「地獄空」攝影集即將在八月中元節前出版,由知名設計師與攝影家黃子欽設計,內附在下二位高徒精美繪製符咒、心經版畫書籤、愣嚴咒牌、尊勝咒語...等,感恩十方大德助印,希望疫情退散,平安喜樂,後記如下:
野放台灣五十餘年,貪狼獨坐,三方四正殺破狼格局,少年多舛,白手起家,隨展覽雲遊四海,如閒雲野鶴常持各類底片機流連廢墟、山川、宮廟忘返,遂設幻影堂自詡堂主,一日三省「凡所有相皆是虛妄」,常宅於暗房沖片放大通宵、鍾情黑白世界之單純,彩色照片俗世繽紛花俏做作甜美甚至比現實更現實故少拍也。知天命之年有餘,了悟人生一瞬、眨眼即逝,雖非仙人,亦無道骨,初聞離垢地生清淨心,但離華嚴「不動地」尚遠,待修持也。
2017年盛暑拍畢《巨神連線》,心律不整差點心肌梗塞向閻羅王報到,意識死神隨伺在側,人生苦短,如何了生脫死、盡斷煩惱、無所罣礙、遠離顛倒……總不得解,蒙釋迦摩尼佛開示飆淚三晝夜,聞佛法數載始知自我渺如塵埃,甚感慚愧。閒暇乃參訪名寺古剎,禮敬焚香佛陀菩薩羅漢諸神天仙王爺媽娘,台灣宮廟千奇百怪、宗派錯綜複雜(佛教、道教、一貫道、天主教、基督教、齋教、回教&大同教、儒教鑾堂、天帝教&天德教、慈惠堂&勝安宮、軒轅教、道院、理教、萬國道德會、會靈山……)、神棍橫行(依人不依法、偶像崇拜、斂財、邪淫),因歷史變遷、社會動盪、政治鬥爭、意識形態等因素導致佛道混雜,但地獄造景稀少,後專注拍攝各殿閻王、判官、陰司、獄卒、七爺、八爺乃至一切罪人,各寺造景巧妙、耐人尋味,意境乖張溢於言表,造型扭曲非常人所能塑也,然匠心獨運、自成一格,專研西方藝術數十載方知真誠樸拙最美,絲毫不輸喬托(Giotto di Bondone,1267~1337)乃至米開朗基羅(Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 ~ 1564)矣。
創立於1986年的石門金剛宮風景優美可眺望北濱,雖主祀四面佛,儒釋道眾神尊也不含糊,可過七星橋解厄、繞行五百黝黑羅漢敲鑼印心、跪拜亞洲最大臥佛涅槃像,安太歲自不在話下,甲子太歲爺雙眼長出手掌印象甚深,1994年經閻羅王指示廟公建造一條肚內設極樂世界及陰曹地府之神龍,行走暗黑通道觸動感應機關,只見面容猙獰受刑者呼天搶地喊冤、身邊盡是血肉糢糊殘肢敗屍腦漿塗地,十殿閻羅各司其職、威儀攝人。新北市林口區青嶺湖北文紫祥宮包公廟則以壁面彩塑地獄浮雕獨步全台,粉嫩色彩搭配卡漫風格,尤為造型簡直恐怖到可愛透頂,該廟主祀森羅殿閻羅天子包拯(包青天),陽世冤屈者可至此參拜祭解,求破懸案者眾,逢中元普渡皆以紙紮船渡亡魂至彼岸,全台唯一閻羅天子巨像籌備中,四周環繞墓地,適合修不淨觀也。台灣首尊彰化八卦山大佛旁南天宮(1971)地府則是首座電動地府,規模精小但驚嚇度破表,略顯破敗但五光十色仍蠻凶悍,出自已故台南大道長金登富之作,而電動神明起始可追溯至1960年代北港朝天宮。倒是嘉義水上鄉白人牙膏觀光工廠「戴相府」、「將軍府」設置十殿地府出乎意料之外,乾淨亮麗、ㄧ殿ㄧ間、簡單樸實。由高雄蓮潭龍虎塔龍口入內可見全臺唯一交趾陶地獄牆面,尊尊栩栩如生,續入龍身乃進聞聲救苦白衣觀音大士三十三化身浮雕隧道,造型設色甚為古錐。高雄大岡山超峰寺入口處「西方三聖蓮池海會」(阿彌陀佛、觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩巨像)旁設靜態十殿閻羅(1970年代初),雖略為陳舊然韻味猶存,續往上行可抵「證菩提道-釋迦如來應化事迹」雕塑園區,一攬世尊畢生精華。如來年邁時,琉璃國王為報長期被釋迦族輕蔑之傲慢心,世尊雖三次單獨伽跌坐 阻擋大軍進攻之路,但因緣果報無法逆轉,昔日婢女所生王子瞋恨無以復加,還是滅了祖國。自持神通第一目犍連不忍無辜百姓慘遭屠殺,遂以缽盛救度五百族人,最終卻化為血水,佛言神通廣大仍不敵千百劫業力,因緣果報屢試不爽。其母死後墜入餓鬼道飢餓難耐,目犍連遂展神通救渡,但所食尚未入口皆化為赤火,佛陀囑咐農曆七月十五日僧眾解安居自恣日,於盆中設甘露美食供養十方僧眾,因此超度亡母。後世「盂蘭盆法會」乃至「水懺法會」、「瑜珈焰口法會 」皆為消業障、斷塵垢之超渡儀軌,既渡亡魂也自懺悔。
台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗,不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂(1979年興建,1983年開放),燈光絢爛、聲響駭人,獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」,至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形,睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿 」判案定奪,觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截……等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄……兼遊「四生(胎、卵、濕、化)回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼……等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石……小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」,轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭……等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」,窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮……等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤……等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」,直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿,皆為極犯,另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍……等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」(查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司)後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事,依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺(紫河車)」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據《十八泥犁經》記載,人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」,經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫,犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄(阿鼻地獄)」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主,統轄十殿閻羅,逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。
人類居於五趣(阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄)雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界,犯十惡業(殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴)者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」(欲界、色界、無色界)二十八天?凡人無此意識,別說能破「十二因緣」(無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死)還滅門,更別想斷除「四聖諦」(苦、集、滅、道)集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑(五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑),了悟「五蘊」(色、受、想、行、識)本空、「十二入」(眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法)空、「十八界」空,破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執,生十一處「善心所」(信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害),降二十六處「惡心所」(貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知),須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。
地獄可能空滅嗎?若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪,地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土?若能證空性何處現地獄?
