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达芬奇密码|The Da Vinci Code

第56章|Chapter 55

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索菲盯着提彬看了好一会儿，然后转身看着兰登问道："圣杯是个人吗？"

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兰登点点头。"实际上是个女人。"从索菲茫然的表情中，兰登知道她已经被弄得晕头转向了。他记得自己第一次听到这个说法时，也有这样的反应。直到明白了圣杯的象征意义，他才搞清了圣杯和女性之间的联系。

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提彬显然也是这么想的。"罗伯特，也许现在是你这位象征学专家把事情说明白的时候了。"他走到桌子一头，找了一张纸，放在兰登面前。

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兰登从口袋里拿出一支笔，说道："索菲，你熟悉代表女性和男性的图示吗？"说着，他在纸上画了一个很常见的代表男性的图示含和一个代表女性的图示早。

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"当然了。"索菲说。

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兰登平静地说道："可是这并不是最早代表男性和女性的图示。许多人都误认为这个代表男性的图示源于盾牌和长矛，而这个代表女性的图示则源于能照出她们美丽容貌的镜子。实际上这些标记源自古代天文学用来代表行星的男神马尔斯和女神维纳斯的标记。原来的标记更加简单。"兰登在纸上又画了一个图示。

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／＼他接着说道："这是最早代表男性的图示。男性生殖器的基本形状。"

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索菲说道："确实很像。"

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提彬补充道："原本如此。"

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兰登接着说道："这个图示的正式名称为"刀刃"，它代表着进攻和男子气。实际上，时至今日，这个图示还被用在军队的制服上来表示军衔。"提彬笑着说道："确实如此。你的生殖器越多，军衔就越高。男人真是本性难移啊。"

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兰登不由得皱了一下眉头。"让我们继续。可以想象，代表女性的标志方向完全相反。

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"他在纸上又画了一个图示。

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"这个叫做圣餐杯。"

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索菲抬头看着他，满脸惊讶。

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兰登看出她已经开始联想了。他说道："圣餐杯就像一个酒杯或容器。但更重要的是，它还像妇女的子宫。"兰登盯着她说道："索菲，根据传说，圣杯是一个圣餐杯，一个酒杯。

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但是，这样的描述隐藏了圣杯的实质。也就是说，传说只是把圣杯作为一个重要事物的比喻。""女人。"索菲说道。

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兰登微笑着说道："一点没错。杯子实际上是古代代表女性的标记。那么圣杯代表的就是神圣的女性和女神了。她现在已经消失得无影无踪，实际上是被教廷毁灭了。女性的力量和创造生命的能力非常神奇，而这对当时正在崛起的男性统治的罗马教廷构成了严重的威胁。于是他们就把神圣的女性说成是魔鬼，并说她们不圣洁。按照他们的说法，是男人而不是上帝创造了"原罪"，而夏娃则偷尝了禁果，招致了人类的堕落。一度被奉为神圣的生命创造者的女性现在成了敌人。"提彬附和道："认为女性是生命缔造者的观点是很多古代宗教的基础。生育后代是件非常神奇而又充满了力量的事。然而，令人伤心的是，基督教的哲学决定通过忽略女性的生理特征来抹灭女性的创造力量，而把男性尊为"创造者"。《创世纪》告诉世人夏娃是用亚当的肋骨做成的。女人成了男人的衍生物，而且还是罪人。《创世纪》结束了对女神的崇拜。"兰登说道："圣杯代表着失落的女神。当基督教产生时，所谓的邪教并没有轻易地消亡。关于骑士们寻找圣杯的传说实际上是关于寻找圣女的故事。那些宣称"寻找圣杯"的骑士是以此来掩盖真相，以免受到罗马教廷的迫害。当时的教廷欺压妇女，驱逐女神，烧死不信奉基督教的人，而且还禁止异教徒崇拜圣女。"索菲摇摇头，说道："对不起，当您说圣杯是个人时，我还以为那是个真人呢。"

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兰登说道："是个真人。"

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提彬兴奋得站了起来，脱口而出："但并不是指所有人。那位特殊的女性携带着一个重大的秘密，一旦秘密泄露，将会动摇基督教的根基！"索菲激动地问道："这位妇女在历史上很有名吗？"

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"非常有名。"提彬拿起拐杖，向走廊走去："朋友们，到我的书房去继续讨论吧，我将很荣幸地给你们看一幅达。芬奇为她画的肖像。"厨房里，男佣雷米。莱格鲁德一言不发地站在电视机前。新闻中正播放着一个男人和一个女人的照片……雷米刚刚为这两个人送过茶。

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Seated on the divan beside Langdon, Sophie drank her tea and ate a scone, feeling the welcomeeffects of caffeine and food. Sir Leigh Teabing was beaming as he awkwardly paced before theopen fire, his leg braces clicking on the stone hearth.

