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經典譯作賞析林語堂譯《桃花源記》
《桃花源記》是東晉文學家陶淵明的代表作之一,是《桃花源詩》的序言,選自《陶淵明集》。此文借武陵漁人行蹤這一線索,把現實和理想境界聯系起來,通過對桃花源的安寧和樂、自由平等生活的描繪,表現了作者追求美好生活的理想和對當時的現實生活不滿。以下是小編整理的譯作賞析林語堂譯《桃花源記》,歡迎閱讀。
譯作賞析林語堂譯《桃花源記》
晉太元中,武陵人捕魚為業,緣溪行,忘路之遠近。忽逢桃花林,夾岸數百步,中無雜樹,芳草鮮美,落英繽紛;漁人甚異之。復前行,欲窮其林。林盡水源,便得一山。山有小口,仿佛若有光,便舍船,從口入。初極狹,才通人;復行數十步,豁然開朗。土地平曠,屋舍儼然。有良田美池,桑竹之屬,阡陌交通,雞犬相聞。其中往來種作,男女衣著,悉如外人;黃發垂髫,并怡然自樂。見漁人,乃大驚,問所從來;具答之。便要還家,設酒、殺雞、作食。村中聞有此人,咸來問訊。自云:先世避秦時亂,率妻子邑人來此絕境,不復出焉;遂與外人間隔。問今是何世?乃不知有漢,無論魏、晉!此人一一為具言所聞,皆嘆惋。余人各復延至其家,皆出酒食,停數日,辭去。此中人語云:“不足為外人道。”During the reign of Taiyuan of Chin, there was a fisherman of Wuling. One day he was walking along a bank. After having gone a certain distance, he suddenly came upon a peach grove which extended along the bank for about a hundred yards. He noticed with surprise that the grove had a magic effect, so singularly free from the usual mingling of brushwood, while the beautifully grassy ground was covered with its rose petals. He went further to explore, and when he came to the end of the grove, he saw a spring which came from a cave in the hill, Having noticed that there seemed to be a weak light in the cave, he tied up his boat and decided to go in and explore. At first the opening was very narrow, barely wide enough for one person to go in. After a dozen steps, it opened into a flood of light. He saw before his eyes a wide, level valley, with houses and fields and farms. There were bamboos and mulberries; farmers were working and dogs and chickens were running about. The dresses of the men and women were like those of the outside world, and the old men and children appeared very happy and contented. They were greatly astonished to see the fisherman and asked him where he had come from. The fisherman told them and was invited to their homes, where wine was served and chicken was killed for dinner to entertain him. The villagers hearing of his coming all came to see him and to talk. They said that their ancestors had come here as refugees to escape from the tyranny of Tsin Shih-huang (builder of Great Wall) some six hundred years ago, and they had never left it. They were thus completely cut off from the world, and asked what was the ruling dynasty now. They had not even heard of the Han Dynasty (two centuries before to two centuries after Christ), not to speak of the Wei (third century A.D.) and the Chin (third and fourth centuries). The fisherman told them, which they heard with great amazement. Many of the other villagers then began to invite him to their homes by turn and feed him dinner and wine.After a few days, he took leave of them and left. The villagers begged him not to tell the people outside about their colony.
既出,得其船,便扶向路,處處志之。及郡下,詣太守,說如此。太守即遣人隨其往,尋向所志,遂迷不復得路。南陽劉子驥,高尚士也,聞之,欣然規往,未果,尋病終。后遂無問津者。The man found his boat and came back, marking with signs the route he had followed. He went to the magistrate’s office and told the magistrate about it. The latter sent someone to go with him and find the place. They looked for the signs but got lost and could never find it again. Liu Tsechi of Nanyang was a great idealist. He heard of this story, and planned to go and find it, but was taken ill and died before he could fulfill his wish. Since then, no one has gone in search of this place.
