January 2023

古老的故事 Age-old Stories 文/司马中原 译/张梦井 杜耀文 最好是夜晚，我们同坐在山间的木屋里，四面都是高耸的森林。远在我们来到这世界之前，在拨开寒云也望不见的年代，这些树便迎着风霜雨雪茁生了。人类的故事在它们听来算得上是古老的么？人的一生总是短暂的，李白的诗里有过这样的吟咏：“高堂明镜悲白发，朝如青丝暮成雪。” It’s better at night, when we all sit together in a wooden hut in the mountains with towering trees around. Long before we came to this world in the times which are too far back to see even by dispelling away the cold clouds of history, these trees

春 文/朱自清 译/葛浩文（Howard Goldblatt） 盼望着，盼望着，东风来了，春天的脚步近了。 Oh, the waiting, the waiting! Finally the east winds begin to blow, and spring is just around the corner.   一切都像刚睡醒的样子，欣欣然张开了眼。山朗润起来了，水涨起来了，太阳的脸红起来了。 The world seems to have awakened from its slumber as, excitedly, it opens its eyes. The mountains take on a luster, the waters start to rise, and there is

情与美——白先勇的痴恋与追求 Pai’s Lifelong Pursuit of Love and Beauty 白先勇《台北人》小说开头引唐朝诗人刘禹锡的《乌衣巷》，这是《台北人》的基调，其实也是白先勇的人生写照。 Kenneth Pai opens Taipei People (a collection of 14 short stories) with the Tang-Dynasty poem Blacktail Row by Liu Yuxi. This poem sets the tone for the entire book, and in fact traces out a thumbnail sketch of Pai’s own life. 将军之子、名门之后，随国民政府播迁来台，飞入寻常百姓家的他，依然在文学、戏剧各领域引领风骚，留下婉转动人的啁啁燕语。 As the son of