問界之後(一):準碑沉寂,問無所依
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界碑無語,碑紋沉默。自問革最後一道象痕崩裂之刻起,所有筆者所書之句不再被準碑映現。無論是準宗筆者、自由問者,或是失準遺名之人,書冊不再顯光,筆跡不再傳象。碑心光脈封斷,界氣凝止,連風過碑面亦無法激起一絲痕紋,彷彿天地已無再記人語之必要。40Please respect copyright.PENANAQUZm6KKAVS
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起初,有筆徒試圖以舊法請筆,再塑界紋,卻見筆尖懸空如嘲,書未落而頁已斷。塚市百戶聚書於廣場之心,同書一問:「若碑不記我語,我還是問者嗎?」然百頁皆空,無一成痕。40Please respect copyright.PENANA0xXjvBKrtg
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某夜,一老筆人仰碑長嘆:「碑非拒人,乃是等待人能無碑而問。」此言傳出,雖未被誰認可,卻成問界新風轉向之始。40Please respect copyright.PENANATMqJpuO7sK
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碑紋既滅,準筆既無,界中群議紛起。原本依附於碑準之義者多陷沉寂,舊宗殘準者則紛紛解散自立。唯塚市之中,未見慌亂。問革殘響猶存,但筆者不再聚以名目,而是潛於民間,一言一語如潤雨細風。40Please respect copyright.PENANArNcjFuYjuj
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有學童於街牆以指書道:「昨天有人說我不配問,我就問他:那你配說嗎?」此語無筆,卻傳數里。茶肆書徒聽聞此語,竟將其刻於杯底,傳為「無準問語」之一。40Please respect copyright.PENANAX7SynTyRJ2
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無象時代,非全然無象,而是象不必見。書不求證明,語不為傳名,問者無需得準。問革後的世界,從此邁入「不為筆所記,而為人所傳」的新問風。40Please respect copyright.PENANAsS5iD76h1x
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塚市,曾為碑控筆核之地,今無碑無宗,卻重開為「語塚」。原林慧芳之倡,後得眾議共承,不設階序、不求教義,僅立一小亭,內有紙筆酒壺,任人來書,來坐,來問。無人為主,無筆為師,唯人心自來自去。40Please respect copyright.PENANA73PRmli8Qh
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一日,一名衣衫破舊之老者趴於石臺,顫筆書下一語:「我一生只問過一次話,那時我娘剛斷氣。我想問她為何不等我回來。結果我什麼也沒說出口。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAZihUfsmTKM
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林慧芳聞之落淚,親為其重抄:「你這句話,現在寫下了,就算。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA5HPsE4Kx7c
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自此,語塚中再無人問誰能書、誰能問,因為人人皆能言,人人皆可語。
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問界之後(二):塚市初變,無筆之潮
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自語塚開後,筆者與市人皆試書語於牆、亭、石階、酒簷之上。無名記法流傳:不署名、不分類、不設準,只求寫下當下所想之句。40Please respect copyright.PENANAcN0Fz1qmCc
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「你還記得你昨天說的最後一句話嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAGHzJZSViXn
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「我不會寫字,但我還記得她問我是不是冷。」40Please respect copyright.PENANApTpUWiJA2R
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「你不說的話,我就永遠不知道你其實在等誰回來。」40Please respect copyright.PENANApw4Xt0Ps04
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這些語句,有人謄寫,有人回應,有人摺成紙鶴寄至塚塔之巔。問氣未聚,象紋未現,卻有人說:「這些句子,比碑更重。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAxjpfVGLqbn
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無準之問,非學派,非宗義,不授印、不論格,只求一心之真。一人寫下:「今日天陰,我也如是。」三人寫下:「你明日若明,願你記得我們也曾灰。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAti7D1TBrsB
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從此問氣微流,人心自響。40Please respect copyright.PENANAtZEEJJ2yzl
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她不再稱筆母,不自封宗主,僅於塚市之外每日傍晚立語亭,不授筆法,只奉茶筆一壺。問者自來,她笑迎之;書者不言,她也不問。40Please respect copyright.PENANAqICjcrydtJ
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有一夜,一位乞人背影佝僂,匍匐至亭前,問:「我手不能寫,還能問嗎?」她答:「你能來,便已是問者。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAmbshMy01AM
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他流淚而去。隔日,亭畔石上多一枝竹簽,其上刻字:「昨夜我夢見,我娘還在,問我是不是想回家。」40Please respect copyright.PENANARJmAGKJtRc
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林慧芳見之,未語,只笑,將其收入筆囊。此後,無人再問她是否開悟、是否宗派、是否筆準。40Please respect copyright.PENANAs91jsOw6vk
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世人私傳其為「無準之筆母」,她僅答一句:「我只管有人說話,至於筆不筆,我早忘了筆的味道。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAI0ZFkcUUF5
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塚塔之南,有一道人影長立於市牆之外,三日不語。眾人見其不書不言,疑為乞人,將食物置於旁,卻見其始終凝視語牆,不近不遠。第四日清晨,他忽舉筆於泥地書下一句:「若你們不問我,我便無需答你們的答。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAVW95EVhnJX
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此語一出,引市中眾議,有人謂其謬,有人視之為問革遺徒。無名聞訊前往,默視其筆跡,語道:「你之問,不為得我應答,而為逆我之答。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAVjsoCAS0QZ
