Selections from Erasmus: Principally from his Epistles

In England, where he spent the next years, 1509-14, Erasmus began the great work of his life, an edition of the New Testament and of the Letters of Jerome. His time was spent between Cambridge and London, and his friends did what they could for his support. Warham presented him with a living--Aldington in Kent--and then as Erasmus could not reside and discharge the duties of a parish priest, allowed him to resign and draw a pension from the living--in violation of his own strict regulation.

80 分。'10 余信 之 Latin-life-portrait-arc' 编制——'Ordination Examination → Domestic Affray → Winter Journey → English Country-House → Visit to Court → Oxford → Oxford Dinner Party → Learning in England → Journey to Paris' 之 'Northern-Renaissance-书信-arc' 范本, 故 80。

Erasmo Gulielmo Montioio Comiti Anglo Erasmus Roterodamus S.D. Pervenimus tandem et quidem incolumes, tametsi invitis (ut apparet) et superis et inferis. ... Cuius hoc tritum nosti, quarum rerum durissimi soleant esse aditus, eas felicius evenire. Idem quod scripsit Horatius, et vulgus interdum videre verum, res ipsa me docuit; cuius hoc tritum nosti, quarum rerum durissimi soleant esse aditus, eas felicius evenire.

88 分。'Guilhelmus Montioius (William Blount 第四代 Mountjoy 伯爵) + Thomas Morus (Thomas More) + Coletus (John Colet) + Philippus (Thomas More 之友) + Richardus prior (Charitum 修道院长) + Theologus + Henricus (Henry VIII) + Margareta (Margaret Tudor) + Maria lusitans + Edmondus (Edmund) + Montacutus + Anna Veriana + Battus + Christianus + Faustus Andrelinus + Robertus Piscator + Carolus rex (Charles VIII) + Gentil Gerson (特使)' 之 'Northern-Renaissance-cast' 网络, 故 88。

At length the time came to publish. By fortunate accident, if not by design, he came into relations with John Froben of Basel, who with the three sons of his late partner, John Amorbach, was printing works of sound learning with all his energy--especially the Fathers. In July 1514 Erasmus set forth, and after a triumphal progress through Germany, fêted and welcomed everywhere, he settled at Basel to see Jerome and the New Testament through the press. By 1516 they were complete.

84 分。'10 余信 之 Latin-epistolary-pace'——'Ordination (慢起) → Domestic Affray (中段) → Winter Journey (速) → Country-House (中段) → Visit to Court (中段) → Oxford (中段) → Dinner Party (中段) → Learning in England (中段) → Journey to Paris (收束)' 之 'Latin-epistolary-rotation' 范本, 故 84。

Pervenimus tandem et quidem incolumes, tametsi invitis (ut apparet) et superis et inferis. O durum iter! Quem ego posthac Herculem, quem Ulyssem non contemnam? Pugnabat Iuno semper poeticis viris infesta; rursum Aeolum sollicitarat; nec ventis modo in nos saeviebat, omnibus armis in nos dimicabat, frigore acerrimo, nive, grandine, pluvia, imbre, nebulis, omnibus denique iniuriis.

96 分。'Pervenimus tandem et quidem incolumes, tametsi invitis (ut apparet) et superis et inferis' (吾辈终于抵此, 虽触天怒与地怨) + 'O durum iter! Quem ego posthac Herculem, quem Ulyssem non contemnam?' (路何其艰! 自此吾不轻蔑赫拉克勒斯与尤利西斯) + 'Pugnabat Iuno semper poeticis viris infesta; rursum Aeolum sollicitarat' (天后尤诺常敌诗人; 又激风神) + 'nec ventis modo in nos saeviebat, omnibus armis in nos dimicabat, frigore acerrimo, nive, grandine, pluvia, imbre, nebulis, omnibus denique iniuriis' (不仅以风, 乃以诸兵, 严寒, 雪, 雹, 雨, 暴, 雾, 凡诸灾) 之 'Erasmus-文艺复兴-Latin-epistolary-prose' 文体极轨——是 '1500-1536 北方文艺复兴 之 Latin-prose' 极致。

Coelum tum amoenissimum tum saluberrimum hic offendi; tantum autem humanitatis atque eruditionis, non illius protritae ac trivialis, sed reconditae, exactae, antiquae, Latinae Graecaeque, ut iam Italiam nisi visendi gratia haud multum desiderem. Coletum meum cum audio, Platonem ipsum mihi videor audire. In Grocino quis illum absolutum disciplinarum orbem non miretur? Linacri iudicio quid acutius, quid altius, quid emunctius? Thomae Mori ingenio quid unquam finxit natura vel mollius vel dulcius vel felicius?

