January 2023

磕磕绊绊到百年 Quarrels and Squabbles Enliven a Marriage 丁敏 Ding Min 街头，偶遇多日不见的好友，正与未婚夫一起选购结婚用品，花花绿绿五彩缤纷的东西，抱了满怀。我独被一摞镀光的小号铝盆吸引，数了数足有四五个。朋友笑道：“成了新家，少不了要用，淘米，洗菜，作汤盆、菜碗都可以。又光洁又明亮，多好看。是吧？”她把头一歪，娇憨地看了看未婚夫。那高高大大的未婚夫回了一个蓄满温情的微笑。 One day in the street I ran into a good friend whom I had not seen for along time. She was shopping with her fiancé for their wedding. In her arms were many fancy and gaudy things, among which I was particularly attracted by […]

夏丏尊 / 著 蔡力坚 / 译 在我过去四十余年的生涯中，冬的情味尝得最深刻的，要算十年前初移居白马湖的时候了。十年以来，白马湖已成了一个小村落，当我移居的时候，还是一片荒野。春晖中学的新建筑巍然矗立于湖的那一面，湖的这一面的山脚下是小小的几间新平屋，住着我和刘君心如两家。此外两三里内没有人烟。一家人于阴历十一月下旬从热闹的杭州移居这荒凉的山野，宛如投身于极带中。 The winter chill I experienced some ten years ago by Lake Baima remains the most vivid memory about winter in my forty-plus years of life. When my family moved there, we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere, though a small village has sprung up since then. On

THE END OF LIFE By Lin Yutang THE END OF LIFE, being the first section of the last chapter “Epilogue” of Lin Yutang’s My Country and My People, published in New York by the John Day Publishing Company, 1935. Lin Yutang，林语堂（1895-1976）, Chinese philologist and author. His My Country and My People has won for him both