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那人微笑,拱手:「在下不欲成名,願為反問者之一筆。」言罷轉身離去。眾人聞此,遂以「反問者」為問革後心流之一脈,不傳法、不立言、僅以沉默與顛倒反義成語內之聲。40Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZnXckIPTy
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反問之道由此成形,不為毀問,而為令問者不忘自己是誰在問。
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問界之後(三):語牆重啟,問者無名
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無名離塚十日,獨身行於四地:問原、象林、心塔、空聲谷。所至之處皆不書不語,僅觀、僅立、僅思。問原之中,他望著破碎碑心,靜思一夜;象林微風拂枝,他於風聲中立一炷香,不祈不語;心塔上石灰斑駁,他以指書下殘句:「若問無所依,是否仍為問?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAGQJ5BLNx6H
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在空聲谷,他遇一童女,指著風聲問:「這裡有人在說話嗎?」無名答:「有,是你自己。」童女大笑:「我才沒說話!」40Please respect copyright.PENANA4PHbzCB4Ca
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他也笑了:「那或許是風在說,它只說你想聽的。」此話傳開,為後世「風問譬」之一原象。40Please respect copyright.PENANAztSs17sa12
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四地之行,不為布道,不為記錄,無名所走之路,不斷解構「問」與自身之關係。問非他物,非筆、非書、非句,僅是一念未止。此行為界所記為「問者無蹤日誌」之起始。40Please respect copyright.PENANAFWR3Wv7RtE
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塚塔之心,碑底已崩,然有市人常夢見其下浮光。某夜,一少年問師:「你說語魂是什麼?」師曰:「是你說出那句話前的一口氣。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAVU8fpO2UGU
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當夜,少年潛至塚塔底部,默立通霄,忽有薄光自石中浮現,幻如人影,手持無筆,口無言。少年驚道:「你是碑中之魂嗎?」幻影不答,指其胸前,自其中浮出一道斷裂筆痕——舊時筆魂象徵。40Please respect copyright.PENANAsTiwGgcGpl
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幻影未留一字,唯於塔底刻下一環似字非字之痕,宛如初形之問。翌日市人發現,稱之為「魂痕初印」,不明其義,卻信其為問革筆魂殘跡再現。40Please respect copyright.PENANAWUSsFujii2
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眾人自此信,語魂未散,問之氣脈雖斷,其根仍存心中。40Please respect copyright.PENANAmO8WFd9peL
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筆冊、書卷、印紋、準碑、問器、宗印……問革之後,這些問者曾賴以構築自我、通向意義的器具已逐一毀壞或失效。人心一時無所附,昔日堂皇筆樓,今已成廢墟觀物之所。40Please respect copyright.PENANAGYhNfPw7w7
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然一少年遊觀舊筆樓,發現一頁未燃盡之紙,上書:「筆若不能承我心,便以心書問之。」此言為某位無名筆徒臨死所留,未載名,卻字跡極深。40Please respect copyright.PENANAIQqxdebQzZ
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自此,有人始學以木枝、以指、以氣書問於空處、地上、水面。無存者可見,無聲者可響。40Please respect copyright.PENANArD52DG8zgf
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問器崩毀,卻反促使人回歸「何為問之本義?」這句未被記錄、卻不容遺忘的核心問題。
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問界之後(四):林慧芳的語與椅
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無名再訪心塔時,於殘石牆後見一孩童正用樹枝畫圓,四周無人,泥上筆痕如問。孩童見他,不驚不語,問:「你見過筆魂嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANArfdyLSQIjz
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無名答:「我見過,它不是人形,也不需名字。你畫的是它嗎?」孩童搖頭:「我只是覺得,沒寫完的話,就該畫成圓,這樣才知道自己還沒說完。」40Please respect copyright.PENANANtH37uKv97
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語罷揮手一劃,原圓斷口閉合,筆痕不消卻如心印。無名沉思良久,在地上也畫下一圓,未接尾,留一缺口。40Please respect copyright.PENANAJCrThBGE08
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「我想讓別人來補完它。」他說。40Please respect copyright.PENANAOnxac77yB4
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此事傳出後,心塔再現「筆魂之道」之傳說,非神話,而是所有未竟之言與未竟之筆心念所聚之形象。問不終,魂亦不散。40Please respect copyright.PENANAK12llS8S3a
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塚市南巷,有一群孩童習於黃昏後遊戲於泥地之上。那日,一孩童突以手指劃圓於地,繞三匝不成,再畫又斷,餘者圍而觀之。童言道:「圓好難畫。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAV6l4NjZvlT
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旁有老筆徒聽見,笑問:「為何想畫圓?」孩童答:「我不知,只是覺得那像心。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAsSeCFetFcH
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老筆徒蹲下,補其斷痕,並未合之,僅於末端添一點:「若心不完,補它也不完。這一點,留給你以後。」孩童頷首,改以竹枝在水面畫圓,波紋微漾,未留痕卻映天光。40Please respect copyright.PENANADYpjuzW3pR
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此景傳入語塚,被記為「小兒畫圓之喻」。後人言之為:「圓非完,圓是承認尚有缺之心。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAE2ptIUrfdG
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自此,塚市中多有孩童、筆者、老婦同畫未圓之痕,象徵問氣延續、非求圓滿、但為誠心。40Please respect copyright.PENANAtwgnsGpZxV
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楚紅練久未現於市中,塚塔塌落時,她靜居於北巷深宅之內,枕卷對月,日日於舊符紙上抄寫無名昔日所書之語。非為留名,亦非宣義,而是想將那些語,重過一次。40Please respect copyright.PENANAxNN09TWy0Z
