人鬼之辩

这是廿世纪末，虽然是科学时代，但到底世界上有没有鬼神的存在，依然受到人们严重的质疑。

我有一个朋友姓张，由于他人高马大，而且胆量超强，故同学都昵称他为「张大胆」。
「张大胆」本身是习医学出身的，所以又是一个绝对主张「人死，就好像灯熄灭一般」的唯物论者。
因此,要一听到周遭朋友在谈论鬼怪的故事，他必定会滔滔不绝地和你辩论，而且非辩得你俯首称臣，并同意他的言论不可。
有一天，我和他提著两瓶陈年绍兴，乘著黄昏时的微曛，在台北近郊的胡适公园里。
循著公园的小径，我们走向公园深处。
沿途可以看见零零落落的坟墓，根据墓碑上的字迹判断，还依稀可以猜出躺在这地底的，大约是中研院的老院士及其家眷的归骨处。

我和「张大胆」边走边谈论著，走到公园深处一个斑驳的凉亭里歇息。
这凉亭的斜对面，在微起的小墩上，便竖著一个斜斜的墓碑。
这时，「张大胆」忽然有感而发似的，长长地叹了一口气，开始发表它惯有的言论：「有些人活著实在真没有价值！」他以轻蔑的口气，并斜眼觑著那座孤坟说著。
「看那些院士长年埋在研究室及图书馆，生时既不懂得享受人生的荣华，死后又得不到一世的虚名，岂不白白地过了一生？」

我看他有著六分醉意，话又说得不太恭敬，赶紧对他使眼色并打圆场说：「张大胆，话可不是这么说。
人生贵在适意，要合乎自己的志愿，不一定要飞黄腾达，就算默默无名的过完一辈子也不错，不是吗？而且，」我眨著眼睛示意它。
「在这先人埋葬的处所，应该留点口德的！」张大胆忽然仰天大笑起来。
「哈哈哈……，瞧您这胆怯的模样，还亏是受过科学洗礼的当代青年。
两千年前的孔老夫子尚且说『不语怪力乱神』，您真是比古人还不如啊！」

就在相互的对谈间，天色已经暗了下来，虽然在初秋的季节，但我却感觉一阵不自在的寒冷。
张大胆依然振振有词地说：「更何况我根本不相信有任何鬼怪；如果真有鬼怪，为什么我活了三十来岁，却从来没遇见呢？说真的，若世间真有小鬼，那么我一定是锺馗，可以把他们生吞活剥！」

这时公园里的路灯逐渐亮起，两旁树梢槎的阴影被风吹掠著，交错地洒入凉亭的桌面，就好像恶魔由地底伸出爪牙张舞著。
看到这情景，由于我晚上与他人另有约会，更因为内心的忐忑不安，于是催促著张大胆回家。

「呸！回什么家！『人生苦短，为欢几何？』，现在才七点多哪，我还想看看能不能抓个鬼聊聊天呢。
去！去！去！要回去你自己回去，老子今天不回家啦！」看著张大胆坚持的神情，我不好拂他的兴，于是便跟他告辞并跚跚离去。

接下来发生的事情，我并没有亲眼看见，是张大胆后来告诉我的：「那天你走后，我一个人斟著酒独饮。
正纳闷著农历十五的夜晚，为何看不见月亮，甚至也没有一丁点星光？这时一个穿中山装的温文长者由远处走近，并亲切地和我打招呼。
由于觉得一个人喝酒无聊，便邀他一起饮酒聊天。
那长者问：『天都黑了，怎么还不回去，难道不怕遇见鬼？』我拍拍胸脯地说：『怕什么怕？白天不作亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊。
更何况鬼怪是愚昧的宗教人士编出来的谎言，专门吓唬那些乡夫村妇罢了，难道你也相信？」这时我开始正眼看这温文的长者，从他的脸庞布满老人斑的状态猜想，至少有七十岁吧！

