Speaking as Chinese, I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to un-sophistication, and made a conscious return t simplicity of thinking and living, and I call no man wise until he has made the progress from the wisdom of knowledge to the wisdom of foolishness, and become a laughing philosopher, feeling first life is a tragedy and then life is comedy. For we must weep before we can laugh. Out of sadness comes the awakening and out of the awakening comes the laughter of the philosopher, with kindliness and tolerance to boot..
The world, I believe, is far too serious, and being far too serious; it has the need of a wise and merry philosophy. The philosophy of the Chinese art of living can certainly be called the "gay science", i... (查看原文)
昨晚睡前翻看林语堂的《The Importance of Living》,随手翻到“ON BEING WAYWARD AND INCALCULABLE”一篇。看了一小段才发现自己第一眼认错了题目,误认为是“ON BEING AWARE AND INCLUDED”,再回头看时已经丧失了阅读兴趣。 人读书一般有三种态度,一是出于功利,二是求新...
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Mr.Lin's immortal masterpiece is one of my favorite. It's a shame that the English Version published in China is a kind of patchy one. Too many eliminated details probably blunted its brilliance. Nevertheless, no matter how incomplete it might be, this boo...
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2 有用 想摸猫咪屎努子 2019-03-01 17:34:19
我错了,我错在不应该贪图方面买了翻译版,语言实在太晦涩太难了,简直怀疑是盗版书地摊文学翻译手法。
3 有用 晔子的小书房 2015-10-22 12:23:39
中间内容好,最前与最后太难读进去。
1 有用 我不是道长 2019-04-15 13:12:19
观念过时到放弃评价 甚至连怀旧的美感都没有
2 有用 hosannalau 2020-02-29 08:37:39
当初看吾国与吾获益良多,可是这本,粉转黑,不多说了
14 有用 ninaNE 2015-07-25 01:36:20
两颗星给翻译,非常糟糕。
0 有用 李君晟-明月 2024-04-27 15:38:04 浙江
感兴趣的篇章很好读,不感兴趣的篇章还是跳过吧。
0 有用 广末冷子 2024-01-29 10:23:20 英国
入门级哲学。
0 有用 贪吃小松鼠 2023-06-11 19:23:33 山东
@2021-11-29 22:06:08
0 有用 滚滚 2023-04-09 20:02:51 北京
生命在于激发感觉、热情和情感
0 有用 大涛大吉大利 2023-02-12 09:07:30 北京
一本很好的人生总结,但是翻译的不好,原书是英文写的,翻译成中文后,很多词和文章整体不顺畅。