蒙娜麗莎是達芬奇的母親並且還是中國人?
Leonardo da Vinci's mother may have been aChinese slave according to new research by an Italian historian andnovelist.
根據一位意大利歷史學家兼小說家的一份最新研究，達芬奇的母親可能是一箇中國奴隸。
Angelo Paratico has spent the last 20 years living and working in Hong Kong,researching the links between his homeland and China over the past half acentury.
這位叫做AngeloParatico的歷史學家在香港工作和生活了20年，過去半個世紀以來都在研究自己祖國和中國之間的關聯。
Mr Paratico said documentation he hasuncovered during two years of research forms the basis of his latest bookLeonardo Da Vinci: A Chinese scholar lost in Renaissance Italy.
他說他花費兩年時間進行文檔的挖掘工作，這些研究成果構成了他新書的主要內容，這本書叫做《列奧納多·達·芬奇：一位迷失在文藝復興時期意大利的中國學者》。
The book, which is due to be published nextyear, uncovers evidence, Mr Paratico claims links Da Vinci and the FarEast.
這本書將於明年出版，他說書中所披露的證據表明了達芬奇與遠東之間的關係。
Speaking to the South China Morning Post, Mr Paratico said: 'I am sure upto a point that Leonardo's mother was from the Orient, but to make her anoriental Chinese, we need to use a deductive method.'
他在接受《南華早報》採訪時說：“我能從某種程度上肯定達芬奇的母親來自東方，但是爲了證明她是來自東方的中國人，我們需要使用到演繹法。”
'One wealthy client of Leonardo's fatherhad a slave called Caterina. After 1452, Leonardo's date of birth, shedisappeared from the documents. She was no longer working there.'
“達芬奇父親的一位富有的客戶有一個叫做卡特琳娜的奴隸。在1452年達芬奇出生後，她就從文檔中消失了。她不再在那裏工作。”
Da Vinci's father was legal notary and itis believed his mother was called Caterina, who according to some reports, wasa local peasant.
達芬奇的父親是一名法律公證人，據說達芬奇母親的名字叫做卡特琳娜，根據某些報告的說法，她是當地農民。
But Mr Paratico'snew work claims it is most likely Da Vinci's mother was a slave.
但是Paratico先生在他的新書中聲稱達芬奇的母親最有可能是一個奴隸。
Supporting his theory, Mr Paratico said:'During the Renaissance, countries like Italy and Spain were full of orientalslaves.'
爲了支持自己的理論，他說：“文藝復興期間，像意大利和西班牙這些國家裏有很多來自東方的奴隸。”
He claimed that there were certain aspects of Da Vinci's life and work suggestan oriental link.
他說達芬奇工作和生活中的某些方面表明了這樣的東方關聯。
He added: 'For instance, the fact he waswriting with his left hand from left to right... and he was also a vegetarianwhich was not common. Mona Lisa is probably a portrait of his mother, asSigmund Freud said in 1910. On the back of Mona Lisa, there is a Chineselandscape and even her face looks Chinese.'
他說：“比如，他是左撇子，寫字是從左往右，而且他還是素食主義者，這非同尋常。蒙娜麗莎可能就是他母親的畫像，正如西格蒙德弗洛伊德在1910年時說的那樣。《蒙娜麗莎》的背景中有一處中國風景，而且她的臉看起來也像是中國人。”
Mr Paratico said he believes the only way to solve the mystery is to exhume some of Da Vinci's relations in Florence and extract someDNA.
他認爲要想解開這個謎題，唯一的辦法就是挖掘出達芬奇在佛羅倫薩的親戚的遺憾，並進行DNA提取。
