頭髮 Hair
頭髮Hair
头发
這村裏底大道今天忽然點綴了許多好看的樹葉,一直達到村外底麻栗林邊.Today the main road through this village was suddenly decorated with many beautiful leaves, stretching all the way to the edge of the oak grove outside the village.
这村里底大道今天忽然点缀了许多好看的树叶,一直达到村外底麻栗林边.
村裏底人,男男女女都穿得很整齊.像舉行什麽大節期一樣.但六月間沒有重要的The people of the village, men and women alike, were all dressed very neatly, as if for some great festival day. But in the sixth month there was no important
村里底人,男男女女都穿得很整齐.像举行什么大节期一样.但六月间没有重要的
節期,婚禮也用不着這麽張羅,到底是爲甚事?festival, and even a wedding would not call for such a fuss — so what could it possibly be for?
节期,婚礼也用不着这么张罗,到底是为甚事?
那邊底男子們都唱着他們底歌,女子也都和着.我只靜靜地站在一邊看.The men over there were all singing their songs, and the women joined in too. I simply stood quietly to one side, watching.
那边底男子们都唱着他们底歌,女子也都和着.我只静静地站在一边看.
一隊兵押着一個壯年的比丘從大道那頭進前.村裏底人見他來了,歌唱得更A troop of soldiers was escorting a bhikkhu in the prime of life, advancing up the road from the far end. When the villagers saw him coming, they sang even
一队兵押着一个壮年的比丘从大道那头进前.村里底人见他来了,歌唱得更
大聲.婦人們都把頭髮披下來,爭着跪在道傍,把頭髮鋪在道中?louder. The women all let their hair down, vying with one another to kneel by the roadside and spread their hair across the road.從遠一望,直像整匹Seen from a distance, it looked exactly like a whole bolt
大声.妇人们都把头发披下来,争着跪在道傍,把头发铺在道中?从远一望,直像整匹
底黑練攤在那里.那位比丘從容地從衆女人底頭髮上走過;of black silk laid out there. The bhikkhu walked calmly across the women's hair;後面底男子們都嚷着,and the men behind him all shouted,
底黑练摊在那里.那位比丘从容地从众女人底头发上走过;后面底男子们都嚷着,
『可讚美的孔雀旗呀!』'O praiseworthy peacock banner!'
『可赞美的孔雀旗呀!』
他們這一嚷就把我提醒了.這不是倡自治底孟法師入獄底日子嗎?Their shouting suddenly reminded me — wasn't this the very day that Dharma Master Meng, the champion of self-government, was to enter prison?我心裏這This is what I was guessing to myself
他们这一嚷就把我提醒了.这不是倡自治底孟法师入狱底日子吗?我心里这
樣猜,趕到他離村裏底大道遠了,才轉過籬笆底西邊.剛一拐灣,便遇着一個少女摩着自己底頭髮,很懊惱地站在那里.我問她說,『小姑娘,你站在此地,爲你們底大師as he drew farther away down the village road, until at last I turned the west corner of the fence. Just as I rounded the bend, I came upon a young girl stroking her own hair, standing there looking very distressed. I asked her, 'Little girl, standing here like this, are you grieving for your Master'
样猜,赶到他离村里底大道远了,才转过篱笆底西边.刚一拐湾,便遇着一个少女摩着自己底头发,很懊恼地站在那里.我问她说,『小姑娘,你站在此地,为你们底大师
傷心麽?』?'
伤心么?』
『固然.但是我還咒咀我底頭髮爲什麽偏生短了,不能攤在地上,敎大師脚下'Of course. But I also curse my hair for being so unluckily short — unable to spread out on the ground, to let the Master's feet
『固然.但是我还咒咀我底头发为什么偏生短了,不能摊在地上,教大师脚下
底塵土留下些少在上頭.你說今日村裏底衆女子,那一個不比我榮幸呢?』leave a little of their dust upon it. Tell me, of all the women in the village today, which one is not more fortunate than I?'
