桃花劫（4）Peach Flower Catastrophe

第二天清晨，常公和掌柜的们，还有村民们，都来到了桃花村的大堂上，进行宣布遗嘱仪式。桃花女拆开那八字嘱托的信一看，常公猜对了，就说：“那我去把遗嘱取来。”

Early the next morning, Constant Fair, and the shopkeepers, as well as the villagers, all came to the hall of Peach Flower Village for the ceremony of announcing Publican Liu’s Will. Peach Flower Girl opened the letter with the eight-hieroglyphics testament and saw that Constant Fair had guessed correctly, so she said, "Then I will go and fetch the will."

人们在大堂上等候着。老管家着急了，走到常公身边小声说：“假遗嘱，我也怕她改呀！” 掌柜的们都觉得有道理。就由老管家领路，大伙儿一起去后院看看。

The people waited in the hall. The old butler, anxious, went to Constant Fair and whispered, “The false will, I'm afraid she'll change it too!” Shopkeepers all felt that it made sense. So, the old butler led the way, and the group went together to the backyard to look.

进书房时，人们闻到了烧纸的气味。桃花女正在那里看遗嘱呢！看见人们都来了，笑着说：“我就是想先看看我爸爸的遗嘱，让大伙儿等着急了！好！咱们就回大堂吧！”

One smells the smell of burning paper as one enters the study. Peach Flower Girl was there reading the will! Seeing that people were coming, she smiled and said, "I just wanted to read my father's will first, so I made the group wait impatiently! Good! Let's just go back to the hall!"

老管家拽了拽常公的袖子，小声说：“就在这里宣布遗嘱！” 一个掌柜的听明白了，说：“大当家的！人都在这儿，咱们就在这里宣读遗嘱吧！”

The old butler tugged at Constant Fair's sleeve and whispered, "Announce the will right here!" One of the shopkeepers understood and said, "Big Boss! Everyone is here, let's read the will here!"

桃花女笑着说：“着急也不差这一会儿，我觉得还是大堂里显得庄重些。常公！你说呢？”

常公说：“我也觉得大堂里多些庄严，那儿还有很多族里人等着呢！”

Peach Flower Girl smiled and said, “It's not so bad to be in a hurry for a while, I think it's better to look dignified in the hall. Constant Fair! What do you think?”

Constant Fair said, "I also think that there is more solemnity in the hall, there are still many clan members waiting there!"

回大堂的路上，老管家拉常公到了一边，问：“进屋时，你没闻到有烧纸的气味？”

常公回答：“闻到了！”

On the way back to the hall, the old butler pulled Constant Fair aside and asked, "When you entered the house, didn't you smell the odor of burning paper?"

Constant Fair replied, "I did!"

老管家说：“这不是明摆着的事吗！她造了份假遗嘱，把老东家的遗嘱烧了。等我们回到了大堂，她写的遗嘱的墨迹就干了。”

常公回答：“老东家立的遗嘱，女儿要改。这和我有什么关系？”

The old butler said, "Isn't it obvious! She created a fake will and burned the old boss’ will. By the time we got back to the hall, the ink on the will she wrote was dry."

Constant Fair replied, "The old boss made the will, and his daughter wants to change it. What does that have to do with me?"

老管家听了之后，跌倒了，说：“这和我有关系呀！我给老东家当了50年的管家了，连他的遗嘱都保管不好，我死之后，怎么去见老东家！常公！你得帮帮我！”

常公对他说，你这么办，这么办。

When the old butler heard this, he fell and said, "This has something to do with me! I've been the old boss’ butler for 50 years, and I can't even keep his will safe, so how am I going to see the old boss after I die! Constant Fair! You must help me!"

Constant Fair said to him, “You do this and this…”

他们俩回到大堂时，人们都在等他们呢！桃花女问常公：“你看由谁来宣读遗嘱？”

老管家自告奋勇地说：“如果大伙儿都信任我，我愿意代表刘公发布遗嘱。” 人们都认为老管家确实是代表刘老东家的合适人选，就由他来宣读遗嘱。

When the two of them returned to the hall, people were waiting for them! Peach Flower Girl asked Constant Fair, "Who do you think will read the will?"

