Edinburgh Castle was on a rock hill higher than almost entire city, and I loved to stay there for hours just trying to recognize all the buildings I knew.

The motto of Scotland on castle gate meant “No one can harm me unpunished” in Latin.

It was far from any motto that I’ve seen in my own culture; therefore, I was intrigued.

This sentence certainly reflected the history of this tough land. However, seeing it at the peculiar time of pandemic, I was caught by mixed feelings from the complicated contradiction in human nature.


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<sub>愛丁堡城堡在封城後不再擁擠，變成俯瞰城市的好去處，我總是一待數小時，使勁從遠處找出我認識的每一棟建築物。

望遠望得累了，我注意到城門上有一行看不懂的字，是以拉丁文寫成的蘇格蘭王國的格言，意思大約是「犯我者必受懲」。

由於與自身文化會出現的格言實在相去甚遠，我一開始有點錯愕；其實這句如同蘇格蘭國花薊花一般帶刺而強悍的格言，只不過是忠實地反映出這塊土地過去的艱難生活。

複誦著這句古老的話語，忽然使我對現今的混亂及人性的矛盾感到更加百感交集。</sub>

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