don’t you? Let me tell you. I know it on the bridge over Hao River.
莊子又說：「來！讓我們回到原來的議題上。你說，我不是魚，怎會知道魚是否快樂，又怎會知道魚在什麼情況下會快樂？很顯然的，你的意思是肯定我知道魚樂。只是想問我，我是在什麼情況下知道的，對嗎？讓我告訴你吧！我是在濠河的橋上知道的。」
8 Huizi had no way out before his genius friend’s eloquence. He had to find another topic to cease this debate.
惠子實在對這位天才朋友感到莫可奈何，只得另找話題，匆匆結束這場辯論。
莊子曰：「請循其本。子曰『汝安知魚樂』云者，既已知吾知之而問我。我知之濠上也。」