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Feng Jicai: Spring Transport Is a Cultural Phenomenon~ 《​春运是一种文化现象》(冯骥才)with English Translations

春运是一种文化现象 Spring Transport Is a Cultural Phenomenon 冯骥才 Feng Jicai (孟庆升、刘士聪译)   如今,报知春节迫近的已经不再是腊八粥的香味,而是媒体上充满压力的热火朝天的春运了。每入腊月,春运有如飓风来临,很快就势头变猛,愈演愈烈;及至腊月底那几天,春运可谓排山倒海,不可阻遏。 Today, the advent of Spring Festival is no longer heralded by the aroma of laba porridge1, but by the hustle and bustle of Spring transport, or “Spring travel” from the passengers’ point of view, that gets thickly covered in the media. When the year enters its […]

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Hu shi: An optimist looks at china~ 《乐观看中国》(胡适)with English Translations

An optimist looks at china 乐观看中国 胡适 (彭萍 译) It is in the direction of abolishing the numerous evils of the old tradition that China has achieved the greatest success in the past few decades. She has successfully prohibited the foot-binding which has been a terrible curse to Chinese womanhood for at least a thousand years. 过去数十年间,中国在抛弃很多传统恶习方面取得了巨大成功。中国已成功废除缠足。要知道,至少一千年来,缠足一直是中国妇女可怕的梦魇。 The hereditary absolute

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Pai’s Lifelong Pursuit of Love and Beauty~《​情与美——白先勇的痴恋与追求 》 with English Translations

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

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Shu Ting: Autumn Mood~ 舒婷《秋天的情绪》with English Translations

秋天的情绪 Autumn Mood 舒婷 Shu Ting 因为是情绪,所以应是无迹可寻。 It’s a mood, so traces of it should not linger. 或许是缅怀一种逝去。在秋天里像叶子一样飘落的人和事?也可能是由于那飘落的人和事而感觉到秋意森然,又何必翻阅日历,是否已到秋分? Perhaps it’s remembering a kind of past, of people and things fallen away like leaves in autumn? Or perhaps it’s because of those people, those events, that one feels the gloomy spread of autumn, why check the

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Shi Tiesheng: Reminiscence of Autumn ~史铁生《秋天的怀念》 with English Translations

秋天的怀念 Reminiscence of Autumn 文/史铁生 译/黎历 By Shi Tiesheng /Tr. By Lily 双腿瘫痪后,我的脾气变得暴怒无常。望着望着天上北归的雁阵,我会突然把面前的玻璃砸碎;听着听着李谷一甜美的歌声,我会猛地把手边的东西摔向四周的墙壁。母亲就悄悄地躲出去,在我看不见的地方偷偷地听着我的动静。当一切恢复沉寂,她又悄悄地进来,眼边红红的,看着我。“听说北海的花儿都开了,我推着 你去走走。”她总是这么说。母亲喜欢花,可自从我的腿瘫痪后,她侍弄的那些花都死了。“不,我不去!”我狠命地捶打这两条可恨的腿,喊着:“我活着有什么劲!”母亲扑过来抓住我的手,忍住哭声说:“咱娘儿俩在一块儿,好好儿活,好好儿活……”可我却一直都不知道,她的病已经到了那步田地。后来妹妹告诉我, 她常常肝疼得整宿整宿翻来覆去地睡不了觉。 With my two legs paralyzed, my temper became very capricious. While looking at the flight array of home-coming wild geese in the sky, I could suddenly smash the glass in front of me. While listening to the sweet voice of

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Zhu Ziqing: My Father’s Back ~朱自清《背影》 with English Translations

背影My Father’s Back 朱自清Zhu Ziqing (杨宪益、戴乃迭 译) 我与父亲不相见已二年余了,我最不能忘记的是他的背影。那年冬天,祖母死了,父亲的差使也交卸了,正是祸不单行的日子。我从北京到徐州,打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。到徐州见着父亲,看见满院狼藉的东西,又想起祖母,不禁簌簌地流下眼泪。父亲说:“事已如此,不必难过,好在天无绝人之路!” Though it is over two years since I saw my father, I can never forget my last view of his back. That winter my grandmother died, and my father’s official appointment was terminated, for troubles never come singly. I went from Beijing to Xuzhou, to go back

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Lao She: A Little Sparrow ~ 老舍《小麻雀》with English Translations

小麻雀 A Little Sparrow 老舍 Lao She 雨后,院里来了个麻雀,刚长全了羽毛。它在院里跳,有时飞一下,不过是由地上飞到花盆沿上,或由花盆上飞下来。看它这么飞了两三次,我看出来:它并不会飞得再高一些。,它的左翅的几根长翎拧在一处,有一根特别的长,似乎要脱落下来。 As soon as the rain stopped, a little sparrow, almost full-fledged, flew into the courtyard. It hopped, fluttered, darting up to the edge of flower pots and back to the ground again. Watching it move up and down a couple of times, I realized that it could

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Lu Xun: Autumn Night ~ 鲁迅《秋夜​》with English Translations

秋夜 Autumn Night 鲁迅 Lu Xun (杨宪益、戴乃迭译) 在我的后园,可以看见墙外有两株树,一株是枣树,还有一株也是枣树。 Behind the wall of my backyard you can see two trees: one is a date tree, the other is also a date tree. 这上面的夜的天空,奇怪而高, The night sky above them is strange and high. 我生平没有见过这样奇怪而高的天空。 I have never seen such a strange, high sky. 他仿佛要离开人间而去,使人们仰面不再看见。 It seems to

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Bai Yansong – Home: A Changing Concept ~白岩松《家在途中​》 with English Translations

家在途中 Home: A Changing Concept 白岩松 Bai Yansong 对于我来说,家的概念随着年龄的变化而不断变化。 To me, the concept of home changes continually along with my age. 在童年的时候,家是一声声呼唤。 In my childhood, home was a string of calls. 那时的我似乎比今日的孩子拥有更多的自由。 It seems that I was entitled to more freedom than today’s children. 放学后不会先在父母前露面,而是与住的相邻的同学聚在一起, I didn’t have to show up in front of my

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Lu Xun: Snow ~鲁迅《雪》 with English Translations

雪 Snow 鲁迅 Lu Xun (杨宪益、戴乃迭译) 暖国的雨,向来没有变过冰冷的坚硬的灿烂的雪花。 The rain of the south has never congealed into icy, glittering snowflakes. 博识的人们觉得他单调,他自己也以为不幸否耶? Men who have seen the world consider this humdrum; does the rain, too, think it unfortunate? 江南的雪,可是滋润美艳之至了;那是还在隐约着的青春的消息,是极壮健的处子的皮肤。 The snow south of the Yangtze is extremely moist and pretty, like the first indefinable intimation of spring,

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