昔有大荒國,水以狂泉名。
國人皆飲泉,狂顛率無寧。
一者自穿汲,乃獨能常醒。
國人既皆狂,反見不狂驚。
顧謂不狂人,無乃鬼物憑。
不然是狂疾,救療當痊輕。
施針灼炷艾,膚肉無全平。
而彼不狂者,被虐楚不勝。
賁然走泉所,酌飲不敢停。
既飲即亦狂,萬慮皆迷冥。
其狂與眾一,眾始歡相傾。
世事今亦然,嗟哉感詩鳴。
安得跨鵬背,獨往遊天溟。
寄謝彼狂子,酌泉吾不能。
昔有大荒國,水以狂泉名。
國人皆飲泉,狂顛率無寧。
一者自穿汲,乃獨能常醒。
國人既皆狂,反見不狂驚。
顧謂不狂人,無乃鬼物憑。
不然是狂疾,救療當痊輕。
施針灼炷艾,膚肉無全平。
而彼不狂者,被虐楚不勝。
賁然走泉所,酌飲不敢停。
既飲即亦狂,萬慮皆迷冥。
其狂與眾一,眾始歡相傾。
世事今亦然,嗟哉感詩鳴。
安得跨鵬背,獨往遊天溟。
寄謝彼狂子,酌泉吾不能。
從前有個大荒之國,
泉水以'狂泉'為名。
國中人都飲用此泉,
瘋狂顛簸,不得安寧。
有一人自己鑿井汲水,
於是唯獨他能保持清醒。
國人既然都已瘋狂,
反而見到不狂的人感到震驚。
回頭對這不狂的人說,
莫不是有鬼物附身?
不然就是得了狂病,
應當救治療愈減輕。
施以針灸艾灼,
弄得他體無完膚。
而那不狂的人,
遭受虐待痛苦不勝。
終於奔跑到狂泉所在,
舀取泉水飲用不敢停。
飲下後也就變得瘋狂,
所有思慮都迷失昏冥。
他的瘋狂與眾人一樣,
大家才歡喜地接納他。
世間之事如今也是這樣,
可嘆啊,感慨而作詩鳴。
怎能跨上大鵬的背脊,
獨自前往遨遊天海之溟。
寄言告知那些狂人,
取飲狂泉,我絕不能從命。
In ancient times, a wild land there did lie,
Where a spring named 'Madness' caught the eye.
All people drank from it, and lost their wits,
In frenzied chaos, none in peace could sit.
One man alone drew water from a well,
And thus remained awake, his mind to tell.
Since all the rest were mad, they saw with fright
This sane man as a strange and eerie sight.
They thought the man, who was not mad, must be
Possessed by ghosts, or some malign decree.
Or else he suffered from a mad disease,
Which needed cure to bring him back to ease.
They used on him both needle and moxa's flame,
Until no patch of skin remained the same.
The sane man, tortured, could no more endure,
And fled to where the mad spring flowed so pure.
He drank its water, dared not make a pause,
And soon was caught in madness without cause.
His mind now lost, all thoughts in darkness fell,
His madness matched the crowd's, they liked him well.
The world today is much the same, I sigh,
And moved, I let this poem voice my cry.
Oh, could I ride the roc's back, soaring high,
And roam alone beneath the boundless sky!
I'd tell those madmen, 'I will not comply,
To drink from your mad spring—I must deny.'
寓言揭示群體盲從下的治理困境與認知異化。
寓言一國之人飲狂泉而顛,唯不飲者被視為狂,諷刺群體盲從與是非顛倒。
本詩為五言古詩,押平聲韻。
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