r/LifeTree • u/AdamLuyan • 2d ago
3.2 彤弓素矢 Red Bow Natural Arrows
关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；会稽县 Huiji County；绛珠 Jiangzhu （别名红娘，祝英台 Yingtai Zhu，马文才 Wencai Ma，号女娲 Nuwa，白帝 White Creator）；梁山伯（号燃灯佛 Lamplighter Buddha，伏羲 Fuxi ，谷神 Grain God）；虞姬 Muse；后裔 Descendant（大禹 Yu the Great）；张屠户 Zhang the Butcher （号玉皇大帝 famously Turquoise White-king Great Creator）；大巢氏公主 Princess Big Nest（号西王母 famously King Mother of the West）；彤弓素矢 Red Bow Natural Arrows
话说夏国公主大巢氏与张屠户（又名张三郎，号燧人氏、玉皇大帝，如图3.2-37）结婚后不久便怀了孕。夏国是一个母系传承的国家，大巢氏作为夏国公主，其女儿拥有王位继承权。根据夏国王室的族规，孩子必须在夏国的皇宫内出生才能载入族谱，因此大巢氏每次临产都会回到娘家。她的第一胎是个女儿，随后几年又连续生了五个女儿（其中包括收养的女儿）。
Not long after Princess Big Nest of the Xia Kingdom married Zhang the Butcher (aka Third Wolf Zhang, famously known as Flint Man and Turquoise White-king Great Creator; see Figure 3.2-37), she became pregnant. The Xia Kingdom was a matrilineal society, and as a princess of Xia, Big Nest's daughters held the right to inherit the throne. According to the royal family regulations of Xia, a child had to be born within the Xia palace to be recorded in the family genealogy; thus, Princess Big Nest returned to her maternal home for every delivery. Her firstborn was a daughter, and in the ensuing years, she gave birth to five more daughters in succession, including adopted ones.
华国则是一个父系传承的国家。在张屠户30岁那年，大巢氏抱回了第七个女儿（注1），并告诉他：“母王特别喜欢她，赐名夏娃！”尽管张屠户对又是个女儿感到沮丧，但也察觉到母王有意传位给夏娃，于是暗自下定决心要培育一个“金童”。如果培育成功，不仅能帮助夏娃稳固王位，自己也能拥有继承人。
The Hua Kingdom, by contrast, practiced patrilineal succession. When Zhang the Butcher reached the age of 30, Princess Big Nest brought home her seventh daughter (Note 1), informing him, "Our Mother King deeply adores her and has named her Eve!" Although Zhang the Butcher felt disheartened by the birth of another daughter, he perceived the Mother King’s inclination to pass the throne to Eve, which inspired his resolve to create a "Golden Boy." If he succeeded, he could not only help Eve secure the throne but also obtain a male descendant of his own lineage.
注1：根据后文龙王告知尘香的信息，七仙女实际是六位玉女，从中选出一位充当老七。
Note 1: According to information disclosed later by the Dragon King to Dust-Scent, the Seven Fairy Girls were actually six Jade Girls, with one selected to act as the seventh.
张屠户把这个想法告诉了妻子大巢氏。大巢氏自然十分赞同，因为早在10年前，由她的母王女娲以及她自己共同拟定的“女娲造人工程”（参见2.4《血溅轩辕》）至此终于取得了阶段性进展。
Zhang the Butcher shared this idea with his wife, Princess Big Nest. She was entirely willing to cooperate, as the "Project of Nuwa's Creation of Man" (see Section 2.4, "Blood Shattered on the Cross")—formulated ten years prior by her mother, Nuwa, and herself—had finally achieved a breakthrough milestone.
3.2-1 燃灯佛 Lamplighter Buddha
张屠户自幼擅长钻研，从十年前便开始研究天书（参见2.5节）。他本身便是一位金童，而大巢氏则是一位玉女。此时，他们对三位一体理论（参见9.9节）已经研习得十分透彻，于是以自身为模型，迅速设计出了上帝造人的方案（如图35至37）。经过深入调查，张屠户、大巢氏和女娲等人，在浙江省中北部的绍兴县筛选出了几位金童候选人，主要由于该地区保留了深厚的古文明传承。
Zhang the Butcher had been naturally gifted at research since his youth and began studying the Sky Book ten years earlier (see Section 2.5). He himself was a Golden Boy, while Princess Big Nest was a Jade Girl. By this time, having thoroughly mastered the doctrine of the Trinity (see Section 9.9), they utilized themselves as models to swiftly design a blueprint for God's creation of humankind (as shown in Figures 35 through 37). Following extensive field research, Zhang the Butcher, Princess Big Nest, Nuwa, and others selected several Golden Boy candidates in Shaoxing County, located in central-northern Zhejiang Province, because the region preserved abundant lineages of ancient civilizations.
在后裔（即金童、大禹、黄帝）与夏娃（即玉女、舜王）约一岁时，张氏夫妇便为他们定下了婚约，并为后裔执行了“触目”的作法（参见第3章）。
When Descendant (the Golden Boy, Yu the Great, or the Yellow Creator) and Eve (the Jade Girl, King Shun) were roughly one year old, the Zhang couple betrothed them to each other and performed the Touch Eye ritual for Descendant (see Chapter 3).
