连琐（人鬼诗为媒）：聊斋故事系列四合一（原著-注释-白话-英译）

连琐（人鬼诗为媒）：聊斋故事系列四合一（原著-注释-白话-英译）



连琐



原文：

杨于畏，移居泗水*之滨。斋临旷野，墙外多古墓，夜闻白杨萧萧，声如涛涌。夜阑秉烛，方复凄断。忽墙外有人吟曰：“玄夜凄风却倒吹，流萤惹草复沾帏。*”反复吟诵，其声哀楚。听之，细婉似女子。疑之。明日，视墙外，并无人迹。惟有紫带一条，遗荆棘中﹔拾归置诸窗上。向夜二更许，又吟如昨。杨移杌*登望，吟顿辍。悟其为鬼，然心向慕之。

注释：

1．泗水：山东泗河。2。玄夜凄风却倒吹，流萤惹草复沾帏：漆黑的夜，冷飕飕的风，迎面吹来，寒气袭人；流萤飞动，掠过草丛，停在裙衫之上。玄夜，漆黑的夜。2。杌：杌子，四条腿小矮凳，读“物”。


白话：

杨于畏，搬迁到山东泗水河边居住。书斋面临旷野，墙外有很多古墓，夜闻白杨树哗啦啦地，声音如同海涛翻涌。夜深人静的时候独对烛光，心境凄凉。忽听墙外有人在吟诗：“玄夜凄风却倒吹，流萤惹草复沾帏。”反复吟诵，哀怨凄苦。听上去，音调细弱哀婉，像是个女子。他感到满腹狐疑。第二天，看看墙外，并没有人来过的痕迹。只有紫带一条，遗落在荆棘中﹔他拾起来回到书斋把它放到窗台上。夜间二更天左右，吟诵声又像昨天那样传来。杨生挪动小凳，蹬着看，吟诵声立即停止了。他明白那是鬼，然而心中却十分思慕。

英译：

Yang Yuwei moved to Sishui River, Shandong Province. His study faced the vast field with countless ancient tombs outside the walls. At night, the rustling sound of poplars could be heard just like roaring sea waves.
One midnight, Yang was reading in candle light with sorrowful feelings. Suddenly, he heard someone humming verses outside the walls, “A wailing head-wind is blowing in the pitch-dark night, the flying fireflies skimmed over the grass and rested on my dress.”
The verses were hummed time and again and the voice was rather plaintive. Listening attentively, Yang found the feeble voice seemingly belonged to a woman. But he felt quite doubtful about it.
Next day, Yang went out of the walls to have a look, but there were no human footmarks at all. The only thing he found was a purple lace which was lost among the thick thorns. He picked the lace and put it onto the window.
Nearly at the second watch of the night, the same verses were hummed again as last night. Standing on a stool, Yang peeped out. But the voice stopped abruptly. He realized it was a female ghost, yet, he still admired her.

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原文：

次夜，伏伺墙头。一更向尽，有女子珊珊自草中出，手扶小树，低首哀吟。杨微嗽，女忽入荒草而没。杨由是伺诸墙下，听其吟毕，乃隔壁而续之曰：“幽情苦绪何人见？翠袖单寒月上时。*”久之，寂然。杨乃入室。方坐，忽见丽者自外来，敛衽*曰：“君子固风雅士，妾乃多所畏避。”杨喜，拉坐。瘦怯凝寒，若不胜衣。问：“何居里，久寄此间？”答曰：“妾陇西*人，随父流寓。十七暴疾殂谢*，今二十余年矣。九泉荒野，孤寂如鹜。所吟，乃妾自作，以寄幽恨者。思久不属*﹔蒙君代续，欢生泉壤*。”杨欲与欢。蹙然曰：“夜台朽骨，不比生人，如有幽欢，促人寿数。妾不忍祸君子也。”杨乃止。戏以手探胸，则鸡头之肉*，依然处子。又欲视其裙下双钩*。女俯首笑曰：“狂生太啰唣矣！”杨把玩之，则见月色锦袜，约彩线一缕。更视其一，则紫带系之。问：“何不俱带？”曰：“昨宵畏君而避，不知遗落何所。”杨曰：“为卿易之。”遂即窗上取以授女。女惊问何来，因以实告。乃去线束带。既翻案上书，忽见连昌宫词*。慨然曰：“妾生时最爱读此。今视之，殆如梦寐！”与谈诗文，慧黠可爱。翦烛西窗*，如得良友。

