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1、GargantuaRabelais,François(Translator:ThomasUrquhartandPeterAntonyMotteux)Published:1534Type(s):NovelsSource:http://en.wikisource.org1AboutRabelais:FrançoisRabelais(c.1494-April9,1553)wasamajorFrenchRenais-sancewriter.2TheAuthor'sProloguetotheFirstBookMostnobleandillustriousdrinker
2、s,andyouthricepreciouspockifiedblades(fortoyou,andnoneelse,doIdedicatemywritings),Alcibiades,inthatdialogueofPlato's,whichisentitledTheBanquet,whilsthewassettingforththepraisesofhisschoolmasterSocrates(withoutallques-tiontheprinceofphilosophers),amongstotherdiscoursestothatpur-pose
3、,saidthatheresembledtheSilenes.Silenesofoldwerelittleboxes,likethosewenowmayseeintheshopsofapothecaries,paintedontheoutsidewithwantontoyishfigures,asharpies,satyrs,bridledgeese,hornedhares,saddledducks,flyinggoats,thillerharts,andothersuch-likecounterfeitedpicturesatdiscretion,toex
4、citepeopleuntolaughter,asSilenushimself,whowasthefoster-fatherofgoodBacchus,waswonttodo;butwithinthosecapriciouscasketswerecarefullypreservedandkeptmanyrichjewelsandfinedrugs,suchasbalm,ambergris,amomon,musk,civet,withseveralkindsofpreciousstones,andotherthingsofgreatprice.Justsuch
5、anotherthingwasSocrates.Fortohaveeyedhisoutside,andesteemedofhimbyhisexteriorappearance,youwouldnothavegiventhepeelofanonionforhim,sodeformedhewasinbody,andridiculousinhisgesture.Hehadasharppointednose,withthelookofabull,andcountenanceofafool:hewasinhiscarriagesimple,boor-ishinhisa
6、pparel,infortunepoor,unhappyinhiswives,unfitforallof-ficesinthecommonwealth,alwayslaughing,tippling,andmerrilyca-rousingtoeveryone,withcontinualgibesandjeers,thebetterbythosemeanstoconcealhisdivineknowledge.Now,openingthisboxyouwouldhavefoundwithinitaheavenlyandinestimabledrug,amor
7、ethanhumanunderstanding,anadmirablevirtue,matchlesslearning,in-vinciblecourage,unimitablesobriety,certaincontentmentofmind,per-fectassurance,andanincrediblemisregardofallthatforwhichmencommonlydosomuchwatch,run,sail,fight,travel,toilandturmoilthemselves.Whereunto(inyouropinion)doth
8、thislittleflourishofapream
