The Ass Carrying an Image

**Littafin Jaki Mai Ɗauke da Hoto** yana ɗaya daga cikin Tatsuniyoyi na Aesop kuma an ƙidaya shi a lamba 182 a cikin Perry Index .  An kuma yi shi ne bisa ga ra'ayin ɗan adam amma a wani lokaci an yi amfani da shi don kwatanta hujjar da ke cikin Dokar Canon cewa rashin cancantar firist ba ya rage ayyukan ibada.

## Wani mutum a ofishin

Tatsuniyar Girka ta ba da labarin jaki da ke ɗauke da siffar addini kuma yana ɗaukar girmamawar taron a matsayin abin da aka ba shi da kansa. Lokacin da girman kai ya sa ya ƙi ci gaba, direban ya buge shi ya kuma bayyana cewa duniya ba ta koma baya ba har mutane su durƙusa wa jakuna. Laƙabin Latin na tatsuniyar, Asinus portans mysteria (ko kuma dai-dai da Girkanci, ονος αγων μυστήρια), an yi amfani da shi a matsayin karin magana game da irin wannan ra'ayin ɗan adam kuma an rubuta shi kamar haka a cikin Adagia na Erasmus .

An sake farfaɗo da tatsuniyar a zamanin Renaissance ta hannun Andrea Alciato a cikin *Tambarinsa* mai suna *"Non tibi sed religioni"* (ba don ku ba amma don addini), kuma an sanya ta a cikin mahallin addinin Isis na Masar.  An kuma rubuta aƙalla nau'ikan waƙar Latin guda uku na Alciato a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa. Mafi mahimmanci shine na Geoffrey Whitney a cikin *"Zaɓin Tambayoyi"*, wanda ya fi zama ma'anar ma'anar tatsuniyar. Yana zana kamannin ɗan adam da "fastoci" na addini, amma kuma tare da jakadu a fannin duniya, waɗanda dukansu suna aiki a matsayin masu shiga tsakani na wani babban iko. 

Babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan marubutan da ya ambaci tatsuniyar ga Aesop, amma Christoph Murer ya ambaci "Aesop's Ass" a cikin littafinsa na alamomi, *XL emblemata miscella nova* (1620), inda aka kwatanta shi da waɗanda ke bin buri.  A wannan lokacin ma mawaƙin Neo-Latin Pantaleon Candidus ya yi nuni da shi yayin da yake kwatanta "waɗanda ke neman girma mai girma".  Wani sharhin Turanci na zamani a cikin *The Conversations at Little Gidding* (kimanin 1630) ya kuma ambaci 'Aesops Asse yana fassara Bautar Sujada ta Mutane da aka miƙa wa Siffar Zinare a bayansa kamar yadda aka yi niyya ga Dabba'arsa'.  Duk da haka, wannan yana cikin mahallin yin bambanci tsakanin mutum da ofishinsa na addini. George Herbert (wanda wataƙila ya shiga cikin waɗannan tattaunawar) ya sake ambaton wannan batu a cikin waƙarsa "The Church Barrch" (layi na 265–268)

:::: Idan rashin girman kai ya yi yawa, kada ka yi kasa a gwiwa
:::: Wurin yana girmama mutum ne kawai.
:::: Haikalin Allah shine abin da kake girmamawa,
:::: Ba kuma dabbar da ke ɗauke da ita a bayansa ba. 

Labarin ya sake bayar da wani labari a cikin waƙar Neo-Latin ta Gabriele Faerno wadda, a cikin ɗabi'unta guda ɗaya, ta yi daidai da alkali wanda aka girmama shi kawai saboda aikinsa.  Daga ƙarshe an ba da labarin a matsayin mahallin Katolika a cikin Tatsuniyoyi na La Fontaine, inda aka yi masa taken "Jaki yana ɗauke da kayan tarihi". Duk da haka, ƙarshen ya takaita darasin zuwa ga ofis na duniya, kamar yadda Faerno ya yi: 'Kamar yadda yake ga alkali wawa, yana kan rigar da kake sujada' ( *D'un magistrat ignorant/C'est la Robe qu'on salue* ).  Tun daga lokacin, masu zane-zane na Tatsuniyoyinsa sau da yawa sun haɗa tatsuniyoyi da darasinsa a cikin hoto ɗaya, ko ma sun takaita kansu ga darasin duniya kawai.

Roger L'Estrange ya ɗauki tatsuniyar, a daidai lokacin da La Fontaine, a matsayin 'tsautawa ga mutanen da ke ɗaukar girmamawa da girmamawa da ake yi wa halin da suke riƙewa, don a ba wa mutumin'. To amma bayan zamaninsa, kodayake an haɗa ta a cikin tarin tatsuniyoyin Ingilishi daga baya, bai bayyana a cikin ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka fi sani ba har zuwa zamanin Victorian . An jaddada darasin ta hanyar sanya masa suna "The Jackass in Office",  dangane da furcin karin magana na ƙaramin jami'i mai girman kai, jack a ofis.

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