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"The Holy Grail," Teabing said, his voice sermonic. "Most people ask me only where it is. I fearthat is a question I may never answer." He turned and looked directly at Sophie. "However... the farmore relevant question is this: What is the Holy Grail?"Sophie sensed a rising air of academic anticipation now in both of her male companions.

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"To fully understand the Grail," Teabing continued, "we must first understand the Bible. How welldo you know the New Testament?"Sophie shrugged. "Not at all, really. I was raised by a man who worshipped Leonardo da Vinci."Teabing looked both startled and pleased. "An enlightened soul. Superb! Then you must be awarethat Leonardo was one of the keepers of the secret of the Holy Grail. And he hid clues in his art.""Robert told me as much, yes.""And Da Vinci’s views on the New Testament?""I have no idea."Teabing’s eyes turned mirthful as he motioned to the bookshelf across the room. "Robert, wouldyou mind? On the bottom shelf. La Storia di Leonardo."Langdon went across the room, found a large art book, and brought it back, setting it down on thetable between them. Twisting the book to face Sophie, Teabing flipped open the heavy cover andpointed inside the rear cover to a series of quotations. "From Da Vinci’s notebook on polemics andspeculation," Teabing said, indicating one quote in particular. "I think you’ll find this relevant toour discussion."Sophie read the words.

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Many have made a trade of delusionsand false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude.

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—LEONARDO DA VINCI"Here’s another," Teabing said, pointing to a different quote.

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Blinding ignorance does mislead us.

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O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

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—LEONARDO DA VINCISophie felt a little chill. "Da Vinci is talking about the Bible?"Teabing nodded. "Leonardo’s feelings about the Bible relate directly to the Holy Grail. In fact, DaVinci painted the true Grail, which I will show you momentarily, but first we must speak of theBible." Teabing smiled. "And everything you need to know about the Bible can be summed up bythe great canon doctor Martyn Percy." Teabing cleared his throat and declared, "The Bible did notarrive by fax from heaven.""I beg your pardon?""The Bible is a product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from theclouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved throughcountless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of thebook.""Okay.""Jesus Christ was a historical figure of staggering influence, perhaps the most enigmatic andinspirational leader the world has ever seen. As the prophesied Messiah, Jesus toppled kings,inspired millions, and founded new philosophies. As a descendant of the lines of King Solomonand King David, Jesus possessed a rightful claim to the throne of the King of the Jews.

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Understandably, His life was recorded by thousands of followers across the land." Teabing pausedto sip his tea and then placed the cup back on the mantel. "More than eighty gospels wereconsidered for the New Testament, and yet only a relative few were chosen forinclusion—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John among them.

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"Who chose which gospels to include?" Sophie asked.

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"Aha!" Teabing burst in with enthusiasm. "The fundamental irony of Christianity! The Bible, as weknow it today, was collated by the pagan Roman emperor Constantine the Great.""I thought Constantine was a Christian," Sophie said.