The old butler volunteered, “If the people trust me, I am willing to issue the will on behalf of Publican Liu." The people all agreed that the old butler was indeed the right person to represent the old proprietor Liu, so he read out the will.

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根据遗嘱，刘老东家的全部财产都由常公继承；桃花女和常公在刘老东家的墓前举办裸体婚礼。当老管家把遗嘱交给族里人进行核对时，人们发现遗嘱上写的和老管家读的不一样，问老管家是怎么回事？

According to the will, all the property of Publican Liu is inherited by Constant Fair, and Peach Flower Girl and Constant Fair hold a nude wedding in front of Publican Liu's grave. When the old butler handed over the will to the clan for checking, people find that what is written in the will is different from what the old butler read, so they asked the old butler, “what is going on?”

桃花女听得清楚，看得明白：老管家并没有按自己写的读，他是背诵了刘老东家的遗嘱。羞愧难当；一切都和爸爸说的一样，自己身边连一个值得信任的人都没有。“你活着有什么意思！还不如死了呢！” 桃花女想着父亲说的话，真的就拔出了那支金刚降魔杵，要自杀。

Peach Flower Girl heard and saw clearly: butler did not read it as she had written it; he had recited the will of Publican Liu. Shame on her; everything was just as Papa had said, and she didn't even have one trustworthy person by her side. "What's the point of you living! It's better to die!" Thinking about what her father had said, the Peach Flower Girl literally pulled out the Philosopher-Stone Pestle, wanted to kill herself.

常公早有防备，一把就把匕首夺了过去。桃花女一愣，怒从心头起。正在这时，人们听“噗通”一声！原来是老管家一边跪下，一边放声嚎叫：“老东家！我对不起你呀！大小姐！我对不起你呀！”

Constant Fair was prepared and snatched the dagger with one hand. Peach Flower Girl was stunned, and her anger rose from her heart. At this moment, people heard a "plop" sound! It turned out to be the old butler kneeling while howling loudly: "Old master! I'm sorry! Lady! I'm sorry!"

大伙一看，急忙问是怎么回事？老管家爬到桃花女面前，抱住她的腿，一边哭一边说：“大小姐呀！都是老奴对不住你！”

桃花女惊奇地问：“老管家！你这是干什么！有话站起来，慢慢说。”

People were shocked, and hurriedly asked what was going on. The old butler crawled to Peach Flower Girl and hugged her legs, crying as he said, "My lady! It's all because of me, the old family slave that I'm all faults!"

Peach Flower Girl asked in surprise, "Old Uncle! What are you doing! Stand up if you have something to say and speak slowly."

老管家说：“你不原谅我，答应我你不自杀了，我就跪死在这儿。大小姐死了，我也不想活了！可是我又不能死，我没脸去见老东家！”

The old butler said, “If you don't forgive me and promise me you won't kill yourself anymore, I'll die here on my knees. If Missy is dead, I don't want to live anymore! But I can't die, I don't have the face to see the old master!”

人们劝桃花女，你快说呀！老管家这么大岁数了，这样跪着，成何体统！俩人僵持了一会儿。桃花女过了气头，还有了个台阶，答应原谅老管家，不自杀了。

People advised Peach Flower Girl, “Speak up! The old butler is so old, it's not decent for him to kneel like this!” The two of them were at a standstill for a while. Peach Flower Girl was over it and had a step to take. She promised to forgive the old butler and not to kill herself.

人们问老管家：“到底是咋回事儿？你不说也没人明白呀！”

老管家说：“我怕大小姐看了真遗嘱，自杀，我就写了份假遗嘱，把真遗嘱交给大掌柜的们保管了。”

People asked the old butler, "What on earth is going on? No one understands if you don't tell them!"

