内容简介

“The besieged city is the most delightful and carefully wrought novel in modern chinese literature;it is perhaps also its greatest nove.”

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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

目录

Authors Preface i
Translators Preface iii
Introduction v
Fortress Besieged 1
Notes 351
Chien Chung-shu and His fortress Besieged Yang Chiang
记钱锺书与《围城》 杨绛 375

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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."
……

没注意是英文版，晕，本就是天书一本，，，留着将来读吧

看完英文版后我都开始怀疑这是不是一本书了，看来中文的魅力是巨大的啊！

书本身质量没问题，有问题的是老外的那个翻译，真心一般般

京东运货速度确实不错，只不过包装太简陋了，有磕损现象。总体还不错

非常好非常好非常好非常好

　　　　不论在任何年代.只有年轻的血液才会如此沸腾和激荡.每一个人都不同程度有过自己的少年意气.有过自己青春的梦想和冲动. 　(年轻就是资本，先就业再择业，是不二的选择。曾经尝试过，曾经勇敢过，曾经奋斗过，曾经努力过，以后才不会有后悔。对一个都不敢尝试的人来说，生活永远是黑暗的！与命运抗挣的主权在你自己手里。) 他必须在这个城市里活下去.一切过去的生活都已经成为历史.而新的生活现在就从这大桥头开始了.他思量.过去战争年代.像他这样的青年.多少人每天都面临着死亡呢!而现在是和平年月.他充其量吃些苦罢了.总不会有死的威胁.想想看.比起死亡来说.此刻你安然立在这桥头,并且还准备劳动和生活,难道这不是一种幸福吗?你知道.幸福不仅仅是吃饱穿暖.而是勇敢地去战胜困难……..是的.他现在只能和一种更艰难的生活比较,而把眼前大街上幸福和幸运的人们忘掉.忘掉!忘掉温暖.忘掉温柔.忘掉一切享乐.而把饥饿.寒冷,受辱,受苦当作自己的正常生活…… 　(比起中国贫困的山村，比起那些在贫穷压力下一辈子都无法上学的孩子们，比起非洲饥肠辘辘的人们，我们还有什么话好说的呢？就更别提汶川那些废墟下再也无法拿起笔的学生们了。) 少平想起他做活的那家人对他的情义.第一次深深地感受到.人和人之间的友爱.并不在于是否是亲戚.是的.小时候我们常常把亲戚这两字看得多么美好和重要.一旦长大成人.开始独立生活.我们便很快知道.亲戚关系常常是庸俗的,互相设法去沾光.沾不上光就翻白眼,　甚至你生活中最大困难也常常是亲戚们造成的.生活同样会告诉你.亲戚往往不如朋友对你真诚.见鬼去吧,亲戚!

封面设计不错…………………………………………………………………………………………

书太旧了，在网上买过不少东西，这次不咋满意

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."