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不如一笑而过
作者:林语堂
人生有时颇感寂寞,或遇到危难之境,人之心灵,却能发出妙用,一笑置之,于是又轻松下来。这是好的,也可以看出人之度量。
古代名人,常有这样的度量,所以成其伟大。
古希腊大哲人苏格拉底,娶了珊蒂柏,她是有名的悍妇,常作河东狮吼。传说苏氏未娶之前,已经闻悍妇之名,然而苏氏还是娶她。他有解嘲方法,说娶老婆有如御马,御马没有什么科学,娶个悍妇,于修身养性的工夫大有帮助。有一天家里吵闹不休,苏氏忍无可忍,只好出门。正到门口,他太太由屋顶倒一盆水下来,正正淋在他的头上。苏氏说,“我早晓得,雷霆之后必有甘霖。”真亏得这位哲学家雍容自若的态度。
林肯的老婆也是有名的,很泼辣,喜欢破口骂人。有一天一个送报的小孩子,十二三岁,不识道送报太迟,或有什么过失,遭到林肯太太百般恶骂,詈不绝口。小孩向报馆老板哭诉,说她不该骂人过甚,以后他不肯到那家送报了。这是一个小城,于是老板向林肯提起这件小事。
林肯说:“算了吧!我能忍她十多年。这小孩偶然挨骂一两顿,算什么?”这是林肯的解嘲。
中国有句老话,叫做“塞翁失马,焉知非福”。林肯以后成为总统,据他小城的律师同事写的传记,说是归功于这位太太。书中说道,林肯怪可怜的,每星期六半夜,大家由酒吧要回家时,独林肯一人不大愿意回家。所以林肯那副出人头地,简练机警,应对如流的口才,全是在酒吧中学来的。又苏格拉底也是家里不得安静看书,因此成一习惯,天天到市场去,站在街上谈天说理。因此乃开始“游行派的哲学家”的风气。他们讲学,不在书院,就在街头逢人问难驳诘。这一派哲学家的养成,也应归功于苏婆。
关于这类的故事很多,尤其关于几个名人临终时的雅谑。这种修炼工夫,常人是学不来的。苏格拉底之死,由柏拉图写来是最动人的故事。是政府说他巧辩惑众,贻误青年子弟,赐他服毒自尽。
那夜他慷慨服毒,门人忍痛陪着,苏氏却从容阐发真理。最后他的名言是:“想起来,我欠某人一只雄鸡未还。”叫他门人送去,不可忘记。这是他断气以前最后的一句话。金圣叹判死型,狱中发出的信,也是这一派。“花生米与豆腐干同嚼,大有火腿滋味”。历史上从容就义的人很多,不必列举。
西班牙有一传说:一个守礼甚谨的伯爵将死,一味朋友去看他。伯爵已经气喘不过来,但是那位访客还是喋喋不休长谈下去。伯爵只好忍着静听,到了最后关头,伯爵不耐烦对来客说:“对不起,求先生原谅,让我此刻断气。”他翻身朝壁,就此善终。
我尝读耶苏最后一夜对他门徒的长谈,觉得这段动人的议论,尤胜过苏氏临终之言,而耶苏在十字架上临死之言:“上帝啊,宽恕他们,因为他们所为,出于不知。”这是耶苏的伟大,出于人情所不能及。这与他一贯的作风相同:“施之者比受之者有福。”可惜我们常人能知不能行,常做不到。
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