“The besieged city is the most delightful and carefully wrought novel in modern chinese literature;it is perhaps also its greatest nove.”
Introduction
Fortress Besieged,or Wei-ch’eng,first seriahzed in Literary Renaissance(Wen-i fu-hsing)and published in book form in l947,has been acclaimed as“one of modern China’Stwo best novels,” or her"greatest novel;" it has been the subiect of two
Authors Preface i
Translators Preface iii
Introduction v
Fortress Besieged 1
Notes 351
Chien Chung-shu and His fortress Besieged Yang Chiang
記錢锺書與《圍城》 楊絳 375
Shen-ming pressed down his pince-nez, cleared his throat, and said, "Mr.
Fang, what was it you were asking me that time?"
"When?" asked Hung-chien, bewildered.
"Before Miss Su came. "——Hung-chien could not recall——" It seems you were
asking me what philosophical questions I was studying, werent you?" To this usual question, Chu Shen-ming had a pat answer. Since Miss Su had not yet arrived, he had waited until now to show off.
"Oh, yes, yes."
"Strictly speaking, your statement has a slight fallacy. When a philosopher
encounters a question, his first step is to study the question. Is it a question or not? If its not, then its a pseudo-question which neednt and cant be solved. If it is a question, his second step is to study the solution. Is the traditional solution correct or should it be revised? You probably meant to ask not what question am I studying, but what question am I studying the solution of."
Fang Hung-chien was astounded, Tung Hsieh-chǖan was bored, and Miss Su was confused. "Marvelous!" exclaimed Hsin-mei. "A truly thorough analysis! Thats wonderful, wonderful! Hung-chien, youve studied philosophy, but you should be quite willing to take a back seat today. After such an excellent discussion, we should all have a glass."
At Hsin-meis insistence Hung-chien reluctantly took a couple of swallows,
saying, "Hsin-mei, I just muddled my way through a year in the philosophy department by reading a few assigned reference books. Before Mr. Chu I can only humbly ask for instruction."
Chu Shen-ming said, "Im unworthy! From what you say, Mr. Fang, it
seems you were taking the individual as a unit in reading philosophical works. That is only studying philosophers. At best its studying the history of philosophy, not philosophy itself. At most such a person could be a philosophy professor, but never a philosopher. I like using my own mind, not other peoples, to think. I read works of science and literature, but I never read works of philosophy unless I have to. A lot of so-called philosophers these days dont really study philosophy at all; they just study personalities of works in philosophy. Strictly speaking, they shouldnt be called philosophers, but rather philophilosophers. "
"Philophilosophers?" said Hung-chien. "Now thats an interesting term.
Did you coin that yourself?"
"Its a word someone saw in a book and told Bertie about, and Bertie told
me."
"Whos Bertie?"
"Russell."
……
encounters a question, his first step is to study the question. Is it a question or not? If its not, then its a pseudo-question which neednt and cant be solved. If it is a question, his second step is to study the solution. Is the traditional solution correct or should it be revised? You probably meant to ask not what question am I studying, but what question am I studying the solution of."
評分可以,是新書
評分艾希裏,如果不發生南北戰爭,他就是生活在城堡中的王子,有著優雅的談吐,高貴的齣身,紳士風度過著悠閑的生活,戰爭打破瞭這一切,他的教養,他的性格讓他無法適應這種變化,唉,悲劇啊,在平淡安全的生活裏他這樣的人應該是女孩子的首選。
評分看完英文版後我都開始懷疑這是不是一本書瞭,看來中文的魅力是巨大的啊!
評分我們也是非常普通的,可是我們自己是否也能大聲的對自己說“我不庸俗呢?”)
評分內容很好,書的裝幀設計一般,而且沒有塑封,有味,發黴的味道,可能倉庫保管不善吧
評分asking me what philosophical questions I was studying, werent you?" To this usual question, Chu Shen-ming had a pat answer. Since Miss Su had not yet arrived, he had waited until now to show off.
評分"Oh, yes, yes."
評分書質量不錯,但字體有點小瞭,讀著費勁。
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