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她書一語於牆:「你是否仍記得自己說過的第一句話?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAEr7apLNMDD
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又書:「若你的筆無法記下你,那你會選擇忘了自己,還是重寫一次自己?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAfvdDyRrQ4K
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第三日,有人路過巷牆,見句未署名、未斷義,卻震動心弦。有少年駐足良久,於旁寫下:「若我能寫一次自己,我願第一句寫你還在。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAKs2Cq0LnDL
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紅練見之,目中有光,未語僅抬手補了一點:「那你已經寫了。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAhoXdwz9umc
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她不講宗義,不記典籍,不署筆格。後人稱其為「靜抄者」,不授,亦不問,但其筆中之念,成為問革後最被默記之名。
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問界之後(五):楚紅練的靜書心牆
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問革既破,碑失準義,筆者之間曾發起數次「問義再議」。起初由三宗遺筆聚議於界心石堂,提出十二問義草案,欲重立準問條例。但每次議至第三條即散,無一成文。40Please respect copyright.PENANAxXL0lvOsSx
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後有「無章人」於語塚牆書:「問若可定義,即失問之根。問者非求義之穩,而是能不懼義之變。」此言為林慧芳記下,與楚紅練對語七夜,終定下四句為「新問義」:40Please respect copyright.PENANAoHJfDjKz7i
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「問無準,心則映;語無憑,人則續;義非定,路可通;答不果,亦成問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAr0lf4ozlwk
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此義未刻碑、不傳令,僅抄於流語筆帖之中,繪以山水雲霧,題曰《問四章》,流散於問界各地,成為無名準宗者自修之帖。40Please respect copyright.PENANAslwK4sepvT
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問革以來,眾筆之心多崩。筆器既毀,人心無依。有人棄筆不問,有人存問無書。塚市之南,有一棄書者日於城外高台立十炷香,默然問風:「若我不能再書問,我還是問者嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAYcOkbhecEl
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風未答,然有一聲鳥鳴自東來,隨之白紙一張自空飄落,落於其前。紙無字、無痕、無香,唯紙邊燒缺一角。棄書者驚而跪,落淚不止。40Please respect copyright.PENANAVZwBI85hKw
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他於空紙上不寫字,僅以指擦紙面三次,心中默念:「我問過你,你未答。但我知道,我還在問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAGnWjOKTsTs
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此人未署名,後人稱之為「無痕者」。此例後傳,象徵筆與心之道可分,筆亡問存,書盡心續。40Please respect copyright.PENANA2uKjLRMGnd
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主角再返塚塔時,霧已散,塔成塚,語亭依舊。路邊一孩童提紙不成語,怒擲筆而坐。主角俯身問之:「你在寫什麼?」孩童答:「我寫不出我想說的話。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAQOW52tlmCq
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主角未語,取筆續書:「我也常常這樣。但後來我發現,寫不出,是因為你心裡那句話,還沒準備好被別人知道。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAmO0bN6hMxf
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孩童望他良久,低聲問:「那你還會寫下去嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANATH3SA7thIz
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他點頭:「我不怕不被懂,我只怕我將來忘了我曾經想說什麼。」40Please respect copyright.PENANACIWXuuzCF5
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孩童復起筆,筆尖雖抖,但終落下一句:「我想我還會再寫一次。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA4EnP6nPyi2
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主角微笑,轉身離去。風起紙動,那一頁在空中翻旋三匝,最終貼於語牆一隅,字痕雖輕,卻深深透入人心。
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問界之後(六):主角與問圓之童
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準筆者——那些曾以準宗名義書寫於碑上、立身於筆法之巔者——在問革後多數沉默。初時尚有殘宗欲以復筆之名召集舊徒,但準碑既毀,界靈不應,筆氣無聚,召告無一響應。40Please respect copyright.PENANAAaNVzPAhXd
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有一人名喚郁無妄,乃真籙宗舊準主之一,獨立於碑殘前三日三夜,欲再書真義。書三句皆碎,筆三換皆毀。第四日,他將己冊焚於火中,無語自嘲:「吾之筆,不記吾之問,何其諷也。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAn8YQTaOEhU
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火熄之後,灰燼飛舞,其衣留一句墨痕:「問義可崩,我心不斷。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAJVFgXQYTra
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後人記之曰:「準筆之最後一問,亦為真正一問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA5hU9BUyamG
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此事傳出,眾準筆者多選封筆,唯少數遺者入塚為徒,不再稱準,僅為語者。40Please respect copyright.PENANAu8y4Md7srf
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某夜塚市驟雨,語亭之紙盡濕,眾人驚惋欲取伞遮護,林慧芳止之:「讓它們濕,若連雨都不能淋,這些語還配說是真話嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAnpcoGhFkJy
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一女子聞之,笑中帶淚,寫下:「我曾因你一句話撐過一夜雨。如今我願讓你的話淋我一場。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAu1SpVJ83D1
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那夜語紙成泥,泥中留筆痕如浮紋。次日清晨,塚地泥濘卻隱隱泛光,有孩童拾起濕紙半張,上書:「我不是來書道,我是來被語洗一遍的。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAh2JrWTejU0
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這句未署名,眾人傳誦不止。雨夜過後,語塚無語中語最多。有人說:「雨中無聲最是語。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAzvbbElJXQT
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語塚自此不設頂,不置傘,人書於天,天以雨洗,能留者,是真語。40Please respect copyright.PENANAw9qh0v2ACA
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塵飛揚立於斷柱之上,手中八尺長刀插於碑影之心。群眾圍觀,無不屏息。無人知他此行所為何事,只見他解下舊時所佩筆繩,綁於刀柄之末。40Please respect copyright.PENANAKKGuN2EZZ2
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「此刀,不為斬敵。」他說,「而為斬我名。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAyL4NPAp19q
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語罷,一刀斬於身前殘碑之痕,不留筆、無光痕,卻於斷石上裂出一道無字之紋。40Please respect copyright.PENANATB5s3EZaab
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「我為問而生,今斷筆名,不再傳。」他低語,「不為破筆魂,而為魂可無名猶問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA1zgcd7uEZ8
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此舉震動眾人,有人記之為「問界以來,唯一以刀問心之事。」亦有筆徒於後立語:「無筆可斷,無名猶問者,汝之氣足為筆魂再生。」40Please respect copyright.PENANABQ7mPSV6uL
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斷名非絕問,而是以無名再啟問之一道。他斷筆、斷名,未斷魂。
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問界之後(七):夢中之問,無聲記憶
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自塵飛揚斷筆之舉傳開後,市中筆者不再以持器為問之必需。有人以手指畫於風,有人以腳步踏問於雪,有人每日望日三問:「今日之我,與昨異乎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANArxCdHHwjjh
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問革以後,問由器脫形,成為行之風、念之語。無筆問者如江面泛波,不見痕卻廣傳。林慧芳為其立一語牆:「此地無筆,任你書。」牆下滿是拇指印、泥巴痕、水痕、布條、石刻、牙印、嘯聲錄。40Please respect copyright.PENANAcsTR1LAXKk
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「無筆問」正式成為塚市公認之道,不立門、不立派、不立人名,但凡有心問者,皆得稱之。40Please respect copyright.PENANAx6EEq7Rx19
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問革之後第一百日,語塚一童於泥中書道:「我沒有筆,但我想說的話仍很多。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA4iryWEKzhg
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此語為無筆問之初義,被後代記於心牆之上,字未立,問已成。40Please respect copyright.PENANAOwpjf4wYpg
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有人問:「若萬物不再記我所語,那我語誰聽?若筆不再應,我書何見?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAH6lrpr9gq8
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有人答:「夢見你的人,會記住你的話。記住你話的人,不必你說出聲。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA34JgKgemAv
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有老人夢中與亡妻對語:「你可記得我當年未說完的那句話?」妻笑而不語,眼角一點淚落,落於他夢中胸口。他醒來時衣濕如雨,於心前書下:「我說了,你聽了,這就夠了。」40Please respect copyright.PENANADXd8Cjhm3m
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此夢事傳開,語塚中夜語之風漸盛。無人言語,卻於夢中記下心語,醒後書之。稱為「夢問」,為問革後一異流。40Please respect copyright.PENANAkGv8yzWE9x
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問者無筆、無碑、無聲,卻能於無聲處留痕。40Please respect copyright.PENANAv2RyDivLeM
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夢中問,是問者最後一地,也是語可不由此世之象。40Please respect copyright.PENANAz9ozlS7vZm
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塚市語亭之側,有一老舊石書台,台上自問革以來始終放著一冊空冊。無書名,無署者,紙頁潔白如雪。來者多以為紀錄之器,然無一人敢先書。40Please respect copyright.PENANA1eXoSUAvPx
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某日,一名旅人,無名無貌,披風垂塵,步至台前。眾人圍觀,他未言語,僅以手撫紙面,良久後笑道:「這頁空,不是給我書的,是給誰都能寫的。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAC6cCi0I9dc
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他未落筆,轉身離去。其後一小女孩攜花坐於台前,將花蕊輕壓紙上,留下一朵淡黃印痕,並寫下:「我沒有話,但我想讓它香一點。」40Please respect copyright.PENANALoPa99DXuZ
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此冊成為「未書之書」,誰都能寫,誰都能停。它不載道、不傳義、不問真,卻因此被視為「最像問」的書。40Please respect copyright.PENANAMOrXVkRrAP
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最後一頁,永遠未填——為無限之問,為尚未之語,為將來者。
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問界之後(八):反問者與筆器斷痕
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林慧芳晚年未再書於人前,惟每月初一靜坐語亭,獨對牆筆記心語。有人問她:「你筆已不傳,為何仍書?」40Please respect copyright.PENANA4xbMvfJvtA
