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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0 有用 Joya 2009-08-13 01:44:17
读了这本书,我发现要体验出生活中的艺术还真不是一件容易的事
0 有用 艾茹糖水 2008-03-08 20:03:58
这才是一个人生活的追求啊,
0 有用 尔雅 2009-02-19 11:53:50
第一次没读完,这次再读的慢点。
0 有用 Z 2007-10-27 20:12:51
林语堂公式,生活+梦想+幽默+敏感
0 有用 wuya 2006-11-02 12:34:48
很早看过了,再看还是感觉很强烈