注释：

1．幽情苦绪何人见？翠袖单寒月上时：衣衫单薄，伫立在冰冷的月光下，深埋心中的凄楚，有谁能知道呢？ 2。敛衽：整理衣襟致礼。衽，衣襟，读“认”。3。陇西：陇西县，今甘肃西部。4：殂谢：猝死。殂，死亡。读“粗”第二声，即扬声。5。思久不属：文思耽搁久了已不能连贯。思，文思。属，连贯，读“主”。6：欢生泉壤：在阴间人间都欢乐。泉，九泉，地下，阴间。壤，地上。指人间。7。鸡头之肉：指女子乳头。传说杨贵妃沐浴后，露出一乳，唐明皇抚摸着说：“软温新剥鸡头肉。”此外，鸡头还是一种水生植物芡的俗称。芡，读“欠”，因其花似鸡头得名。8。啰唣：读“罗造”，同“罗唣”，吵闹滋事，纠缠，骚扰。早已白话文中常见语。9。双钩：指一双状如弯钩的女子小鞋，引申为双脚。10。连昌宫词：唐代元稹所作七言长篇叙事诗，内容是叙述连昌宫内的故事，故名。连昌宫，唐朝行宫名。位于今河南省宜阳县。11。翦烛西窗：语出唐代诗人李商隐《夜雨寄北》：“何当共剪西窗烛，却话巴山夜雨时”。是写夫妻久别重逢的名句。

白话：

第二天夜间，他趴在墙头等候。一更天快结束时，有个女子慢慢地从草丛中出来，手扶小树，低头哀吟。杨生轻轻地咳嗽一声，女子迅速地钻进荒草不见了。杨生从那时起就在墙下等候，听她吟咏完毕，就隔着墙壁续她的诗：“幽情苦绪何人见？翠袖单寒月上时。”过了很久，寂静无声。杨生就进到屋里。刚坐下，就忽然看见有个美女从外来进来，整了整衣襟行礼说：“君子高风雅士，我不敢接近总是回避。”杨生非常高兴，拉她坐下。女子瘦弱胆怯，肌肤凝聚一股寒气，连衣服的那点重量似乎都承受不起。杨生问：“你是哪里人，在这里住很久了吗？”女子答道：“我是陇西人，随父亲外出住在这里。十七岁得暴病死了，至今已经二十多年。在九泉荒野中游荡，孤孤单单就像一只失群的野鸭。刚才吟的诗，是我自己做的，以寄托幽恨之情。想了很久，思路还是不能连贯﹔承蒙君子代我续写成篇，使我在九泉之下都会很高兴。”杨生想和她合欢。女子忧伤地：“阴间的朽骨，比不得生人，如果和人幽欢，就会减少人的寿命。我不忍伤害君子。”闻听此言，杨生才作罢。只是用手探摸对方酥胸，只觉得乳头依然如处女一般。他又像看她裙下的双脚。女子低头笑着说：“你这个狂浪的书生太粗俗了！”杨生玩弄着她的小脚，只见月色锦袜，大概都是用彩线钩织的。再看其中一只，正好用紫带系着。他问：“为什么不都系着带子？”女子说：“昨天晚上因为害怕你就急忙躲避，不知掉到哪儿去了。”杨生说：“我来给你换一根。”于是就从窗台上拿下来交给女子。女子吃惊问地问这是哪儿来的，杨生就如实相告。于是把临时系着地线解下来，再把带子系上。女子随后翻阅案上的书，忽然见到连昌宫词。感慨地说：“我活着的时候最爱读这个。今天看到它，都像是在做梦！”和她谈诗论文，聪明机智，十分可爱。夜深人静，烛光里，花窗下，倾吐衷肠，如得良友。

英译：

Next evening, Yang bended his body over the walls and observed attentively. Nearly at the end of the first watch of the night, a girl slowly came out from within the thick growth of weeds and then began to hum the verses sorrowfully with her head bending in meditation and her hands holding a small tree.
Yang gave off a slight cough. The girl hurriedly ran into the weeds and vanished swiftly. Yang awaited continuously at the walls. When she finished her humming, he added two sentences to her verses within the walls, “Who knows my secret sorrow and pain? Thin-clad, I’m standing under the rising moon.”
It was deadly still. This terrible state lasted for a long time. Yang went into his study. Shortly after his setting down, the beauty suddenly came in.
She lifted her long sleeves and said, “You’re an elegant gentleman. I feel scared and always try to evade you.”
Feeling delighted, Yang pulled her over and asked her to sit down. Her body was gaunt. Her manner was nervous. There was quite a cold nip stagnated on her skin. She was seemingly too thin and feeble to bear the weight of her dress.
“Where do you come from?” Yang asked. “How long have you been here?”
“I came from Gansu Province.” The girl said. “I once led a wandering life with my father and finally lodged here. I died of a sudden fatal disease at the age of seventeen. More than twenty years passed. Living in the nether world and wild field, I feel terribly alone and helpless just like a lonely egret. What I hummed is composed by myself. The purpose is only to express my secret hatred. I’ve been thinking for a long time, but I can’t think out the last two sentences. I’m obliged to you for your kind help. Your excellent verses gave me a great joy. I’ll be happy all the time in the nether world.”
Yang wanted to sleep with her but was refused.
The girl sorrowfully said, “I’m only a skeleton in the gloomy nether world.” She added. “I’m completely different with the living human beings. If I have any transgression with living human beings, their life will be cut short. I have no heart to hurt you.”
Hearing what she said, Yang changed his mind. Jokingly touching her chest, he found her breasts as hard as that of maidens. Then he wanted to see her little feet under her skirt.
“You madman!” she said. “How crazy you are!”
Playing with her lovely feet, he found her colorful silk socks and embroidered shoes quite beautiful as exquisite handicraft articles. But he suddenly noticed that only one sock was fastened with a purple lace, while the other one, with a piece of colorful thread.
“Why don’t you fasten both of your two shoes with laces?” Yang asked.
“Last night I was completely absorbed in evading you and didn’t know where I lost my lace.” said the girl.
“Let me change it for you,” Yang replied and took off the lace from the window.
The girl looked at him with a great surprise. He told her all about it. The girl undid the thread and fastened her sock with the lace.
Leafing through the books on the table, the girl found >.
“I liked to read this before my death,” she said with deep feelings. “Seeing it today, I feel confused as if in a dream!”
Talking about verses with her, Yang found the girl very intelligent in this aspect. Having a heart-to-heart talk with her in the candle light, he felt very happy as if getting a good friend.


