Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty Seven

How could Xie Huiren have the heart to blame Sally.The tear stains on her face were still there, and her eyes were red from crying. At this moment, there were tears in her eyes again, and she might cry out all at once. He stretched out his hand, patted Sally on the shoulder lightly, and smiled at her.He wanted her to know that he didn't mean to blame her. However, Sally's tears still welled up, and she said guiltily, "Brother, I'm really sorry." This time, it was Xie Huiren who held her in his arms, hugged her gently, patted her on the back with his hands, and said softly, "Don't cry, you didn't do anything wrong."

Sally cried even harder. It took a long time for her to choke and said intermittently: "I didn't want to go in, I was afraid I would cry out, but after you entered the temple, I couldn't help but follow you in." , I have been behind you all the time, when you answered the phone, I was not far away from you, but you didn't find me. " Xie Huiren smiled, he was only focused on listening to the phone at that time, and didn't notice any movement around him at all. "Later, I heard you yelling, as if you were in a hurry, and I felt that something bad might happen...I was very scared."

"Yes, that teacher passed away while talking to me." Xie Huiren felt sad again, what should I do?Obviously, the old man must know some secrets, but unfortunately, he didn't have time to tell them! However, he didn't want Sally to know his pain, so he comforted her softly, "However, it's also rewarding. The teacher told me something valuable." "Big Four", "There are four more".what is this?He raised his head and just passed through the mountain gate to see the Daxiong Palace in the middle.Lord Buddha, give your disciples some enlightenment.

Sally cried for a while, and seemed to realize that it was wrong to lean on Xie Huiren's arms like this. She stood up again, a slight blush appeared on her tear-stained face, she smiled awkwardly, but her eyes were fixed on the ground , I dare not look at Xie Huiren again. She said softly, "I heard you yelling something, what do you mean by 'big four' and 'four more'...?" Xie Huiren secretly sighed, yes, what exactly does that mean.It's as if the sentence to crack the password is another password. Fortunately, this new password is in Chinese. not good!Xie Huiren complained secretly again, translating a language into Chinese often created a bigger obstacle for the readers.In many cases, it is better to retain the originality of that language.Chinese has so many functions!He thought of the translation of Buddhist scriptures. Some translators could not find the corresponding words in Chinese, so they had to choose existing words with similar meanings. However, people who read Buddhist scriptures often used the fixed meanings of the translated words to understand them, but the meanings were not so good. Too much.For example, the translation of "Prajna" into "wisdom" seems similar, but so many people equate "Prajna" with the concept of wisdom in common Chinese language, which is completely wrong.When one language is converted into another language, the rich meaning in the original language is lost, while the language of the translated version adds new meaning invisibly.There have been many disputes and misunderstandings in the translation and dissemination of Buddhist scriptures.Later, the translators of Buddhist scriptures created the translation principle of "four examples and five non-translations", which can avoid the phenomenon of misreading to the greatest extent.But even so, how much can be avoided?

Xie Huiren sighed and said, "I don't know what it means, this nonsense..." Sally was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled mischievously, she pointed to the silver bracelet in Xie Huiren's hand, and said: "'There are four more', maybe, that's it, then there are three left." Xie Huiren was stunned, he only thought about things in Buddhism, and didn't think about the bracelet at all. Could it be so? At least, he still has doubts. The teacher said "four majors" first, and then said "there are four more". How do you understand this?If they are connected together, there are "four more" behind the "big four", that is, eight.

However, who can say that the teacher's words before his death were not two sentences?So, what is "four more"? Xie Huiren held the silver bracelet in the palm of his hand again, raised his hand, and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes.It was just the right time for the afternoon sun, and the silver bracelet was old but still shiny.Xie Huiren likes this kind of light, which is more ancient and mysterious than the chemically produced light on modern furniture and utensils. Compared with grandma's silver bracelet in memory, Sally's bracelet is smaller, and the style may be a little different, but Xie Huiren can't say what is different.

