9月15日

百忍歌
明 唐寅 ( 1470~1524 )

百忍歌、百忍歌，人生不忍將奈何？
我今與汝歌百忍，汝當拍手笑呵呵！
朝也忍，暮也忍，恥也忍，辱也忍，
苦也忍，痛也忍，飢也忍，寒也忍，
欺也忍，怒也忍，是也忍，非也忍，
方寸之間當自省。
君不見，
如來割身痛也忍，孔子絕糧餓也忍；
韓信胯下辱也忍，閔子單衣寒也忍；
師德唾面羞也忍，劉寬污衣怒也忍！
好也忍、歹也忍，都向心頭自思忖；
囫圇吞下栗棘蓬，恁時方識真根本！

──選自《六如居士全集》

【案】好事也接受，壞事也接受，
得之不喜，失之不憂，才具備應付萬難
的能耐與智慧。

September 15

Song of a Hundred Endurances
Tang Yin (1470 - 1524, Ming Dynasty)
English translation: Zhi Yue

Song of a hundred endurances,
Song of a hundred endurances,
How can life be without endurance?
Today, with you,
I sing this song of a hundred endurances,
So clap your hands and laugh! Ha, ha!

Endure morning, endure evening,
Endure shame, endure disgrace,
Endure suffering, endure pain,
Endure hunger, endure cold,
Endure deception, endure anger,
Endure what is right, endure what is wrong.
Reflect upon yourself in your heart.

Don't you see...
The Buddha once had to cut his own flesh─
    he had to endure!
Confucius once had starved without food─
    he had to endure!
Han Xin once had to crawl under a man's leg─
    he had to endure!
Minzi once had thin clothes in the cold─
    he had to endure!
Shide once had someone spat in his face─
    he had to endure!
Liu Kuan once had someone smear his clothes─
    he had to endure!

Endure the good, endure the evil,
Reflect upon everything,
Swallow it whole, the thorned chestnut,
To think that this knowledge is so fundamental!

── from Liuru Jushi Quanji (Complete Works of Layman Liuru)

NOTE: Accept the good and the bad in life. It is only by not
putting your happiness and sadness in gains or losses, can one’s
ability and wisdom be developed to overcome all difficulties.