Chapter 131 Chapter Thirty-Five

How the Philosopher Trullo Gon Treats the Difficulty of Marriage When they had finished speaking, Panagure said to the philosopher Truugon: "Loyal friend, it's your turn now for the torch relay. It's your turn to speak. Do you think Panurge should get married?" "You should be married, and you shouldn't be married," Truyougon replied. Banuri asked, "What exactly do you want to say?" "That's what you hear," Truyougon replied. "What did I hear?" Banurge asked. "What I said," Truyougon replied. "Ha! Ha! Is this the one?" Banurge said. "Okay, okay, stop talking! I just want to ask you, should I get married or not?"

"You shouldn't be married, you should be married," Truyougon replied. Banurge said: "If I have not become more and more confused, and do not understand a word of what you say, the devil will take me! Please wait a moment. I put my spectacles on my left ear so that I can hear better. !" At this moment, Pagoda saw at the door of the hall the little dog of Gokonta, which Pagoda called Kyne, because Tobias' dog was called by that name.He said to everyone: "The king is coming, let us rise to meet him." Before he could stop talking, Gao Kangda had already walked into the door of the banquet hall.Everyone present stood up and saluted him.Gao Kangda returned the gift lovingly to everyone, saying:

"My dear friends, please don't move your place or interrupt your conversation. Just bring me a chair and put it on top of this table. Let me make a toast for everyone. You are welcome to come here and tell me you are doing Talk about what?" Pagnaguel replied when serving the second course: "Banurge asked a question. He wanted to know whether it was good to marry. Father Hippotateus and Marshal Rondibilis have already answered it. Father, come in. At the time, the loyal Truyougang was answering the question. The first thing Banuji asked was: 'Is it okay for me to get married? ' The answer was: 'It's either good or bad. ' The second answer was: 'It's not good either. ’ Panurge protested that this answer was contradictory, claiming that he could not understand it. "

Gao Kangda said: "I understand it. This is very similar to what an ancient philosopher ① answered when someone asked him if he had a woman. He said: 'She is my mistress, I am not her lover. I Possess her, she does not possess me.'” Panagure said: "The maid in Sparta, when someone asked her if she had sex with a man, she gave the same answer. She said that she never had sex with her, but that men sometimes had sex with her." Longdibilis said: "We call this neutral in medicine, and the middle in philosophy. It is related to both ends, but due to the difference in time, sometimes it is this end, sometimes it is that end."

Hippotateus said: "I think it is clearer what the saint said, when he said: 'He who is married is as if he had never been married; and he who has a wife is as if he had no wife.'" ① The Greek words Kyne and Kynos both mean dog. ① Refers to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristipus in the fourth century BC, and the woman mentioned refers to Tais. ② Refers to a person who is both sick and healthy. ③ Refers to St. Paul. Panagure said: "My understanding of having women and not having women at the same time is this: the so-called women are based on the purpose of creating women by nature, that is to help each other, enjoy together, and live together. The so-called no women That is, don’t stay by your wife’s side just to please her, don’t let her damage a man’s noble and unique love for God, don’t neglect a person’s natural obligations to the country, the government, and his friends, and don’t abandon yourself Studies and careers. If you experience having women and not having women in this way, I don’t think there is any contradiction or conflict in this statement.”

④ See "New Testament? First Corinthians" Chapter Seven, Section 29.