白光 The White Light

陳士成看過縣考的榜，回到家裏的時候，已經是下午了。By the time Chen Shicheng had looked over the county examination results and returned home, it was already afternoon.他去得本很早，一見榜，便先在這上面尋陳字。He had actually gone very early, and as soon as he saw the list, he began searching it for the character Chen.陳字也不少，似乎也都爭先恐後的跳進他眼睛裏來，然而接着的卻全不是士成這兩個字。There were quite a few Chens, and they all seemed to leap into his eyes as if vying to be first, yet what followed was never the two characters Shicheng.他于是重新再在十二張榜的圓圖裏細細地搜尋，看的人全已散盡了，而陳士成在榜上終于沒有見，單站在試院的照壁的面前。So he searched again carefully through the circular diagrams of all twelve lists; the other viewers had all long since dispersed, and in the end Chen Shicheng was nowhere to be found on the list — he stood alone before the screen wall of the examination hall.

陈士成看过县考的榜，回到家里的时候，已经是下午了。他去得本很早，一见榜，便先在这上面寻陈字。陈字也不少，似乎也都争先恐后的跳进他眼睛里来，然而接着的却全不是士成这两个字。他于是重新再在十二张榜的圆图里细细地搜寻，看的人全已散尽了，而陈士成在榜上终于没有见，单站在试院的照壁的面前。

涼風雖然拂拂的吹動他斑白的短髮，初冬的太陽卻還是很溫和的來曬他。Though the cool breeze stirred his graying, close-cropped hair, the early-winter sun still shone down on him quite mildly.但他似乎被太陽曬得頭暈了，臉色越加變成灰白，從勞乏的紅腫的兩眼裏，發出古怪的閃光。But he seemed to grow dizzy from the sun's warmth, his face turning ever more ashen, and from his weary, red-swollen eyes there came a strange, flashing light.這時他其實早已不看到什麼牆上的榜文了，只見有許多烏黑的圓圈，在眼前泛泛的游走。By now he had actually long since stopped seeing anything of the notice on the wall — he saw only a great many pitch-black circles drifting vaguely before his eyes.

凉风虽然拂拂的吹动他斑白的短发，初冬的太阳却还是很温和的来晒他。但他似乎被太阳晒得头晕了，脸色越加变成灰白，从劳乏的红肿的两眼里，发出古怪的闪光。这时他其实早已不看到什么墙上的榜文了，只见有许多乌黑的圆圈，在眼前泛泛的游走。

雋了秀才，上省去鄉試，一徑聯捷上去，……Having passed as a xiucai, he would go up to the provincial capital for the examinations, sailing straight on to success after success, ...紳士們既然千方百計的來攀親，人們又都像看見神明似的敬畏，深悔先前的輕薄，發昏，……Since the local gentry would then go to every length to claim kinship with him, and everyone would regard him with the awe due a god, deeply repenting their former slights and foolishness, ...趕走了租住在自己破宅門裏的雜姓——那是不勞說趕，自己就搬的，——屋宇全新了，門口是旗竿和扁額，……He would drive out the tenants of mixed surnames who rented rooms in his dilapidated old house — though in fact there would be no need to drive them out, they would move away of their own accord — the house all made new, with a flagpole and a horizontal tablet at the gate, ...要清高可以做京官，否則不如謀外放。……If he wished to remain above worldly concerns he could serve as a metropolitan official; otherwise, better to seek a post out in the provinces. ...他平日安排停當的前程，這時候又像受潮的糖塔一般，剎時倒塌，只剩下一堆碎片了。His future, so carefully arranged in his ordinary daydreams, now collapsed all at once like a sugar pagoda struck by damp, leaving only a heap of fragments.他不自覺的旋轉了覺得渙散了的身軀，惘惘的走向歸家的路。Without realizing it he turned his body, which felt as if it had come loose at the joints, and walked dazedly homeward.