地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間,老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心,然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所,惡性所及實無可根除,礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層,乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷,暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄,心多妄念,妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間,會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉,我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄,三魂七魄尚不足以出竅,驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧,豈不謬哉?
病毒肆虐年半有餘,全球確診者逼近一億八千萬,枉死者近四百萬,堪比戰爭規模,望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空,唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。
姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節
Postscript
I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.
In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).
Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.
Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.
Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.
The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.
June 2021,
Yao Jui-chung
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台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗,不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂(1979年興建,1983年開放),燈光絢爛、聲響駭人,獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」,至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形,睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿」判案定奪,觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截…等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄…兼遊「四生(胎、卵、濕、化)回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼…等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石…小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」,轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭…等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」,窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮…等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤…等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」,直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿,皆為極犯,另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍…等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」(查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司)後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事,依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺(紫河車)」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據「十八泥犁經」記載,人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」,經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫,犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄(阿鼻地獄)」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主,統轄十殿閻羅,逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。
人類居於五趣(阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄)雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界,犯十惡業(殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴)者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」(欲界、色界、無色界)二十八天?凡人無此意識,別說能破「十二因緣」(無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死)還滅門,更別想斷除「四聖諦」(苦、集、滅、道)集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑(五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑),了悟「五蘊」(色、受、想、行、識)本空、「十二入」(眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法)空、「十八界」空,破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執,生十一處「善心所」(信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害),降二十六處「惡心所」(貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知),須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。
地獄可能空滅嗎?若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪,地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土?若能證空性何處現地獄?
地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間,老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心,然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所,惡性所及實無可根除,礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層,乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷,暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄,心多妄念,妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間,會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉,我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄,三魂七魄尚不足以出竅,驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧,豈不謬哉?