这个长者轻轻摇著头，并伸出他的双手说：『年青人哪，你少不更事啊！若世界上真无鬼怪，为何古今中外的书籍及传说，都有零零总总的记载呢？难道你没听说，当人死后埋于土中，毛发和指甲还会持续变长咧……』我忽然注意到长者瘦骨嶙峋的十指上有著黑黑尖尖的指甲，由于太长的缘故，呈现著微幅卷曲的模样。
而应该全秃的头顶，又长著凌乱且纠结的发丝，发丝上还有些残枝和土屑……我依然醉兴十足地解释说：『啊！那不过是头皮和指甲细胞的增殖作用，是没有生命意义的！』长者显得相当不耐烦，以手背擦拭著鼻端又说：『死后若没知觉，为何枉死的人听到或触摸到至亲的人时，会突然七窍流血不止？』我更得意了！我卖弄著医学上的知识说：『那是因为死者的体液及内分泌，因为振动而外渗罢了，这是最合理的解释了。
』我注意到长者的鼻端流下两条长长深黯色的鼻涕，而且不断的往外渗（当时，我并不知道那是『血』……）

忽然，长者以严厉的口气责问道：『你真的不相信世间有鬼的存在？』『不信！除非你拿证据给我看。
』我斩钉截铁的说。
『你为何不信？！』『我不相信，除非给我亲眼看见！』我还是坚持一惯的主张。
『好，这是你说的。
谁说世界上没鬼，我就是鬼！』长者突然整个脸庞变形，七孔淌血，毛发及舌头并长长外露，并绕著我周遭飞舞著……

刹时，我吓得失声大叫，头也不敢回地，一直疯狂的朝著马路方向跑去。
而在下坡的路段，一个箭步踩空，直直从阶梯上翻落，并撞到下巴，甚至连两颗门牙撞掉了都不知道……」

毋庸说，现在的张大胆已经不再大胆了。
从此后，他不仅对鬼怪的事噤若寒蝉，绝口不提，甚至得了「精神耗弱」症侯群，一直到现在，还在继续接受治疗中……

Introduce:This is 20 centuries end, although be scientific times, but the presence that ghosts and gods has on the world after all, still be oppugned badly by people.
I have a friend to surname piece, as a result of other tall Martha, and courage exceeds strong, friend classmate he is the nickname " magnify bravery " .
" magnify bravery " itself is one's previous experience of medicine of be used to, it is a very proposition so " the person is dead, be like the lamp to go out general " physicist.
Accordingly, want to hear week of story that talking about a phantom by the friend, he sure meeting argues glibly with you, and blame argue gets your bow one's head to weigh me, the opinion on public affairs that agrees with him cannot.
One day, I and he is carried write two bottles of age carry on to promote, multiply the small dim glow of the setting sun when writing dusk, in the introduced from the northern and western nationalities or from abroad comfortable park of Taipei outskirts.
Abide writes the trail of the park, in our trend park.
Can see on the way 0 fall falling graveyard, according to the handwriting judgement on gravestone, still dimly can dope out lies in this land base, it is medium about grind the place putting in bone 's charge of the old academician of the courtyard and its dependant.
I and " magnify bravery " the edge walks along an edge to talk about treatise, visit a park in the go to bed in a mottled arbor.
Of this arbor inclined on, be in small on the small a block of stone or wood that have, stand write inclined inclined gravestone.
At this moment, " magnify bravery " have suddenly feel and like hair, long long ground sighed at a heat, begin to publish opinion on public affairs of some of its be used to: " some people are written alive do not have value really really! " his tone with scorn, skew-eyed gaze writes that Gu grave to say to write.
" see those academician be buried in lab to reach the library all the year round, the both neither when be born knows the Rong Hua that enjoys life, the undeserved reputation of generation is couldn't get again after dying, did not spend lifetime in vain? " I see him have write 6 minutes of signs or feeling of getting drunk, the word says not quite deferentially again, mediate a dispute to his wink rapidly say: " magnify bravery, the word can not be so say.
Life is noble be in agreeable, want accord with oneself volunteer, not must make a meteoric rise, even if silent and anonymous be over all one's life too pretty good also, be? And, " I am blinked write eye signal it.
" the location that buries in this forefathers, should of heart of stationary point mouth! " magnify bravery admires extremely big rise laugh suddenly.
" with a ha breath out haing …… , look you this cowardly about, still be to had sufferred scientific baptismal fortunately contemporary youth.
The even of aperture old master before 2000 says " not chaos of language strange power is magical " , you are to compare the ancients to still be inferior to really! " be opposite in each other talk, colour of sky is already dark come down, although be in Chu Qiu's season, but I feel an uneasy chill however.
Magnify bravery still speaks plausibly and at length the ground says: " more what is more,the rather that I believe to have any phantoms far from; If have a phantom really, why I lived 30 come year old, was encountered however? Say really, if worldly have really impish, so I one9186