原文：

自此每夜但闻微吟，少顷即至。辄嘱曰：“君秘勿宣。妾少胆怯，恐有恶客见侵。”杨诺之。两人欢同鱼水*，虽不至乱，而闺阁之中，诚有甚于画眉*者。女每于灯下为杨写书，字态端媚。又自选宫词百首，录诵之。使杨治棋枰*，购琵琶。每夜教杨手谈*。不则挑弄弦索，作“蕉窗零雨”之曲，酸人胸臆﹔杨不忍卒听*，则为“晓苑莺声”之调，顿觉心怀畅适。挑灯作剧，乐辄忘晓。窗口上有曙色，则张皇遁去。

注释：

1．欢同鱼水：即鱼水之欢。指夫妻和美。春秋时期的齐桓公想迎娶宁戚，于是派管仲去提亲，宁戚只说了一句“浩浩乎！”管仲不明其意，婢女解释说这句话出自《诗》：“浩浩者水，育育者鱼”。表示水是鱼的依托，意思是同意这门亲事。后人便以“鱼水”比喻夫妻恩爱。2。画眉：指丈夫为妻子画眉，喻感情深厚。传说汉朝的张敞，有人像汉宣帝奏本，说他“无威仪，为妇画眉”。宣帝召见张敞，张说：“臣闻闺房之内，夫妇之私，有过于画眉者。”。3。治棋枰：准备棋盘。治，置备，备办。如治装，准备服装。棋枰，围棋的棋盘。枰，读“平”。4。手谈：下围棋。不忍卒听：不忍听完。另有“不忍卒读”，“不忍卒睹”等。卒，完毕。再如：卒业，毕业。病卒，病死。生卒年月，生死年月。

白话：

从此以后，每当夜间听到她在轻声吟诗，片刻之后她就会到来。来了就嘱咐：“你一定要保密，不要外传。我胆量很小，怕有坏人来欺侮。”杨生满口答应。两人的关系就像鱼水那样亲密，虽不至于淫乱，但闺阁之中相处久了，也确实有些言谈举止已经超过丈夫为妻子画眉之类的底线。女子经常在灯下为杨生抄写文章，字态端庄秀。又自选宫词百首，抄录下来吟诵。她还叫杨生准备围棋棋盘，购买琵琶。每夜教杨下围棋。不然就弹琵琶，“蕉窗零雨”曲，听来令人心酸﹔杨听不下去，又弹“晓苑莺声”调，顿觉心胸开阔舒适。在灯光下做游戏，一直玩得忘记天亮。窗户上露出曙色，女子才慌忙逃去。
　　

英译：

From then on, so long as she heard Yang humming verses in a soft voice at night, the girl would come very soon.
“Please don’t disclose our secret,” the girl often exhorted Yang like this. “I’m too timid to meet strangers. And I’m afraid I may be harassed by rude guests.”
Yang readily agreed. They were getting along well with each other just like fish in water. Although they didn’t have any transgression, they were near and dear as if between hu*****and and wife. The girl often copied verses for Yang. Her handwriting was extremely beautiful.
Moreover, according to the girl’s advice, Yang not only made a checkerboard by himself but also bought a lute. Every evening, the girl taught Yang how to have a game of chess or played the lute by herself. Sometimes she played a piece of sad melody which he had no heart to listen to from beginning to end. Then she would change the sad melody into a happy one. And only at this moment, did he suddenly have his mind at ease.
Completely absorbed in games, they were often failed to realize day break. Noticing the light of early dawn on the window, the girl would flee hurry-scurry.



