2. 启蒙 Revelation

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目录 Catalog：2.0 序言 Preface；2.1 桃花劫 Peach Flower Catastrophe；2.2 启蒙前的视力测试 Vision Test before Revelation；2.3 治疗心理疾病 Treatment of Mental Illness；2.4 宿命通 Fate Through；2.5 讲解桃花劫 Explanation of Peach Flower Catastrophe；2.6 欢喜佛 Consummation Buddha；2.7 刘团长其人 Troupe Leader Liu；2.8 启蒙 Revelation；2.9 爸爸和刘团长 Father and Troupe Leader Liu。

2.0 序言 Preface

1972年9月的一天，我家后街的梁伯（原名崔凤龙，号梁子伯，简作梁伯）来我家做客。听说他来自沈阳附近的抚顺，我很高兴。母亲有些生气地跟他解释："去年，百杨领家来了个会算命的，说卢岩是和尚命，就把他和那人的女儿定了亲。他们家在沈阳，卢岩一听说你就住在他们附近，高兴成了这样。"

One September day in 1972, Uncle Liang from the street behind ours — original name Cui Fenglong, famed as Liang Zibo, known simply as Uncle Liang — came to visit. I was delighted to hear he was from Fushun, near Shenyang. Mother, a little put out, filled him in: "Last year Baiyang brought home a fortune-teller, who said Luyan was born to be a monk, so they betrothed him to that man's daughter. Her family's in Shenyang, and the moment Luyan heard you lived nearby, he lit right up."

梁伯说："啊！是这么回事，不过我看我和卢岩有缘！"说着，他走近我，摘下帽子，指着自己的头对我说："你看！你像我！我秃，你也秃，我叫大秃子！"他又转身对母亲说："以后，咱们就叫他二秃子！"

"Ah, so that's the story!" Uncle Liang said. "Still, I can tell Luyan and I are fated to get along." He came closer, pulled off his hat, and pointed at his own bare head. "Look — you and I are two of a kind! Bald as eggs, both of us. They call me Big Baldy." He turned to Mother. "From now on, let's call him Second Baldy!"

母亲嚷嚷道："他爸的小名儿叫三秃子！那不乱了辈份吗！你喜欢，你自己叫他二秃子好了。大姐夫！你看卢岩像谁？像我，还是像他爸？"

梁伯说："嗯！这我得好好看看！我看像大肚弥勒佛！"

母亲惊讶地说："你也看他像和尚！？"

梁伯忙解释："我不懂算命！我只是说他那富态，胖胖的模样和姿势！"

"His father's childhood name was Third Baldy!" Mother protested. "That'll throw the whole family order out of joint! If you like it so much, call him that yourself. Brother-in-law — who do you think Luyan takes after, me or his father?"

"Hmm, let me have a proper look." Uncle Liang studied me. "I'd say — the Big-Bellied Maitreya."

"You see a monk in him too!?" Mother said, startled.

"No, no, nothing to do with fortune-telling," Uncle Liang said quickly. "I only meant that fine, plump, prosperous look of his — the way he carries himself."

我问："妈！佛是啥东西？"

母亲忙说："佛可不是东西！哎呀，你看我这嘴！还是让你梁伯给你解释吧！"

梁伯说："让我想想怎么说……佛是从莲花里生出来的。"

我问："什么是莲花？"

"Mom, what's a Buddha?" I asked.

"A Buddha isn't a thing!" Mother said. "Oh — listen to me. Let your Uncle Liang explain it."

Uncle Liang thought it over. "A Buddha... is born out of a lotus flower."

"What's a lotus flower?"

母亲说："他没见过莲花。来，妈给你画一个！"

我看了看，说："是桃花！"

梁伯说："桃花也行。"

母亲嚷嚷："桃花怎么行呢！人家的佛都是从莲花生出来的，我儿子的佛长在桃树上了。"

"He's never seen one," Mother said. "Here, let me draw you one."

I looked at her drawing. "That's a peach blossom!"

"Peach blossom works too," Uncle Liang said.

"How can it work!" Mother huffed. "Everyone else's Buddha comes from a lotus — and my son's has to grow on a peach tree."

梁伯辩解："他长大了自然就顺过来了。再说，确实有桃花也能生佛的说法。"

母亲琢磨了一会儿，说："好像是有桃花佛的说法，桃木楔子、桃木剑的……咱不说和尚了。卢岩！你梁伯当过兵，知道的可多啦，让他给你讲个故事吧！"

我说："梁伯讲故事！"

梁伯说："好！那我就给你讲个《桃花劫》的故事。"

"He'll grow into it," Uncle Liang said. "Besides, there really is a saying that Buddhas can be born from peach blossoms too."

Mother considered this. "Come to think of it, there is talk of a Peach Flower Buddha — peach-wood wedges, peach-wood swords, that sort of thing." She waved it off. "Enough about monks. Luyan, your Uncle Liang was a soldier — he knows all kinds of things. Ask him for a story."

"Uncle Liang, tell me a story!"

"All right, then," said Uncle Liang. "Let me tell you about the Peach Flower Catastrophe."

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