隽了秀才，上省去乡试，一径联捷上去，……绅士们既然千方百计的来攀亲，人们又都像看见神明似的敬畏，深悔先前的轻薄，发昏，……赶走了租住在自己破宅门里的杂姓——那是不劳说赶，自己就搬的，——屋宇全新了，门口是旗竿和扁额，……要清高可以做京官，否则不如谋外放。……他平日安排停当的前程，这时候又像受潮的糖塔一般，刹时倒塌，只剩下一堆碎片了。他不自觉的旋转了觉得涣散了的身躯，惘惘的走向归家的路。

他剛到自己的房門口，七個學童便一齊放開喉嚨，吱的唸起書來。Just as he reached the door of his own room, his seven pupils all at once opened their throats and began reciting their lessons in a shrill chorus.他大喫一驚，耳朵邊似乎敲了一聲磬，只見七個頭拖了小辮子在眼前幌，幌得滿房，黑圈子也夾着跳舞。He gave a great start, as if a chime had been struck beside his ear; he saw only seven heads with little queues trailing, swaying before his eyes, swaying until the whole room seemed to sway, black circles dancing in among them.他坐下了，他們送上晚課來，臉上都顯出小覷他的神色。He sat down, and they brought up their evening lessons for him to check, their faces all showing a look of faint contempt for him.

他刚到自己的房门口，七个学童便一齐放开喉咙，吱的念起书来。他大吃一惊，耳朵边似乎敲了一声磬，只见七个头拖了小辫子在眼前幌，幌得满房，黑圈子也夹着跳舞。他坐下了，他们送上晚课来，脸上都显出小觑他的神色。

『回去罷。』他遲了片時疑，這纔悲慘的說。'Go home now.' He hesitated in doubt for a moment before finally saying this, in a mournful voice.

『回去罢。』他迟了片时疑，这才悲惨的说。

他們胡亂的包了書包，挾着，一溜煙跑走了。They hastily wrapped up their satchels, tucked them under their arms, and ran off in a flash.

他们胡乱的包了书包，挟着，一溜烟跑走了。

陳士成還看見許多小頭夾着黑圓圈在眼前跳舞，有時雜亂，有時也排成異樣的陣圖，然而漸漸的減少，模胡了。Chen Shicheng still saw many small heads mixed with black circles dancing before his eyes, sometimes in disorder, sometimes forming into strange battle-formations, but gradually they grew fewer and blurred.

陈士成还看见许多小头夹着黑圆圈在眼前跳舞，有时杂乱，有时也排成异样的阵图，然而渐渐的减少，模胡了。

『這回又完了！』'This time it's over again!'

『这回又完了！』

他大喫一驚，直跳起來，分明就在耳朵邊的話，回過頭去卻並沒有什麼人，彷彿又聽得嗡的敲了一聲磬，自己的嘴也說道：He gave a great start and leapt straight up — the words had clearly sounded right beside his ear, yet when he turned his head there was no one there at all; it seemed he heard again the humming strike of a chime, and his own mouth spoke the words:

他大吃一惊，直跳起来，分明就在耳朵边的话，回过头去却并没有什么人，彷佛又听得嗡的敲了一声磬，自己的嘴也说道：

『這回又完了！』'This time it's over again!'

『这回又完了！』

他忽而舉起一隻手來，屈指計數着想，十一，十三回，連今年是十六回，竟沒有一個攷官懂得文章，有眼無珠，也是可憐的事，便不由嘻嘻的失了笑。He suddenly raised one hand and, bending his fingers, counted up: eleven, thirteen times, and counting this year, sixteen times — that not a single examiner had ever understood good writing, having eyes but no discernment, was truly a pitiable thing, and he could not help letting out a snickering laugh.然而他憤然了，驀地從書包布底下抽出謄真的制藝和試帖來，拿着往外走，剛近房門，卻看見滿眼都明亮，連一羣雞也正在笑他，便禁不住的頭突突的狂跳，只好縮回裏面了。Yet then he grew indignant, and abruptly drew out from beneath the cloth of a satchel the fair copies of his examination essays and test poems, and carrying them, made for the door; but just as he neared it, he saw brightness fill his whole field of vision, and even a flock of chickens seemed to be laughing at him, so that his head could not help but throb wildly, and he had no choice but to shrink back inside.