The old butler said, “I was afraid that Missy would read the real will and commit suicide, so I wrote a fake will and gave the real one to those shop managers for safekeeping.”

大伙儿就问大掌柜的们：“真遗嘱在哪呢？快拿出来吧！”

族人核对遗嘱，确认那是刘老东家的手迹。常公提议：“把这份假遗嘱烧了吧，别让老管家为难了。”

People then asked those shop managers, “Where's the real will? Take it out quickly!”

The clan checked the will and confirmed that it was Publican Liu's handwriting. Constant Fair suggested, “Burn this fake will, don't make things difficult for the old butler.”

掌柜的们问桃花女：“大当家的！这事该咋办？”

桃花女多聪明啊！一看一听，全明白了，说：“那就全权交给掌柜的们看着办吧！” 她站起来，回后院儿了。

掌柜的们一商量，这事儿性命攸关！该来的都已经在这里了，立刻举行婚礼！

Those shop managers asked Peach Flower Girl, “Big Boss! What should we do about this?”

How smart Peach Flower Girl is! After looked and listened, she understood everything and said, “Then leave it all to you managers!" She stood up and went back to the backyard. Those shop mangers discussed, this is a matter of life and death! Everyone who should be here is already here. The wedding should take place immediately!

（3）裸体婚礼 Nude Wedding

当天，所有人都到山上去了。常公和桃花女在坟前当众裸体结婚。当他们俩在刘员外的无字墓碑前一拜，人们就看见刘员外的坟呼呼地向上冒青烟（如插图2.7-38）。人们雀跃欢呼：吉祥！吉祥！吉祥！吉祥！

On the same day, everyone went to the mountain. Constant fair and Peach Flower Girl married naked in public in front of the grave. As soon as the two of them kowtowed in front of Publican Liu’s wordless tombstone, people saw turquoise smoke rising from his grave. crowds cheered: auspicious! Auspicious! Auspicious! Auspicious!

什么是吉祥？老话儿有说：有些是旧的，有些是新的，有些是借来的，有些是青的！

什么东西是旧的？那无字墓碑是古代上帝的墓碑，世界上的许多文化中有这个传说，没人知道它有多么古老了。

What is auspicious? As the old saying goes something old, something new, something borrowed, something turquoise blue!

What is old? The wordless tombstone is the tombstone of an ancient god, and there is this legend in many cultures around the world, no one knows how old it is.

什么是新的？古老的无字墓碑又有字显现了；这个《桃花劫》故事是新的。

什么是借来的？观众和读者的眼睛是借来的。刘员外在遗嘱里留下话儿：我要让常公和桃花女在我的坟前裸体祭拜我，让在场的观众和《桃花劫》的读者代替我来笑话这对儿不孝的禽兽子女（如插图2.7-42）。

What's new? The ancient wordless tombstone manifests words again, this Peach Flower Catastrophe story is new.

What is borrowed? The eyes of audiences and readers are borrowed. Publican Liu left words in his will: I want Constant fair and Peach Flower Girl to nakedly common wealth and bow to my grave, let the audience and Peach Flower Catastrophe story readers laugh at this pair of beastly unfilial children (see illustration 2.7-42) instead of me.

什么是青的？那青烟！青是泛绿的蓝色，是常寂光天（即是插图2.7-2的无所有天，即涅槃）的一种常，可以代表上帝。

What's turquoise blue? That turquoise blue smoke! Turquoise blue is a greenish blue color, a constant of Constant Silent Sky (see illustration 2.7-2；the none objectively have sky is also being called as Constant Silent Sky, Nirvana, Salvation, Empty After All, etc.) which can represent God.

