Lietse (2)
列禦寇(二)
1 In class, Chuang Tzu narrated a story: Huan from the State of Zheng studied in Qiushi. After hard study of three years, he attained a title of Ju (Confucian) scholar and held a position in the government.
莊子在課堂上講了這樣一個故事。緩是鄭國人，在裘氏地方讀書。經過三年苦修，他攻得儒生的地位，在政府機構謀得一份官職。
鄭人緩也，呻吟裘氏之地。祗三年而緩為儒。
2 His career benefited his family and relative, so his kin gradually got rich. Having been rich, he financed his young brother to study in Mo College. Since then Huan often had fierce disputes with his brother for different views between Mo and Ju schools.
他這份職業使他的家族以及親戚都沾了光，家族逐漸富裕起來。有錢後，緩供他弟弟去墨家學院讀書。自此，緩與他弟弟經常在家裡激烈地辯論有關儒、墨兩家諸多不同的論點。
河潤九里，澤及三族，使其弟墨。
3 In disputes, Huan’s father always stood with his young son, supporting the view of Mo. The disputes lasted for ten years, and the relation between the father and son was estranged gradually. Later Huan committed suicide for some reasons. His father seldom visited his tomb, letting alone the memorial ceremony.
在辯論中，緩的父親總是站在他小兒子那邊，聲援墨家的看法。就這樣爭爭辯辯地鬧了十年，親子關係也漸行漸遠。後來緩因故自殺死了。他父親很少到他的墳上去看看，更別說祭拜了。
儒墨相與辯，其父助翟。十年而緩自殺。
4 One night, Huan came into his father’s dream. He said, “In the first place it was me who financed my young brother for traveling expenses and tuition. So, he got opportunity to learn knowledge from Modi. You two become fond of Mo school, which you should take credit to me for. Why are you so ruthless? The pine and cypress around my tomb already started to fruit. Why do you two never pay a visit to my tomb?”
有一天晚上，緩託夢給他父親。他說：「最初還是我資助弟弟，給他盤纏、學費，他才有機會學習墨翟的知識。你們爺倆熱衷墨道，我也應該是有份功勞的。為什麼你們那麼無情? 我墳墓邊種的松柏都已開始結果了，你們爺倆還不曾到我墳上去走過。」
其父夢之曰：「使而子為墨者，予也，闔胡嘗視其良？既為秋柏之實矣﹖」
5 His farther should thank Huan for his efforts in financing family members. It is people’s normal feeling for his farther and other family member to pay respects to Huan at his tomb at the time of Ancestors Respect Festival. However, if Huan thought that his young brother ranked high in Mo school because of his financing, it was also wrong.
緩做官賺錢資助家人，做父親的是應該心存感激之心。清明隨家人去掃墓，也是人之常情。可是，如果緩認為，是他拿錢給弟弟上學，才造就了弟弟今天在墨家的地位，那就不對了。
6 Nobody can change a man’s character and talent that is endowed by heaven. It was his brother’s gifts and wit that made him achieving high ranking in Mo school. There was no direct tie to Huan.
人的個性、才華是天賦的，不是什麼人可以改變的。是天賦與其弟那樣的聰明才智，才造就了他在墨家的成就，與緩是沒有什麼直接關係的。
7 In the view of fate, heaven offered Huan an opportunity for being official and making money because his young brother needed be financed. When his brother didn’t need it, Huan got useless and died. Hence, we shouldn’t scramble for credit to ourselves for supporting the young. The right attitude is that-- you produce it but don’t possess of it; you do it but don’t take it--.
如果站在命運的立場，也許是因為其弟的需要，老天才給緩任官賺錢的機會。等其弟不需要其資助時，緩也就沒用而過世了！所以在扶養後輩這種事上，我們千萬不要爭功。所謂「生而不有，為而不持」才對。
夫造物者之報人也，不報其人而報其人之天，彼故使彼。
8 We should not be like some people in the State of Qi. They looked well as their private estate and didn’t allow others to draw water. Sneaking water often caused serious fight. They should know that though you made the well, you should not look it as yours because the water is offered by heaven not you.
不能像某些齊人，他們視水井為私物，不准別人飲用。盜用井水經常引起械鬥。這些齊人應該知道，井雖然是你鑿的，可是水卻是上天給的，不能視為私人專用的東西。
夫人以己為有以異於人以賤其親，齊人之井飲者相捽也。
9 Most people in modern society are selfish. Selfishness is their starting point in considering of doing anything. For example, Bill Gates holds the patent of Windows Operation System, making money from all computer users. He becomes the top rich man in the world. In English, ownerships are clearly distinguished, such as your, my, his, our, your and their. A slight trespass is filed to court.
現今社會上的人，自私自利，什麼都以私為出發點。比爾蓋茲因持有Window的專利權，賺盡天下電腦使用者的錢，成為當今世界首富。在英文裡，我的、你的、他的、我們的、你們的、他們的，將所有的東西，都分的那麼清楚，稍有侵犯就法院見。
10 Speaking in earnest, these things are from gift by heaven. It is very natural for possessor to share it with others. Selfishness does severe harm to the peace and tranquility of a country. We should reflect on the mind: we flatter ourselves that we deserve rewards because we do some contribution to society, group and family.
我們認真地說，這些東西大都是天賦的。擁有者讓大家分享，是再自然不過的事。私心對社會國家平靜、祥和的危害，是很嚴重的。我們應該反省對社會、團體、親人做了一點貢獻，就自以為有功，應該得到報償的心態。
11 Reasonable people hold that selfishness is very unwise. A man of perfect practice hasn’t it because his heart is no-self and being flexibility.