He stood up the bracelet, on the front of the bracelet, he saw the Phagsi Ba script, although he didn't recognize it, he still looked very carefully.This line of characters looks much more than grandma's, and the pattern is also very dense. The lines at both ends may appear a little blurred because someone wears it all year round. If this is also Phagsi Pa script, then what does it mean? Sally also moved her head closer. Although she had looked at the bracelet more than once, she had never been so serious. After watching for a long time, both of them looked at each other with blank faces.

"We have to find another expert who can speak Basiba." Xie Huiren thought for a while, and now he will go back to Shenzhen, maybe he can figure out the meaning of the words tonight. Sally was a little sad again. She regretted that if she had given this bracelet to Xie Huiren in Hong Kong, she would have shown that old expert a long time ago. Perhaps they would have known what it meant by now. She said softly, "Brother, I'm sorry." Xie Huiren understood what she meant, he smiled generously, and stretched out his hand to stroke her head, "Don't say that, there will definitely be people who know Basi Bawen." He thought for a while, and then said, "Maybe Cheng Bi If sir can do us this favor, some of his teacher's other students should."

Sally nodded slightly.That's all they can do now. Totally hit and miss. Xie Huiren took out the box containing the silver bracelet from his pocket, which he put in his pocket casually when he met Sally.At this moment, he wanted to put the bracelet back in, but he couldn't help being attracted by the box. This is an old box. It seems that it has been repaired by generations. Now, the satin on the top layer has faded, and the printing on it has long been blurred. There are still stains in some places. The satin cloth had been worn through, and the hems on the sides were rolled up to reveal the wood inside.

It's still sandalwood.Xie Huiren scratched the corners of the small box with his fingernails, and immediately recognized that the box was made of sandalwood. He carefully put the silver bracelet inside and closed the lid. Now, there is one more mystery, which is getting more and more complicated.How could there be an extra silver bracelet?The old gentleman said "four more", referring to the bracelet?He couldn't believe it, it seemed to be a coincidence.But what did the old man mean?He took this secret to the West.Could it be that the Buddha gave himself some enlightenment in the dark?He thought to himself, rubbing his fingers on the box, suddenly, his fingers stopped moving, and he found out that there were originally carved grooves on the wooden box.However, the box has been pasted with paper or silk cloth, and it may have been pasted more than one layer over the years. Or silk has made the surface of the box almost flat.

