新一期,剛好今天特別的節日,一則明清筆記附上註釋供諸君觀賞。
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選自《閩粵叢談》卷二.胡語[1]著135Please respect copyright.PENANAnDaD0FyiOA
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郭新安忠樂[2],字撼山,嘉靖間廣州府東莞奇人也。少習舉子業,強經就傳,穿鑿附會,塾師三易;既而學劍,技擊無成,輒自詡「南山伏虎、北海降蛟」。性剛愎,舌利如錐,心硬似鐵,與人鄰輒構釁[3],雖雞犬阻道,亦必踢之。閭里目為「新安狂犬」。135Please respect copyright.PENANAHjFWVc7b0V
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其人有三癖,鄉人患之:一曰好訐,見人談論,必擿一字之訛,援引穿鑿,強詞奪理,辯不勝則詈及先祖,罵不勝則繼以老拳。二曰善謗[4],市賈稍失其平,輒詈「破銅爛鐵」,價昂半銖,即掀案毀擔,自詡「為民除害」。三曰造蠱,張氏屠豕,則云張氏殺人;一人咳唾,則謂疫癘將作。坊間流言,十九出之其口,聞者股慄,婦孺掩耳。135Please respect copyright.PENANAGnXJ7u9KSR
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是歲桐月朔日[5],忠樂晨起,意氣自負,將逞暴於東街。適見鬻糖葫蘆翁,遽前奪之,啐曰:「酸腐若此,直可醒三百年枯骨!」翁未及對,旋見丐者偃臥簷下,衣百結,須眉皓然。忠樂戟手詈曰:「爾既食稅衣租,何不束帶引咎,以謝鄉里?」詈[6]竟,運家傳「霹靂掌」[7]擊之。然掌落處如擊虛空,丐者形影飄忽,若風絮水中月。忠樂力竭,氣喘如牛。135Please respect copyright.PENANAcOPEdYY3wI
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丐者徐起,振衣而笑,目如電,聲若磬:「子有登科之才,斬蛟之勇,獨無德耳。上上為聖,下下為愚[8],奈何自墮泥塗?」言訖袖拂,驟起風雷。忠樂覺巨力罩頂,身如敗絮,直墮街左溷缸[9]。汙濁被體,臭徹肺腑腐乾自溷中躍起,不偏不倚,正中其額,其狀如印。135Please respect copyright.PENANAEmU5FSo86c
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觀者掩鼻竊笑,忠樂慚淚交迸,匍匐頓首曰:「某真豕犬不如!願仙師指迷,敢問尊號?」老者仰天吟曰:135Please respect copyright.PENANAn7VId43l6n
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「嗟我白髮,生一何早;長吟永歎,懷我聖考。」[10]135Please respect copyright.PENANAq9NwHRArOW
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吟罷,祥雲自生,冉冉升舉,異香經日不散。135Please respect copyright.PENANA0jX1TCWbwA
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自茲忠樂閉戶讀書,折節向善。越三載,登進士第[11],官至廣州太守,清慎勤敏,民呼「郭青天」。歸省日,立「愚人日」於桐月初吉,戒五日內毋得妄語造訕。鄉老相傳,每值此際,有白髮翁夜現僻隅,初則婉勸,繼則袖拂,犯者輒墮溷穢,腐乾糊額,毫釐不爽。好事者圖其像,白髮飄舉,題「白髮大仙」四字,金書隱現。或謂天有詼諧警世之仙,一縷神念,遊戲人間,不歆香火,惟求世人一念清明耳。135Please respect copyright.PENANAmkBrT58Z8z
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胡語曰:「今人不明前人警世之苦心,反假此日互行欺詐,稱曰『娛人』,實則『愚己』也。悲夫!舌鋒如劍口如城,濁浪翻時孽自生。莫道仙翁無覓處,一簾桐雨洗虛名。」135Please respect copyright.PENANAugSebXXjQn
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註釋:135Please respect copyright.PENANAesd5kgZU1F
