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苏子曰:“客亦知夫水与月乎?逝者如斯,而未尝往也;盈虚者如彼,而卒莫消长也。盖将自其变者而观之,则天地曾不能以一瞬;自其不变者而观之,则物与我皆无尽也,而又何羡乎!且夫天地之间,物各有主,苟非吾之所有,虽一毫而莫取。惟江上之清风,与山间之明月,耳得之而为声,目遇之而成色,取之无禁,用之不竭。是造物者之无尽藏也,而吾与子之所共适。”
– 苏轼, 前赤壁赋
Then I asked him, “Have you considered the water and the moon? Water flows away but is never lost; the moon waxes and wanes, but neither increases nor diminished. If you look at its changing aspect, the universe passes in the twinkling of an eye; but if you look at its changeless aspect, all creatures including ourselves are imperishable. What reason have you to envy other things? Besides, everything in this universe has its owner; and if it does not belong to me not a tiny speck can I take. The sole exceptions are the cool breeze on the river, the bright moon over the hills. These serve as music to our ears, as colour to our eyes; these we can take freely and enjoy forever; these are inexhaustible treasures supplied by the Creator, and things in which we can delight together.”
– Su Shi (poets and essayists, 1037 ~ 1101 AD, the Song dynasty of China), First Ode on the Red Cliffs
Books that I am reading, have read, or will read
| 状态 | 书名 | 作者 | 开始 | 读完 | 标签 | 书评 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finished | 红楼梦 | 曹雪芹 | 2023-6-1 | 2023-10-1 | classics chinese top-100 | more |
| 一本看完之后会觉得非常平静的书。 | ||||||
| Finished | Guns, Germs and Steel (枪炮、病菌与钢铁) | Jared Diamond | 2025-2-1 | 2025-5-11 | classics history top-100 | more |
| 一本有些复杂但是很有趣的书,看起来像是学术论文。为什么是欧洲人征服并殖民了美洲大陆,而不是印第安人征服欧洲?作者从作物驯化与传播,动物驯化,人口密集社会对传染病的获得性免疫,语言文字,及武器的角度解析。 | ||||||
| Finished | 1984 | George Orwell | 2025-6-8 | 2025-6-9 | classics novel politics top-100 | more |
| Big brother is watching you! | ||||||
| Finished | Brave New World (美丽新世界) | Aldous Huxley | 2025-6-9 | 2025-6-16 | classics novel politics top-100 | more |
| 赫胥黎对极权统治的实施方式有不同的看法。奥威尔的1984展示的是通过"惩罚"式的方式实现的极权,而赫胥黎认为更值得警惕的是通过"诱导"和"奖励"的手段实现极权统治。 | ||||||
| Finished | We (我们) | Yevgeny Zamyatin | 2025-6-16 | 2025-6-18 | classics novel politics | more |
| 扎米亚京的我们被认为是反乌托邦小说的开山鼻祖。本书的结尾与1984一致,都是以离群者的失败和驯化戛然而止。在集体的队列之中,应该怎样放置个人的思维和意识?这是一个难以回答的问题。 | ||||||
| Finished | The Road to Serfdom (通往奴役之路) | Friedrich von Hayek | 2025-6-18 | 2025-6-26 | politics economics | more |
| 哈耶克说:集体主义一定导致极权统治。计划经济是通往奴役之路。自由市场是大家的救星。Read more, think more. | ||||||
| Finished | Der Steppenwolf (荒原狼) | Hermann Hesse | 2025-6-26 | 2025-7-2 | classics novel | more |
| 又是一本充满了意识流,精神世界描写的书。人是很难自洽的生物,想要野蛮生长,超越现实却又被现实的泥潭狠狠的拉住。 | ||||||
| Finished | 联合政府与一党训政 | 邓野 | 2025-7-2 | 2025-7-15 | history politics CPC | more |
| 在战场上无法得到的,在谈判桌上也无法得到。 | ||||||
