圖:之前之後 甲骨文“之前後”三字合一。止(䒑,趾)舟(⺼)為前( 歬 ),幺夂為後。止上前為止,止下後為夂,止夂鏡像顛倒。
舟上足趾謂前行。幺繩絲束使足趾困於行而落後。 Satyavan He
想象虛擬了一片世界荒野
語言努力堆疊著信仰的積木城堡
你站在高處展讀經書並且沉思
落日所預言的黑夜究竟何時到來
之前已經消失無蹤
但之後的一切還未生成
當下是不得已稱為存在的空無
Before and Beyond
Imagination virtualized a wilderness of the world.
Language strives, stacking the block-castle of faith.
You stand on high, unfolding and reading the scriptures and pondering.
When, indeed, will the night foretold by the setting sun arrive?
What was before has already disappeared without a trace,
but everything that comes after has not yet been formed.
The present moment is, out of necessity, an emptiness called existence.