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 ltsoldiering 2023-01-07 19:46:54 河南
这是救世主降生后一九三六年的人类文明
0 有用 silentime 2023-02-20 15:09:51 陕西
一开始将东西方文化的区别,人性,后来讲悠闲,生活的享受,睡眠,座椅等等,对于正值壮年、壮志雄心的我来说有些无法理解,再过20年再重读品味吧😬
0 有用 Moonbow 2020-12-15 12:14:07
前2/3好看,后1/3 吧啦吧啦吧啦
0 有用 榕楠雅记~ 2020-01-31 14:44:34
有些地方真的很平庸。
0 有用 优雅的刺猬 2020-11-01 14:43:20
想到康有为还是梁启超的一句话:养浩然之气。 生活终究是自己的,每个人的生活方式,决定了他将度过怎样的一生。胸怀大海,城市就是最美的沙滩;眉眼低沉,总是阳光灿烂、秋风舒适,也如处在幽闭之所,难以释怀!