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"Hardly," Teabing scoffed. "He was a lifelong pagan who was baptized on his deathbed, too weakto protest. In Constantine’s day, Rome’s official religion was sun worship—the cult of Sol Invictus,or the Invincible Sun—and Constantine was its head priest. Unfortunately for him, a growingreligious turmoil was gripping Rome. Three centuries after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Christ’sfollowers had multiplied exponentially. Christians and pagans began warring, and the conflict grewto such proportions that it threatened to rend Rome in two. Constantine decided something had tobe done. In 325 A.D., he decided to unify Rome under a single religion. Christianity."Sophie was surprised. "Why would a pagan emperor choose Christianity as the official religion?"Teabing chuckled. "Constantine was a very good businessman. He could see that Christianity wason the rise, and he simply backed the winning horse. Historians still marvel at the brilliance withwhich Constantine converted the sun-worshipping pagans to Christianity. By fusing pagansymbols, dates, and rituals into the growing Christian tradition, he created a kind of hybrid religionthat was acceptable to both parties.""Transmogrification," Langdon said. "The vestiges of pagan religion in Christian symbology areundeniable. Egyptian sun disks became the halos of Catholic saints. Pictograms of Isis nursing hermiraculously conceived son Horus became the blueprint for our modern images of the Virgin Marynursing Baby Jesus. And virtually all the elements of the Catholic ritual—the miter, the altar, thedoxology, and communion, the act of "God-eating"—were taken directly from earlier paganmystery religions."Teabing groaned. "Don’t get a symbologist started on Christian icons. Nothing in Christianity isoriginal. The pre-Christian God Mithras—called the Son of God and the Light of the World—wasborn on December 25, died, was buried in a rock tomb, and then resurrected in three days. By theway, December 25 is also the birthday of Osiris, Adonis, and Dionysus. The newborn Krishna waspresented with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Even Christianity’s weekly holy day was stolen fromthe pagans.""What do you mean?""Originally," Langdon said, "Christianity honored the Jewish Sabbath of Saturday, but Constantineshifted it to coincide with the pagan’s veneration day of the sun." He paused, grinning. "To thisday, most churchgoers attend services on Sunday morning with no idea that they are there onaccount of the pagan sun god’s weekly tribute—Sunday."Sophie’s head was spinning. "And all of this relates to the Grail?""Indeed," Teabing said. "Stay with me. During this fusion of religions, Constantine needed tostrengthen the new Christian tradition, and held a famous ecumenical gathering known as theCouncil of Nicaea."Sophie had heard of it only insofar as its being the birthplace of the Nicene Creed.

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"At this gathering," Teabing said, "many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon—thedate of Easter, the role of the bishops, the administration of sacraments, and, of course, the divinityof Jesus.""I don’t follow. His divinity?""My dear," Teabing declared, "until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers asa mortal prophet... a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal.""Not the Son of God?""Right," Teabing said. "Jesus’ establishment as ’the Son of God’ was officially proposed and votedon by the Council of Nicaea.""Hold on. You’re saying Jesus’ divinity was the result of a vote?""A relatively close vote at that," Teabing added. "Nonetheless, establishing Christ’s divinity wascritical to the further unification of the Roman empire and to the new Vatican power base. Byofficially endorsing Jesus as the Son of God, Constantine turned Jesus into a deity who existedbeyond the scope of the human world, an entity whose power was unchallengeable. This not onlyprecluded further pagan challenges to Christianity, but now the followers of Christ were able toredeem themselves only via the established sacred channel—the Roman Catholic Church."Sophie glanced at Langdon, and he gave her a soft nod of concurrence.

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"It was all about power," Teabing continued. "Christ as Messiah was critical to the functioning ofChurch and state. Many scholars claim that the early Church literally stole Jesus from His originalfollowers, hijacking His human message, shrouding it in an impenetrable cloak of divinity, andusing it to expand their own power. I’ve written several books on the topic.""And I assume devout Christians send you hate mail on a daily basis?""Why would they?" Teabing countered. "The vast majority of educated Christians know the historyof their faith. Jesus was indeed a great and powerful man. Constantine’s underhanded politicalmaneuvers don’t diminish the majesty of Christ’s life. Nobody is saying Christ was a fraud, ordenying that He walked the earth and inspired millions to better lives. All we are saying is thatConstantine took advantage of Christ’s substantial influence and importance. And in doing so, heshaped the face of Christianity as we know it today."Sophie glanced at the art book before her, eager to move on and see the Da Vinci painting of theHoly Grail.

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"The twist is this," Teabing said, talking faster now. "Because Constantine upgraded Jesus’ statusalmost four centuries after Jesus’ death, thousands of documents already existed chronicling Hislife as a mortal man. To rewrite the history books, Constantine knew he would need a bold stroke.

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From this sprang the most profound moment in Christian history." Teabing paused, eyeing Sophie.

