Thoân-kàu-su
Tuì Hiān-tāi Siā-hoē ê Tsù-ì.
Tân Chheng-gī kì.
1914. 11, no. 356, pp. 6-7
Tâi-oân tuì Ji̍t-pún tè-kok ê pán-tô͘ í-lâi, ū 20 nî kú. Tī chit 20 nî ê tiong-kan, chèng-hú ū chéng-tùn hō͘ tsoē-tsoē hāng chìn-pō͘, ia̍h ū heng-khí kàu-io̍k hō͘ bûn-bêng chiām-chiām hoat-ta̍t. Chin thang kiong-hí. Tsóng-sī ū chi̍t hāng thang khó-sioh ê sū, chiū-sī bûn-bêng ná teh hoat-ta̍t, siā-hoē ê hong-sio̍k ná teh hú-pāi; chhiong-ki, gē-ki ná tsoē, chhù-piⁿ lîn-iū chia̍p-chia̍p thiaⁿ-kìⁿ o̍h-khîm o̍h-khek ê siaⁿ, kiâⁿ pháiⁿ ê lâng ná hián-jiân. Koh tī siā-hoē tiong ji̍t-ji̍t óng-lâi phun-tsáu, tsoan-tsoan sī uī-tio̍h bu̍t-chit-siōng ê táⁿ-sǹg. Lūn kàu cheng-sîn-siōng ê sū, tāi-ke khoàⁿ chò sī bô iàu-kín. Chin-chiàⁿ thang kóng sī tō-tek ná teh hoè-tuī ê sî-tāi. án-ni kap lán thoân-kàu-su put-chí ū toā koan-hē. Lán m̄-thang m̄ tsù-ì, in-uī lán tsoè thoân-kàu-su ū tam-tài kiù siā-hoē ê chek-sêng. Só͘-í khoàⁿ-tio̍h hiān-tāi siā-hoē ê kéng-hóng boē bián-tit hō͘ sim siⁿ-khí hoân-ló khoà-jū. Taⁿ tsóng-sī tio̍h chīn lán ê khuì-la̍t lâi kiâⁿ lán só͘ tio̍h tsoè ê gī-bū. Tī lán ê gī-bū tiong ū nn̄g-hāng iàu-kín lán tio̍h tsù-ì, chiū-sī thoân-kàu kap kau-chè. Lán beh ǹg-bāng siā-hoē oē tit-tio̍h tō-lí, tsū-jiân lán tio̍h thoân tō-lí tio̍h ha̍h sî-sè, m̄-thang chip kó͘-phài. Hiān-kim ê thoân-kàu kap kó͘-tsá ū koh-iūⁿ ê só͘-tsāi. Kó͘-tsá siông-siông sī phoà-tû lâng ê bê-sìn, só͘-í boē bián-tit tio̍h kap ngó͘-siōng kiat oan-siû. Hiān-tāi chit khoán ê bô sî-kiâⁿ, in-uī siā-hoē chiām-chiām teh hoat-ta̍t, bê-sìn chiām-chiām teh siau-bô. Chiah-ê chheng-liân-poè í-keng ū tit-tio̍h sin ê kàu-io̍k, sui-jiân iáu-bē sêng-jīn Ki-tok-kàu, iáu-kú lūn bê-sìn ê sū, chha-put-to bô--khì. Só͘-í tuì chit khoán ê lâng thoân-kàu, tio̍h ài ēng lūn-lí-tek, chiū-sī chiong lán Ki-tok-kàu ê chin-lí lâi chhián-bêng hō͘ in thiaⁿ. Nā-sī ū sî ko͘-put-chiong tio̍h ín pa̍t kàu ê kàu-lí lâi saⁿ-pí, tio̍h ēng pí-kàu hoat lâi soat-bêng, m̄-thang ēng phì-siùⁿ hoat. Tio̍h chiàu "Comparative Religion," chiū-sī pí-kàu tsong-kàu-ha̍k ê khoán. án-ni lâng khah kam-goān thiaⁿ, ia̍h koh-tsài tuì pa̍t ê tsong-kàu khah ū lé-sò͘. Lán m̄-thang siūⁿ pa̍t-ê tsong-kàu ê kàu-lí lóng sī m̄-tio̍h bô lō͘-ēng. Lán tio̍h tsai put-lūn sím-mi̍h tsong-kàu, i ê kàu-lí ū khó-chhú ê só͘-tsāi, só͘-í m̄-thang kè-thâu hiâm lâng. Phí-lūn pa̍t-ê tsong-kàu ê lâng nā hiâm lán só͘ ho̍k-sāi ê Ki-tok sī bô iáⁿ, lán thiaⁿ liáu tsáiⁿ-iūⁿ? ún-tàng chin bô hoaⁿ-hí. Chhin-chhiūⁿ sì nî chêng tī Tang-kiaⁿ ū chi̍t-ê lâng miâ kiò Hêng-tek Chhiu-suí, tù chi̍t pún chheh miâ kiò "Ki-tok boa̍t-sat lūn," ì-sù sī kóng Ki-tok bô iáⁿ, tio̍h bia̍t-bô. Hit pún chheh chhut-pán liáu-āu, Ki-tok-kàu ê thoân-kàu-su bô chi̍t-ê bô hiâm i. Goá ū thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chi̍t-ê chhut-miâ ê bo̍k-su, i ê miâ sī Hái-ló-bêng Toâⁿ-chèng, khui ián-soat-hoē lâi phoe-phêng i. Só͘-í lán nā hiâm pa̍t lâng, pa̍t lâng ia̍h oē chhin-chhiūⁿ lán án-ni. ia̍h koh-tsài hiān-tāi ê siā-hoē bûn-bêng kàu-io̍k chiām-chiām chìn-pō͘. Lán thoân-kàu-su ia̍h tio̍h thang tsoè soat-kàu ê lō͘-ēng. Bat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ ū lâng siông-siông teh kóng, tsoè thoân-kàu-su m̄-bián tio̍h ū hak7-būn. Chit khoán ê soat sǹg-sī 20 sè-kí í-chêng ê soat, nā-sī hiān-tāi ê soat tek-khak bô án-ni. Tī Sin-iok tiong só͘ kì-tsài tē-it tsoē, tē-it bêng, kiù lâng sio̍k-tsoē ê tō-lí kap thoân-kàu tī tē-it toā phiàn ê só͘-tsāi, sī tē-it ū ha̍k-būn ê sù-tô͘. án-ni thang tsai thoân-kàu-su tio̍h khiàm ha̍k-būn, m̄-sī bián khiàm. ia̍h koh chi̍t hāng tio̍h tsù-ì, chiū-sī kau-chè, in-uī thoân-kàu-su tī siā-hoē tiong boē bián-tit tio̍h kap lâng kau-chè óng-lâi. Tī hit-ê kau-chè tiong, siông-siông oē tú-tio̍h lim-chia̍h, iàn-hoē, lāu-jia̍t téng-sū, iàu-kín tio̍h chin tsù-ì, in-uī hiān-kim ê iàn-hoē khah tsoē ū chham hu-hoa tī-teh, chiū-sī chia̍h-chiú, hoah-kûn, chhiùⁿ gē-toàⁿ. Nā-sī sio̍k tī chit khoán tek-khak tio̍h siám-pī i, thang pó-tsoân thoân-kàu-su ê miâ-siaⁿ, bián tú-tio̍h hō͘ lâng huí-pòng, ia̍h ka-kī khah boē siū bê-he̍k. Í-siōng só͘ siá, nā sio̍k tī khah kè-thâu ê só͘-tsāi, chhiáⁿ sià-bián.