病毒肆虐年半有餘,全球確診者逼近一億八千萬,枉死者近四百萬,堪比戰爭規模,望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空,唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。
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仔細算一算,其實年假根本沒幾天,為了完成手上的工作,不自覺將來不及進行的全數堆到連假期間,現在光想到過年就暗自胃痛;然後七號到了又繼續結了一批新春讀物,上月底入手的貌似還有幾本沒送到,這些還未分享的書單就已快溢出鏡頭。新的一年大概只能彼此勉勵關關難過關關過,先來看看現有的這些作品,應該原本大多要在國際書展亮相的,可惜天不從人願,這些都是個人非常希望能趕緊翻閱的作品,其中包含二月選書、掛名推薦的,以及提前生過火的,先在這裡概略介紹,今日正逢博客來會員日,有興趣的書籍大家可以一起下單囤個書好過年。
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一不小心就忘記先公佈的二月選書,其第一本入選 2020 年這裡的十大推薦書籍(https://pse.is/3byhaf),打開了我對韓國文學的眼界,相隔一年後接續著戰前篇《吹過星星的風》,下一本《#誰能說自己看見天空:韓國小說大家經典代表作(戰後篇)》終於出版。1990 年代之前,文學是處於「民族書寫」的時期,以民族意識、勞動文學的鮮血歷史構築了時代;1990 年代之後,國際環境丕變,文學開始挖掘個人存在與日常議題,包括同志文學、家族解體、傳統道德觀的崩潰、網路虛擬世界的震撼等,再加上「世越號」引發的反省,作家開始思考,如何找回失去的批判精神,克服個體生存的各種矛盾。《戰後篇》引自詩人申東曄的詩句「誰能說自己看見天空」,期待濃縮戰後韓國文學的精萃:從民族文學到個人,從社會主義到後現代主義,從國境之內到跨國性格的作品,隨著韓國的發展與全球化,當代的書寫有了嶄新的生命,包括「女性」、「新世代」、「新歷史小說」、反映「貧困」文學等多元關鍵字,他們既得面對自我認同與群體的妥協,同時也正在攪動社會能量,正在蓄勢待發,創造二十一世紀迥然不同的文學景觀。
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此次恰好也掛名推薦另一本韓國新人作家張琉珍的作品《#從此好好過生活》,1986 年生的新人作家張琉珍,以文壇中少見的獨特背景:在IT 產業的多年工作經歷為根基,寫下八篇發人省思的現代故事。探討組織中的上下關係、上班族如何夾縫中求生存、現實與理想的拉扯,深入韓國人對感情的自私心態、自我意識的膨脹、結婚文化等各種生活中會交手的人際關係。張琉珍筆下的每一個人物,相較於金字塔頂端的高階份子,並不特別突出,卻也沒有落後;沒有胸懷太遠大的理想,可能也不會成為抗爭權力結構的領頭人。她以細膩精靈的筆觸,入微而生動的日常觀察,在每篇故事裡一邊塑造殘酷寫實的職場生態,一邊散發微小卻深刻的溫暖關懷,讓人不禁想一讀再讀。每讀一次,就更拋開悲傷一點,逐步往快樂靠近 —— 從此,好好過生活。
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再者是近期的日本文學新書耀眼非常,大家應該都不會忽視村上春樹的新作《#第一人稱單數》,裡頭囊括都會的奇幻愛情、生活的過往片段、人性的善惡辨證、虛實的互見筆法,結合了短歌、散文、音樂與小說,展開村上風格的全新複眼小說,八個題材視角各異的精采短篇,可說是邁入從心所欲不逾矩之年的村上春樹,回望人生愛與死主題的珠玉之作連發。其次為前幾天先行介紹過相當喜愛的女作家櫻木紫乃《#二人生活》,褪去暗黑外衣被譽為最「幸福」代表作,北海道江別安靜度日的一對平凡小夫妻,身為前電影放映技師的丈夫信好,收入不穩定,一家經濟重擔全落在護理師妻子紗弓身上,二人盡其所能地過著簡樸生活,各自承受婆家及娘家施加的無形壓力,無法預料的未來,堆疊在內心深處的不安,唯獨二人一同下廚時的安逸與幸福,又讓彼此再次假裝看不見現實的種種窘迫。全書以十篇俐落的短篇故事交織成一幅平實動人的婚姻生活圖像,隨著夫妻的日夜相處與陪伴,生活猶如層層堆疊顏料的水彩畫,二人關係日益加深,無法三言兩語回答的生活與情感,卻能引發深刻共鳴。櫻木紫乃在尋常生活中刻劃夫妻如何相處,文宇樸素、冷靜,但諧和,相對於永恆的失落,回首向來蕭瑟處,也無風雨也無晴,作者讓讀者看到如常作息的同時,也看見如常方能致遠。
