External Things (4)
外物(四)
1 In order to make sure the ancient regulations and rules of etiquette were followed, a group of Confucians dug a rich man’s new buried tomb. After whole night of toil, the captain of the group stood outside the tomb said, “The sun is rising. How is your work?”
一群儒生為了執行嚴格的禮教制度，他們乘夜挖開了一座鄉裡富人的新墳。辛苦一夜後，站在墓外的領頭儒生對墓中工作的人說：「天已亮了，你們挖的如何？」
儒以《詩》、《禮》發冢。大儒臚傳曰：「東方作矣，事之何若？」
2 A young man said, “It is almost finished. The corpus is coming out. We will skin the cerecloth soon. Wait! I find a pearl in his mouth.”
一位年輕人說：「一會就好了，屍體已經擺在眼前，只差沒剝開他的裹屍布。等等! 我發現這人嘴裏含著一顆珍珠。』
3 The captain said: “Do you remember the ancient regulation of etiquette? It says: ‘Green wheat, green wheat. Grow on the mound field. No offering when living. Why mouth kept pearl in.’ this guy was rich and relentless. How dare he keep the pearl? Let’s dig it out.”
領頭儒生說: 「古禮中不是有這麼的規定嗎？『青青之麥，生於陵坡，生不佈施，死何含珠為。』這傢伙為富而不仁，嘴裏居然還敢含珠。將之挖出來吧！」
小儒曰：「未解裙襦，口中有珠。」《詩》固有之曰：『青青之麥，生於陵陂。生不布施，死何含珠為？』
4 The digger seized the corpus’s hair and pushed down his beard, they used iron tool to open his mouth forcefully. They were careful to protect the pearl; however, broke the bone of the mouth.
這群挖墓者，抓住屍體的鬢髮，按住他的鬍鬚，硬生生地以鐵器將這具屍體的口腔打開，他們小心翼翼地保護那顆珍珠，結果，反而將屍體的嘴骨都弄碎了。
接其鬢，壓其顪，儒以金椎控其頤，徐別其頰，無傷口中珠﹗