底尘土留下些少在上头.你说今日村里底众女子,那一个不比我荣幸呢?』
『這有什麽榮幸?'What is so fortunate about that?若你有心恭敬你底國土和你底大師就夠了.』If you hold true reverence in your heart for your homeland and your Master, that is enough.'
『这有什么荣幸?若你有心恭敬你底国土和你底大师就够了.』
『咦!'Oh!靜藏在心裏底恭敬是不夠底.』Reverence hidden silently in the heart is not enough.'
『咦!静藏在心里底恭敬是不够底.』
『那麽,等他出獄底時候,你底頭髮就夠長了.』'Well then — by the time he comes out of prison, your hair will have grown long enough.'
『那么,等他出狱底时候,你底头发就够长了.』
女孩子聽了,非常喜歡,至於跳起來說,『得先生這一祝福,我底頭髮在那時定Hearing this, the girl was overjoyed, so much so that she jumped up and said, 'With this blessing from you, sir, my hair by then will surely
女孩子听了,非常喜欢,至于跳起来说,『得先生这一祝福,我底头发在那时定
能比別人長些.多謝了!』be longer than anyone else's. Many thanks!'
能比别人长些.多谢了!』
她跳着從籬笆對面底流連子園去了.我從西邊一直走,到那麻栗林邊.那里底Skipping, she went off toward the Liulianzi garden across from the fence. I walked on straight from the west, until I reached the edge of the oak grove. There the
她跳着从篱笆对面底流连子园去了.我从西边一直走,到那麻栗林边.那里底
土很溼,大師底脚印和兵士底鞋印在上頭印得很分明.ground was very damp, and the Master's footprints and the soldiers' bootprints were stamped upon it very clearly.
土很湿,大师底脚印和兵士底鞋印在上头印得很分明.
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What it’s about
A village decorates its road and sings as soldiers escort the Buddhist teacher Meng toward prison for advocating self-rule. Women loosen their hair, kneel and spread it like black silk for him to walk upon, while men praise the peacock banner. The narrator recognizes a public ritual of resistance in which bodily beauty and reverence transform an arrested leader's passage into a procession of honor.
Beyond the crowd he meets a distressed girl whose hair is too short to touch the teacher's feet and preserve their dust. He says inward respect should suffice, but she insists hidden reverence is inadequate. His consolation that her hair will be long when Meng leaves prison delights her as a blessing. At the forest edge, the wet ground retains both the master's bare footprints and the soldiers' shoe marks: unlike private feeling, public devotion and state force leave adjacent material records.
When it was written 背景
The Southeast Asian setting evokes Buddhist anticolonial nationalism; 孟法師 and the peacock flag point toward Burmese political and religious imagery without a full historical identification in the sketch. Spreading hair beneath a revered figure's feet recalls devotional legends, but here women convert the act into visible solidarity with an imprisoned advocate of autonomy. The narrator's preference for silent sincerity is corrected by the girl's demand for expression. Learners can follow the contrasts 心裏/地上, 短/長 and 頭髮/腳印: each moves conviction from inward emotion toward public, durable form.
Words in this chapter 生词
- 着zhāoHSK 1着zhāo — a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) · trick; tactic · (dialect) okay; all right · (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)
- 麽mó麽mó — tiny · insignificant
- 笆bā笆bā — an article made of bamboo strips · fence
- 敎jiào敎jiào — variant of 教 (jiào)
- 籬lí籬lí — a fence
- 咦yí咦yí — expression of surprise
- 溼shīHSK 4溼shī — variant of 濕 (shī) (HSK 4)
- 丘qiū丘qiū — mound · hillock · grave · classifier for fields
- 脚jiǎoHSK 2脚jiǎo — foot · leg (of an animal or an object) · base (of an object) · classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) · classifier for kicks (HSK 2)
- 衆zhòng衆zhòng — variant of 眾 (zhòng)
- 爲wéiHSK 2爲wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)
- 栗lì栗lì — (literary) cold; chilly · (bound form) to tremble with fear
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