他忽而举起一只手来，屈指计数着想，十一，十三回，连今年是十六回，竟没有一个攷官懂得文章，有眼无珠，也是可怜的事，便不由嘻嘻的失了笑。然而他愤然了，蓦地从书包布底下抽出誊真的制艺和试帖来，拿着往外走，刚近房门，却看见满眼都明亮，连一群鸡也正在笑他，便禁不住的头突突的狂跳，只好缩回里面了。

他又就了坐，眼光格外的閃爍；He sat down again, his eyes flickering more strangely than ever;他目覩着許多東西，然而很模胡，——是到塌了的糖塔一般的前程躺在他面前，這前程又只是廣大起來，阻住了他的一切路。He seemed to see many things before him, though very blurred — it was his future, collapsed like the sugar pagoda, lying there before him, and this future only kept swelling larger and larger, blocking every path he had.

他又就了坐，眼光格外的闪烁；他目覩着许多东西，然而很模胡，——是到塌了的糖塔一般的前程躺在他面前，这前程又只是广大起来，阻住了他的一切路。

別家的炊烟早消歇了，碗筷也洗過了，而陳士成還不去做飯。In other households the cooking smoke had long since died away and the bowls and chopsticks had already been washed, yet Chen Shicheng still had not gone to prepare his meal.寓在這里的雜姓是知道老例的，凡遇到縣考的年頭，看見發榜後的這樣的眼光，不如及早關了門，不要多管事。The tenants of mixed surnames lodging there knew the old custom well: whenever it was a year of the county examinations, on seeing such a look in his eyes after the results were posted, it was best to shut one's door early and not meddle in the matter.最先就絕了人聲，接着是陸續的熄了燈火，獨有月亮，卻緩緩的出現在寒夜的空中。First the sound of human voices died away entirely, then one by one the lamps went out, and only the moon slowly emerged in the cold night sky.

别家的炊烟早消歇了，碗筷也洗过了，而陈士成还不去做饭。寓在这里的杂姓是知道老例的，凡遇到县考的年头，看见发榜后的这样的眼光，不如及早关了门，不要多管事。最先就绝了人声，接着是陆续的熄了灯火，独有月亮，却缓缓的出现在寒夜的空中。

空中靑碧到如一片海，略有些浮雲，彷彿有誰將粉筆洗在筆洗裏似的搖曳。The sky was blue-green as a sea, with a few drifting clouds, swaying as though someone were rinsing a piece of chalk in a water-bowl.月亮對着陳士成注下寒冷的光波來，當初也不過像是一面新磨的鐵鏡罷了，而這鏡卻詭秘的照透了陳士成的全身，就在他身上映出鐵的月亮的影。The moon poured its cold rays down upon Chen Shicheng; at first it was no more than like a newly polished iron mirror, yet this mirror shone mysteriously through his entire body, casting upon him the shadow of an iron moon.

空中靑碧到如一片海，略有些浮云，彷佛有谁将粉笔洗在笔洗里似的摇曳。月亮对着陈士成注下寒冷的光波来，当初也不过像是一面新磨的铁镜罢了，而这镜却诡秘的照透了陈士成的全身，就在他身上映出铁的月亮的影。

他還在房外的院子裏徘徊，眼裏頗清淨了，四近也寂靜。He still paced back and forth in the courtyard outside his room; his eyes had grown quite clear now, and all around was silent.但這寂靜忽又無端的紛擾起來，他耳邊又確鑿聽到急促的低聲說：But this silence was suddenly, for no reason, thrown into confusion again — beside his ear he distinctly heard a hurried, low voice say:

他还在房外的院子里徘徊，眼里颇清净了，四近也寂静。但这寂静忽又无端的纷扰起来，他耳边又确凿听到急促的低声说：

『左彎右彎……』'Turn left, turn right...'

『左弯右弯……』

他聳然了，傾耳聽時，那聲音卻又提高的複述道：He started, and as he strained his ears to listen, the voice repeated itself, raised now:

他耸然了，倾耳听时，那声音却又提高的复述道：

『右彎！』'Turn right!'