明白事理的人認為，自私自利是很不聰明的想法。修行完備的人他們無相、無住而生其心，全無自私的念頭。他們是不會這樣想的。
故曰：今之世皆緩也。自是，有德者以不知也，而況有道者乎！
12 In the past, men of practice held that he, who showed no solicitude for the arrangement of nature and abused private emotion so as to diverge the direction of natural operation, would be punished by the retribution of Nature. So, people should not wail in funeral. Death is arranged by heaven. Why do you cry?
從前修行的人認為，凡是不體恤大自然的安排，濫用私情，違背自然運作方向的人，都會受到 “遁天之刑” 的處罰。所以在喪禮上不要放聲大哭，人死了是上天的安排，你哭個什麼勁？
13 Heaven endowed Huan’s brother with knowledge of Mo school. There was no direct tie between his wit and Huan’s financing. Huan should not take the credit to himself for it. We also should not take the credit to ourselves for education and bringing up of our children so as to ask them to return. We should be discreet to evade the retribution of Nature.
緩的弟弟得到墨家之學是上天的賦與，其才智跟緩沒有直接的關係。緩不應該自命有功。我們教育子女使其學業、事業有成，也不要擅自居功，要求子女回報。這些都是在面對 “遁天之刑” 時應該小心留意的。
古者謂之遁天之刑。
14 A man of practice, in his life, he seeks for nothing but a simple condition that can maintain his life.
一位修行人在他有生之年，但求一個最起碼能夠維持生命的生活即可。
15 If there is place to maintain life, he just stays there for industrious practice of Samadhi. He isn’t interested in trying any other life style and environment.
如果有了一個可以維生的憑籍，那就呆在那兒勤入三昧，任何其他的生活方式，生活環境，都不要再興緻勃勃地去追尋、嚐試。
聖人安其所安，不安其所不安；
16 Common people don’t think so. They hold that it is lagged to stay in status in quo. A company impetus depends on entrepreneur who keeps taking risks and trying. Soul of capitalism economy is bold acting forward. If there is no entrepreneur of animal spirits and no speculator who dares to risk, the capitalist economy gets stagnant, ebbed and depressive.
一般凡人則不這麼想。他們認為安於現狀就是落伍。企業的推動力更是依靠企業家不斷地冒險、嚐試，才有活力。資本主義經濟的靈魂就在於敢衝，敢做。資本主義經濟如果缺少充滿野獸般活力(animal spirits)的企業家以及無畏於冒險的投機份子，它就會停滯，衰退，走入蕭條。
17 Hence, people are taught as the ones who should dare to risk and try; people of routinism instead are regarded lagged and would be washed out.
因此，世人被教育成冒險犯難，勇於嚐試的個性。墨守成規反而成為落伍的一群，是會被淘汰的。
眾人安其所不安，不安其所安。
18 Young students of practice who just finish their study spout all the day. They show their unripe skill of no-learning to everyone, especially in medical treatment. I am afraid that they would delay patients’ treatment. Meanwhile, they might be infected themselves. It is worse to do harm to both.
學道初成的年輕弟子們，整天高談闊論，見人就展示那些尚不成熟的無學之術，特別是醫術方面。我怕他們延誤了別人的病情，同時將病氣引到自己身上來，害人害己是很不妥當的。
19 “You, my dear student”, Chunag Tzu said: “should know that it is easy to know Tao but is difficult to practice it. Now that you’ve already started to practice Yoga, the skill of no-learning emerges on you in succession. What I want to say is that the way of practice is very long. Having hit the way, you should apply yourself to practice. Never be attracted by some supernatural functions, and instead forget the more important goal. Remember that these functions are used to help you practice further, instead of flaunting.
同學們，你們應該知道：「道是知易而行難的。諸位已經走上瑜伽修行之路，無學之術會陸續地在你們身上顯現。我要告訴你們的是，修行之路是極其長遠的。已經入了門就應該專心一致地修煉，不要被一些特異功能吸引住，反而忘了更重要的目的。要知道這些功能是用來幫助你進一步修行的，不是用來展示炫耀的。
莊子曰：「知道易，勿言難。
20 The work of aiding the world and saving the people is the duty of Buddha and Bodhisattva. You just start to learn Tao. At this immature stage, you had better learn from nature—no action.
濟世救人，普渡眾生是菩薩，是佛的工作。你們初學道，自己尚未成熟，還是學學自然吧。
21 As you see, how wonderful are creatures created by heaven and earth. Heaven and earth, however, never say something to us and never disturb our each action.
你看天地創造萬物，他們是多麼的神奇，可是天地從來不對我們講什麼，他們也不太干擾我們的一舉一動。
22 Our daily life is free and easy, because heaven doesn’t do harm to a thing by being over-enthusiastic about it. Only human would open classes to teach others by their poor little knowledge. All days they chatter to correct this and instruct that.
我們日常生活在自由自在之中，天從不做揠苗助長的事。只有人才會以他自己那一點貧乏的知識開班授徒，一天到晚嘮嘮叨叨地糾正這個，指示那個。
23 Kids! Bend to your study! What you know is far from what professor and tutor knows.”
同學們! 專心做自己的功課吧！你知道的那點兒東西離當教授，當導師還遠呢！別浪費時間吧！」
知而不言，所以之天也；知而言之，所以之人也；古之人，天而不人。」