92 分。'Roterodamus (鹿特丹) + Paris (巴黎) + Tornenhensis arx (Tornhout 城堡) + Anglia + Oxonia + Londinium + Lutecia + Mons + Ambiani + Britannia + Scotia + Cambridge + Coletus-St-Paul-London + Mountjoy-praedium + Anna-Veriana-comes + Henricus-VII-filii + Frisia + Roma + Italia' 之 '1500-1536 北方文艺复兴 之 Latin-world' 范式, 故 92。

Non ab re fuerit hoc loco referre quid acciderit Davidi quondam episcopo Traiectensi. Is cum sacris initiaret, adfuit quidam magister artium, sed asini pro hominibus non admissurus. Episcopus, ut erat fervido ingenio, respondit maius fore dedecus Ecclesiae, si in eam pro hominibus admitterentur asini et omnibus asinis stolidiores.

88 分。'Non ab re fuerit hoc loco referre quid acciderit Davidi quondam episcopo Traiectensi' (此处宜记 David 主教之按立考试) + 'sed asinos pro hominibus non admissurus' (然不许驴代人) + 'Episcopus, ut erat fervido ingenio, respondit maius fore dedecus Ecclesiae, si in eam pro hominibus admitterentur asini et omnibus asinis stolidiores' (主教答: 若以驴代人授圣职, 将为教会之更甚耻辱) 之 'bishop-refuses-asini' (主教拒驴) 之 'episcopal-anecdote-hook'——Erasmus 用 'fervido ingenio' (激烈之性) 之 'bishop' 反讽 'asini stolidiores' (驴之更蠢者) 之 'humanist-vs-Ignorance' 之 'anecdote-as-hook'; 是 'Northern-Renaissance-Latin-epistolary-portraiture' 之 'episcopal-anecdote' 之 'HEAD-元钩' 之范本——把 'I. Ordination' 之 'humanist-vs-clerical-ignorance' 之 'asini-寓言' 钩在首段, 故 88。

Mark Pattison says of Erasmus that he propounded the problem of critical scholarship, but himself did nothing to solve it. By critical scholarship is meant the examination of the grounds on which learning rests. In youth we are uncritical, and accept as Caesar or Livy the books from which we read those authors; but with growing experience we learn that a copy is not always a true representation of its original.

92 分。'Latin-epistolary-Renaissance-portraiture' 之奠基——Erasmus 把 'Cicero Epistulae ad Atticum / ad Familiares (60-43 BC)' / 'St. Jerome Epistolae (370-420)' 之 'Latin-epistolary' 母题搬到 '1500-1536 北方文艺复兴' 之 'humanist-courts-cum-academia-朋友圈' 框架, 是 '1500-1536 北方文艺复兴 之 'Desiderius Erasmus / Thomas More / John Colet / William Grocyn / John Fisher / Thomas Linacre / John Froben / Beatus Rhenanus' 八壁' 之 'Latin-life-portraiture-范本'。'Allen 1908 牛津 之 长导论+译注+选本' 之 '20 世纪初 牛津大学-Latin-人文-学术 译注' 框架——Allen 自己后编 'Opus Epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterodami' (12 卷, 1906-1958) 之全集, 是 'Erasmus 研究 之 20 世纪-奠基之工程', 故 92。

Lutetiam repetens, ut ad limam tandem aliquando ventum sit, vale, lector, et Erasmum, si minus vacat amplius, amanter omitte. Et vale, mi Allen, tuum Erasmum.

90 分。'Lutetiam repetens' (返巴黎) + 'ut ad limam tandem aliquando ventum sit' (终于到达校正之境) + 'vale, lector' (再会, 读者) + 'si minus vacat amplius, amanter omitte' (若不再有空, 仁慈地放下) + 'Et vale, mi Allen' (《Allen, 再会) + 'tuum Erasmum' (你的 Erasmus) 之 'Latin-portraiture-finalis' 之 'epistolary-cycle-收束' (书信轮回-收束) 之 'farewell-Paris-suffixed' (再见巴黎-后缀) 范式——Erasmus 用 'lector-omanter-omitto' 之 '人本-导言+Allen-私语' 之 'meta-Latin-portraiture' 之 'limam-lima' (校正) 隐喻; 把 '9 Selections' 之 'arc' 收束于 'farewell + Allen' 之 'editor-author-farewell' 之 'TAIL-axial-confluence'; 是 'Northern-Renaissance-Latin-epistolary' 之 'TAIL-轴心收束' 之范本, 故 90。 ---