俊傑

(An old story that I wrote over twenty years ago in an exceptionally long May.)


《柏和蘆葦》

平原上起了風，蘆葦都給吹彎了腰。而柏樹雖然枝葉顫動，仍屹立如故。有智慧的人於是說：「堅強的柏樹呀，不畏風暴，是多麼的有骨氣。」

風愈刮愈大，柏樹被吹得齊腰而斷，而蘆葦雖然零叮落索，仍生機盎然。有智慧的人又說：「聰明的蘆葦呀，懂得以柔制剛。愚蠢的柏樹，連命也給丟了。」

看到這裡，不禁要像莊子的學生問：子將何處？

最好的辦法，當然是在將要折斷前由柏變成蘆葦。

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By the current standard, we call this very kind of plant genius (俊傑).

PS. It is amazing to see how different I wrote twenty years ago - but even more shocking to learn what I have not changed in my thought.