『右弯！』

他記得了。He remembered.這院子，是他家還未如此彫零的時候，一到夏天的夜間，夜夜和他的祖母在此納涼的院子。This courtyard was the very one where, back when his family had not yet fallen into such decline, every summer night he used to sit here cooling himself with his grandmother.那時他不過十歲有零的孩子，躺在竹榻上，祖母便坐在榻旁邊，講給他有趣的故事聽。In those days he was just a child of ten-odd years, lying on a bamboo couch, while his grandmother sat beside the couch telling him amusing stories.伊說是曾經聽得伊的祖母說，陳氏的祖宗是鉅富的，這屋子便是祖基，祖宗埋着無數的銀子，有福氣的子孫一定會得到的罷，然而至今還沒有現。She said she had once heard from her own grandmother that the Chen ancestors had been enormously wealthy, that this house stood on the ancestral foundation, and that the ancestors had buried countless amounts of silver there; a fortunate descendant was bound to find it one day, and yet to this day it had still not appeared.至于處所，那是藏在一個謎語的中間：As for its location, that was hidden within a riddle:

他记得了。这院子，是他家还未如此雕零的时候，一到夏天的夜间，夜夜和他的祖母在此纳凉的院子。那时他不过十岁有零的孩子，躺在竹榻上，祖母便坐在榻旁边，讲给他有趣的故事听。伊说是曾经听得伊的祖母说，陈氏的祖宗是巨富的，这屋子便是祖基，祖宗埋着无数的银子，有福气的子孙一定会得到的罢，然而至今还没有现。至于处所，那是藏在一个谜语的中间：

『左彎右彎，前走後走，量金量銀不論斗。』'Turn left, turn right, walk forward, walk back, measure gold, measure silver, not by the peck.'

『左弯右弯，前走后走，量金量银不论斗。』

對于這謎語，陳士成便在平時，本也常常暗地裏加以揣測的，可惜大抵剛以爲可通，卻又立刻覺得不合了。As for this riddle, even in ordinary times Chen Shicheng had often secretly puzzled over it, but unfortunately, no sooner did he think he had worked it out than he at once felt it did not fit after all.有一回，他確有把握，知道這是在租給唐家的房底下的了，然而總沒有前去發掘的勇氣；Once, he was quite certain he knew it lay beneath the rooms rented out to the Tang family, and yet he never had the courage to go and dig there;過了幾時，可又覺得太不相像了。after some time had passed, though, he came to feel it did not match after all.至于他自己房子裏的幾個掘過的舊痕迹，那卻全是先前幾回下第以後的發了怔忡的舉動，後來自己一看到，也還感到慚愧而且羞人。As for the several old traces of digging in his own room, those were entirely the acts of a mind unhinged after his previous failures in the examinations; afterward, whenever he himself caught sight of them, he still felt ashamed and embarrassed.

对于这谜语，陈士成便在平时，本也常常暗地里加以揣测的，可惜大抵刚以为可通，却又立刻觉得不合了。有一回，他确有把握，知道这是在租给唐家的房底下的了，然而总没有前去发掘的勇气；过了几时，可又觉得太不相像了。至于他自己房子里的几个掘过的旧痕迹，那却全是先前几回下第以后的发了怔忡的举动，后来自己一看到，也还感到惭愧而且羞人。

但今天鐵的光罩住了陳士成，又輭輭的來勸他了，他或者偶一遲疑，便給他正經的證明，又加上陰森的催逼，使他不得不又向自己的房裏轉過眼光去。But today the iron light enveloped Chen Shicheng, and came softly to persuade him once more; whenever he chanced to hesitate, it offered him solemn proof, and added to this a grim, urging pressure, so that he could not help turning his gaze back toward his own room.

但今天铁的光罩住了陈士成，又輭輭的来劝他了，他或者偶一迟疑，便给他正经的证明，又加上阴森的催逼，使他不得不又向自己的房里转过眼光去。

白光如一柄白團扇，搖搖擺擺的閃起在他房裏了。A white light, like a round white fan, swayed and flickered into being in his room.

白光如一柄白团扇，摇摇摆摆的闪起在他房里了。

『也終于在這里！』'So it is here after all!'

『也终于在这里！』

他說着，獅子似的趕快走進那房裏去，但跨進裏面的時候，便不見了白光的影蹤，只有莽蒼蒼的一間舊房，和幾個破書桌都沒在昏暗裏。So saying, he rushed into the room like a lion, but the instant he stepped inside, every trace of the white light vanished, and there was only a dim, hazy old room, with a few broken desks all sunk in the gloom.他爽然的站着，慢慢的再定睛，然而白光卻分明的又起來了，這回更廣大，比硫黃火更白淨，比朝霧更霏微，而且便在靠東牆的一張書桌下。He stood there dumbfounded, and slowly steadied his eyes again, but the white light plainly rose up once more — this time larger still, whiter and cleaner than sulfur-fire, finer and mistier than morning fog, and right beneath a desk against the east wall.