原文：

一日，薛生造访*，值杨昼寝。视其室，琵琶、棋局具在，知非所善。又翻书得宫词，见字迹端好，益疑之。杨醒，薛问：“戏具何来？”答：“欲学之。”又问诗卷，托以假诸友人。薛反复检玩，见最后一叶*细字一行云：“某月日连琐书。”笑曰：“此是女郎小字。何相欺之甚？”杨大窘，不能置词。薛诘之益苦，杨不以告。薛卷挟，杨益窘，遂告之。薛求一见。杨因述所嘱。薛仰慕殷切﹔杨不得已，诺之。夜分，女至，为致意焉。女怒曰：“所言伊何*？乃已喋喋向人！”杨以实情自白。女曰：“与君缘尽矣！”杨百词慰解，终不欢，起而别去，曰：“妾暂避之。”

注释：

1．造访：拜访。到访。2。叶：同“页”。3。所言伊何：我对你是怎么说的？伊，语助词，无义。

白话：

有一天，薛生来访，正赶上杨生白天睡觉。他在房间里看到琵琶和没结束的棋局，知道这些都不是杨生的特长。翻书时又发现宫词，只见字迹清秀，更加疑惑起来。杨生醒后，薛生问：“这些游戏的玩艺儿是哪里来的？”杨生答：“我想学学。”又问诗文的事，杨生谎称是从朋友那里借的。薛生反复检查，见最后一叶页有一行小字：“某月日连琐书。”薛生笑着说：“这是女郎的小名。为什么要欺骗我？”杨生非常尴尬，无话可说。薛生越发仔细地盘问起来，杨生就是不告诉他。薛生把诗文卷起来就要走，杨生更加窘迫起来，这才把实话告诉给他。薛要求见一见女郎。杨生就把女子嘱咐的话说了一遍。薛生非常仰慕女子﹔杨生不得已，只好答应他。夜间，女子来了，杨生把薛生的意思告诉她。女子愤怒地说：“你的话是什么意思？你已经把咱们的事都告诉外人了！”杨生以实情为自己表白。女子说：“我和你的缘分一刀两断了！”杨生千方百计安慰解释，女子始终不高兴，最后起身告别，说：“我要暂时避一避。”

英译：

One day, Xue paid a visit to Yang who was then having a daytime sleep. Seeing the chess and lute, Xue felt strange because he knew Yang wasn’t good at these sort of things. Flipping through the verses and finding the graceful handwriting, he felt much more suspicious.
Immediately after Yang waked up, he asked, “Where do the chess and lute come from?”
“I want to learn something,” Yang said.
To be asked about the verses, he said he borrowed them from a friend. But Xue scrutinized the verses time and again and finally found a line of small words in the last page clearly showing the date, the month and the name of the copyist, Liansuo.
“It’s a typical female handwriting,” Xue said. “Why are you cheating me?”
To be landed in an awkward predicament, Yang could say nothing. Although questioned closely, Yang still kept silent. Only after Xue rolled the verses and put them in his arms did Yang told him the whole story.
Xue wanted to see the girl. Yang told him about her exhortation. But Xue sincerely admired her. Facing his sincerity, Yang could do nothing but agree.
When the girl came at night, Yang introduced Xue to the girl who was very angry.
“What did I tell you?” she asked. “Why are you so gossipy?”
Yang told her the truth.
“Our relationship finished!” said the girl.
Yang tried his best to comfort her. But she was still very unhappy.
She stood up and wanted to leave, saying, “I’m going to avoid your place for the time being.”

原文：

明日，薛来，杨代致其不可。薛疑支托，暮与窗友二人来，淹留不去，故挠*之，恒终夜哗，大为杨生白眼，而无如何。众见数夜杳然，浸*有去志，喧嚣渐息。忽闻吟声，共听之，凄婉欲绝。薛方倾耳神注，内一武生王某，掇巨石投之，大呼曰：“作态不见客，甚得好句，呜呜恻恻，使人闷损！”吟顿止。众甚怨之。杨恚愤见于词色。次日，始共引去。杨独宿空斋，冀女复来，而殊无影迹。踰二日，女忽至。泣曰：“君致恶宾，几吓煞妾！”杨谢过不遑*。女遽出曰：“妾固谓缘分尽也，从此别矣。”挽之已渺。由是月余，更不复至。杨思之，形销骨立，莫可追挽。

注释：

1．挠：扰乱。2。浸：逐渐。3。谢过不遑：忙不迭地谢罪。遑，闲暇。不遑，来不及，没有时间。如，不遑顾及，因没时间，顾不到。不遑安息，没有安稳休息的时间。不遑多让，更是常见，意思是没时间谦让，引申为毫不逊色。比如，说甲有许多长处，而乙在这方面也毫不逊色，于是就可以说乙“不遑多让”。

