Chapter 133 Chapter Thirty-Seven

How Paguguay Advised Panurge to Advise the Madman When Paguguai returned to the palace, he saw Banuri in a trance in the corridor, shaking his head dimly, and said to him: "I think you are like a little mouse that is trapped. The more you struggle, the tighter you are. You are exactly like this. The more you try to get rid of this problem, the more you can't get rid of it; I have here One way, and only one. Listen, I often hear people say that a madman can also teach a scholar. Since you are dissatisfied with the conclusions of scholars, then go to a lunatic and ask; maybe a lunatic will make you happy, you don't know.You know how many kings, princes, and states have been preserved, how many battles have been won, how many problems have been solved, by the counsels, directions, and prophecies of madmen.There is no need to repeat the past examples.You will understand when you think about it, because a person who cares about his own business, pays attention to the management of his family, is not confused, does not miss the opportunity to collect wealth, and knows how to prevent poverty. Boring, but the world calls it a wise man.I call the wise men those who regard the wisdom of heaven as wise, and who, by divine inspiration, are able to receive the gift of predicting the future, I call them prophets.Such people forget themselves, jump out of the personal circle, get rid of the attachment to the world, cleanse the attention of the world, and regard everything as unimportant; instead, they are generally called madmen.

"That is why the great seer, Phernus, prince of Pigus, king of Raqiom, was rudely called a mad god. "For the same reason, we may also observe that, in the distribution of roles in circus troupes, the part of clown is always filled by the most experienced and perfect actors in the troupe. "For the same reason, the mathematicians say that kings and fools are born of the same fate. For example, Colobus, who is called madman, like Aenys and Oliver, have the same fate. "It would not be too much of a digression to mention the following things, as Jo Andrea said about the Pope's encyclical to the magistrate of La Locher, and Banomita about the same What Babasias says in the Encyclical, what Barbasias says about the Jurisprudence, and more recently Jasson7 in the Jurisprudence, about the famous Paris jester, great-grandfather of Cayette, and Monsieur John. Record. The story goes like this:

"In the rotisserie of Petit Châtellet in Paris, there was a porter at the door of the oven eating bread, smelling the smell of meat while roasting. He said that the bread was very delicious after the smell of meat. Just wait for him to eat the bread, the boss grabbed him by the collar and asked him to pay for the meat in the store. The worker said that he did not eat the meat in the store, and the store did not suffer any losses , so he should not pay for it. As for the smell of meat is the hot air blown outside, once the hot air comes outside, it will disappear. Character. ② Bigus: King Raqiom in Roman mythology, son of the god of agriculture.

① See Section 1 of Chapter 3 of Volume 1 of Erasmus' Proverbs. ② Ophrion: Ancient Greek poet and philologist in the third century BC. ③ Kolobus: Prince Philipia, Cassandra's fiancé, died in the Battle of Troy and went mad before his death. ④ Giovanni Andrea: Humanist philologist and jurist in the 15th century, and John Andrea, a Florentine church jurist in the 14th century. ⑤ Banomita: that is, Anthony Beccadri, a 14th-century Bruni humanist and jurist; ", has written many works on the discipline of the Holy See. ⑥ Barbasias: Italian jurist in the fifteenth century. ⑦ Yasson de Mainus: A famous jurist of Padua University.

⑧ Cayet: Louis XII jester in the fifteenth century. ⑨ That is "Mad John", a century earlier than Cayet, the author deliberately said that he was the great-grandfather of Cayet. I have never heard of it. In Paris, someone sells the smell of barbecue meat on the street.The boss said that he could not let his meaty taste support Xiaogong, so he made big claims that if Xiaogong didn't pay, he would definitely keep his hooks and make him unable to carry them. "The little worker drew out his stick and prepared to fight. The two quarreled terribly. Parisians who love to watch the excitement came from all directions to watch the excitement. It happened that there was that Parisian citizen, Monsieur John the Jester, owner of the barbecue shop. As soon as he saw him there, he said to the little worker, "What do you think of our dispute being arbitrated by the honorable Lord John?" The little worker said, "I don't care who you call!"

"Master John heard the reason for the quarrel between the two sides, and told the boy to take out a silver coin from his pocket. The boy took out a 'Philip' and put it in his hand. Master John took the money and put it on the left shoulder. put it on the palm of the left hand, as if to check its weight; then put it on the palm of the left hand and tapped it, as if to hear whether it was fine or not; Whether the pattern is clear or not. The people watching the excitement around were stunned, and there was no sound. The owner of the barbecue shop waited patiently, and the little worker was disappointed. Master John knocked on the door of the oven several times with the money, and then did With the majestic gesture of a judge, he held up the jester's cane as if holding a scepter, put on his head a little monkey-headed ermine cap with paper ears turned up like organ pipes, coughed two or three times, and said loudly:

"'Because Xiaogong ate bread because of the smell of barbecue meat, the court ordered him to pay the owner of the barbecue restaurant with the sound of coins according to a civil case. "The judgment of the jester in Paris is so just that the local scholars are all amazed. They wonder whether it is the Supreme Court of Paris, or the Court of Twelve Judges in Rome, or even the Tribunal of Thirty-One in Athens. Even their I'm afraid it won't be so fair. So, think about whether you would like to ask a lunatic for advice." ① Another interpretation is: "He was going to knock out his teeth."