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发表于 2019-1-13 10:41
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His Affection towards Old Lane and Street
Second interview to LiZanYang—an elderly local
Today, for the first time, I saw Mr.LiZanYang relieved from law court debate over the case of Intellectual Property Right. Now he can make a lecture actively again. From his talkative way and passionate expression we know in spite of all the ups and downs Mr. LiZanYang still has great attachment to those ancient remains in our city. In such a gloomy winter day he ignited our motives.
“Do you know except for The Tale of White Lady here we have another story—The Tale of Black Lady.” Mr. LiZanYang broke the ice absorbingly. Actually he was talking the story on HaMaYuan(frog yard) in HuoTanLou Lane (Night-illuminating lane). The Preach of Xian is the most ancient church in the world while the ancient HuoTanLuo Lane fits its tastes in mystery and holiness. According to the tale, in the blackest night the lane can give off magnificent illumination and the light can be perceived from local high lands around. For this reason the ancient civilian called it HuoTanLou Lane (night illuminating lane). The preachers of Xian raise poisonous snakes and frogs. They made herb from the poison to heal certain skin disease. It was said that the herb has special effect. The science’s similar to that the Chinese herb applies the poison from centipede and scorpions to heal certain hurts. And the black lady refers to those creatures they raise for medical use.
It was said that there came a year when shower rained continuously for seven weeks. The ancient people of local Chinkiang lived in the water so many of them caught such skin disease. The ancient pharmacy of “White lady” was at times empty at the stock and in order to save people around the priest of Xian preach used the mud from frog pond to heal the suffered. In the pond there had lived the king frog that said to have 1000 years life cycle. So the mud healed many. When the news spread around people nearby struggles to come to the place and dug out the mud. Soon the supply emptied and even some of the surrounding civil architectures were collapsed for their foundation came loose from the action. The civilian nearby suffered and HuoTanLuo almost collapsed too. At last the government has to stand out. The governor let the rich donate to build a surrounding wall for HuoTanLuo Mansion and soldiers were sent to guard against any further dug. Gradually local people call the encircled place frog yard. Nowadays the name of LuoTanLuo Lane and Frog Yard lived through while the white lady’s pharmacy disappeared.
One day I occasionally saw a volume of Dream Pool Essays in English version translated by Mr.KuangYaMing. I know Dream Pool Essays comes to be a great ancient Chinese work of science and technology by Mr.ShenKuo of North Song dynasty. But I know little about the translator. By the introduction from Mr. Li I got to know Mr. KuangYaMing had been a patriotic revolutionary intellectual before liberation. He had been put into the jail of GuoMingTang for being involved in communist’s movement then released for taking no violence. It said that Mr. Kuang also caught the skin disease in jail but healed with the local way. After the Liberation of China, Mr.KuangYaMing could do some contribution as an intellectual to the new country. So he edited and translated many works.
Moreover, the elderly LiZanYang told us stories over “Da BaBa Lane” and “Xiao BaBa Lane” vividly. He said that the tile of BaBa, the civil name of father, had a history less than a hundred years. In the listener’s exchange Mr. Li can almost answer every one question from the questioner concerning the origin of local names, which deeply impressed on the mind of the audience.
He who had a will had things done; he who had attention got learned; he who had attachment won man. His great attachment resulted out in achievements and concluded in two publications The Ancient Lane of Chinkiang and The story of Ancient Lane of ZhenJiang. I sincerely wish that the intellectual property right could be protected in the real to encourage intellectuals like Mr.LiZanYang, so that they can work sincerely in their old age and had a glorifying sunset.
2019/1/13 |
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