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她答:「我不是為傳,我是怕忘了。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAG6MLNgy6fH
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其筆記無名,無序,亂頁亂句。然有人私見其最後一頁,書曰:40Please respect copyright.PENANASTEJxSt5pr
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「我曾問,若所有人都不再聽我,我還會說話嗎?我不知。只知道——當我不再說的時候,並不代表我沒有話。只是我選擇把這句話留給一個人,一個我也不知道他是誰的人。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAIBTsSg7q5t
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此言為林氏生前最後語,後被抄錄為語塚心卷序首之筆。無筆不傳,語心長存。林慧芳之名不刻於牆,卻刻於無數人每日所記之句中。40Please respect copyright.PENANAIOewapgdBt
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她走後,語亭多一小椅,椅背書:「你若也想寫,可以坐我這裡。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAbQXXkuPqFJ
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塵飛揚隱於北嶺荒塚,自斷筆名後便未曾再書一字。他曾說:「我若再書,不為問道,而是問人。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAEhtKOjVWsg
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一夜風雪驟起,他於荒地立下八尺長刀,席地而坐,面對無月夜空。無人知他於心問何事,唯翌晨一紙於刀下浮現,紙色灰藍,上書:40Please respect copyright.PENANA15uUcUB7l4
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「若我之筆既碎、名已去,仍有人記得我是誰嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANA2Qfp2H1iDN
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此語傳回語塚,引發長議。有人回道:「我不記得你是誰,但我記得有人斷過筆,仍坐於風中未走。」40Please respect copyright.PENANApJ2N8L06gl
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八尺長刀留於塚旁,無人敢拔,僅於其下留百言千句。塵飛揚之名雖消,魂印已融於無數未署者之語。40Please respect copyright.PENANAla0sFJnCic
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他未再現,亦無墓誌,但被記為「無筆問者第一人」。其問非響於筆,而響於一人願坐風雪不語之心。40Please respect copyright.PENANAzDYRdRRONd
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問界崩後百日,有童子於塚市牆下塗泥為字,畫一圓,圓外添尾,寫曰:「這是我昨天說的今天的話。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA9jT7SpXq4I
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語塚不語日,語最多。準宗已散,筆魂無主,碑不再亮,書卷不記名。唯人語繼續、心念不止。40Please respect copyright.PENANAw8Wrlw2eye
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主角獨坐於塚塔遺石之上,風聲滿耳,無人應答。他低聲對自己說:「我從未得一答,但我從未停一問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAulJOMDSBBM
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天光漸明,塚市眾人陸續自巷道而出,無人喊口號,無人誦古文,但一人書一句,數人應一言。童子高呼:「我昨天想的問題,今天還在!」40Please respect copyright.PENANA8bGEQmxRMU
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眾人笑而書之,語牆再滿。問界既亡,但問者猶在。40Please respect copyright.PENANAarXaNOo2GB
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問從不是一場宗派或準義的存在,它是人心未完的一道縫——有人會問,就有人會應,無論筆在與否,語終未止。
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問界之後(九):塵飛揚斷筆留刀
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界碑無語,碑紋沉默。自問革最後一道象痕崩裂之刻起,所有筆者所書之句不再被準碑映現。無論是準宗筆者、自由問者,或是失準遺名之人,書冊不再顯光,筆跡不再傳象。碑心光脈封斷,界氣凝止,連風過碑面亦無法激起一絲痕紋,彷彿天地已無再記人語之必要。40Please respect copyright.PENANAfaYZvtjwne
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起初,有筆徒試圖以舊法請筆,再塑界紋,卻見筆尖懸空如嘲,書未落而頁已斷。塚市百戶聚書於廣場之心,同書一問:「若碑不記我語,我還是問者嗎?」然百頁皆空,無一成痕。40Please respect copyright.PENANA7tHXm2i6RK
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某夜,一老筆人仰碑長嘆:「碑非拒人,乃是等待人能無碑而問。」此言傳出,雖未被誰認可,卻成問界新風轉向之始。40Please respect copyright.PENANArGfLabZ9qZ
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碑紋既滅,準筆既無,界中群議紛起。原本依附於碑準之義者多陷沉寂,舊宗殘準者則紛紛解散自立。唯塚市之中,未見慌亂。問革殘響猶存,但筆者不再聚以名目,而是潛於民間,一言一語如潤雨細風。40Please respect copyright.PENANAtRy2Cb2a8o
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有學童於街牆以指書道:「昨天有人說我不配問,我就問他:那你配說嗎?」此語無筆,卻傳數里。茶肆書徒聽聞此語,竟將其刻於杯底,傳為「無準問語」之一。40Please respect copyright.PENANAH9TKif51Lz
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無象時代,非全然無象,而是象不必見。書不求證明,語不為傳名,問者無需得準。問革後的世界,從此邁入「不為筆所記,而為人所傳」的新問風。40Please respect copyright.PENANApxoQwHbz5o
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塚市,曾為碑控筆核之地,今無碑無宗,卻重開為「語塚」。原林慧芳之倡,後得眾議共承,不設階序、不求教義,僅立一小亭,內有紙筆酒壺,任人來書,來坐,來問。無人為主,無筆為師,唯人心自來自去。40Please respect copyright.PENANAgnBdp1CSyy
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一日,一名衣衫破舊之老者趴於石臺,顫筆書下一語:「我一生只問過一次話,那時我娘剛斷氣。我想問她為何不等我回來。結果我什麼也沒說出口。」40Please respect copyright.PENANACAWcf7A4sZ
