Fan Jinghua: Interlude

　　　　　　Interlude
—Now, we continue with the juncture and/or mutual proof between being and nonbeing.
Is it that being validates the necessity of nonbeing
Or that the self-depowerment of nonbeing projects the absoluteness of being?
Or in what affirmative way can nonbeing present …… Hi, John, your coffee,
Where did you get it? I have smelt of it before I knew you were coming.
Now you’ve come to prove that my sense of smell is so real.
—You smelt of coffee when I was absent, and then how do you prove that was my coffee?
Oh, you seemed to be saying something about the affirmativeness of nonbeing.
My presence now is the result of my absence just now, while coffee has always been present?
—Ah, Comrade St John, coffee was absent, but the smell of coffee is always present;
You know this, I know this, and now everyone present has smelt of it.
—And then you can proceed to talk about what coffee we each have smelt of.
—Good! You can finish your coffee first, while we can wait for those absent.
…..Hi, Mary, Christian, come in! You smell of the coffee in your hands or that John has finished?
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　July 13-14, 2010


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——现在，我们继续讨论在与不在的接缝或互证。
是在确证了不在的必然，还是不在的自我消权凸显了在的绝对？
或者，不在是以何种积极的方式……嗨，约翰，你的咖啡
是从哪儿弄来的？我不知道你会来，可我早就闻到了
你的咖啡；现在你终于来证实了我的嗅觉不虚。
——我不在时你已闻到咖啡，那么你如何能确证
那是我的咖啡？对了，之前你似乎在说不在的肯定性。
此刻我在了，是因为我刚才不在？可咖啡一直都在？
——哈，圣约翰同志，咖啡不在，而味道一直都在；
这一点，你知我知，在座的各位现在也都闻到啦。
——那么我们讨论讨论我们闻到的是哪种咖啡吧。
——好！你先喝完你的咖啡，我们等一等不在的人。
……嗨，进来吧，玛丽亚，克里斯蒂安。告诉我，
你们闻到的咖啡是你们手上的还是约翰喝掉了的？
　　　　　　　　　　　2010年7月13-14日