生存還是毀滅，是莎士比亞戲劇作品《哈姆雷特》第三幕第一場，哈姆雷特王子一段獨白的第一句前半部，很多人也會用這句來指整段獨白。在王子的演講中，他考慮了死亡與自殺，哀嘆這痛苦又不公的生活，也承認另一種選擇可能會更糟。這段開場白是世界文學、戲劇與音樂作品中常見被引用的一句，整句是：「生存還是毀滅，這是一個值得考慮的問題」（To be or not to be that is the question）。 文字 通行文字 此版本的底本為第一對開本（1623），參照第二四開本（16041605）校訂，並以現代正字法拼寫。 To be or not to be that is the question Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles And by opposing end them to die to sleep No more and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That Flesh is heir to Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished To die to sleep To sleep perchance to Dream aye theres the rub For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give us pause Theres the respect That makes Calamity of so long life For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of time The Oppressors wrong the proud mans Contumely The pangs of dispised Love the Laws delay The insolence of Office and the spurns That patient merit of thunworthy takes When he himself might his Quietus make With a bare Bodkin Who would Fardels bear F these Fardels To grunt and sweat under a weary life But that the dread of something after death The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveller returns puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of Thus conscience does make cowards of us all And thus the native hue of Resolution Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of Thought And enterprises of great pitch and moment F pith With this regard their Currents turn awry F away And lose the name of Action Soft you now The fair Ophelia Nymph in thy Orisons Be all my sins rememberd 第一四開本文字 第一四開本 Q1 1603 是哈姆雷特最早的版本，但被認為是劇院演出時抄寫的山寨版，而非劇作早期的草稿（因此被稱為 壞四開本）；Q1 的某些地方確實和通行文字相符，但是在 生存還是毀滅 一段中問題頗多。例如行文中用 Hope 代替 dread，與通行文字的意思大相徑庭。此處的單詞同樣以現代正字法拼寫。 To be or not to be Ay theres the point To Die to sleep is that all Aye all No to sleep to dream aye marry there it goes For in that dream of death when we awake And borne before an everlasting Judge From whence no passenger ever returned The undiscovered country at whose sight The happy smile and the accursed damnd But for this the joyful hope of this Whod bear the scorns and flattery of the world Scorned by the right rich the rich cursed of the poor The widow being oppressed the orphan wrongd The taste of hunger or a tyrants reign And thousand more calamities besides To grunt and sweat under this weary life When that he may his full Quietus make With a bare bodkin who would this endure But for a hope of something after death Which puzzles the brain and doth confound the sense Which makes us rather bear those evils we have Than fly to others that we know not of Aye that O this conscience makes cowards of us all Lady in thy orizons be all my sins remembered 第二四開本文字 第二四開本（Q2 16041605）被公認為本劇最早的可信版本（因此被稱為 好四開本）。在 Q2 中，整個場景發生的時間比 Q1 要晚：Q1 中的場景直接發生於克勞迪斯和波洛涅斯計劃之後；且 Q2 添加了 Soft you now，表明哈姆雷特在講話時沒有（或假裝沒有）看到奧菲利亞。 