白话：

第二天，薛生来了，杨生代女子表达不可的意思。薛生怀疑他在找借口推脱，傍晚时分他就和两名同窗好友一起来，故意留下不走，目的是搔挠杨生，整整闹了一夜，杨生很讨厌他们，但又不知如何应对。这些人就这样折腾了好几夜，也不见什么动静，就想打退堂鼓，就这样喧嚣声才逐渐消失。可这时他们忽然听到了吟诗的声音，大家仔细听着，那声音非常凄凉哀婉。薛生神情关注，刚刚侧耳静听，就见随行来的人里有一个姓王的武生，拿起一块大石头就扔，同时还大呼小叫：“故作姿态不见客人，是什么好诗句，悲悲切切，把人憋闷死了！”吟诗的声音立即停止。大家都直报怨他。杨生怒火中烧，也没给他好气。第二天，这群人才一起离开。杨独自一人睡在空空的书斋里，希望女子能再来，可是一直不见她的踪影。过了两天，女子忽然来到。哭泣着说：“你招来这些恶人，可吓坏我了！”杨生忙不迭地说好话。女忽然走出去说：“我一直说咱俩的缘分已经到头，从此就算分别了。”杨生想挽留，可她早已不见踪影。从此以后一个多月，女子都没有来。杨生思念，日渐消瘦，后悔不及。

英译：

Next day, Xue wanted to come again. Yang told him about her refusal.
Thinking this might be her pretext, Xue came in the evening together with two fiends.
Deliberately disturbing Yang, they stayed for a long time and refused to leave. With uproarious talk and laughter, they ran wild throughout the night. Although having a repugnance to them, Yang didn’t know what to do.
Seeing no signs that the girl could come again, they were going to leave and the clamor seemed to be finished.
Yet, they suddenly heard someone humming verses. All of them listened attentively and found the voice very grievous.
Xue was fascinated by the voice, while one of his friends Wang couldn’t sit still. This one was an unrestrained man. He threw a large stone and cried out, “Don’t put on an act,” he said. “Why do you refuse to see guests? You are humming sorrowfully and make us worried and distressed!”
The humming stopped immediately. Wang was blamed by all the people, especially by Yang who looked terribly angry.
Next day, all the guests left. Lonely sleeping in his room, Yang earnestly wished the girl would come again. But there were no signs of her return.
Two days later, the girl came suddenly.
Grievously weeping, she said, “You brought bad guests. I was deadly scared!”
Yang said sorry to her repeatedly. The girl went out abruptly and said, “Our relationship really finished. We part forever.”
Yang wanted to urge her to stay. But the girl already vanished. From then on, the girl hadn’t been reappeared for over a month. Yang missed her terribly so that he became thinner and thinner and at last simply reduced himself to a skeleton. He felt too late to repent for what he did.

原文：

一夕，方独酌，忽女子搴帏*入。杨喜极曰：“卿见宥耶？”女涕垂膺，默不一言。亟问之，欲言复忍，曰：“负气去，又急而求人，难免愧恧*。”杨再三研诘，乃曰：“不知何处来一龌龊隶*，逼充媵妾。顾念清白裔，岂屈身舆台*之鬼？然一线弱质*，乌能抗拒？君如齿妾在琴瑟之数*，必不听自为生活*。”杨大怒，愤将致死﹔但虑人鬼殊途，不能为力。女曰：“来夜早眠，妾邀君梦中耳。”于是复共倾谈，坐以达曙。女临去，嘱勿昼眠，留待夜约。杨诺之。因于午后薄饮，乘醺登榻，蒙衣偃卧。忽见女来，授以佩刀，引手去。至一院宇，方阖*门语，闻有人掿*石挝*门。女惊曰：“仇人至矣！”杨启户骤出，见一人赤帽青衣，猬毛绕喙。怒咄之。隶横目相仇，言词凶谩。杨大怒，奔之。隶捉石以投，骤如急雨，中杨腕，不能握刃，方危急所，遥见一人，腰矢野射*。审视之，王生也。大号乞救。王生张弓急至，射之中股*﹔再射之，殪*。杨喜感谢。王问故，具*告之。王自喜前罪可赎，遂与共入女室。女战惕羞缩，遥立不作一语。案上有小刀，长仅尺余，而装以金玉﹔出诸匣，光芒鉴影。王叹赞不释手。与杨略话，见女惭惧可怜，乃出，分手去。杨亦自归，越墙而仆，于是惊寤，听村鸡已乱鸣矣。觉腕中痛甚﹔晓而视之，则皮肉赤肿。

注释：

1．搴帏：掀起帐子。搴，拔。读“千”。如，斩将搴旗。帏，与“帷”同音同义。围起来作遮挡的布。如，窗帷，车帷等。2。愧恧：惭愧。恧，惭愧，读“女”的第四声。3。 龌龊隶：下贱的小官。4。 龌龊，肮脏，读“沃绰”。 5。舆台：舆和台都是古代地位低下的官职。后泛指地位低下的人。6。一线弱质：一名弱女子。一线，如丝线那样孤独无助。弱质，体质脆弱。7。齿妾在琴瑟之数：把我置于妻子之列。齿，挂在嘴边说成是。琴瑟，指夫妻。8。必不听自为生活：必然不会听任我为活命而挣扎。换言之，就是必然不会见死不救。生活，活命。9。阖：关闭。读“合”。10。 掿：同“搦”，二字都读“诺”。意思是握，拿，持。11。挝，敲，砸，读“窝”。12。猬毛绕喙：像刺猬的刺那样的胡须围绕嘴边。即，嘴边都是粗硬的胡须。猬毛，又粗又硬，而且张开。喙，嘴，读“会”。13。腰矢野射：腰间佩带弓箭，到野外打猎。14。股，屁股。15。殪：死。读“义”。16。具：同“俱”，全部。