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"Constantine commissioned and financed a new Bible, which omitted those gospels that spoke ofChrist’s human traits and embellished those gospels that made Him godlike. The earlier gospelswere outlawed, gathered up, and burned.""An interesting note," Langdon added. "Anyone who chose the forbidden gospels overConstantine’s version was deemed a heretic. The word heretic derives from that moment in history.

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The Latin word haereticus means ’choice.’ Those who ’chose’ the original history of Christ were theworld’s first heretics.""Fortunately for historians," Teabing said, "some of the gospels that Constantine attempted toeradicate managed to survive. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the 1950s hidden in a cave nearQumran in the Judean desert. And, of course, the Coptic Scrolls in 1945 at Nag Hammadi. Inaddition to telling the true Grail story, these documents speak of Christ’s ministry in very humanterms. Of course, the Vatican, in keeping with their tradition of misinformation, tried very hard tosuppress the release of these scrolls. And why wouldn’t they? The scrolls highlight glaringhistorical discrepancies and fabrications, clearly confirming that the modern Bible was compiledand edited by men who possessed a political agenda—to promote the divinity of the man JesusChrist and use His influence to solidify their own power base.""And yet," Langdon countered, "it’s important to remember that the modern Church’s desire tosuppress these documents comes from a sincere belief in their established view of Christ. TheVatican is made up of deeply pious men who truly believe these contrary documents could only befalse testimony."Teabing chuckled as he eased himself into a chair opposite Sophie. "As you can see, our professorhas a far softer heart for Rome than I do. Nonetheless, he is correct about the modern clergybelieving these opposing documents are false testimony. That’s understandable. Constantine’s Biblehas been their truth for ages. Nobody is more indoctrinated than the indoctrinator.""What he means," Langdon said, "is that we worship the gods of our fathers.""What I mean," Teabing countered, "is that almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ isfalse. As are the stories about the Holy Grail."Sophie looked again at the Da Vinci quote before her. Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O!

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Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

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Teabing reached for the book and flipped toward the center. "And finally, before I show you DaVinci’s paintings of the Holy Grail, I’d like you to take a quick look at this." He opened the book toa colorful graphic that spanned both full pages. "I assume you recognize this fresco?"He’s kidding, right? Sophie was staring at the most famous fresco of all time—The LastSupper—Da Vinci’s legendary painting from the wall of Santa Maria delle Grazie near Milan. Thedecaying fresco portrayed Jesus and His disciples at the moment that Jesus announced one of themwould betray Him. "I know the fresco, yes.""Then perhaps you would indulge me this little game? Close your eyes if you would."Uncertain, Sophie closed her eyes.

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"Where is Jesus sitting?" Teabing asked.

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"In the center.""Good. And what food are He and His disciples breaking and eating?""Bread." Obviously.

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"Superb. And what drink?""Wine. They drank wine.""Great. And one final question. How many wineglasses are on the table?"Sophie paused, realizing it was the trick question. And after dinner, Jesus took the cup of wine,sharing it with His disciples. "One cup," she said. "The chalice." The Cup of Christ. The HolyGrail. "Jesus passed a single chalice of wine, just as modern Christians do at communion."Teabing sighed. "Open your eyes."She did. Teabing was grinning smugly. Sophie looked down at the painting, seeing to herastonishment that everyone at the table had a glass of wine, including Christ. Thirteen cups.

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Moreover, the cups were tiny, stemless, and made of glass. There was no chalice in the painting.

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No Holy Grail.

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Teabing’s eyes twinkled. "A bit strange, don’t you think, considering that both the Bible and ourstandard Grail legend celebrate this moment as the definitive arrival of the Holy Grail. Oddly, DaVinci appears to have forgotten to paint the Cup of Christ.""Surely art scholars must have noted that.""You will be shocked to learn what anomalies Da Vinci included here that most scholars either donot see or simply choose to ignore. This fresco, in fact, is the entire key to the Holy Grail mystery.

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Da Vinci lays it all out in the open in The Last Supper"Sophie scanned the work eagerly. "Does this fresco tell us what the Grail really is?""Not what it is," Teabing whispered. "But rather who it is. The Holy Grail is not a thing. It is, infact... a person"

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