第139封　虚空

昨夜梦见红红面孔，有趣得来，你猜是谁？
子曰，如之何，如之何，alack-a-da！
Vanityofvanities,allisvanity.Whatprofithathamanofallhislabourwhichhetakethunderthesun?Onegenerationpassethaway,andanothergenerationcometh,buttheearthabidethforever.Thesunalsoariseth,andthesungoethdown,andhastethtohisplacewherehearose.Alltheriversrunintothesea,yettheseaisnotfull,intotheplacefromwhencetheriverscome,thithertheyreturnagain.Allthingsarefulloflabour,mancannotutterit,theeyeisnotsatisfiedwithseeing,northeearfilledwithhearing.Thethingthathathbeenitisthatwhichshallbe,andthatwhichisdoneisthatwhichshallbedone,andthereisnonewthingunderthesun.Thereisnoremembranceofformerthings,neithershalltherebeanyremembranceofthingsthataretocomewiththosethatshallcomeafter.Ihaveseenalltheworksthataredoneunderthesun,andbehold,allisvanityandvexationofspirit.AndIgavemyhearttoknowwisdom,andtoknowmadnessandfolly.Iperceivedthatthisalsoisvexationofspirit.Forinmuchwisdomismuchgrief,andhethatincreasethknowledgeincreasethsorrow.