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[1] 胡語,字亂言,號九道。其生平事蹟散見於《粵山志》與《粵遊小志》等筆記,然記載多有矛盾。據傳胡氏出生之時,其母夢見白鬚翁授以左氏《國語》,醒後其子即啼哭不止,遂名「語」。及長,性格放誕不羈,好為奇談,里人戲稱為「胡說」,他亦不以為忤,反自號「九道」,取「胡說八道」更勝一道之意。胡氏自稱「鰲山人」。考「鰲山」一地,一說為廣東中南部之山村,另一說則指台灣中部之大甲一地。清中葉閩粵移民往來頻繁,不知何者。135Please respect copyright.PENANAFnA8l38LLg
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[2] 郭新安忠樂:《明史·地理誌》,新安縣於萬曆元年(1573年)方由東莞縣分出。文中稱其為「嘉靖間東莞人」符合行政區劃演變之實。135Please respect copyright.PENANAbVfEryztI1
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[3] 構釁:互相結怨。《北史.楊播傳》:「太后問狀,昱具對元氏構釁之端,言至哀切。」亦作「搆釁」。135Please respect copyright.PENANAsD9iurDNa6
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[4] 善謗:明嘉靖末年,嶺南外貿繁盛,商賈與文士間矛盾頻仍。查謝肇淛《五雜俎》,當時粵人好「以言代劍」,市井之間多有戲謔之辭。此處反映了明季社會契約鬆動下,口業氾濫之實狀。135Please respect copyright.PENANAuhHuriRzp3
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[5] 桐月朔日:桐月即農曆三月。據《授時曆》推算,嘉靖四十四年(乙丑年)三月初一,西曆恰為1565年4月1日。此等中外曆法之偶合,亦可視為天道警示欺人之證。135Please respect copyright.PENANA58wM208fdB
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[6] 詈:責罵。《說文解字.网部》:「 詈 ,罵也。」《書經.無逸》:「或告之曰,小人怨汝詈 汝。」135Please respect copyright.PENANAmcQdKg8oS0
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[7] 霹靂掌:嶺南外門技擊之一。相傳此掌法勁力剛猛,然易流於暴戾。郭氏所習,乃是未經改良之殘章,故唯能欺弱,不能抗強,更無法敵仙。清乾隆年間,有奔雷手文氏者傳承此法。考其事,雖僅見於稗官野史,然粵中拳勇者多言之鑿鑿,疑確有其人其事,特錄之以備考。135Please respect copyright.PENANACIJzpDbv4E
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[8] 上上為聖,下下為愚:下愚不移,出自《論語·陽貨》「唯上知與下愚不移」,本義指下等的愚人絕不可能改變本性,後被引申為形容人不求上進、不願學習的貶義成語。該成語在清代文學作品中多次出現。135Please respect copyright.PENANA0RfaSerh2M
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[9] 泥塗:原指污泥或泥濘道路,後衍生出比喻卑下地位、污濁境遇及困苦處境等含義。《後漢書.黃瓊傳》:「所謂抵金玉於沙礫,碎珪璧於泥塗。」135Please respect copyright.PENANACSMtuR3knl
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[10] 「嗟我白髮」句:語本曹丕〈短歌行〉,老者吟此詩,或暗喻其本為天宮重臣,或自比聖賢,憂心世道人心之沈淪。135Please respect copyright.PENANAE4vhMASIw7
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[11] 考明代科舉,嘉靖四十四年(1565年)乙丑科狀元實為浙江范應期。郭氏於是年遇仙墮溷時,正值范氏金榜題名、誇官遊街之際。一為雲端狀元,一為缸底惡徒,對比鮮明。郭氏由是痛改前非,閉戶苦讀,越三載,於隆慶二年(1568年)戊辰科登第。是年狀元為羅萬化,羅氏以至孝及端方著稱,與郭氏之「折節向善」相映成趣。