| Finished | Il barone rampante (树上的男爵) | Italo Calvino | 2025-7-15 | 2025-7-25 | novel classics | more |
| 一个不愿和世间其他人共同站立在土地上,却又耐心细致地观察世界,同人交流的"疯子"。 | ||||||
| Queued | 东晋门阀政治 | 田余庆 | 2025-7-15 | history | more | |
| Finished | River Town (江城) | Peter Hessler (何伟) | 2025-5-12 | 2025-6-9 | travelogue | more |
| 这本书确实令人体会到时代变迁的快速进程。但也令人惊奇的是,一些不管是否关于politics的观念,在三十年前和今天几乎没有什么差别。 | ||||||
| Finished | 沉默的大多数 | 王小波 | 2025-7-31 | 2025-8-8 | essay | more |
| 脑袋里有清晰的逻辑,严谨的思辨很重要。能够用直率的语言将这些思维变成文字也很重要。这两者合在一起可能就是有才吧! | ||||||
| Finished | 围城 | 钱钟书 | 2025-8-9 | 2025-8-14 | novel fiction classics | more |
| 经典不愧是经典。能一气呵成读完的书。进不去的围城,出不来的围城,都是人生的苦难吧。 | ||||||
| Finished | 废都 | 贾平凹 | 2025-8-14 | 2025-8-16 | novel fiction | more |
| 网评是当代的金瓶梅,确实有许多非常大胆的描写。看完的印象是非常的惘,作者把悲剧的毁灭性表现的淋漓尽致。 | ||||||
| Finished | 蛙 | 莫言 | 2025-8-16 | 2025-8-17 | novel fiction | more |
| 看的第一本莫言的书。计划生育现在已经离这个时代而去了,书中写到的文学化创作的魔幻现实主义的情节现在看起来特别地令人唏嘘。 | ||||||
| Finished | Воскресение (复活) | Лев Николаевич Толстой (列夫·托尔斯泰) | 2025-8-17 | 2025-8-30 | novel fiction classics | more |
| 托尔斯泰的代表作。故事中充满了作者对于帝俄时代末期穷苦大众,特别是囚犯们的生活的细致的观察和深切的同情。 | ||||||
| Finished | 檀香刑 | 莫言 | 2025-8-29 | 2025-9-1 | novel fiction | more |
| 清末民初,以刽子手和猫腔戏剧演员为故事的主线。残酷的刑罚,对内威吓百姓乖乖做人,对外讨好外国强盗。百姓的生死成为政治的手段。 | ||||||
| Finished | 苏东坡传 | 林语堂 | 2025-9-1 | 2025-9-30 | nonfiction biography | more |
| 苏东坡是一个标准的天才,唐宋八大家,文采斐然。然则因他坚持自己的内心之见,不为时势所变,所以显得与当红之士格格不入,屡遭贬谪。但这些流离他乡的路,却都化做了他的诗文,传颂至今。 | ||||||
| Finished | 党员、党权与党争 | 王奇生 | 2025-10-1 | 2025-10-26 | history politics CPC | more |
| KMT自始而言便是一个内部派系复杂,斗争不断的政党。组织松散,内斗严重,腐败丛生。 | ||||||
| Finished | Gravity's Rainbow (万有引力之虹) | Thomas Pynchon | 2025-10-26 | 2026-2-8 | novel fiction | more |
| 此生以来看过的最复杂,最晦涩难懂的一本书。对后现代主义的文学作品从此有了深刻了解。 | ||||||
| Reading | преступление и наказание (罪与罚) | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 2026-2-8 | novel fiction | more | |
| Reading | Siddhartha (悉达多) | Hermann Hesse | 2026-5-23 | novel fiction | more | |
| Queued | La Peste (鼠疫) | Albert Camus | 2026-2-8 | novel fiction | more | |
| Queued | L'Étranger (局外人) | Albert Camus | 2026-5-20 | 2026-5-22 | novel fiction | more |
| 一个冷静和清醒到极点的人,面对母亲的去世,面对被判死刑的命运,都表现得无动于衷,像是自己生活的局外人一样。 | ||||||
| Finished | 两京十五日 | 马伯庸 | 2026-2-8 | 2026-4-8 | novel fiction | more |
| 一本讲述朱高炽驾崩,朱瞻基即位路线的故事。对这一段历史片段有了更多的了解。 | ||||||
| Finished | 秦腔 | 贾平凹 | 2026-4-8 | 2026-5-20 | novel fiction | more |
| 清风街上居民的故事。一个大家族,农民与土地的羁绊,守旧与变革的冲突,新旧时态的交替。 | ||||||
| Finished | 中县干部 | 冯军旗 | 2025-7-25 | 2025-7-31 | politics academic CPC | more |
| 非常详尽的一项田野调查研究,涨了不少见识。 | ||||||
| Queued | 我是猫 | 夏目漱石 | japanese classics novel satire | more | ||