他说着，狮子似的赶快走进那房里去，但跨进里面的时候，便不见了白光的影踪，只有莽苍苍的一间旧房，和几个破书桌都没在昏暗里。他爽然的站着，慢慢的再定睛，然而白光却分明的又起来了，这回更广大，比硫黄火更白净，比朝雾更霏微，而且便在靠东墙的一张书桌下。

陳士成獅子似的奔到門後邊，伸手去摸鋤頭，撞着一條黑影。Chen Shicheng dashed like a lion to behind the door, reaching out his hand to feel for the hoe, and bumped into a dark shadow.他不知怎的有些怕了，張惶的點了燈，看鋤頭無非倚着。Somehow he grew a little frightened, and in a fluster lit a lamp — only to see that it was merely the hoe leaning there, nothing more.他移開桌子，用鋤頭一氣掘起四塊大方磚，蹲身一看，照例是黃澄澄的細沙，揎了袖爬開細沙，便露出下面的黑土來。He moved the desk aside, and with the hoe dug up four large square bricks all in one go; crouching down to look, he found, as always, fine golden-yellow sand beneath; rolling up his sleeves he scraped the sand away, and the black earth underneath was exposed.他極小心的，幽靜的，一鋤一鋤往下掘，然而深夜究竟太寂靜了，尖鐵觸土的聲音，總是鈍重的不肯瞞人的發響。Most carefully and quietly he dug downward stroke by stroke, but the deep night was after all too silent, and the sound of the iron point striking earth was always dull and heavy, refusing to be muffled from anyone's ears.

陈士成狮子似的奔到门后边，伸手去摸锄头，撞着一条黑影。他不知怎的有些怕了，张惶的点了灯，看锄头无非倚着。他移开桌子，用锄头一气掘起四块大方砖，蹲身一看，照例是黄澄澄的细沙，揎了袖爬开细沙，便露出下面的黑土来。他极小心的，幽静的，一锄一锄往下掘，然而深夜究竟太寂静了，尖铁触土的声音，总是钝重的不肯瞒人的发响。

土坑深到二尺多了，並不見有甕口，陳士成正心焦，一聲脆響，頗震得手腕痛，鋤尖碰着什麼堅硬的東西了；The pit had grown more than two feet deep, and still no mouth of an urn appeared; just as Chen Shicheng was growing anxious, there came a crisp clang, jarring his wrist quite painfully — the tip of the hoe had struck something hard;他急忙拋下鋤頭，摸索着看時，一塊大方磚在下面。hastily he threw down the hoe, and groping to look, found a large square brick lying below.他的心抖得很利害，聚精會神的挖起那方磚來，下面也滿是先前一樣的黑土，爬鬆了許多土，下面似乎還無窮。His heart trembled violently; concentrating all his attention, he dug up that square brick — beneath it, too, was black earth just like before; he loosened a great deal of soil, and below it there seemed to be no end.但忽而又觸着堅硬的小東西了，圓的，大約是一個鏽銅錢；But suddenly he touched something small and hard again — round, probably a rusted copper coin;此外也還有幾片破碎的磁片。besides that there were also a few broken shards of porcelain.

土坑深到二尺多了，并不见有瓮口，陈士成正心焦，一声脆响，颇震得手腕痛，锄尖碰着什么坚硬的东西了；他急忙抛下锄头，摸索着看时，一块大方砖在下面。他的心抖得很利害，聚精会神的挖起那方砖来，下面也满是先前一样的黑土，爬松了许多土，下面似乎还无穷。但忽而又触着坚硬的小东西了，圆的，大约是一个锈铜钱；此外也还有几片破碎的磁片。

