闲情偶寄

by Li Yu, 王永宽 (Editor), 王梅格 (Editor)

明末清初文学家李渔的《闲情偶寄》，又名《笠翁本草》，共分《词曲》、《演习》、《声容》、《居室》、《种植》、《饮馔》、《器玩》、《颐养》八部，是李渔一生艺术和生活经验的总结，触及中国古代生活的许多领域，是明清小品文中最富盛名的一种。此书自康熙十年（1671）付梓以来，一直备受瞩目。本次约请李渔研究专家，以国家图书馆藏翼圣堂本为底本，进行精心校勘、晓畅翻译、详尽准确的注释和见解独到的题解。

Genres: Domestic, China

466 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2013

About the author

Li Yu (Chinese: 李漁; pinyin: Lǐ Yú, given name: 仙侣 Xiānlǚ; style name: 笠翁 Lìwēng) (1610—1680 AD), also known as Li Liweng was a Chinese playwright, novelist and publisher. Born in Rugao, in present day Jiangsu province, he lived in the late-Ming and early-Qing dynasties. Although he passed the first stage of the imperial examination, he did not succeed in passing the higher levels before the political turmoil of the new dynasty, but instead turned to writing for the market. Li was an actor, producer, and director as well as a playwright, who traveled with his own troupe. His biographers call him a "writer-entrepreneur" and the “most versatile and enterprising writer of his time”.

Li is the presumed author of Ròu pútuán (肉蒲團, The Carnal Prayer Mat), a well-crafted comedy and a classic of Chinese erotic literature. He also wrote a book of short stories called Shí'èr lóu (十二樓, "Twelve Towers"). In his time he was widely read, and appreciated for his daringly innovative subject matter. He addresses the topic of same-sex love in the tale Cuìyǎ lóu (萃雅樓, "House of Gathered Refinements"). This is a theme which he revisits in the collection Wúshēng xì (無聲戲, "Silent Operas" i.e. "novels") and his play The Fragrant Companion. The painting manual Jieziyuan Huazhuan was prefaced and published by Li in Jinling.

Li was also known for his informal essays, or xiaopin (小品), and for his gastronomy and gastronomical writings. Lin Yutang championed Li and translated a number of these essays. Li's whimsical, ironic "On Having a Stomach" proposes that the mouth and the stomach "cause all the worry and trouble of mankind throughout the ages." He continues that the "plants can live without a mouth and a stomach, and the rocks and the soil have their being without any nourishment. Why, then, must we be given a mouth and a stomach and endowed with these two extra organs?" Lin also translated Li's "How to be Happy Though Rich" and "How to be Happy Though Poor", and "The Arts of Sleeping, Walking, Sitting and Standing", which illustrate his satirical approach to serious topics

Reviews

[王维蔚WeiweiWang · Rating 4 out of 5]

李渔的小品也是闲来翻翻最好的，然而讲述自己的品味时候又难免想要百科全书般写尽，偶尔有些枯燥。他品味还是极好，很有趣，明清时候这样的人必然不少，如今虽然少有了，他偶尔有的油腻劲倒被学得不行。这一版装帧很好，还藏有《陶庵梦忆》。相比还是更喜欢《梦忆》。