你知道数字三有何妙处吗?
<p>文学作品更加偏爱数字“三”。传统相声《歪批三国》列举了《三国演义》(<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Romances">Romances</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="Kingdoms">Kingdoms</span>)中“桃园三结义”“三英战吕布”“三顾茅庐”和“三气周瑜”等大量带“三”的事件。大作家的鸿篇巨制不乏“三部曲”(<span word="trilogy">trilogy</span>)。大仲马(<span word="Alexandre">Alexandre</span> <span word="Dumas">Dumas</span>,<span word="p">p</span>è<span word="re">re</span>)的达太安 三部曲(<span word="d">d</span>’<span word="Artagnan">Artagnan</span> <span word="trilogy">trilogy</span>)《三剑客》(<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="Musketeers">Musketeers</span>)、《二十年后》(<span word="Twenty">Twenty</span> <span word="Years">Years</span> <span word="After">After</span>)和《铁面人》(<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Vicomte">Vicomte</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="Bragelonne">Bragelonne</span>)，高尔基(<span word="MaximGorky">MaximGorky</span>)的自传体三部曲(<span word="autobiographic">autobiographic</span> <span word="trilogy">trilogy</span>)《童年》(<span word="My">My</span> <span word="Childhood">Childhood</span>)、《在人间》(<span word="Inthe">Inthe</span> <span word="World">World</span>)和《我的大学》(<span word="My">My</span> <span word="Universities">Universities</span>)，巴金的激流三部曲(<span word="the">the</span> <span word="torrents">torrents</span> <span word="trilogy">trilogy</span>)《家》(<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Family">Family</span>)、《春》(<span word="Spring">Spring</span>)和《秋》(<span word="Autumn">Autumn</span>)，以及金庸(<span word="Louis">Louis</span> <span word="Cha">Cha</span>)的射雕三部曲(<span word="the">the</span> <span word="condor">condor</span> <span word="heroes">heroes</span> <span word="trilogy">trilogy</span>)《射雕英雄传》(<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Legend">Legend</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Condor">Condor</span> <span word="Heroes">Heroes</span>)、《神雕侠侣》(<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Return">Return</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Condor">Condor</span> <span word="Heroes">Heroes</span>)和《倚天屠龙记》(<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Heaven">Heaven</span> <span word="Sword">Sword</span> <span word="andDragon">andDragon</span> <span word="Saber">Saber</span>)，都是脍炙人口的传世佳作。</p><p>人们希望用一个尽可能小的数字表现尽可能广泛的代表性。“一”太少，“二”不够，“三”正好。汉语有一些带“三”的格言和俗语正好体现了这种广泛的代表性。例如：</p><p>1. 三人行必有我师。</p><p>(1)<span word="If">If</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="walking">walking</span> <span word="together">together</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="myteacher">myteacher</span>.(直译)</p><p>(2)<span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="three">three</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="teacher">teacher</span>./ <span word="You">You</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="tolearn">tolearn</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="company">company</span>.(意译)</p>
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