白话：

一天晚上，他刚独自饮酒，女子忽然掀起帐子走进来。杨生非常高兴地说：“你原谅我啦？”女子泪流满面，默不作声。反复追问，欲言又止，最后才说：“一赌气就跑，有急事又来求你，真是惭愧。”杨生再三盘问，她才说：“不知哪里来的一个臭官，逼着我给他作妾。我自认是清白人家的女儿，怎么甘心屈服那个卑微狗官的鬼魂？可是我孤苦伶仃一个人，身单力薄，哪能抗拒得了呢？你如果把我当成妻子，就一定不会让独自一人挣扎活命。”杨生大怒，决心拼死相救﹔但是考虑人鬼不同，又无能为力。女子说：“明天晚上早睡觉，我请你在梦中相见面。”于是两人又一起倾谈起来，一直坐到天亮。女子临走，嘱咐他白天不要睡觉，把觉留到晚上梦中约会。杨生满口答应。因为在午后稍微喝了点酒，乘着醉意上床，蒙衣仰面而卧。忽见女子来了，給他一把佩刀，牵着他的手离开家。来到一个院子，刚关上门要说话，就听有人拿着石头砸门。女子惊恐地说：“仇人到了！”杨生大开窗户突然跳出去，看见一个头戴红帽身穿黑衣的人，满脸的胡子把嘴都盖住了。杨生愤怒地朝他呵斥。那鬼官怒目相视，出言凶狠狂妄。杨生大怒，朝他跑过去。鬼官拿石头扔过来，又快又猛就像急雨，结果打中杨生的手腕，疼得他不能握刀，正在危难之际，远远地就见一人，腰佩弓箭，出外打猎。仔细一看，是王生。杨生大叫着求救。王生张弓急射，射中了鬼官的屁股﹔再射，鬼官就咽气了。杨生非常高兴地向王生表示感谢。王生问他发生了什么事，杨生如实相告。王生很高兴，自认为对以前的过失可以将功赎罪了，于是就和杨生一起进入女子的房间。女子战战兢兢，羞愧难当，远远地站在那里一言不发。案上有一把小刀，只有一尺多长，装饰着金玉﹔从盒里拿出，光芒四射，和镜子一样光亮。王生爱不释手，叹赞不止。和杨生略微说了几句话，见女子惭愧畏惧的样子十分可怜，就走出来，分手离去。杨生自己也返回来，爬墙时摔个大马趴，于是惊醒了。听到村里的公鸡已开始鸣叫。觉得手腕非常疼﹔天亮一看，皮肉红肿。


英译：

One evening, Yang was drinking wine alone. The girl suddenly came in.
Extremely delighted, Yang asked, “You forgive me?”
With tears in eyes, the girl just kept silent. Asked earnestly, did she mince her words,“ I ran away in a fit of pique and now come here again to seek your help. So I feel much ashamed.”
Only being asked repeatedly did she say, “Recently, a dirty ghost official forced me to marry him as his second wife. I don’t know where he comes from. As a girl from a decent family, how can I marry a ghost? But as weak as I am, how can I refuse him? If you consider me your wife, you surely don’t have the heart to let me struggle to live on by myself.”
Angrily standing up, Yang said he was willing to risk his life to save her. But he didn’t know what to do because of the differences between human being and ghost.
“Tomorrow evening, you should go to bed early,” said the girl. “I’ll see you in your dream.”
Sitting together, they talked and talked until day break. On leaving, the girl exhorted him again not to sleep in day time so as to have a good sleep at night for meeting in dream. Yang agreed.
In the afternoon, drinking a little bit and having a feeling of being drunken, Yang climbed onto his bed and laid on his back with his clothes covering him.
Yang suddenly found the girl coming. She gave him a knife and pulled him out. Shortly, they came into a compound and heard someone knocking at the door with a stone just at the moment they wanted to close the door.
“My enemy comes!” said the girl, being scared to death.
Pushing the door open, Yang rushed out and found a man in black wearing a red hat with a beard around his mouth just like hedge-hog hair.
Yang yelled at him angrily. Giving angry looks, the ghost official talked insolently. Yang flared up and dashed forward. The ghost official picked up stones and threw them to Yang. Swiftly and fiercely as storms, the stones hit his wrist which were too painful to hold a knife.
Just at this critical moment, Yang saw a man standing far off with bow and arrow in his waist as if to go hunting. Scrutinizing, he found the man was his friend Wang. He cried out immediately for help. On hearing his cry, Wang bended his bow and made a shooting. The ghost was hit in his bottom. Wang gave another shooting, the ghost died.
Yang was delighted and thanked Wang. Wang asked what had happened and Yang told him the whole story.