譯文
東晉太元年間,武陵郡有個人以打魚為生。一天,他順著溪水行船,忘記了路程的遠近。忽然遇到一片桃花林,生長在溪水的兩岸,長達幾百步,中間沒有別的樹,花草鮮嫩美麗,落花紛紛地散在地上。漁人對此(眼前的景色)感到十分詫異,繼續往前行船,想走到林子的盡頭。
桃林的盡頭就是溪水的發源地,于是便出現一座山,山上有個小洞口,洞里仿佛有點光亮。于是他下了船,從洞口進去了。起初洞口很狹窄,僅容一人通過。又走了幾十步,突然變得開闊明亮了。(呈現在他眼前的是)一片平坦寬廣的土地,一排排整齊的房舍。還有肥沃的田地、美麗的池沼,桑樹竹林之類的。田間小路交錯相通,雞鳴狗叫到處可以聽到。人們在田野里來來往往耕種勞作,男女的穿戴跟桃花源以外的世人完全一樣。老人和小孩們個個都安適愉快,自得其樂。
村里的人看到漁人,感到非常驚訝,問他是從哪兒來的。漁人詳細地做了回答。村里有人就邀請他到自己家里去(做客)。設酒殺雞做飯來款待他。村里的人聽說來了這么一個人,就都來打聽消息。他們自己說他們的祖先為了躲避秦時的戰亂,領著妻子兒女和鄉鄰來到這個與人世隔絕的地方,不再出去,因而跟外面的人斷絕了來往。他們問漁人現在是什么朝代,他們竟然不知道有過漢朝,更不必說魏晉兩朝了。漁人把自己知道的事一一詳盡地告訴了他們,聽完以后,他們都感嘆惋惜。其余的人各自又把漁人請到自己家中,都拿出酒飯來款待他。漁人停留了幾天,向村里人告辭離開。村里的人對他說:“我們這個地方不值得對外面的人說啊!”
漁人出來以后,找到了他的船,就順著舊路回去,處處都做了標記。到了郡城,到太守那里拜訪,報告了這番經歷。太守立即派人跟著他去,尋找以前所做的標記,終于迷失了方向,再也找不到通往桃花源的路了。
南陽人劉子驥是個志向高潔的隱士,聽到這件事后,高興地計劃前往。但沒有實現,不久因病去世了。此后就再也沒有問桃花源路的人了。
創作背景
年輕時的陶淵明本有“大濟蒼生”之志,可是,他生活的時代正是晉宋易主之際,東晉王朝極端腐敗,對外一味投降,安于江左一隅之地。統治集團生活荒淫,內部互相傾軋,軍閥連年混戰,賦稅徭役繁重,加深了對人民的剝削和壓榨。在國家瀕臨崩潰的動亂歲月里,陶淵明的一腔抱負根本無法實現。同時,東晉王朝承襲舊制,實行門閥制度,保護高門士族貴族官僚的特權,致使中小地主出身的知識分子沒有施展才能的機會。像陶淵明這樣一個祖輩父輩僅做過一任太守一類官職,家境早已敗落的寒門之士,當然就“壯志難酬”了。加之他性格耿直,清明廉正,不愿卑躬屈膝攀附權貴,因而和污濁黑暗的現實社會發生了尖銳的矛盾,產生了格格不入的感情。義熙元年(405年),他堅定而堅決地辭去了上任僅81天的彭澤縣令,與統治者最后決裂,長期歸隱田園,躬耕僻野。
陶淵明雖遠在江湖,仍舊關心國家政事。元熙二年(420年)六月,劉裕廢晉恭帝為零陵王,改年號為“永初”。次年,劉裕采取陰謀手段,用棉被悶死晉恭帝。這些不能不激起陶淵明思想的波瀾。他從固有的儒家觀念出發,產生了對劉裕政權的不滿,加深了對現實社會的憎恨。但他無法改變、也不愿干預這種現狀,只好借助創作來抒寫情懷,塑造了一個與污濁黑暗社會相對立的美好境界,以寄托自己的政治理想與美好情趣。《桃花源記》就是在這樣的背景下創作的。
賞析
《桃花源記》通過對桃花源的安寧和樂、自由平等生活的描繪,表現了作者追求美好生活的理想和對現實生活的不滿。
陶淵明作詩,擅長白描,文體省凈,語出自然。《桃花源記》也具有這種藝術風格。它雖是虛構的世外仙境,但由于采用寫實手法,虛景實寫,給人以真實感,仿佛實有其人,真有其事。全文以武陵漁人行蹤為線索,像小說一樣描述了溪行捕魚、桃源仙境、重尋迷路三段故事。