To be or not to be that is the question Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outragious fortune Or to take Arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them to die to sleep No more and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir too tis a consumation Devoutly to be wishd to die to sleep To sleep perhance to dream ay theres the rub For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we haue shuffled off this mortal coil Muſt giue vs pauſe theres the reſpect That makes calamitie of ſo long life For who would beare the whips and ſcorns of time Thoppreſſors wrong the proude mans contumly The pangs of deſpizd loue the lawes delay The inſolence of office and the ſpurnes That patient merrit of thevnworthy takes When he himſelfe might his quietas make With a bare bodkin who would fardels beare To grunt and ſweat vnder a wearie life But that the dread of ſomething after death The vndiſcouerd country from whose borne No trauiler returnes puzzels the will And makes vs rather beare thoſe ills we haue Then flie to others we know not of Thus conſcience dooes make cowards And thus the natiue hiew of reſolution Is ſickled ore with the pale caſt of thought And enterpriſes of great pitch and moment With this regard theyr currents turne awry And loose the name of action Soft you now The faire Ophelia Nimph in thy orizons Be all my ſinnes remembred 第一對開本文字 1623 年由 Issac Jaggard 和 Ed Blount 出版的《威廉莎士比亞先生的喜劇、歷史劇和悲劇》被稱為 第一對開本 F1，其中收錄的《哈姆雷特》文字與第二對開本基本相似，本段中，二者的不同基本在於排版：增加部分標點符號和大寫字母。 To be or not to be that is the Question Whether tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outragious Fortune Or to take Armes against a Sea of troubles And by opposing end them to dye to sleep No more and by a sleep to say we end The Heartake and the thouſand Naturall ſhockes That Flesh is heyre too Tis a consummation Deuoutly to be wiſhd To dye to sleepe To sleep perchance to Dream I theres the rub For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we haue ſhuffleld off this mortall coile Muſt giue us pause Theres the respect That makes Calamity of long life For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time The Oppreſſors wrong the poore mans Contumely The pangs of diſprizd Loue the Lawes delay The inſolence of Office and the Spurnes That patient merit of the unworthy takes When he himſelfe might his Quietus make With a bare Bodkin Who would theſe Fardles beare To grunt and ſweat vnder a weary life But that the dread of ſomething after death The vndiſcouered Countrey from whoſe Borne No Traueller returnes Puzels the will And makes vs rather beare those illes we haue Then flye to others that we know not of Thus Conſcience does make Cowards of vs all And thus the Natiue hew of Resolution Is ſicklied ore with the pale caſt of Thought And enterprizes of great pith and moment With this regard their Currants turne away And looſe the name of Action Soft you now The faire Ophelia Nimph in thy Orizons Be all my ſinnes remembred 中文翻譯 生存還是毀滅，這是一個值得考慮的問題；默然忍受命運的暴虐的毒箭，或是挺身反抗人世的無涯的苦難，透過鬥爭把它們掃清，這兩種行為，哪一種更高貴？死了；睡著了；什麼都完了；要是在這一種睡眠之中，我們心頭的創痛，以及其他無數血肉之軀所不能避免的打擊，都可以從此消失，那正是我們求之不得的結局。死了；睡著了；睡著了也許還會做夢；嗯，阻礙就在這兒：因為當我們擺脫了這一具朽腐的皮囊以後，在那死的睡眠裡，究竟將要做些什麼夢，那不能不使我們躊躇顧慮。人們甘心久困於患難之中，也就是為了這個緣故；誰願意忍受人世的鞭撻和譏嘲、壓迫者的凌辱、傲慢者的冷眼、被輕蔑的愛情的慘痛、法律的遷延、官吏的橫暴和費盡辛勤所換來的小人的鄙視，要是他只要用一柄小小的刀子，就可以清算他自己的一生？誰願意負著這樣的重擔，在煩勞的生命的壓迫下呻吟流汗，倘不是因為害怕不可知的死後，害怕那從來不曾有一個旅人回來過的神秘之國，是它迷惑了我們的意志，使我們寧願忍受目前的折磨，不敢向我們所不知道的痛苦飛去？這樣，重重的顧慮使我們全變成了懦夫，決心的赤熱的光彩，被審慎的思維蓋上了一層灰色，偉大的事業在這一種考慮之下，也會逆流而退，失去了行動的意義。且慢！美麗的奧菲利婭！ 女神，在你的祈禱之中，不要忘記替我懺悔我的罪孽。 參考文獻 外部連結 《哈姆雷特主義》 《哈姆雷特》的後現代演出 臺大圖書館數位學習網_線上文學書房 臺大圖書館數位學習網_英語朗讀：從莎士比亞開始 HyperHamlet research project at the University of Basel 哈姆雷特中文版 莎士比亞的全部作品集 Wordsmithorg Article from the Sydney Morning Hearld 1999 Category 哈姆雷特 Category 獨角戲 Category 舊詞新用