碎金集 2021 Fortuitous Gold Nuggets 2021 第 01 篇 Section 01
序 大浪淘金 Preface: Panning Gold from the Great Waves
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宋 晏殊
时光只解催人老，不信多情，长恨离亭，泪滴春衫酒易醒。
梧桐昨夜西风急，淡月胧明，好梦频惊，何处高楼雁一声？
Cai Sang Zi: Time Knows Only How to Urge People to Age
Song Dynasty · Yan Shu
Time knows only how to urge mortals to grow old, giving no credence to tender passion; forever lamenting the farewell pavilion, tears soak the spring robe, yet wine is too easily dispelled.
Past night the west wind blew fierce through the paulownia trees; the faint moon hung hazy and dim, sweet dreams repeatedly shattered—from what high tower does the single cry of a wild goose arise?
曾在一本书见到：中国的文士在世界中嘤嘤求友，说，还是与法国文士能意趣相投，莫逆，通脱，在于风雅云云。纪德，梵乐希，当年都有中国朋友，极为融洽，别后还赠书通讯等等，我读后大有所感，大抵读书人、总希望有一知心者读懂他的东西，以慰己心。
I once read in a book: Chinese literati, chirping like birds seeking friends throughout the wider world, remarked that they found the truest affinity with French men of letters—intimate, uninhibited, and bonded by refinement and elegance. André Gide and Paul Valéry both counted Chinese friends among their circles back then, living in profound harmony, presenting books and exchanging correspondence after parting. Reading this moved me deeply: perhaps every scholar, at heart, forever yearns for a kindred soul who truly understands their writings, so as to bring solace to their soul.
大自然是本百科全书，社会中形形色色的人是一本活生生的“二十年目睹之怪现状”，这个世界送给了我许多本书，并用人生的滚滚大浪淘沙存金，去莠存良。 在我看来也应与这个世界通通讯，赠她本我自己的书，这便是这本书书名的由来。
Nature is an encyclopedia, and the myriad individuals in society form a living Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades. This world has gifted me countless volumes, using the surging waves of life to pan away the sand and preserve the gold, discarding the weeds and retaining the good grain. In my view, I ought likewise to exchange correspondence with this world and gift her a book of my own—and herein lies the origin of this volume’s title.
星期一早晨， 匆匆忙忙赶路上班的人，仿佛齐心协力制造着美妙合理的世界。这些那些赶路上班的人，都是毫无主见的。即使少数有主见，用不出来，还是等于毫无主见。为某种主见而服役， 即付出代价的雇人。执行其主见的那个呢，多半是不择手段的利己主义者。他们在功利世界中不停奔波，来不及缓缓脚步。在他们的自由中，自由王国却不肯来，于是便在人世间打旋，找不到出路。而我不要做这种人！
On Monday morning, people rushing hurriedly on their commute to work seem as though they are striving in unison to fabricate a wondrous and rational world. Yet all those hurrying commuters are devoid of independent convictions. Even if a few possess an opinion of their own, unable to put it into practice, it amounts to having none at all. Those serving someone else’s conviction are merely hired hands paying the price with their labor. And what of the one who actually executes that conviction? In most cases, an unscrupulous egoist. Rushing incessantly through a utilitarian world, they have no time to slacken their pace. Amidst their nominal freedom, the true realm of freedom refuses to arrive; thus they spin endlessly within the mortal coil, unable to find a way out. And I refuse to be such a person!
慢慢走，欣赏啊！把沿路风光尽收眼底，在岁月的积淀中露出别样的光彩！
Walk slowly, and admire! Take in all the scenery along the path, allowing a distinct luster to emerge through the accumulation of the years!
然而，金子自古便有，金首饰则是花样不断翻新，屡见不鲜。取捷径以成名，这是艺术家们的毕生追求。
Yet gold has existed since ancient antiquity, while gold jewelry is constantly renovated in pattern, a common sight. Taking shortcuts to win renown is the lifelong pursuit of artists.
十九世纪中叶，舆论的驱使吆喝，同侪的倾轧践踏，艺术家本身的膏火自煎，巧取豪夺：不新奇，毋宁死。可他们的作品大多只能陈列于博物馆的地下一隅，顾影自怜。而文艺复兴时期的大师为抒人情而艺术，至今仍为世人仰慕。急功近利的观念正蔓延全世界，但我并不想把我作品化作待价而沽的羔羊，而是将这碎金浑然天成地做成一个路向标，在我的人生中熠熠发光，把我的前方照亮。
In the mid-nineteenth century, driven by the clamor of public opinion, trampled by the rivalry of peers, artists consumed their own vitality in torment, resorting to artifice and deceit: give me novelty, or give me death. Yet most of their creations can only languish in the basement corners of museums, weeping at their own shadows. Conversely, the masters of the Renaissance created art to express genuine human sentiment, commanding the world’s reverence to this day. The ethos of utilitarian impatience is spreading across the globe, yet I have no wish to turn my works into sacrificial lambs awaiting the highest bidder; instead, I wish to fashion these fortuitous gold nuggets into a signpost naturally wrought, glistening throughout my life to illuminate the road ahead.
不错，碎金即为妙手偶得之意。
Indeed, “gold nuggets” signifies that which is fortuitously captured by an inspired hand.
远方树和草这样恣意地绿，春天从来不肯认输。
In the distance, the trees and grasses are green with such uninhibited abandon; spring has never been willing to concede defeat.