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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1 有用 陳若望 2016-04-04 20:22:06
好像是高中讀到的。那個時候看到林語堂在一篇文章裏說,要說好話,不要說人壞話,那個時候比較年輕,因此對他印象不好了。
27 有用 yuriko 2016-07-02 08:33:13
自序云这是一本“哲学书”——果然,非常浅薄的哲学。
8 有用 O 2009-11-30 17:54:37
對於人性處事談得很好。有些對於女性的看法,過於傳統,有些不能接受。引用古人言論很多,但是不喜歡大篇幅引用,一兩段還可以接受。總的來說,林先生是位狂放不羈,博覽群書,有點出世又入世的感覺。
6 有用 伊西多拉 2009-02-02 23:55:27
大家之作。一部历经几十年经久不衰的著作,从上世纪三十年代开始风靡世界。难以想象这是用英文写后的译本,尚且如此精彩!
9 有用 梅本村安 2012-05-13 17:32:39
人生那么长,需要点艺术,才能度过此生