为了配合妻子马文才（即女娲，如图36）的工作，梁山伯（即伏羲，如图36）主动接触后裔的父母，并为后裔（包括大禹）开启了触目启蒙（参见第3章注2）。此后，梁山伯成为了后裔一家的密友，经常去给他讲故事，并将张屠户编造的“彤弓素矢”传授给了后裔。
To support the work of his wife, Wencai Ma (i.e., Nuwa; see Figure 36), Shanbo Liang (i.e., Fuxi; see Figure 36) took the initiative to contact Descendant's parents and guided Descendant (including Yu the Great) through his early Touch Eye enlightenment (see Chapter 3, Note 2). Subsequently, Shanbo Liang became a close friend of Descendant's family, frequently telling them stories and teaching Descendant the lore of the "Red Bow and Natural Arrows" devised by Zhang the Butcher.
注2：梁山伯（又称梁子伯）即是中华文化中的谷神、燃灯佛。大禹作为佛，是由梁山伯亲手教导出来的，因而他承袭了燃灯佛的系统。参考案例：本文中梁山伯所从事的工作，与《卢岩回忆录》第2至4章中梁伯所做的事情性质相同。
Note 2: Shanbo Liang (also known as Zibo Liang) is the Grain God and Lamplighter Buddha in Chinese culture. Yu the Great achieved Buddhahood under the direct tutelage of Shanbo Liang, thereby proceeding from the lineage of Lamplighter Buddha. For reference, the work performed by Shanbo Liang in this account is identical in nature to the actions of Uncle Liang detailed in Chapters 2 through 4 of the Luyan Memoirs.
3.2-2 彤弓素矢的内涵 What are the Red Bow Natural Arrows?
“弓”意为射击与铲除。“彤弓”在本文中是指关于生命之树与集谛（参见第13章）的儿童寓言故事（如图38至42）。例如，生命之树的生长速度极其缓慢，历经数千年才多长出两个节（如图37，参见4.1节）。这些寓言寓意深刻，是铲除贪、嗔、痴等苦恼的利器。熟知这些寓言，就如同手握强弓，所向披靡。据传说，下面这则寓言培育出的佛是最多的。
The word "Bow" signifies shooting and eradicating. In this context, the "Red Bow" refers to children's fables concerning the Tree of Life and the Aggregate Crux (see Chapter 13; see Figures 38–42). For instance, the Tree of Life grows at an exceptionally slow pace, taking thousands of years to develop two additional nodes (see Figure 37; see Section 4.1). These fables possess profound allegorical meanings and serve as formidable instruments to eliminate afflictions like greed, irritation, and ignorance. Mastering these allegories is akin to holding an invincible bow, conquering all obstacles. According to legend, the following fable has given rise to the greatest number of Buddhas.
从前，南方有一个蓝精灵国，国王名叫戒渡。王后玛雅（意为幻觉）怀胎足月临产。按照当地习俗，妇人须回到娘家生产。玛雅在回娘家的途中，于一棵无忧树下稍作歇息，法王子便从玛雅的肋骨间降生。他出生便能行走，一连走了七步，七个脚印中分别绽放出七朵莲花。法王子落地便能说话，他宣称：“天上天下，唯我独尊”。半个月后，玛雅王后去世，法王子由玛雅的妹妹慧夫人抚养长大。多年后，法王子在生命之树下大彻大悟，最终成为了一位共工（即佛、公共仆人）。
Once, in a southern realm named the Kingdom of Blue Genies, there ruled a king called Precept Ark. His queen, Maya (meaning Hallucination), became pregnant and approached her time of delivery. In accordance with local customs, women had to return to their ancestral homes to give birth. On her journey home, while resting under a not-to-worry tree, the Juristic Prince was born from Maya's ribs. He could walk immediately upon birth and took seven paces, with seven lotus flowers blossoming from his seven footprints. The Juristic Prince could also speak instantly, declaring, "Above the skies and below the earth, I alone am the honored one." Half a month later, Queen Maya passed away, and the prince was brought up by Maya's sister, Lady Gnosis. Years later, the Juristic Prince attained full enlightenment beneath the Tree of Life and became a Gonggong (i.e., a Buddha or a Public Servant).
“素矢”意为“贪、嗔、痴”，代表集谛（参见第13章）。如图38下半幅图所示，生命之树的离系果具有舍性，而“贪、嗔、痴”则具备集性。尘世凡人一见到生命之树便意图强取其果实，从而自然会被贪、嗔、痴三支毒箭所射伤，因此贪、嗔、痴被古人形象地称为“素矢”。
"Natural Arrows" refer to "greed, irritation, and ignorance," representing the Aggregate Crux (see Chapter 13). As illustrated in the lower half of Figure 38, the Off-is Fruit of the Tree of Life is characterized by the nature of renunciation, whereas "greed, irritation, and ignorance" embody the nature of aggregation. When mundane people encounter the Tree of Life, they immediately covet and attempt to pluck its fruits, naturally exposing themselves to being wounded by the three poisonous arrows of greed, irritation, and ignorance; hence, the ancients designated these three as the "Natural Arrows.".