第五头大象
The Fifth Elephant
Terry Pratchett · 初版 1999 年
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- 用祖传斧头的比喻探讨经典哲学同一性问题
- 塑造了热衷改造与互换身体器官的有趣种族
人人都知道世界是平的，由四头大象背负着。但以前不该是有五头吗？确实曾经有。那么它去哪儿了？……当职责召唤时，Ankh-Morpork 治安署的 Commander Vimes 就会挺身响应，即便他心不甘情不愿。他被“邀请”以侦探兼外交官的身份出席一场王室典礼。前一个角色他甘之如饴；而后一个嘛，则需要穿上红宝石连裤袜。当然，警察（哪怕是穿连裤袜的警察）走到哪里，唉，犯罪就跟到哪里。一起暗杀未遂和一起盗窃案很快引发了一场亡命追逐，从 Discworld 王室简陋的厅堂一路追到
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……听起来很有意思。除了 emacs 源码之外，你手头有什么资料可以让我进一步了解你这里所说的内容吗？一个有趣的巧合：我读过的唯一一本普拉切特（Pratchett）的书就是《The Fifth Elephant》。
…sounds intriguing. Do you have a pointer to something I could read that might expand on what you're saying here? (Aside from the emacs source.) Amusing coincidence: the only Pratchet book I've read is The Fifth Elephant.
……很模糊——举个例子，一座彻底重建、不含任何原始构件的寺庙，依然有着 2000 年的历史。我想特里·普拉切特（Terry Pratchett）在《The Fifth Elephant》里也有过类似的段落——这把斧头，随着时间的推移可能需要换个斧头，或者斧柄可能需要修整修整，但它永远是我父亲传给我的同一把斧头［大意如此］。我觉得，套用在这里也是类似的……
…blurry - as an example a temple that has been completely reconstructed and doesn't include any of the original material, is still 2000 years old. I think Terry Pratchett has a similar passage in The Fifth Elephant - this axe, over time may need a replacement head, or the handle may need some work, but it will always be the same axe that my father gave to me [paraphrased]. I guess, applied here, it's a similar…
引自原文：“这真让我想起了特里·普拉切特笔下的伊戈尔（Igor）家族。我是在《The Fifth Elephant》里发现这个可爱的种族的。伊戈尔人灵感源自典型的驼背伊戈尔原型，但在碟形世界（Discworld）里，他们也是身体自我改造者。他们的躯体由在不同人之间拼凑、缝合、调换的器官构成……
From the article: "This really reminds me of Terry Pratchett’s Igor clan. I discovered this amiable race in The Fifth Elephant. Igors are a people inspired from the typical hunchbacked Igor archetype, but in Discworld, they are also self-modifiers. Their bodies consist of mixed and matched and patched and swapped body parts among…
也许是因为我够宅吧，所以会先注意到故事里特里·普拉切特的部分。这真让我想起了特里·普拉切特的伊戈尔（Igor）家族。我是在《The Fifth Elephant》里发现这个和蔼可亲的种族的。伊戈尔人的灵感源于典型的驼背伊戈尔原型，但在碟形世界中，他们也是自身改造者。他们的身体由混搭、修补以及彼此交换的肢体部件拼凑而成……
Perhaps I'm nerdly enough to go to the Terry Pratchett part of the story first. This really reminds me of Terry Pratchett’s Igor clan. I discovered this amiable race in The Fifth Elephant. Igors are a people inspired from the typical hunchbacked Igor archetype, but in Discworld, they are also self-modifiers. Their bodies consist of mixed and matched and patched and swapped body parts among…
我对微服务的所有认知都源自两句话。其一是特里·普拉切特在《The Fifth Elephant》里的一段节选：“大人，这是我们家族的斧头。我们拥有它将近九百年了，您瞧。当然了，有时候它得换个新刀刃。有时候它又得换个新斧柄，……
Everything I know about microservices stems from 2 quotes. One is an excerpt of _The Fifth Elephant_ by Terry Pratchett: "This, milord, is my family's axe. We have owned it for almost nine hundred years, see. Of course, sometimes it needed a new blade. And sometimes it has required a new handle,…
……那些装饰花纹……但难道它就不是我们家传了九百年的那把斧头了吗？正因为它随着岁月缓缓蜕变，它依然是一把挺趁手的斧头，你懂的。相当不错。”——特里·普拉切特，《The Fifth Elephant》（《碟形世界》第 24 部；《城市卫队》第 5 部）
…the ornamentation... but is this not the nine hundred-year-old axe of my family? And because it has changed gently over time, it is still a pretty good axe, y'know. Pretty good. Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)