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看到桐野夏生厚如磚塊的桃紅色最受爭議小說《#異常》放在書店裡,當下就覺得非買不可。本書取材自震撼全日本的「東電 OL 殺人事件」,描寫一群被勝敗優劣緊緊束縛,卻又總被幸福拋下的女人,情節黑暗,內容辛辣,於美國出版時甚至遭到刪修。在真實社會案件發生之後,桐野夏生不滿大眾媒體以獵奇的眼光看待整件事當中的女性,她思考著,在走上街頭賣淫之路前,一個女人是從什麼樣的少女時代長大成人?一個「怪物」在蛻變成形前,是什麼樣的人?全書結構縝密,觀察犀利,衝擊性的內容令文壇震驚不已,桐野夏生數度強調,自己的書寫是想藉著寫下為生存而苦的現代女性,如何在「性」的議題上展現從未有人深入探討的面向。直至 21 世紀的今天,《異常》所展現的美醜迷思、道德束縛,仍教今日讀者低迴再三。另一本則為第 161 屆芥川賞獎作今村夏子《#紫色裙子的女人》,我家附近有個人稱「紫色裙子的女人」,附近的公園裡,甚至有張長椅被稱為「紫色裙子女人的專屬座位」,如果她是「紫色裙子的女人」,那我就是「黃色開襟衫的女人」,只是沒有人知道「黃色開襟衫的女人」的存在,不像「紫色裙子的女人」那麼出名,我從很久之前就想跟她做朋友,決定誘導她到我們公司上班,終於第一次講話,而我的人生卻開始走樣。從執念與憧憬衍生出的瘋狂、滑稽,兩位女人之間觀察與被觀察的故事,誰才是真正的窺視者?還是在故事外,正在閱讀這個故事的你?
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華文作品也同樣非常引人注目,李明璁首本著作《#物裡學》相隔 13 年終於推出新版,新自由、不受侷限的寫作風格,將深入淺出的理論解析、與雅俗共賞的抒情隨筆,巧妙而精準地融合一塊。重新復刻的新版,不僅修訂、收錄這些精彩作品,更加入上萬字的新寫篇幅,以及作者重新攝影的近三百張相片。內容共分十章 ── 影像之物、聲音之物、飲食之物、裝扮之物、居所之物、行旅之物、秩序之物、解放之物、象徵之物、閱讀之物。涵蓋日常事物的諸多典型與變貌。全書時而溫柔時而批判、帶點詼諧也適切感傷、私密對話同時宏觀思考、提供療癒又指向雋永。郭強生繼《尋琴者》後又帶來《#甜蜜與卑微》,親自選編創作歷程中最具代表性的 15 篇短篇小說,透過書寫與閱讀參與郭作者的現在與曾經,甜蜜與卑微,如同一部文學紀錄片,洗染鄉愁的慈悲,銘刻你我的成長史,從小說家個人文學路上的啟程、流轉與歸返中,窺見同代人四十年來的轉折與追尋。另一方面,舒國治《#理想的下午》也迎來二十周年新版,「生活」本是毫不規劃,用心品味,以感受接觸溫度,以「自己的時間」行走。汲汲營營、庸庸碌碌後的佳美時刻,未必常常都是「百分之一百的理想」,鬧中取靜,亂中取簡,就像在吵雜的街坊巷弄中,得一間寧靜的咖啡廳窩著。「理想的下午」,即是這特別的六小時,自是有限,有賴下午人們,享受外間的下午時光。全書共收錄 31 篇散文,是遊蕩,是生活,也是美學,寫簡單中的自由,說自在中的態度。
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當然不容忽略的還有陳雪未出版即售出影視版權的懸疑長篇小說《#親愛的共犯》,知名財團二公子、名餐廳老闆張鎮東遭綁架,重案組女刑警周小詠在各界壓力下,必須儘快偵破案子救回肉票,隨著深入調查,發現豪宅「白樓」裡外藏匿重重汙穢:張家商場對手心有怨懟、餐廳合夥人行跡可疑、張家大哥大嫂因爭奪接班心生忌憚、傭人們各懷心事,張鎮東的妻子崔牧芸則心神恍惚。蒐證途中,多年前一樁見不得天日的虐童案件赫然曝光,然而當是非與證據漸漸浮現,周小詠卻無法突破眾人心防、也說服不了自己的心。難題接踵而來,周小詠只能依靠直覺與夢境,摸索案件輪廓 —— 當一個靠夢境解案的刑警,面對一群在惡夢中找光的同謀,為什麼刑與罰擺在眼前,卻仍暗自希望他們無罪?亦相當期待拜讀蔡素芬的《#藍屋子》,空間設計師華生,無意地從藝品行帶回了一幅內有一幢藍屋子的畫作,洋式風格鑲嵌著一副東方獅頭門環,閃著異國想像的光澤,吸引他走近、撫觸,竟由此涉入了一段異質空間的歷程,並牽引出對於物件的執迷慾望。同一時,他分別多年的女友露西從日本宮崎回來,到淡水港埠邊的旅館工作,為了替華生搜尋過去海洋年代的物品交易故事,走進了幾代人興建旅館的生命史。作者藉由《藍屋子》尋索深藏於物件「流浪的故事」,一只錫杯、一塊菊花鑄鐵片、一座鐘或指南針,每個物件,都應有屬於它的故事,是誰所遺留下?曾投注生命熱情的擁有者,何以將其遺忘?它們又將傳遞至誰的手上?
