散文
The Waste Books
Douban
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
translator:
R.J. Hollingdale
publishing house:
New York Review of Books
2000
German scientist and man of letters Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was an 18th-century polymath: an experimental physicist, an astronomer, a mathematician, a practicing critic both of art and literature. He is most celebrated, however, for the casual notes and aphorisms that he collected in what he called his Waste Books. With unflagging intelligence and encyclopedic curiosity, Lichtenberg wittily deflates the pretensions of learning and society, examines a range of philosophical questions, and tracks his own thoughts down hidden pathways to disconcerting and sometimes hilarious conclusions. Lichtenberg's "Waste Books" have been greatly admired by writers as very different as Tolstoy, Einstein, and Andre Breton, while Nietzsche and Wittgenstein acknowledged them as a significant inspiration for their own radical work in philosophy. The record of a brilliant and subtle mind in action, "The Waste Books" are above all a powerful testament to the necessity, and pleasure, of unfettered thought.
秋灯琐忆
Douban
(清)蒋坦
translator:
朱隐山
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译注
publishing house:
天津人民出版社
2019
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★与《浮生六记》并列,古文经典遗珠,备受林语堂推崇。20世纪30年代,林语堂将部分译成英文。女主人公秋芙,和《浮生六记》的女主人公芸娘一起被人们视为很可爱的古中国女子。从清末民初至近代,众多学者、出版物将二者合为一处研究、出版。被誉为“忆语体”“美化文学”代表作。
★中国人生活美学典范之作。书中充满夫妇日常才情、风雅和致趣的诗意描写——简单、质朴、洁净、可爱。
★清代江南文人夫妇爱情回忆录。平凡而动人,深情而感伤。
★本版录自咸丰二年初版原文,并精心勘校。简洁注译,更好阅读和欣赏。
★“花开之日,当并见弥陀,听无生之法。即或再堕人天,亦愿世世永为夫妇。明日为如来涅槃日,当持此誓,证明佛前。”——蒋坦
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《秋灯琐忆》是清代文人蒋坦回忆与爱妻关锳(关秋芙)日常生活琐事,充满才情、风雅、致趣和诗意的散文。全书叙事栩然,文辞清疏而雅,情感纯粹而动人心。
本书初成于蒋、关结婚第十年,成书五年后,秋芙病故。蒋坦增补了一些悼亡内容,虽然含蓄,但使原本单纯记录夫妇美好生活的回忆录,笼罩上一层隐约的悲凉之雾。此后,蒋坦全心礼佛,于四十岁时因兵乱一家被困杭城,冻饿而死。世事无常之恸,催人泪下。
本次出版以初版咸丰二年(1852)钱塘蒋氏巢园刊本为底本,参考世界书局1935年朱剑芒编《美化文学名著丛刊》标点排印本等版本重新点校。特别邀请苏州大学老师,青年诗人朱隐山白话译注,无需古文基础,也能完全读懂。附录咸丰二年初版序,独家收录“蒋、关诗词百首”及“年表、人物传”,作为了解蒋、关的辅助。随书附赠据蒋、关的故事所绘“春夏秋冬琴棋书画”定制风雅折页及收藏书签,便于读者更好欣赏。
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中国作家,至少一部分作家,尤其喜欢在文字中回忆他们的婚姻生活。关于这种著作,冒辟疆的《影梅庵忆语》,沈三白的《浮生六记》,和蒋坦的《秋灯琐忆》是最佳的例子。——林语堂