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【 水鏡回天錄白話解 】

Reflections in Water and Mirrors Reversing the Tide of Destiny

評赫魯雪夫(續)
A Critique of Nikita Kruschev(continued)

宣公上人講於舊金山金山聖寺1986年5月2日 Essay, verses, and commentary by Venerable Master Hua at Gold Mountain Monastery, May 2, 1986
編輯部 英譯 English Translation by Editorial Staff

在新疆的時候還有這麼一件事情。他也沒宣戰,就偷襲新疆,開到新疆的邊界,離北京也不遠了。這時候中國的毛澤東、周恩來都還沒有死;沒有死,這個毛澤東也發毛了,周恩來也不周了。怎麼發毛呢?害怕了。毛澤東和周恩來就商量怎麼應付這個問題。是或者開仗,或是怎麼樣?開戰呢,軍備也不夠出兵打。這怎麼辦呢?商量了,兩人就沒有辦法;沒有辦法周恩來就說,我們把小平請來商量商量。

毛澤東用其鼻子:「哼!他來幹什麼?」就損他。周恩來說這人有點智慧的,看看他怎麼說。就把鄧小平叫來了,大家也就冷眼旁觀,看看這個駝背有什麼辦法。

鄧小平意思說,這個嘛,沒有問題,兩個鐘頭就可把這事情解決了。周恩來、毛澤東大吃一驚。怎麼吃了一驚呢?說我們都沒有辦法,你說兩個鐘頭就解決了。怎麼會有那麼容易的事情?

鄧小平說,現在宣佈在我們的新疆試驗原子彈;投一個原子彈,他們有多少軍隊都可以被炸死。因為我們自己在本國試驗原子彈,他也沒辦法。

他們兩個一想,這個方法可是太好了,於是乎就把自己的軍隊撤退了,派飛機放了一顆原子彈,在國際間發表,說是我們要試驗原子彈。這麼一響,過了,蘇聯開過來的軍隊都給原子彈打死了,沒有啦!蘇聯吃了啞巴虧也不敢再怎麼樣。

所以這個地方就看見蘇聯是根本沒有什麼智慧的。他不計後果,不知道這麼樣子人家會給他來個原子彈,所以他沒有話說的。他也沒有宣戰,就開軍隊到其它國家是不行的。

屢犯邊疆,如珍寶島事件。垂翅敗歸,他也就像個水鳥,膀子都不會飛了,跑回去了。貽羞國際,當時國際間人都評論他很愚癡,不懂事情。識者笑之,世界上有知識的人都很笑他。

尤其脫鞋拍檯大鬧聯合國。聯合國是世界聞名的一個講道理的地方;他不講道理,脫起鞋來用鞋子拍桌子。大鬧聯合國,在聯合國他這麼一來,大家都更看不起他,說他像小孩子似的。

怒罵美利堅,他大罵美國,說是要把美國埋葬了。言語粗俗,他所說的話粗俗得很,很沒有禮貌的。可見無知之至,由他這種態度見出蘇聯人都是沒有什麼知識;要有知識怎麼會用這一個大老粗來作總理?

乃至死後受人鞭屍,死後被人家來罵他,清算他,鬥爭他。悲夫!這是很可憐的一個人,很可悲的。那麼我們來看一看,他這種的行為來作蘇聯的領袖,冒冒失失的,他膽大什麼事情都不怕。

評曰:

