權勢、王權、富貴、財閥、霸道面前，誰不是於朦朧呢？
I feel a deep sorrow, as if watching a snowflake fall to the ground, shatter, and dissolve into dirty water — a powerless despair.
I want to commemorate this moment — for those who stay true to themselves, for those who refuse to be complicit.
Yet, before the tyranny of monarchy, wealth, conglomerates, and brute power, who is not Yu Menglong?
And how many women, forced into East Asian marriages, are not also coerced into a so-called voluntary step into this inevitable Ants’ Dilemma of destruction?
我很難過，就像看到雪花落地，瞬間碎裂，化為污水一般的無力。
我想紀念這一刻 —— 為那些堅持自我的人，為那些不願同流合污的人。
可是在王權、富貴、財閥、霸道面前，誰不是於朦朧呢？
而那些不得不進入東亞婚姻的女人，又有幾個不是被迫自願走入這個必然消亡的「螞蟻困境」呢？
沉默不只是逃避，而是幫兇。螞蟻的低頭，養大了大象，直到有一天自己也被輕易踩死。
這不只是為了於朦朧發聲，而是為了每一個普通人的安全、每一個人的未來。跪著祈求上天，或跪著祈求大象，都無法阻擋牠的力量。很多人會說：我們的抵抗毫無意義。但事實是，力量總是積累的。就像一個石匠敲石頭，一百次看似無效，但第 101 次，石頭裂開了。
每一次事件，都是一場服從性測試。螞蟻選擇低頭，以為跪得好看就能換來安全，結果只是成為沉默中被宰割的羔羊。就像許多女性被迫放棄一切權利，縮進『白幼瘦』『賢妻良母』的窄框裡，只為換取一口飯吃。這不是庇護，而是一種慢性的宰殺。
《螞蟻困境》
The Ants’ Dilemma
在一個遼闊的森林裡，住著十億多隻快樂的螞蟻。
In a vast forest, there lived over a billion happy ants.
有一天，一頭瘦弱、滿身傷痕的大象跌跌撞撞地闖進牠們的世界。
One day, a frail and wounded elephant stumbled into their world.
大象哀求螞蟻們：「救救我吧，只要你們餵養我、幫助我恢復，我將來一定會保護你們，回報你們的善意。」
The elephant pleaded with the ants: “Save me. If you feed me and help me recover, I will protect you in the future and repay your kindness.”
螞蟻們心軟了。牠們相信，只要善意對待大象，未來就會得到庇護。於是，螞蟻們把最好的食物獻給大象。
The ants softened. They believed that if they treated the elephant with kindness, they would one day be protected. So, they gave the best of their food to the elephant.
起初，大象似乎兌現了承諾。牠在養傷時並沒有傷害螞蟻，甚至偶爾與螞蟻合作。
At first, the elephant seemed to keep its promise. While healing, it did not harm the ants and even appeared to cooperate with them.
然而，暗地裡，大象已經開始悄悄踩死那些對牠心生懷疑的螞蟻。
Yet, in secret, the elephant began quietly crushing the ants who doubted it.
其實，十億隻螞蟻早就有力量咬死這頭大象。
In truth, a billion ants already had the power to kill the elephant.
但大象看透了牠們：螞蟻們膽怯，習慣當沉默的羔羊，只要眼前不被踩到，就會心安理得地看戲。
But the elephant saw through them: the ants were timid, accustomed to being silent lambs. As long as they themselves weren’t trampled, they were content to watch from the sidelines.
隨著時間過去，大象越來越大，胃口也越來越驚人。
As time passed, the elephant grew bigger, and its appetite became monstrous.
每當螞蟻們供應稍差，大象就會隨機踩死一些螞蟻，給予血淋淋的警告。
Whenever the ants provided less than the best, the elephant would randomly crush some ants as a bloody warning.
於是螞蟻們不得不繼續餵養，將自己最優質的食物送上。
So the ants were forced to continue feeding it, offering their very best.
結果，大象愈發高大、壯碩、強大；
As a result, the elephant grew taller, stronger, and more powerful;
而螞蟻們卻日漸骨瘦如柴，死亡遠遠超過新生。
while the ants grew thinner and weaker, with deaths far outnumbering births.
活下來的螞蟻，一邊在心裡祈求神靈降下懲罰殺死大象，一邊繼續把最好的食物奉上。
The surviving ants prayed for divine punishment to strike the elephant down, all the while continuing to deliver their finest food.
神靈沒有出現。大多數螞蟻死了。
But no gods appeared. Most of the ants perished.
螞蟻們本有一次機會：只要十億隻螞蟻同時群起而攻，就能咬死大象。
The ants once had a chance: if a billion of them attacked together, they could have killed the elephant.
然而，他們因恐懼、依附與分裂，錯過了這唯一的時機。
Yet, because of fear, dependency, and division, they missed their only chance.
最終，大象將整個蟻穴榨乾，
In the end, the elephant drained the entire anthill dry,
滿足地甩甩耳朵，
shaking its ears with satisfaction,
然後悠哉游哉地走向下一個蟻穴。
before leisurely strolling toward the next anthill.
這一次，牠可以毀滅五十億隻螞蟻。
This time, it could destroy five billion more.
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