讀點(diǎn)好英文:Do Clothes Make a Man? 人靠衣裝？

Do Clothes Make a Man? 人靠衣裝？

A Brahmin, a member of the Hindu priest, had a great reputation for holiness, and received many presents so that he became rich. One day, he took a fancy to dress himself as a poor peasant.In this attire, he went into the market place but no one saluted him and no one gave him any presents.

The Brahmin then returned to his house and, dressing himself in rich garments, once more set out for the market place. This time, everybody saluted him and made way for him and many handed him presents.This was the usual custom when a holy Brahmin happened to make his appearance in the market place.

Once again, the Brahmin returned to his home and changed his clothes. Then, taking the rich garments, he set them up on a shrine near the market.As he prostrates himself before them, cried continually，“O mighty garments, you are esteemed above all else in this world……”

The people gathered round in wonder, and in time came to worship the clothes as this Brahmin was doing. This custom has spread farther and farther.Now in many countries around the world, trendy and fashionable people do the same thing, though not, perhaps in the way as the Brahmin did.

一位婆羅門，印度僧侶之一，在圣潔方面享有極高的威望，所以他收到了很多禮物，也因此變得很富有。一天，他突然把自己打扮成了一位貧窮的農(nóng)民。他穿著這身衣服去了集市，但是，沒(méi)有人向他行禮，也沒(méi)有人送他禮物。

婆羅門回到家里，穿上華麗的衣服，又去了集市。這一次，每個(gè)人都向他行禮，給他讓路，還有許多人送他禮物。按照習(xí)俗，神圣的婆羅門出現(xiàn)在集市上時(shí)人們通常都會(huì)這樣做。

婆羅門又回家換掉了這身華麗的衣服。然后，他拿著這套華麗的衣服，把它架在了集市附近的一個(gè)圣壇上。他拜倒在衣服前面，口中念念有詞：“哦，偉大的衣服啊，你比世界上其他所有東西都尊貴……”

人們好奇地聚攏了過(guò)來(lái)，最后也都開始朝衣服膜拜，因?yàn)槠帕_門在這樣做。現(xiàn)在這一習(xí)俗已經(jīng)傳播得很遠(yuǎn)很遠(yuǎn)。世界上許多國(guó)家趕時(shí)髦的人都在這樣做，盡管可能與婆羅門的方式不同。