However, he touched it out, and the hands that were used to holding the pen kept the sensitivity of the nerves to the greatest extent. He smiled slightly and asked Sally, "Is this box always containing this bracelet?" Sally nodded ignorantly, "Yes, it was like this when my father gave it to me." "Maybe, I can recognize the characters on the bracelet now, believe it or not?" After speaking, he smiled more meaningfully. Sally could hear it, it was a game they used to play when they were kids, he would always give her weird things and tease her afterwards, what can I do now, believe it or not? Sally laughed through tears, "Brother..." "If I'm not mistaken, there are words on this box." "What?" Sally's eyes widened. She always thought it was just an ordinary box, and she had never touched it. Several times, she wanted to paste a new brocade surface on it. She patted the pocket with her hand, and there was nothing hard except the key, "Oh, it would be nice if there was a knife." "No need." Xie Huiren squatted down, washed down the concave side of the box, and rubbed it hard on the big bluestone. After that, he picked it up and looked at it carefully, rubbed it again, and picked it up again to look at it.Until he was sure that the paste and paper on the wood had been worn loose, he took out the key and cleaned up the residue bit by bit. The wood is gradually exposed, and the strokes with characters can already be seen, but the grooves are blocked, and it is not easy to clean. They took turns to pick up the stains with the tip of the key. Of course, it doesn't need to be so clean, as long as the words can be seen.After an hour's work, they probably recognized the four characters engraved on it. "He hides in the pillar". Sally read it twice, and then read it in reverse, as if it didn't make any sense, she asked helplessly, "What do you mean?" Xie Huiren shook his head. To be honest, these four words don't seem to fit together at all. Sally said to herself: "Isn't it like a 'pillar hidden in a canal'? But 'a canal hidden in a column' doesn't make sense either. The canal is hidden in a pillar?" Xie Huiren seemed to be thinking about something, and it took a long time to answer Sally's question, "No, it's not a canal." "But that's what it means literally." He laughed, "Is Mandarin so popular in Hong Kong?" Sally was even more puzzled, her eyes widened, and she looked at Xie Huiren stupidly. The innocent expression reminded Xie Huiren of her appearance when she was a child.She hasn't changed, she's still the same little girl.In front of him, she was always a cute and lively little sister, even now she should be in her early thirties. "Read it in Cantonese, don't think about the literal meaning." Sally read it twice, but still shook her head.Seeing Xie Huiren smiling slightly, she knew that he had already understood the meaning of these words, so she pretended to be angry and said, "Tell me quickly." "In Cantonese, when you pronounce the word 'qu', you don't think of anything else? They have the same pronunciation." "'Qu', this sound, oh, means 'he'." Xie Huiren nodded and smiled triumphantly. "But this is obviously not!" "That's right, it's 'he'!" Xie Huiren breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "There is a poem, 'Ask where the canal is so clear, so that the water comes from the source', what does the word 'qu' mean? " "It's a canal. The reason why the canal is so clear is because there is running water." "No, no." Xie Huiren shook his head, "Zhu Xi's poem is about a pond, so it is wrong to translate it into a canal." "I always thought it meant aqueduct!" "Many people understand it this way. Perhaps it is the word and the content of the poem that later generations misunderstood. However, this is because the level of ancient prose of later generations is not good enough. Even the undergraduates of the university's liberal arts college I teach may not be able to be accurate. Say the meaning of 'qu'." Xie Huiren looked at Sally with a smile, thought for a while, and then asked, "In Hong Kong's middle schools, don't you learn ancient poetry? Have you read Peacock Flying Southeast?" After thinking about it, Sally nodded and said, "I went to a missionary school, and I didn't learn it, but I seem to have seen it. It tells a love story." "There is a saying in it, 'He will never be destined', what does it mean?" Sally shook her head quickly like a child, "I forgot a long time ago, I can't even understand what words you said?" "I'm a college Chinese teacher, let me help you with middle school Chinese." Xie Huiren used a key to draw out those words on the ground, and said with a sigh, "Look, these are the words. This is an ancient Chinese Libin language The sentence pattern, the translation should be like this, "Huiqu will never have a fate", or directly translate to "Never have a fate to meet a canal". "Qu" is the object, and it is placed in front of the verb "hui". Front. Translated into modern Chinese, it means, 'I will never have the fate to see him again'." Xie Huiren raised his head and asked Sally with a smile, "This time, you don't think you are going to see a canal, do you?" "You mean... this 'qu' is 'he'?" "That's right, that's how it was used in ancient Chinese." Xie Huiren scratched another word on the ground, "Almost no one knows how to use this word anymore, but it happened to be preserved in Cantonese, and now we often use this word like this." Write." "'canal'!" "Yes, this is how 'he' is written in Cantonese dialect, but the pronunciation still retains the ancient sound, pronounced 'qu'." Sally exclaimed, "So, this sentence is 'he is hiding in the pillar'?" As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately became depressed, "It doesn't make sense either." "Yeah, I have to think about it." Xie Huiren raised his chin with one hand and began to think again. He muttered to himself, "I only understand the word 'qu', which clearly refers to a person, or It's a thing. I don't know the meaning behind it." The two sat quietly for a while, and Xie Huiren patted Sally on the shoulder, "Let's go, the sun is setting in the west, and it will be cold in the mountains after a while. Let's go back to Shenzhen, and it won't be too late for dinner." "But we don't know what that means yet." "Don't worry, today's harvest is big enough." Xie Huiren smiled, "However, I still have one biggest question, why do you have such a silver bracelet with Basiba script in your family?" "This is the mystery you should solve."

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