第一段以“忘”、“忽逢”、“甚異”、“欲窮”四個相承續的詞語生動揭示出武陵漁人一連串的心理活動。“忘”字寫其一心捕魚,無意于計路程遠近,又暗示所行已遠。其專注于一而忘其余的精神狀態,與“徐行不記山深淺”的妙境相似。“忽逢”與“甚異”相照應,寫其意外見到桃花林的驚異神情,又突出了桃花林的絕美景色。“芳草鮮美,落英繽紛”兩句,乃寫景妙筆,色彩絢麗,景色優美,仿佛有陣陣清香從筆端溢出,造語工麗而又如信手拈來。
第二段先以數語描述發現仙境經過。“林盡水源,便得一山”,點明已至幽迥之地;“山有小口,仿佛若有光”,暗示定非尋常去處。漁人的搜尋目光、急切心情也映帶出來。及至通過小口狹道,寫到“豁然開朗”,又深有柳暗花明的韻致。進入桃源仙境之后,先將土地、屋舍、良田、美池、桑竹、阡陌、雞鳴犬吠諸景一一寫來,所見所聞,歷歷在目。然后由遠而近,由景及人,描述桃源人物的往來種作、衣著裝束和怡然自樂的生活,勾出一幅理想的田園生活圖景。最后寫桃源人見到漁人的情景,由“大驚”而“問所從來”,由熱情款待到臨別叮囑,寫得情真意切,洋溢著濃郁的生活氣息。
第四段先寫漁人在沿著來路返回途中“處處志之”,暗示其有意重來。“詣太守,說如此”,寫其違背桃源人“不足為外人道也”的叮囑。太守遣人隨往的“不復得路”和劉子驥的規往不果,都是著意安排的情節,明寫仙境難尋,暗寫桃源人不愿“外人”重來。對桃源仙境,世俗之人尋訪無著也不再問津了,而陶淵明自己卻從來沒有停止過追求,在《桃花源詩》的結尾處就剖露了“愿言躡輕風,高舉尋吾契”的心愿。他以桃花源人為志趣相合的契友,熱切期望與之共同生活于桃花源中。
陶淵明成功地運用了虛景實寫的手法,使人感受到桃源仙境是一個真實的存在,顯示出高超的敘事寫景的藝術才能。但《桃花源記》的藝術成就和魅力絕不僅限于此,陶淵明也不僅僅是企望人們確認其為真實的存在。所以,在虛景實寫的同時,又實中有虛,有意留下幾處似無非無,似有非有,使人費盡猜想也無從尋求答案的話題。桃源人的叮囑和故事結尾安排的“不復得路”、“規往未果”等情節,虛虛實實,徜恍迷離,便是這些話題中最堪尋味之筆。它所暗示于世人的是似在人間非在人間,不是人間勝似人間,只可于無意中得之而不可于有意中求之,似乎與“此中有真意,欲辨已忘言”有著某種微妙的內在聯系。這虛渺靈奧之區始終蒙著一層神秘的面紗,“借問游方士,焉測塵囂外”,世人是難以揭曉的。它的開而復閉,漁人的得而復失,是陶淵明有意留下的千古之謎,“惹得詩人說到今”。可是,他又在《桃花源詩》中透露了一點消息,說“一朝敞神界”之所以“旋復還幽蔽”,乃是因為“淳薄既異源”!原來桃源民風淳厚,人間世風澆薄,惟恐“使武陵太守至焉,化為爭奪之場”(蘇軾《和桃花源詩序》),玷污了這塊化外的凈土,即使像劉子驥那樣的人間高尚之士,也得不到一睹仙境的機緣。
《桃花源記》的故事和其他仙境故事有相似之處,描寫了一個美好的世外仙界。不過應當強調的是,陶淵明所提供的理想模式有其特殊之處:在那里生活著的其實是普普通通的人,一群避難的人,而不是神仙,只是比世人多保留了天性的真淳而已;他們的和平、寧靜、幸福,都是通過自己的勞動取得的。古代的許多仙話,描繪的是長生和財寶,桃花源里既沒有長生也沒有財寶,只有一片農耕的景象。陶淵明歸隱之初想到的還只是個人的進退清濁,寫《桃花源記》時已經不限于個人,而想到整個社會的出路和廣大人民的幸福。陶淵明邁出這一步與多年的躬耕和貧困的生活體驗有關。雖然桃花源只是空想,只是作者理想當中的社會,但是能提出這個空想是難能可貴的。
此文藝術構思精巧,借武陵漁人行蹤這一線索,把現實和理想境界聯系起來。采用虛寫、實寫相結合手法,也是其一個特點,增添了神秘感。語言生動簡煉、雋永,看似輕描淡寫,但其中的描寫使得景物歷歷在目,令人神往。文章有詳有略,中心突出。
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