陳士成心裏彷彿覺得空虛了，渾身流汗，急躁的只爬搔；A kind of emptiness seemed to come over Chen Shicheng's heart; sweating all over, he only scraped and clawed at the earth in agitation;這其間，心在空中一抖動，又觸着一種古怪的小東西了，這似乎約略有些馬掌形的，但觸手很鬆脆。in the midst of this, his heart gave a lurch in mid-air, and he touched a strange little thing again — this one seemed roughly shaped like a horseshoe, but crumbled brittle to the touch.他又聚精會神的挖起那東西來，謹慎的撮着，就燈光下仔細的看時，那東西斑斑剝剝的像是爛骨頭，上面還帶着一排零落不全的牙齒。Again he concentrated all his attention and dug the thing up, cautiously pinching it between his fingers; examining it carefully under the lamplight, he saw it was mottled and crumbling, like a rotten bone, still bearing along one edge a row of teeth, scattered and incomplete.他已經悟到這許是下巴骨了，而那下巴骨也便在他手裏索索的動彈起來，而且笑吟吟的顯出笑影，終于聽得他開口道：He had already realized this must be a jawbone, and that very jawbone began to tremble and stir in his hand, and even took on a smiling look, until at last he heard it open its mouth and say:

陈士成心里彷佛觉得空虚了，浑身流汗，急躁的只爬搔；这其间，心在空中一抖动，又触着一种古怪的小东西了，这似乎约略有些马掌形的，但触手很松脆。他又聚精会神的挖起那东西来，谨慎的撮着，就灯光下仔细的看时，那东西斑斑剥剥的像是烂骨头，上面还带着一排零落不全的牙齿。他已经悟到这许是下巴骨了，而那下巴骨也便在他手里索索的动弹起来，而且笑吟吟的显出笑影，终于听得他开口道：

『這回又完了！』'This time it's over again!'

『这回又完了！』

他慄然的發了大冷，同時也放了手，下巴骨輕飄飄的回到坑底裏不多久，他也就逃到院子裏了。He shivered with a great chill, and at the same moment let go of it; the jawbone drifted lightly back down to the bottom of the pit, and before long he too had fled out into the courtyard.他偷看房裏面，燈火如此輝煌，下巴骨如此嘲笑，異乎尋常的怕人，便再不敢向那邊看。He stole a glance into the room — the lamplight so blazing, the jawbone mocking him so, altogether unnaturally terrifying — and he no longer dared to look that way again.他躺在遠處的簷下的陰影裏，覺得較爲平安了；He lay down in the shadow beneath the eaves at a distance, and felt somewhat more at peace;但在這平安中，忽而耳朶邊又聽得竊竊的低聲說：but in the midst of this peace, suddenly beside his ear he heard again a whispering, furtive voice say:

他栗然的发了大冷，同时也放了手，下巴骨轻飘飘的回到坑底里不多久，他也就逃到院子里了。他偷看房里面，灯火如此辉煌，下巴骨如此嘲笑，异乎寻常的怕人，便再不敢向那边看。他躺在远处的簷下的阴影里，觉得较为平安了；但在这平安中，忽而耳朶边又听得窃窃的低声说：

『這里沒有……'It's not here...到山裏去……』Go to the mountains...'

『这里没有……到山里去……』

陳士成似乎記得白天在街上也曾聽得有人說這種話，他不待再聽完，已經恍然大悟了。Chen Shicheng seemed to recall that during the day, out on the street, he had also heard someone say words like these; without even waiting to hear more, he had already grasped it all in a flash of understanding.他突然仰面向天，月亮已向西高峯這方面隱去，遠想離城三十五里的西高峯正在眼前，朝笏一般黑魆魆的挺立着，周圍便放出浩大閃爍的白光來。He suddenly raised his face to the sky; the moon had already sunk away toward the direction of West High Peak; picturing in his mind West High Peak, thirty-five li from the city, he seemed to see it right before his eyes, standing black and looming like a court tablet, and all around it burst forth a vast, flickering white light.

陈士成似乎记得白天在街上也曾听得有人说这种话，他不待再听完，已经恍然大悟了。他突然仰面向天，月亮已向西高峰这方面隐去，远想离城三十五里的西高峰正在眼前，朝笏一般黑魆魆的挺立着，周围便放出浩大闪烁的白光来。

而且這白光又遠遠的就在前面了。And moreover this white light was there again, far off, right ahead of him.

而且这白光又远远的就在前面了。

『是的，到山裏去！』'Yes, go to the mountains!'

