Cochonfucius ==
== Hoc est Porcus
en français
on the WebCounter
from Jan. 29, 2002.
Cochonfucius (孔八戒)
was born from a conjunction (which took place in
Cluny Tavern) between the Buddhist pig
(猪八戒) from
"Xi Youji", and the
sage king without a kingdom (孔子). Having started his life in
profanity, or perhaps something
worse, he is now the
proverbial wolf in lamb's clothing, and finds interest in
fables, or
such harmless pursuits as
magical bracelets,
Sobieszczanskian works or sometimes
Berthelinesque pictagores,
and even some stories about
cockchafers.
He never understood that silly French tale,
la Chanson de la Colonie, much less the
drifter's rhymes.
He can waste
sixty whole terms
not knowing what to do with himself, apart from
meeting
Yake Lakang,
or looking at
praying wheels.
He sleeps in day sometimes, making
strange dreams, reviving
his youth; he tries to argue with a
frog, he loses his way in a
city, and plays chess on a
hexagonal board.
From some bleak garden comes the sound of a
hermit's imprecations.
He attends the meetings of the
STP
society in Paris, and when there really is nothing left to do, he listens to
conversations between Philémon and Anatole, or strolls about
Wexler's gardens, or among Westerners and their
pets.
Most rainy days resound of such
idle chat, which can be
Megahal's or sometimes
Eliza's, but of course, you could just want to
play with some
pictures.
