近来重读苏轼的《日喻》一文,有所新得。《日喻》记载了“眇者识日”的故事:一个生下来就是瞎子的人,不知道什么是太阳,他向眼睛好的人询问。一个人对他说:“日之状如铜盘。”盲人就敲铜盘听到了它的声音。后来他听到钟声,就认为是太阳。另一个人对他说:“日之光如烛。”盲人摸蜡烛知道了其形状。后来他摸到一支短笛,便以为是太 Recently re-read Su Shi’s “Japanese metaphor,” a new gain. The “Japanese metaphor” records the story of the “mogul who knows the world”: a man who is born blind is ignorant of what is the sun and he asks the person with good eyes. One man said to him, “The sun is like a copper plate.” The blind man knocked on the copper plate to hear its voice. When he heard the bell, he thought it was the sun. Another said to him, “The light of the sun is like a candle.” The blind touched the candle to know its shape. Later he touched a piccolo, he thought it was too