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 small脉望 2007-05-19 15:12:11
挥洒开去,所涉万千。
0 有用 aAlice 2020-12-04 14:13:04
踩雷了,读了第七、八章……目前读的最喜欢的内容是摘录的别人文字!(◎_◎;)
0 有用 WaaaaaaKaaaaaa 2013-04-08 12:22:13
小资男!
0 有用 不拿拿 2005-12-19 23:59:49
处处见幽默
0 有用 彤伊 2010-08-13 12:26:39
一直在读,一直没读完。。午睡前的消遣