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剩下是翻譯文學,上月底提過「冬夜三部曲」最終章《#重生的女巫》,神祕兇烈的大火一夜焚城,人民不明白火焰從何處來,也不知道剛學會使用魔法的瓦西莉莎呼喚風雨,才拯救莫斯科免遭火海吞噬,全國上下卻人心慌慌,恐懼的王國百姓一心想燒死瓦西莉莎,燒死女巫,交換安寧。眼睜睜看著摯友犧牲,自己葬身火海,她在昏寐中醒來,一路跌跌撞撞逃進午夜的黑暗森林中。「午夜」告訴她,她將會在一片闃黑的路上遇見前所未見的眾多精靈,抵達傳說中的湖畔小屋,接著前往遙遠的國度,她會知道自己的身世。徘徊在幽魂路上,瓦西莉莎思念起自己的家人、羅斯、冬王莫羅茲科,還有她最珍視的精靈國度,她看見心愛的一切將再度焚成焦土,終於覺悟自己的使命,女巫瓦西莉莎不僅要實現預言,她更要改變預言,女巫的傳人將作出非凡的抉擇。還有影迷無法錯過的《#克蘇魯的呼喚:H.P. Lovecraft 恐怖小說傑作選》,洛夫克拉夫特一向專注於描寫對未知事物的恐懼,與人類在宇宙中不可名狀的生物/邪神相比之下的渺小。作品中的人類角色試圖以理性面對前所未見的古老超自然威脅,但大多角色最後都落入理性崩壞的瘋狂深淵中,作者對大多數邪神或其從屬生物也只提供粗略的外觀或行為描寫,反而營造出更強的未知恐怖感。此書收錄了克蘇魯神話中最具代表性的八則故事,請靜下心、深呼吸,慢慢閱讀,喚醒你內心深處,那股對未知事物的恐懼,並勇敢面對源自久遠古老年代的超自然威脅。
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永不過時的納粹主題又一作品,《#黑森林的白玫瑰》敘述痛恨納粹政權的女孩芙蘭卡,家人和男友已死於暴政之下,自己生無可戀,原本想走進森林自我了斷,不料在雪地裡發現一個傷重昏迷的德軍飛官。要救他嗎?他代表了她所痛恨的納粹勢力。不救他嗎?他口袋裡有著和妻女的合照,她們難道不是在家苦苦等待他的歸來?當芙蘭卡決定暫緩自殺計畫,把飛行員拖進附近的洞穴,卻聽見他在惡夢中大喊英文。以真實故事為藍本,與其他二戰小說最大的不同之處,在於芙蘭卡「納粹統治下的德國人」的獨特視角,當你痛恨當權的暴政,卻又愛國愛家;當秘密警察橫行霸道,言論和思想管制嚴格,對外卻戰火頻仍,國家危在旦夕。那樣的矛盾與衝突,再加入了「美軍間諜」這個未爆彈,成功還原納粹統治底下的德國人生活,既有紮實的歷史細節,複雜深沉的人性戲碼,更有驚悚小說般的緊張節奏。
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亞馬遜年度總榜第二名的小說《#親愛的艾德華》依然獻給身處於創傷時代的我們,12 歲的艾德華,與家人以及 183 位旅客一起登機,從紐約出發前往洛杉磯,飛機卻不幸墜毀,僅艾德華獨自生還。故事以雙線交錯呈現,透過細膩筆觸訴說機上乘客的人生故事與這趟旅程之於他們的意義;同時描寫艾德華劫後餘生的創傷與憂傷,對所愛之人的思念,他深知自己可能永遠不會好轉,但也試圖理解「為什麼是我」,從多年來泅泳其中的失落,領悟到痛苦原來是愛,而重新找回人生的定錨點。作者以寫實而溫柔筆觸,描寫人生無常,以及面對失去後的種種內心變化,引領我們思考生命的意義,珍惜每個當下。諾貝爾文學獎得主托瑪斯曼的代表作《#魂斷威尼斯》推出新版新譯,剛獲封為貴族的偉大作家阿申巴赫,在一次散步途中,突如其來地興起了旅行的渴望,於是他動身前往威尼斯,遙遙的水鄉澤國。只是他沒預料撞進他生活的,遠比異鄉情還要來得凶險、致命、震懾人心。當不安與傳言正壟罩著威尼斯,一名美如從希臘雕像般走出的少年在沙灘上奔馳,蜂蜜色的金髮,膝窩閃閃發光,泛青的血管讓他的身體宛如半透明的材質構成,他決定留下。還有什麼比接近美更能成為永恆的事呢?
