Under the Heaven (7)
天下(七)
1 Huishi’s knowledge was all-inclusive. His works were fairly many. Nevertheless, his thought was very freak, and his awareness of truth was problem-ridden.
惠施的知識包羅萬象，他的著作也極可觀。可是他的思想很怪異，他對真理的瞭解也有許多疑點。
惠施多方，其書五車，其道舛駁，其言也不中。
2 He described the material world as follows, “Anything infinitely big has no boundary and so it is called ‘large infinity’; anything infinitely small has nothing in it and so it is called ‘small infinity’.
在對物質世界的描繪上，他說：「真正大的東西是沒有範圍的，我們稱之謂大一；真正細微、渺小的東西是空無一物的，我們稱之謂小一。
厤物之意，曰：「至大無外，謂之大一﹔至小無內，謂之小一。
3 If press a thing into so thin that it has no thickness, then, there is no thing can be put on its surface; and in principle, it can be extended to thousand miles square wide. In the point of view of universe, the heaven is as high as the earth, and mountain is as high as lake. At noon, sun seems holding at the middle of heaven, but actually it is becoming down to the west. Creatures are bond to die since they are born.
如果將一件東西壓薄到沒有厚度，那麼在它上面是不可能存積任何東西的，而此物件，理論上可以展延千里之廣。站在宇宙的角度看，天實與地同高，山實與湖平行。當日正當中時，太陽已經開始西斜。當物出生的那一刻，它就開始走向死亡。
無厚，不可積也，其大千里。天與地卑，山與澤平。日方中方睨，物方生方死。
4 There are nuances among things of same species, or they are said similar. There are totally different appearances among things of different species but detailed study finds that there still some similarities between them. That is called nuance among similar and similar among difference.
同一科屬的東西，它們之間有小的不同，或說大體上相似；不同科屬的東西，它們看起來完全不同，可是仔細研究，卻又有許多相似之處，這就是所謂小同異及大同異的區別。
大同而與小同異，此之謂‘小同異’﹔萬物畢同畢異，此之謂‘大同異’。
5 Distance by pointing to south seems infinite. Nevertheless, it is limited. For example, we stand on earth and go south. Someday, you will find yourself reaching the starting place. The distance between starting place and end place is a circle of earth but it eventually is limited.”
手指南方其距離似乎是無限遠，然而，實際上它是有一定限度的; 比如站在地球上往南方走，有一天你會回到原地。出發點到原地之間，雖然包括了地球一圈的距離，可是它終究是有限的。」
南方無窮而有窮。
6 Huishi added, “A man starts to Yue today but he arrives there yesterday. Time reverses. Iron rings linked each other can be unlinked.”
惠施又說：「某人今天出發到越的地方，可是他卻昨天到達了; 時間變成倒退了。連在一起的鐵環，可以解開。」
今日適越而昔來。連環可解也。
7 Hui said, “I know that the center of heaven is located above the linking line of north of Yan and south of Yue.
惠施說：「我知道天的中心是在，燕的北方與越的南方，聯一條線的上方。
我知天之中央，燕之北、越之南是也。
8 People should love all things, because universe, heaven and earth are integrated and derive from the same source.”
我們應該泛愛萬物，因為天地宇宙是一體的，都是出自同一個源頭。」
泛愛萬物，天地一體也。」