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愛默生的惡客
「人有兩套傳統，一套精神，一套肉體。我的祖先在紹興，我能講一口紹興話。我的精神傳統在古希臘，在意大利，在達文西。所以我說我是紹興希臘人。」──木心
生命是宇宙意志的忤逆，去其忤逆性，生命就不成其為生命。因此要生命徇從宇宙意志，附麗於宇宙意志，那是絕望的。
莊嚴與滑稽隔一層紙，對這層紙，我有興趣。每當四顧無人，忍不住伸手抽去這層紙。如若將來神明課我此罪，我有所辯：我是在四顧無人時才抽的啊。
是故對於「禪」、「禪那」、「禪宗」乃至「禪意」，我只能是個不語的旁觀者。
木心的散文文字亮麗鮮明，語法曲折有力，於人於事於物，時有超乎尋常的體察和出人意表的見解。
《愛默生家的惡客》一書中〈7克〉談生命與智慧的平衡，玄妙而透僻；〈大西洋賭城之夜〉從賭博談到生命與宇宙意志；〈恆河．蓮花．姊妹〉則藉西方人的眼光來反觀東方，憑資料加以推理想像，將自己所獲的快感傳與讀者；〈愛默生家的惡客〉則幾乎是文學作品中第一篇專寫沮喪的文章；〈你還在這裡〉、〈菸蒂〉、〈末班車的乘客〉，則是木心關心那些平凡的普通人，枝微末節的小事，都是他們筆下活生生的感情；〈韋思明〉、〈大宋母儀〉具有中國古體小說的鮮明性格，又帶著木心獨有的犀利和睿智。
生命是宇宙意志的忤逆，去其忤逆性，生命就不成其為生命。因此要生命徇從宇宙意志，附麗於宇宙意志，那是絕望的。
莊嚴與滑稽隔一層紙，對這層紙，我有興趣。每當四顧無人，忍不住伸手抽去這層紙。如若將來神明課我此罪，我有所辯：我是在四顧無人時才抽的啊。
是故對於「禪」、「禪那」、「禪宗」乃至「禪意」，我只能是個不語的旁觀者。
木心的散文文字亮麗鮮明，語法曲折有力，於人於事於物，時有超乎尋常的體察和出人意表的見解。
《愛默生家的惡客》一書中〈7克〉談生命與智慧的平衡，玄妙而透僻；〈大西洋賭城之夜〉從賭博談到生命與宇宙意志；〈恆河．蓮花．姊妹〉則藉西方人的眼光來反觀東方，憑資料加以推理想像，將自己所獲的快感傳與讀者；〈愛默生家的惡客〉則幾乎是文學作品中第一篇專寫沮喪的文章；〈你還在這裡〉、〈菸蒂〉、〈末班車的乘客〉，則是木心關心那些平凡的普通人，枝微末節的小事，都是他們筆下活生生的感情；〈韋思明〉、〈大宋母儀〉具有中國古體小說的鮮明性格，又帶著木心獨有的犀利和睿智。
256 pages, Paperback
Published August 6, 2012
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About the author
Mu Xin
33 books25 followersMu Xin (1927-2011) was the pen name of a renowned Chinese diasporan writer and artist who once lived in the New York area. Mu Xin was born in Wuzhen, South China, into a wealthy aristocratic family with business interests in Shanghai. He was among the last generation to receive a classical education in the literati tradition, but he was also exposed through voluminous reading to the highest achievements of Western art and culture.
From 1947 to 1949, Mu Xin attended Shanghai Institute of the Arts. From 1949 until 1982, when he came to the United States, MuXin lived in China. Although he wrote profusely in that period, all of his earlier manuscripts were confiscated and destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Since 1982, MuXin published twelve books of fiction, prose, and poetry (in Chinese) and contributed to literary columns in Chinese journals and newspapers outside the PRC. Among the Chinese diaspora, MuXin’s works have attracted an intense following.
Few Chinese writers in modern history have as firm a mastery of the Chinese cultural and linguistic heritage as MuXin did. Innovatively combining fiction, sanwen (a Chinese genre which blends characteristics of the essay, fiction, and poetry), and philosophical reflections, MuXin’s writing is both profoundly Chinese and reminiscent of the internalization and unconventionality of Western modern masters. In addition to his literary accomplishments, MuXin was also a well recognized artist whose paintings are preserved, among other places, at Yale University and Harvard University Art Galleries.
From 1947 to 1949, Mu Xin attended Shanghai Institute of the Arts. From 1949 until 1982, when he came to the United States, MuXin lived in China. Although he wrote profusely in that period, all of his earlier manuscripts were confiscated and destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Since 1982, MuXin published twelve books of fiction, prose, and poetry (in Chinese) and contributed to literary columns in Chinese journals and newspapers outside the PRC. Among the Chinese diaspora, MuXin’s works have attracted an intense following.
Few Chinese writers in modern history have as firm a mastery of the Chinese cultural and linguistic heritage as MuXin did. Innovatively combining fiction, sanwen (a Chinese genre which blends characteristics of the essay, fiction, and poetry), and philosophical reflections, MuXin’s writing is both profoundly Chinese and reminiscent of the internalization and unconventionality of Western modern masters. In addition to his literary accomplishments, MuXin was also a well recognized artist whose paintings are preserved, among other places, at Yale University and Harvard University Art Galleries.
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November 6, 2022德语教材带货……这书的排版有点奇怪，每页行距好宽。
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