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最後一本為《#大地之下:時間無限深邃的地方》,你腳下的地面,是另一個深邃世界的屋頂,地下世界的岩石、寒冰、地下河中,記錄、封存了地球最悠遠的歷史,地下世界有人類對誕生與死亡的原始想像,森林中地下的「樹聯網」是樹木和真菌的互助網絡,在人眼所不能見之處,樹木會在土壤中向別的樹木伸出援手,巴黎有座地下城,洞穴和隧道以對應的地面街區命名,一座鏡像城市因而產生,而地面則成了對稱,地下的黑暗世界還能讓科學家觀測宇宙的「失蹤質量」,也就是「暗物質」而證明其存在並確定其性質,堪稱當今物理學的聖杯。自少年時期便迷戀高山的自然寫作才子 Robert Macfarlane,在六年間 180 度翻轉視角,無數次深入自然界最美麗也最駭人的空間,探訪了一個個看似沉默不語實則聲息洶湧的世界 —— 我們庇護的珍貴之物、產出的有價之物、處置的有害之物,全埋藏在這些最古老也最原始、陰暗也最明亮的地下空間中。當我們不斷追尋地表高處,持續搜索眼前可見的事物時,是否停下步伐,關注過你我腳踏的這片大地之下,究竟如何揭示「人類的前世與今生」?
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(以上文字內容皆截錄自各出版社的書介。)
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/13gPhjuTgI97d-G8Nn5NCGEiL1ac1B_3g/view?usp=sharing
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PS. 第N次剪輯影片請大家多多指教& 踴躍留言 : D
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※使用錄影軟體 : Action! 、 OBS
※使用剪輯軟體 : Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2020
※使用封面軟體 : Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
※Movie : 冬瓜
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❅影片封面 : 你好,在下柒臂 ➔https://reurl.cc/n0vjD8
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❅影片中貼圖 : 海派 Neko ➔ https://goo.gl/nELyv4
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電腦配備 :
CPU : Intel i9-9900K
主機板 : 技嘉 Z390 GAMING X
RAM : 金士頓 16G*4 DDR4-3200
SSD : Micron Crucia MX500 1TB
SSD : Micron Crucia BX500 1TB
SSD : 金士頓 M.2 KC2000 1TB
HDD : WD 1TB*2
顯示卡 : 技嘉 AORUS RTX 3090™ 24G
機殼 : Antec P9 Window
Power : 全漢白金 HYDRO PTM PRO 1200W
CPU散熱 : NZXT Kraken X72
麥克風 : 鐵三角AT2020
鍵盤 : DUCKY Shine7 銀軸-黑髮絲
滑鼠 : Logitech PRO 無線
擷取卡 : 圓剛GC570
喇叭 : Logitech Z623
作業系統 : Win10 專業版
相機 : Sony ZV1
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