Delightedly thinking he could now atone for his previous misdeeds, Wang followed Yang into the room where the girl was sitting timidly. Feeling ashamed and shivering with fear, the girl was standing far away without saying anything.
There was a small knife on the table, a little more than a foot long, decorated with gold and jade, dazzling brilliant when being taken off the box. Wang loved it so much that he simply couldn’t tear himself away from the knife.
Seeing the girl’s piteous looks, Wang left after saying something to Yang. And Yang went back by himself. But he suddenly fell down at the foot of the wall and waked up immediately. Hearing rosters already began to crow, Yang realized he had been in along dream ever since the moment he was drunken yesterday up to now.
He felt terribly painful in his wrist. Looking in the light of early dawn, he found his skin injured swelling red.

原文

停时*，王生来，便言夜梦之奇。杨曰：“未梦射否？”王怪其先知。杨出手示之，且告以故。王忆梦中颜色，恨不真见。自幸有功于女，复请先容*。夜间，女来称谢。杨归功王生，遂达诚恳。女曰：“将伯*之助，义不敢忘。然彼赳赳，妾实畏之。”既而曰：“彼爱妾佩刀。刀实妾父出使粤中*，百金购之。妾爱而有之，缠以金丝，瓣以明珠。大人怜妾夭亡，用以殉葬。今愿割爱相赠，见刀如见妾也。”次日，杨致此意。王大悦。至夜，女果携刀来，曰：“嘱伊珍重，此非中华物也。” 由是往来如初。

注释：

1．停时：过了一会儿。2。先容：事先介绍。3。将伯之助：对别人的帮助。《诗。小雅。正月》：“载输尔载，将伯助予。”将，请。伯，对男子的尊称。5。粤中：广东、广西的古称。

白话：

过了一会儿，王生来了，说夜间做了一个奇怪的梦。杨生说：“梦没梦到射箭？”王生奇怪他怎么先知道了。杨生把手伸出来给他看，并且把事情来龙去脉讲了一遍。王生回忆梦中的女子，非常遗憾不能真的见到。自己庆幸对女子有功，反复要求杨生事先在女子面前多美言他几句。夜间，女子来致谢。杨生把功劳都归在王生身上，态度十分诚恳。女子说：“他对我的救助之恩，实在不敢忘记。可是他雄赳赳的气势，我实在害怕。”接着又说：“他爱我的佩刀。这把刀实际上是我父亲出使广东中部的时候，花百两黄金买的。我喜欢就把它要过来，缠上金丝，配上明珠。父亲可怜我死得早，用它殉葬了。今天我愿割爱赠给他，希望他能见刀如见我。”第二天，杨生把女子的意思转达给王生。王生非常高兴。入夜，女子果然把刀带来，说：“希望你珍惜这把刀，它不是中国制造。” 从此两人往来如初。

英译：

A few minutes later, Wang came back and told his strange dream to Yang.
“You were shooting, right?” Yang asked.
In a dream and without being told, how could Yang know what he did? Wang was terribly surprised about it. Yang showed his hand to Wang and told him the reasons of his injury.
Recalling the girl in his dream, Wang felt quite sorry because of being unable to see her with his own eyes. Still thinking his merits outweighing demerits, Wang still hoped to see the girl.
In the evening, the girl came to say thanks. Yang sincerely persisted in saying that the girl was saved only because of Wang’s help.
“I’ll never forget his kindness,” said the girl to Wang. “But his awe-inspiring and dignified manner really scared me to death.” She said continuously. “I know he loves my knife. It was bought by my father with a lot of gold when he was out on official business. I love it very much and twined it with gold wire and then decorated it with pearls. My father took pity on my dying too young and buried it with me as a funerary object. Now I’m willing to give it to him as a souvenir. Seeing it is just like to see me.”
Next day, Yang told her aspiration to Wang, who was wide with joy. In the evening, the girl really came bringing the knife along with her.
“Give it to him. Exhort him to cherish it,” said the girl. “It’s not an ordinary knife.”
From then on, they had an intimate association with each other as usual.