太空時代 竟有狂夫
剛愎自用 不加謀籌
粗而無文 不講理由
信口狂吠 哀哉鳴呼

「太空時代,竟有狂夫」:現在的科學已發展到太空上去了,還有這樣愚癡,這樣瘋狂的人。

「剛愎自用,不加謀籌」:他很剛愎,就是只知道有自己,不知道有旁人。

「粗而無文,不講理由」:他很粗魯,沒有什麼文化水平,不講理由。他到什麼地方去都和人不講道理。

「信口狂吠,哀哉嗚呼」:好像在聯合國脫鞋拍檯,信口狂吠,亂罵亂吼亂說,很可悲哀的!所以他死的時候大家也替他很悲哀,很可惜,也很可憐的。

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There was another incident in the Xinjiang area. One time, without making a formal declaration of war, Kruschev launched a surprise attack on the Xinjiang border. Since that was not far away from Beijing, Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai were at their wits' end. Mao's hair stood on end and Zhou was not well. Mao Zedong was scared, and so he sent for and consulted with Zhou Enlai, trying to decide whether they were going to fight with the Russians. If they went to battle, they feared they did not have sufficient troops, that they did not have ample strength to combat the Russians. When they could not come up with a solution, Premier Zhou suggested, "Let's discuss it with Xiaoping."

Chairman Mao immediately said, "Hah! Why him?"

"He has a bit of wisdom. We should see what he has to say," replied Premier Zhou. Thereupon they found Deng Xiaoping. Mao Zedong took a spectator's stance, to see what solution Deng Xiaoping could come up with. Deng said, "That's no problem. We can resolve it in two hours. It doesn't matter how many troops the Russians have."

Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong were taken aback. They said, "Neither of us has a solution, and yet you say you can solve the problem within two hours. How could it be that easy? "

Deng Xiaoping told them, "Right now we can announce that we are experimenting with our atomic bomb in Xinjiang. All of the enemy troops-no matter how many of them there are-will be killed in the explosion. Since they haven't declared war to begin with, now that we announce that we are testing atomic bombs in our own country, they can't do anything about it."

Zhou and Mao thought that was an excellent method, and so they re­called all the Chinese troops from Xinjiang, dropped an atomic bomb from an airplane, and made an international declaration that China was experi­menting with atomic bombs in Xinjiang. Many Soviet troops were killed on that occasion. They took a loss but could not complain, and from then on they dared not send their troops over to China anymore.

From this you can see they did not have much wisdom in the Soviet Union. They acted without regard for the consequences. They had not expected China to counter the attack with an atomic bomb, and so, the policy of sending troops to attack another country without making a formal declaration of war simply would not work.

However, in the end, Kruschev met with defeat and returned to his own country, with his tail between his legs. He was like a little bird who could not fly, and he returned crestfallen to his own country. He incurred shame and disgrace in international circles. People around the world criticized him for being stupid and ignorant. And he invited the scorn of sensible people. Those who had common sense laughed at him. Once he made a scene in the United Nations, during which he took off his shoe and banged it on the table. The United Nations was a civilized place, where everybody got together to listen to reason. However, Kruschev was as if deranged. He took off his shoe and banged it on the table. He stirred up such a ruckus in the United Nations that everyone looked down on him even more, regarding him as if he were a child. On that occasion, he furiously slandered America. He scolded the United States, saying that he wanted to bury America. His vile ranting reflected the extent of his ignorance. He spoke very vulgar and impolite words, and this re­flected the extent of his own ignorance as well as that of the people of the Soviet Union. If they had any common sense, how could they have picked such a coarse person as their premier? After his death, his body was whipped. Even after his death, people slandered and prosecuted him. How tragic! This was indeed pathetic, a very sad thing. How could such a person have been elected as the country's leader? He was imperious and reckless, very foolhardy and not afraid of anything.

A verse in critique says: 

In this space age 
There was such a mad man 
Who, indomitable and overconfident 
Had neither foresight nor prudence. 
Vulgar and coarse, 
Totally unyielding to reason, 
He opened his mouth and barked insanely: 
What a tragedy!

Commentary:

In this space age, / There was such a mad man. In this present age, we have made progress into the reaches of outer space, and yet there's such a foolish and insane person.

Who, indomitable and overconfident. He was very stubborn, only knowing about himself and not knowing that there were others. Had no forethought or prudence. He never bothered to think twice. He simply went ahead and did whatever came to his mind. Vulgar and coarse, without any culture to speak of, he was totally unyielding to reason. He was very unreasonable. He opened his mouth and barked insanely. In the United Nations, he scolded and talked as if deranged. What a tragedy! This was really pathetic, to the point that even after his death, people still thought he was pitiful. 

  (The End)

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