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A common theme that's emerged from the objects of this week has been the changing views of what constitutes an acceptable pleasure-at different times in world history spice has turned into vice-or vice versa.
前幾節的物品有一個共同的主題，即社會對娛樂方式的接受程度的變化。在世界史上，人類對一種行為好壞的判斷標準常發生一百八十度的轉彎。
But enjoying a work of art like the Admonitions Scroll has always been entirely acceptable, and the scroll itself carries the record of those who, through the centuries, have been lucky enough to look at it and enjoy it.
但欣賞一件像《女史蔵圖》這樣的藝術品一直是公認的樂趣之一。畫卷上的題跋和印章是幾百年間有幸欣賞過這幅畫卷的人所留下的記錄。
And today, astonishingly, I am one of their number. I'm in the specially built East Asian painting conservation studio here at the British Museum -where the entire painting is laid out.
而現如今，我有幸成為欣賞畫卷者的其中一人。我此時此刻正身處大英博物館為保存整體攤開這幅畫卷而特別修建的東亞畫作保存室里。
The story of its creation is a process that brings together artists of different periods, and since it was completed this scroll has been continually cherished.
畫卷將歷史上不同時期的藝術家聯系在了一起，而且自它完成以來，一直大受推崇。
The starting point was a long poem written by the courtier Zhang Hua in 292 AD.
公元二九二年，晉朝大臣張華作了一首長詩。
Then about one hundred years later, so around 400, a famous painting-now believed to be lost-incorporated the poem. The painted scroll that I have in front of me now was probably completed a hundred years or so after that, but it faithfully copied and captured the spirit of the great painting-and there are indeed some who think that this may be the celebrated original painting itself. But whatever its precise status, this scroll is one of the most celebrated examples of early Chinese painting to have come down to us.
一個世紀以后，公元四百年左右，一名畫家根據詩文內容創作了一幅著名的畫作，原畫據信已經失傳。大英博物館保存的這幅很可能是兩百年后的一件臨摹品。它完全把握住了原畫的神韻，甚至有人認為它就是原作。無論真相如何，它都是中國古代畫作留下來的珍品。
About half of the scroll is made up of painted scenes, each one divided from the next by lines from the poem. As the scroll was slowly unrolled for you, you would have read the poem and then been able to see only one part at a time, and that sense of unfolding is a key part of the pleasure.
腳卷中包含數幅場景，每幅各有箴文。畫卷緩緩展開時，先看到幾句詩文，然后是相應的圖畫，一次只能看到一幅，這種展開過程正是賞 的關鍵樂趣之一。