那火是什么？是他们俩三岁之前的记忆（如图2.7-36下）。那记忆类似于人脑思维机制中的随念自我，中华文化中称作福，亦作大力神；此法力量强大，尘世间无有能敌。福在佛教中称作儒童（梵语摩纳婆），印度教中作婆罗门，基督教、伊斯兰教、和古埃及文化中称作亚伯，日耳曼文化中作马格尼,墨西哥文化称为灵龙。

What is that fire that is burning them? It is memory of the two of them before they were three years old (as in Figure 2.7-36 below). That memory is like “along thoughts ego in mind mechanism), is called Fortune in Chinese Culture, also known as Big Strength God, which is so powerful that there is no mundane match for it. Fortune is known as Juvenile in Buddhism, Brahmin in Hinduism, Abel in Christianity Islam and Ancient Egyptian culture, and Magni in Germanic culture, and Quetzalcoatl in Mexican culture.

那记忆为什么用火来表示？那记忆早就进入无意识，成为无意识的一部分了，又四大种中，无意识是神识，是火（参见11.2 节的四大种），所以古人说他们俩喷出了神火，烧毁了尘世，熔合在一起了。

Why then are the memories represented by fire? That memories have long since entered the unconscious and become part of unconscious, and of the Four Big Seeds, unconscious is God-sense, which is fire (cf. the Four Big Seeds in section 11.2), so the ancients said that they both spurted godly flames, burned up mundane world, and fused together.

（4）桃花劫的研究 Study of Peach Flower Catastrophe

本书作者我同意刘团长的说法，《桃花劫》是《天书》一部。故事的理论线索就是经，就是插图2.7-15右端的那根线。本书中的故事和案例主要来源于如下文化：

Author of this book, I agree with Troupe Leader Liu's statement, “Peach Flower Catastrophe” is a “Sky Book”. The theoretical thread of the story is sutra, is the thread at the right end of illustrations 2.7-15. The stories and cases in this book are mainly derived from the following cultures:

一）中华文化，炎帝是玉皇大帝，黄帝是金童，螺祖是玉女。

二）桃花劫故事（参见第2章），刘员外是神父，常公是金童，桃花女是玉女。

三）伊斯兰文化（参见4.4节），安拉是神父，摩西是亚当，苦芭芭是夏娃。

四）卢岩的回忆录（参见第1至10章），刘团长是神父，卢岩是金童，刘健君是玉女。

1) Chinese culture, the Yan Emperor is the Jade Emperor, the Yellow Emperor is the Golden Boy, and the Conch Ancestor is the Jade Girl.

2) Peach Flower Catastrophe (see Chapter 2), Publican Liu is the Godfather, Constant Fair is the Golden Boy, and Peach Flowe Girl is the Jade Girl.

3) Islamic culture (see section 4.4), Allah is the Godfather, Moses is the Adam, and Kubaba is the Eve.

4) Luyan's Memoirs (see chapters 1 to 10), Troupe Leader Liu is the Godfather, Luyan is the Golden Boy, and Eve Liu is the Jade Girl.

五）希腊文化（参见15.2节），宙斯是神父，阿克泰翁是金童，戴安娜是玉女。

六）日耳曼文化（参见15.3节），雷音是神父，睚眦是亚当，磨牙是夏娃。

七）墨西哥文化（参见第18章），舍利王是神父，墨西哥是金童，翠玉女是玉女。

八）佛教文化，大日如来是由许多神父合成的宗教寓言人物，释迦摩尼是由许多金童和亚当故事抽象出来的宗教寓言人物，观世音菩萨是由许多玉女和夏娃合成的宗教寓言人物。

(5) Greek culture (cf. section 15.2), Zeus is the Godfather, Actaeon is the Golden Boy, and Diana is the Jade Girl.

(6) Germanic culture (cf. section 15.3), Thor is the Godfather, Tanngnjóstr is the Adam, and Tanngrisnir is the Eve.

(7) Mexican culture (cf. Chapter 18), Huitzilopochtli is the Godfather, Mexica is the Golden Boy, and Chalchiuhtlicue is the Jade Girl.

(8) Buddhist culture, Great Sun Tathagata is a religious allegorical figure synthesized from many Godfathers, Shakyamuni is a religious allegorical figure synthesized from many Golden Boys and Adams, and View-sound Bodhisattva is a religious allegorical figure synthesized from many Jade Girls and Eves.

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