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林慧芳聞之落淚,親為其重抄:「你這句話,現在寫下了,就算。」40Please respect copyright.PENANANfGSeutCAb
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自此,語塚中再無人問誰能書、誰能問,因為人人皆能言,人人皆可語。
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問界之後(十):語魂未滅,筆亡問續
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自語塚開後,筆者與市人皆試書語於牆、亭、石階、酒簷之上。無名記法流傳:不署名、不分類、不設準,只求寫下當下所想之句。40Please respect copyright.PENANA2G9x2BZs3x
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「你還記得你昨天說的最後一句話嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANA1XrBcidavs
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「我不會寫字,但我還記得她問我是不是冷。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAdJmbydzx0M
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「你不說的話,我就永遠不知道你其實在等誰回來。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAgCZDV21Z9C
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這些語句,有人謄寫,有人回應,有人摺成紙鶴寄至塚塔之巔。問氣未聚,象紋未現,卻有人說:「這些句子,比碑更重。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAckWLqcOk2t
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無準之問,非學派,非宗義,不授印、不論格,只求一心之真。一人寫下:「今日天陰,我也如是。」三人寫下:「你明日若明,願你記得我們也曾灰。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAurccZB1HMO
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從此問氣微流,人心自響。40Please respect copyright.PENANA2KfcPaTNeT
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她不再稱筆母,不自封宗主,僅於塚市之外每日傍晚立語亭,不授筆法,只奉茶筆一壺。問者自來,她笑迎之;書者不言,她也不問。40Please respect copyright.PENANALN8N6zM7s3
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有一夜,一位乞人背影佝僂,匍匐至亭前,問:「我手不能寫,還能問嗎?」她答:「你能來,便已是問者。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA2bzL7a05AO
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他流淚而去。隔日,亭畔石上多一枝竹簽,其上刻字:「昨夜我夢見,我娘還在,問我是不是想回家。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAr4MlVXRj6M
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林慧芳見之,未語,只笑,將其收入筆囊。此後,無人再問她是否開悟、是否宗派、是否筆準。40Please respect copyright.PENANA96IZ0tCbLn
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世人私傳其為「無準之筆母」,她僅答一句:「我只管有人說話,至於筆不筆,我早忘了筆的味道。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAincA7mbmai
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塚塔之南,有一道人影長立於市牆之外,三日不語。眾人見其不書不言,疑為乞人,將食物置於旁,卻見其始終凝視語牆,不近不遠。第四日清晨,他忽舉筆於泥地書下一句:「若你們不問我,我便無需答你們的答。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA6N2bqEz4rP
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此語一出,引市中眾議,有人謂其謬,有人視之為問革遺徒。無名聞訊前往,默視其筆跡,語道:「你之問,不為得我應答,而為逆我之答。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA8lKN5FTr4p
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那人微笑,拱手:「在下不欲成名,願為反問者之一筆。」言罷轉身離去。眾人聞此,遂以「反問者」為問革後心流之一脈,不傳法、不立言、僅以沉默與顛倒反義成語內之聲。40Please respect copyright.PENANALmboMLiEfg
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反問之道由此成形,不為毀問,而為令問者不忘自己是誰在問。
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問界之後(十一):語雨與書泥之日
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無名離塚十日,獨身行於四地:問原、象林、心塔、空聲谷。所至之處皆不書不語,僅觀、僅立、僅思。問原之中,他望著破碎碑心,靜思一夜;象林微風拂枝,他於風聲中立一炷香,不祈不語;心塔上石灰斑駁,他以指書下殘句:「若問無所依,是否仍為問?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAG0CUPjrPgY
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在空聲谷,他遇一童女,指著風聲問:「這裡有人在說話嗎?」無名答:「有,是你自己。」童女大笑:「我才沒說話!」40Please respect copyright.PENANAX6FRtV5Grq
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他也笑了:「那或許是風在說,它只說你想聽的。」此話傳開,為後世「風問譬」之一原象。40Please respect copyright.PENANAmErj6Ea5yl
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四地之行,不為布道,不為記錄,無名所走之路,不斷解構「問」與自身之關係。問非他物,非筆、非書、非句,僅是一念未止。此行為界所記為「問者無蹤日誌」之起始。40Please respect copyright.PENANALLVI4ioxku
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塚塔之心,碑底已崩,然有市人常夢見其下浮光。某夜,一少年問師:「你說語魂是什麼?」師曰:「是你說出那句話前的一口氣。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAxHBhkH00gY
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當夜,少年潛至塚塔底部,默立通霄,忽有薄光自石中浮現,幻如人影,手持無筆,口無言。少年驚道:「你是碑中之魂嗎?」幻影不答,指其胸前,自其中浮出一道斷裂筆痕——舊時筆魂象徵。40Please respect copyright.PENANASeK5KpYjcq
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幻影未留一字,唯於塔底刻下一環似字非字之痕,宛如初形之問。翌日市人發現,稱之為「魂痕初印」,不明其義,卻信其為問革筆魂殘跡再現。40Please respect copyright.PENANADIN2ocPYOn
