挑戰書
鑒於鄙人年逾古稀﹐去日苦多﹐來日漸少。且念及上代學者皆已物故﹐思人才凋零﹐情何以堪。故鄙人不揣淺陋﹐欲向海內外華人俊彥挑戰﹐尤以所謂英文教授博士之流為鵠的﹐冀希應戰者中人才湧現﹐庶幾中華學界前程有望。既曰挑戰﹐不下狂詞﹐何以激眾。餘觀夫自上代學者仙逝之後﹐放眼海內外﹐於英語詩文譯寫之域﹐餘可獨步當今﹐無有出餘右者。能與餘並駕齊驅者﹐誠鳳毛麟角﹐亦已稀矣。如有不服者﹐可跟貼於下﹐一文一詩皆可﹐並須英譯下列一詞。凡有超越餘者﹐則甘拜下風。自此之後﹐不敢再誇口也。如三月內﹐無有應者﹐或雖應而莫能超越餘者﹐則餘誠為天下華人第一英才而無疑也。譯詞錄於下﹕
李清照“聲聲慢”:
尋尋覓覓，冷冷清清，淒淒慘慘戚戚。乍暖還寒時候，最難將息。三杯兩盞淡酒，怎敵他、晚來風急？雁過也，正傷心，卻是舊時相識。 滿地黃花堆積。憔悴損，如今有誰堪摘？守著窗兒， 獨自怎生得黑？梧桐更兼細雨，到黃昏、點點滴滴。這次第，怎一個愁字了得！
（此亦“打擂”之類﹐上得“台”來﹐貼上佳作即可﹐毋庸廢話連篇。本人自有交代。）
[此文不是針對本壇之人。隻是借此一角以廣”招徠”。]
Letter of Challenge
As the time is nigh for my bones to turn to dust, I’d like to find a rival in English writing and translation. A master feels lonely without a rival as a Chinese saying goes. But since those famous scholars of the generation previous to mine all passed away, I can flatter myself to declare that I am the champion in that field now. No Chinese alive, either in China or overseas, can surpass me. Therefore, I throw down here my gauntlet for all those so-called professors and doctors of English major. I’m now waiting to see who’s bold enough to pick it up. If anyone can outshine me, I’ll stop boasting of my superiority; but if no one does in three months, I will no doubt hold the position of the first fiddle. Then no question about it any more.
