第三百一十七篇Story Three Hundred and Seventeen

点"对照"可以中英对照

盜戶

盗户

Bandit Households

仿清末石印本的线描:白日县衙大堂前的铺砖庭院里,清瘦长须的术士把贴着纸符的细口瓶举在冒火的小火盆上方,侧头细听;戴官帽、穿官袍的县令举袖掩口,两名衙役一个捂脸、一个持杖咬唇,都在强忍笑意;身后有台阶厅堂、老松、假山、照壁和大鼓。

順治間,滕、嶧之區,十人而七盜,官不敢捕。後受撫,邑宰別之為「盜戶」。凡值與良民爭,則曲意左袒之,蓋恐其復叛也。後訟者輒冒稱盜戶,而怨家則力攻其偽;每兩造具陳,曲直且置不辨,而先以盜之真偽,反復相苦,煩有司稽籍焉。適官署多狐,宰有女為所惑,聘術士來,符捉入瓶,將熾以火。狐在瓶內大呼曰:「我盜戶也!」聞者無不匿笑。

順治年間,滕、嶧一帶,十個人裡有七個做強盜,官府不敢抓捕。後來,他們接受了招撫,縣令把他們單獨登記為「盜戶」。每逢他們與良民發生爭執,縣令便刻意偏袒他們,大概是怕他們再次反叛。此後,打官司的人動不動就冒稱自己是盜戶,對方則竭力揭穿。每當雙方陳述案情,誰是誰非反倒先放在一邊,不予分辨,而要先圍繞盜戶身份的真假反覆爭執,彼此為難,還得勞煩官府查核名冊。恰好縣衙裡有許多狐精,縣令的女兒被狐精迷惑,便請來術士,用符把狐精捉進瓶子,準備放在火上燒。狐精在瓶裡大喊:「我是盜戶!」聽見的人,無不偷偷發笑。

顺治间,滕、峄之区,十人而七盗,官不敢捕。后受抚,邑宰别之为「盗户」。凡值与良民争,则曲意左袒之,盖恐其复叛也。后讼者辄冒称盗户,而怨家则力攻其伪;每两造具陈,曲直且置不辨,而先以盗之真伪,反复相苦,烦有司稽籍焉。适官署多狐,宰有女为所惑,聘术士来,符捉入瓶,将炽以火。狐在瓶内大呼曰:「我盗户也!」闻者无不匿笑。

顺治年间,滕、峄一带,十个人里有七个做强盗,官府不敢抓捕。后来,他们接受了招抚,县令把他们单独登记为“盗户”。每逢他们与良民发生争执,县令便刻意偏袒他们,大概是怕他们再次反叛。此后,打官司的人动不动就冒称自己是盗户,对方则竭力揭穿。每当双方陈述案情,谁是谁非反倒先放在一边,不予分辨,而要先围绕盗户身份的真假反复争执,彼此为难,还得劳烦官府查核名册。恰好县衙里有许多狐精,县令的女儿被狐精迷惑,便请来术士,用符把狐精捉进瓶子,准备放在火上烧。狐精在瓶里大喊:“我是盗户!”听见的人,无不偷偷发笑。

In the Shunzhi reign, in the country around Teng and Yi, seven men in ten were bandits, and the officials did not dare arrest them. Later the bandits accepted an amnesty, and the county magistrate entered them in the registers separately as “bandit households.” Whenever one of them had a quarrel with an honest commoner, the magistrate went out of his way to take the bandit’s side, for fear, it seems, that they would rise again. After that, people who went to law would claim to be bandit households, and their opponents would fight hard to prove the claim false. Each time both sides laid out their case, the question of who was right was set aside unexamined: first they had to torment each other back and forth over whether the banditry was genuine, and the officials had to be troubled to check the registers. It happened that the magistrate’s office was overrun with foxes, and the magistrate’s daughter was bewitched by one. He sent for an exorcist, who caught it with a charm and shut it in a bottle, and was about to set it over the fire. From inside the bottle the fox shouted, “I’m a bandit household!” Everyone who heard it hid a smile.

阅读设置

字号
主题
白话

界面语言

简体中文