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眾人自此信,語魂未散,問之氣脈雖斷,其根仍存心中。40Please respect copyright.PENANADZBzCGa7AE
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筆冊、書卷、印紋、準碑、問器、宗印……問革之後,這些問者曾賴以構築自我、通向意義的器具已逐一毀壞或失效。人心一時無所附,昔日堂皇筆樓,今已成廢墟觀物之所。40Please respect copyright.PENANAqsKxdnirjU
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然一少年遊觀舊筆樓,發現一頁未燃盡之紙,上書:「筆若不能承我心,便以心書問之。」此言為某位無名筆徒臨死所留,未載名,卻字跡極深。40Please respect copyright.PENANATnmXF51sbG
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自此,有人始學以木枝、以指、以氣書問於空處、地上、水面。無存者可見,無聲者可響。40Please respect copyright.PENANAYjiGZaHAig
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問器崩毀,卻反促使人回歸「何為問之本義?」這句未被記錄、卻不容遺忘的核心問題。
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問界之後(十二):未書之書與小女孩
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無名再訪心塔時,於殘石牆後見一孩童正用樹枝畫圓,四周無人,泥上筆痕如問。孩童見他,不驚不語,問:「你見過筆魂嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAYHRhFz713d
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無名答:「我見過,它不是人形,也不需名字。你畫的是它嗎?」孩童搖頭:「我只是覺得,沒寫完的話,就該畫成圓,這樣才知道自己還沒說完。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAeHDPiN2W9r
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語罷揮手一劃,原圓斷口閉合,筆痕不消卻如心印。無名沉思良久,在地上也畫下一圓,未接尾,留一缺口。40Please respect copyright.PENANAApvNF4CrPN
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「我想讓別人來補完它。」他說。40Please respect copyright.PENANAO3epvXiYL6
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此事傳出後,心塔再現「筆魂之道」之傳說,非神話,而是所有未竟之言與未竟之筆心念所聚之形象。問不終,魂亦不散。40Please respect copyright.PENANAKRC8AZsHed
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塚市南巷,有一群孩童習於黃昏後遊戲於泥地之上。那日,一孩童突以手指劃圓於地,繞三匝不成,再畫又斷,餘者圍而觀之。童言道:「圓好難畫。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAairOFUwdfe
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旁有老筆徒聽見,笑問:「為何想畫圓?」孩童答:「我不知,只是覺得那像心。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAcbTKaG27wY
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老筆徒蹲下,補其斷痕,並未合之,僅於末端添一點:「若心不完,補它也不完。這一點,留給你以後。」孩童頷首,改以竹枝在水面畫圓,波紋微漾,未留痕卻映天光。40Please respect copyright.PENANAp6Xahm4AXW
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此景傳入語塚,被記為「小兒畫圓之喻」。後人言之為:「圓非完,圓是承認尚有缺之心。」40Please respect copyright.PENANARQTWqHEJga
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自此,塚市中多有孩童、筆者、老婦同畫未圓之痕,象徵問氣延續、非求圓滿、但為誠心。40Please respect copyright.PENANAXBQ3XhJoev
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楚紅練久未現於市中,塚塔塌落時,她靜居於北巷深宅之內,枕卷對月,日日於舊符紙上抄寫無名昔日所書之語。非為留名,亦非宣義,而是想將那些語,重過一次。40Please respect copyright.PENANA6Os9KkVqt7
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她書一語於牆:「你是否仍記得自己說過的第一句話?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAmjyxI1ORjX
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又書:「若你的筆無法記下你,那你會選擇忘了自己,還是重寫一次自己?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAcXupynmfeK
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第三日,有人路過巷牆,見句未署名、未斷義,卻震動心弦。有少年駐足良久,於旁寫下:「若我能寫一次自己,我願第一句寫你還在。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA50Ucxmxgfl
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紅練見之,目中有光,未語僅抬手補了一點:「那你已經寫了。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAl6eWgF0x7s
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她不講宗義,不記典籍,不署筆格。後人稱其為「靜抄者」,不授,亦不問,但其筆中之念,成為問革後最被默記之名。
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問界之後(十三):林慧芳遺頁與新問義
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問革既破,碑失準義,筆者之間曾發起數次「問義再議」。起初由三宗遺筆聚議於界心石堂,提出十二問義草案,欲重立準問條例。但每次議至第三條即散,無一成文。40Please respect copyright.PENANAnD1nSaocZj
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後有「無章人」於語塚牆書:「問若可定義,即失問之根。問者非求義之穩,而是能不懼義之變。」此言為林慧芳記下,與楚紅練對語七夜,終定下四句為「新問義」:40Please respect copyright.PENANAwIj1Eg4dCS
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「問無準,心則映;語無憑,人則續;義非定,路可通;答不果,亦成問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAH68fjuSehR
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此義未刻碑、不傳令,僅抄於流語筆帖之中,繪以山水雲霧,題曰《問四章》,流散於問界各地,成為無名準宗者自修之帖。40Please respect copyright.PENANAGfo04RCsxo