『是的，到山里去！』

他決定的想，慘然的奔出去了。So he resolved in his mind, and dashed out in wretched despair.幾回的開門聲之後，門裏面便再不聞一些聲息。After a few sounds of doors opening, no further sound at all was heard from within.燈光結了大燈花照着空屋和坑洞，畢畢剝剝的炸了幾聲之後，便漸漸的縮小以至于無有，那是殘油已經燒盡了。The lamp's wick formed a great snuff-flower, lighting the empty room and the pit, and after crackling and popping a few times, gradually shrank away to nothing — the last of the oil had burned dry.

他决定的想，惨然的奔出去了。几回的开门声之后，门里面便再不闻一些声息。灯光结了大灯花照着空屋和坑洞，毕毕剥剥的炸了几声之后，便渐渐的缩小以至于无有，那是残油已经烧尽了。

『開城門來～～』'Open the city gate~~'

『开城门来～～』

含着大希望的恐怖的悲聲，游絲似的在西關門前的黎明中，戰戰兢兢的叫喊。A voice of terror charged with great hope, thin as a trailing thread of silk, cried out tremblingly before the West Gate in the light of dawn.

含着大希望的恐怖的悲声，游丝似的在西关门前的黎明中，战战兢兢的叫喊。

第二天的日中，有人在離西門十五里的萬流湖裏看見一個浮屍，當卽傳揚開去，終于傳到地保的耳朵裏了，便叫鄉下人撈將上來。At midday the next day, someone spotted a floating corpse in Wanliu Lake, fifteen li from the West Gate; the news spread at once and eventually reached the ears of the local warden, who had the villagers fish it out.那是一個男屍，五十多歲，『身中面白無鬚』，渾身也沒有什麼衣褲。It was the corpse of a man, over fifty years old, 'of medium build, pale-faced, and beardless,' with hardly any clothing left on his body.或者說這就是陳士成。Some said this was none other than Chen Shicheng.但鄰居懶得去看，也並無屍親認領，于是經縣委員相驗之後，便由地保擡埋了。But the neighbors could not be bothered to go look, and no relative came to claim the body; so after the county official had come to examine it, the local warden had it carried off and buried.至于死因，那當然是沒有問題的，剝取死屍的衣服本來是常有的事，够不上疑心到謀害去；As for the cause of death, that was of course beyond question; stripping the clothes off a corpse was, after all, a common enough occurrence, not enough to arouse suspicion of murder;而且仵作也證明是生前的落水，因爲他確鑿曾在水底裏掙命，所以十個指甲裏都滿嵌着河底泥。and moreover the coroner confirmed that he had fallen into the water while still alive, for he had unmistakably struggled for life at the bottom of the water, so that all ten of his fingernails were packed full with mud from the riverbed.

第二天的日中，有人在离西门十五里的万流湖里看见一个浮尸，当即传扬开去，终于传到地保的耳朵里了，便叫乡下人捞将上来。那是一个男尸，五十多岁，『身中面白无须』，浑身也没有什么衣裤。或者说这就是陈士成。但邻居懒得去看，也并无尸亲认领，于是经县委员相验之后，便由地保抬埋了。至于死因，那当然是没有问题的，剥取死尸的衣服本来是常有的事，够不上疑心到谋害去；而且仵作也证明是生前的落水，因为他确凿曾在水底里挣命，所以十个指甲里都满嵌着河底泥。

（一九二二年六月。）(June 1922.)

据《中华人民共和国著作权法释义》，法人作品应满足三点要求：（1）由法人（或其他组织，以下简称“法人”）主持创作，而非工作人员自发进行；（2）创作思想及表达方式体现法人意志；（3）由法人负责，而非执笔者。（详情）According to the Interpretation of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, a work made by a legal person must satisfy three requirements: (1) it is created under the direction of the legal person (or other organization, hereinafter "legal person"), rather than spontaneously by staff members; (2) the creative ideas and mode of expression embody the will of the legal person; (3) responsibility for the work is borne by the legal person, not by the actual writer. (See details.)

鲁迅《白光》最初发表于1922年7月10日上海《东方杂志》第19卷第13号。《鲁迅全集》由鲁迅先生纪念委员会编印于1938年。Lu Xun's 'White Light' was first published on July 10, 1922, in Shanghai's Eastern Miscellany, Volume 19, Issue 13. The Complete Works of Lu Xun was compiled and printed by the Mr. Lu Xun Memorial Committee in 1938.