原文：

积数月，忽于灯下，笑而向杨，似有所语，面红而止者三。生抱问之。答曰：“久蒙眷爱，妾受生人气，日食烟火，白骨顿有生意。但须生人精血，可以复活。”杨笑曰：“卿自不肯，岂我故惜之？”女云：“交接后，君必有念余日*大病，然药之可愈。”遂与为欢。既而着衣起，又曰：“尚须生血一点，能拚痛以相爱乎？”杨取利刃刺臂出血﹔女卧榻上，便滴脐中。乃起曰：“妾不来矣。君记取百日之期，视妾坟前，有青鸟鸣于树头，即速发冢。”杨谨受教。出门又嘱曰：“慎记勿忘，迟速皆不可！”乃去。越十余日，杨果病，腹胀欲死。医师投药，下恶物如泥，浃辰*而愈。计至百日，使家人荷锸*以待。日既夕，果见青鸟双鸣。杨喜曰：“可矣。”乃斩荆发圹。见棺木已朽，而女貌如生。摩之微温。蒙衣舁归，置暖处，气咻咻然，细于属丝。渐进汤，半夜而苏。每谓杨曰：“二十余年如一梦耳。”

注释：　
1．念余日：二十多天。念，同“廿”。“廿”，二十，读“念”。“卅”，三十，读“萨”。“卌”，四十，读“细”。2。浃辰：十二天。浃，读“家”。中国古代以天干地支纪日。子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥，一周期共计十二辰，称为“浃辰”，相当于地支的一个周期。浃，周匝，圈，意指“十二”。辰，日。3。荷锸：扛着铁锹。鍤又作臿。4。发圹：发掘坟墓。圹，坟墓，读“矿”。

白话：

过数月，女子忽然在灯下对着杨生露出笑脸，似乎有话说，可是面红耳赤，再三再四地又说不出口。杨生抱着她问。女子回答说：“长期以来承蒙你的厚爱，我接受了活人气息，每天都食人间烟火，白骨忽然有了生意。只须活人精血相助，就可以复活。”杨生笑着说：“那是你自己不肯讲，我什么时候吝惜过？”女子说：“精血交接后，你必有二十多天的大病，不过可以用药治好。”于是又与杨生云雨一番。好事办完，穿衣起身，又说：“还需要一点鲜血，能忍痛相赠吗？”杨生取出一把锋利的刀，在手臂上刺出血来﹔女子仰卧床上，杨生把血滴在她的肚脐中。女子这才起身说：“我不来了。你要记记一百天的日期，看到我坟前，有青鸟在树头鸣叫，就迅速把坟墓挖开。”杨生把她的话牢记心中。女子出门又嘱咐说：“千万记住可别忘掉，早了晚了都不行！”她这才离开。过了十多天，杨生活然患病，肚子胀得想死。医师用药，打下的脏东西就像泥，十二天就好了。计算着到了一百天，他就让家人扛着铁锹等候。黄昏时分，果然见到两只青鸟在树上鸣叫。杨生高兴地说：“可以啦。”于是砍掉杂草挖掘坟墓。只见棺木已经腐朽，而女子却容貌如生。摸一摸还点温度。用衣服蒙起来，放到暖和的地方，呼哧呼哧还有点气，细如游丝。慢慢地再给她点水喝，半夜就苏醒了。经常对杨生说：“二十多年就如同一场梦啊。”

英译：

One evening several months later, the girl smiled to Yang in lamplight as if having something to say. Hesitating with her face flushed, she opened her mouth but shut it again. Holding her tightly, Yang asked the girl.
“I’ve long been grateful to you for your love. With the breath of living people and the nutrition of the roasted food of this world, my bones began to show signs of revival. But only with the help of the living men’s semen, could I really be restored to life”
“Unless you refuse,” said Yang. “I’d be glad to help you.”
“After giving me your semen, you’ll be seriously ill for over twenty days,” said the girl. “But the medicines will have a precise curative effect.”
They had a sexual intercourse. Then, she put on her clothes and got up.
“I also need a drop of fresh blood,” said the girl. “Can you give me?”
Yang cut his left arm with a sharp knife and blood oozed out immediately. The girl laid on her back and let his blood drop into her belly button.
Getting up, the girl said, “I won’t come again. A hundred days later, you can go to see my tomb. So long as black birds appear and sing in the trees, you can open my tomb.”
Yang made a firm promise. Before leaving, she exhorted him again. “Do it just in time. Please remember. It won’t do either earlier or later!”
Ten days later, Yang was seriously ill, indeed. His belly was terribly bloated. Taking medicines, he found something like mud coming out from his body. Twelve days later, he recovered his health.
On the very day number 100, Yang asked his servant to wait before her tomb with a spade in hands. At dusk, they really found two black birds singing in the trees near her tomb.
“O.K.” Yang was delighted.
Cutting weeds and digging her tomb, they found the coffin utterly rotten but the girl’s appearance still lifelike. Touching her with his hand, Yang felt her body was lightly warm. Hurriedly covering her with clothes, they carried her back and put her in a warm place.
Taking some medicines, she began to breathe and finally became restored to life at midnight.
“How time flies!” she said to Yang. “More than twenty years have elapsed in a flash. It seems just like a dream.”

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• 回复：回复：说到鬼，就想起万圣节快到了。 -林贝卡- ♀ (174 bytes) () 10/16/2007 postreply 05:38:22