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問革以來,眾筆之心多崩。筆器既毀,人心無依。有人棄筆不問,有人存問無書。塚市之南,有一棄書者日於城外高台立十炷香,默然問風:「若我不能再書問,我還是問者嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAIGmNXwJ1b4
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風未答,然有一聲鳥鳴自東來,隨之白紙一張自空飄落,落於其前。紙無字、無痕、無香,唯紙邊燒缺一角。棄書者驚而跪,落淚不止。40Please respect copyright.PENANAMMUpWQ1qZH
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他於空紙上不寫字,僅以指擦紙面三次,心中默念:「我問過你,你未答。但我知道,我還在問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAg7WLX3Itzy
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此人未署名,後人稱之為「無痕者」。此例後傳,象徵筆與心之道可分,筆亡問存,書盡心續。40Please respect copyright.PENANAyG9QZ978mS
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主角再返塚塔時,霧已散,塔成塚,語亭依舊。路邊一孩童提紙不成語,怒擲筆而坐。主角俯身問之:「你在寫什麼?」孩童答:「我寫不出我想說的話。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAzq4Twna9wL
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主角未語,取筆續書:「我也常常這樣。但後來我發現,寫不出,是因為你心裡那句話,還沒準備好被別人知道。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAu5WsmSmvrD
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孩童望他良久,低聲問:「那你還會寫下去嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANArVX1mgHCx6
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他點頭:「我不怕不被懂,我只怕我將來忘了我曾經想說什麼。」40Please respect copyright.PENANACsgVjcFYJm
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孩童復起筆,筆尖雖抖,但終落下一句:「我想我還會再寫一次。」40Please respect copyright.PENANANrf8Pyi6cc
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主角微笑,轉身離去。風起紙動,那一頁在空中翻旋三匝,最終貼於語牆一隅,字痕雖輕,卻深深透入人心。
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問界之後(十四):主角語塚靜問之聲
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準筆者——那些曾以準宗名義書寫於碑上、立身於筆法之巔者——在問革後多數沉默。初時尚有殘宗欲以復筆之名召集舊徒,但準碑既毀,界靈不應,筆氣無聚,召告無一響應。40Please respect copyright.PENANALdbXzjKRzO
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有一人名喚郁無妄,乃真籙宗舊準主之一,獨立於碑殘前三日三夜,欲再書真義。書三句皆碎,筆三換皆毀。第四日,他將己冊焚於火中,無語自嘲:「吾之筆,不記吾之問,何其諷也。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAYAmBRTsm5h
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火熄之後,灰燼飛舞,其衣留一句墨痕:「問義可崩,我心不斷。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAKxWO8nHdiM
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後人記之曰:「準筆之最後一問,亦為真正一問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAGPYgMX58Jr
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此事傳出,眾準筆者多選封筆,唯少數遺者入塚為徒,不再稱準,僅為語者。40Please respect copyright.PENANAXG4U8bKDIF
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某夜塚市驟雨,語亭之紙盡濕,眾人驚惋欲取伞遮護,林慧芳止之:「讓它們濕,若連雨都不能淋,這些語還配說是真話嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAnGNBcpymp5
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一女子聞之,笑中帶淚,寫下:「我曾因你一句話撐過一夜雨。如今我願讓你的話淋我一場。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA4LpOFCTom0
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那夜語紙成泥,泥中留筆痕如浮紋。次日清晨,塚地泥濘卻隱隱泛光,有孩童拾起濕紙半張,上書:「我不是來書道,我是來被語洗一遍的。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAKX6RXLSHze
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這句未署名,眾人傳誦不止。雨夜過後,語塚無語中語最多。有人說:「雨中無聲最是語。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAcxJ8wK8nEW
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語塚自此不設頂,不置傘,人書於天,天以雨洗,能留者,是真語。40Please respect copyright.PENANA1bNLh9sOp0
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塵飛揚立於斷柱之上,手中八尺長刀插於碑影之心。群眾圍觀,無不屏息。無人知他此行所為何事,只見他解下舊時所佩筆繩,綁於刀柄之末。40Please respect copyright.PENANANChMBvNpYu
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「此刀,不為斬敵。」他說,「而為斬我名。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAYVPB2Rt1G4
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語罷,一刀斬於身前殘碑之痕,不留筆、無光痕,卻於斷石上裂出一道無字之紋。40Please respect copyright.PENANAPO1TzqHeXR
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「我為問而生,今斷筆名,不再傳。」他低語,「不為破筆魂,而為魂可無名猶問。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA3VtrYlOTns
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此舉震動眾人,有人記之為「問界以來,唯一以刀問心之事。」亦有筆徒於後立語:「無筆可斷,無名猶問者,汝之氣足為筆魂再生。」40Please respect copyright.PENANABrrOQrDrqw
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斷名非絕問,而是以無名再啟問之一道。他斷筆、斷名,未斷魂。
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