She wrote several successful comedies, and was the first Chinese person to produce a complete Chinese version of Don Quixote from the Spanish original. ! c3 s, _+ `4 K
After graduating from Soochow University in 1932, Yang Jiang enrolled in the graduate school of Tsinghua University where she met her husbandQian Zhongshu. During 1935–1938, they went to Oxford and University of London for further study.
At that time, they had their daughter Qian Yuan (錢瑗). They returned to China in 1938. Both Yang and Qian went to academics and made important contributions to the development of Chinese culture.2 o. b8 \; ^0 B- @* M; O% j8 _
Widow (遗孀) of the scholar-novelist Qian Zhongshu, she wrote a memoir (自传) called We Three (我們仨), recalling her husband and her daughter Qian Yuan (錢瑗) (1937–1997), who died of cancer one year before her father's death.
Another memoir penned by her is Six Chapters from My Life 'Downunder' (幹校六記), a lyrical and humorous record of the difficult times faced by Yang and her husband when they were sent to work on farms in the late '60s and early '70s during the Cultural Revolution.
At the age of 96, she surprised the world with her latest work Reaching the Brink of Life (走到人生邊上), a philosophic work whose title in Chinese clearly alludes to her late husband's collection of essays Marginalia to Life (寫在人生邊上).0 o4 y: d% |# U) @
我也不知道自己如今身在境界第几重。年轻时曾和社会学家费孝通讨论爱因斯坦的相对论,不懂。有一天忽然明白了:时间跑,地球在转,即使同样的地点也没有一天是完全相同的。现在我也这样,感觉每一天都是新的,每天看叶子的变化, 听鸟的啼鸣, 都不一样, 可谓是 “New experiences and new feeling in everyday."
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先来回顾一下杨绛先生关于“教育”和“读书”的一系列智慧思索
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我觉得读书好比串门儿——“隐身”的串门儿。要参见钦佩的老师或拜谒有名的学者,不必事前打招呼求见,也不怕搅扰主人。翻开书面就闯进大门,翻过几页就升堂入室;而且可以经常去,时刻去,如果不得要领,还可以不辞而别,或者另找高明,和他对质。不问我们要拜见的主人住在国内国外,不问他属于现代古代,不问他什么专业,不问他讲正经大道理或聊天说笑,都可以挨近前去听个足够。3 {" L) y5 n1 U. l$ [# ?
最后,让我们来欣赏一下杨绛先生翻译英国诗人Walter Savage Landor的诗文。I strove with none, $ C% C& {& J( ]7 T3 k. z+ q. B
for none was worth my strife; Nature I lov’d, and next to Nature, Art; I warm’d both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. ' X$ t, B5 Y6 O* |我和谁都不争, 和谁争我都不屑; 我爱大自然, 其次就是艺术; 我双手烤着生命之火取暖; 火萎了, 我也准备走了 ; A) c" O3 F; h6 `8 w
杨绛先生一路走好。
愿您在天堂与丈夫,爱女团聚。
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In the name of English study
May you rest in peace
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7 d) t7 h: C6 n0 P# S f( u% ^8 D关键词: B" x' {9 U% \% N; b [url=]Renowned[/url][url=]1[/url] Chinese Writer Yang Jiang Dies at Age 104 5 `- P! K+ k% K% h9 b# ]9 `" D* YYang Jiang was a renowned Chinese [url=]playwright[/url][url=]2[/url], author, and translator. ( s9 v. E6 }7 L9 ^She wrote several successful comedies, and was the first Chinese person to produce a complete Chinese version of Don Quixote from the Spanish original.8 Z6 Y/ m! r) \0 B
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After graduating from Soochow University in 1932, Yang Jiang [url=]enrolled[/url][url=]3[/url] in the graduate school of Tsinghua University where she met her husbandQian Zhongshu. During 1935–1938, they went to [url=]Oxford[/url][url=]4[/url] and University of London for further study." o) R( U- c! R+ O
At that time, they had their daughter Qian Yuan (錢瑗). They returned to China in 1938. Both Yang and Qian went to academics and made important contributions to the development of Chinese culture. ' i- c: A/ F/ F. h杨绛对于英语学习者的意义 % n% Y$ U+ H5 T& L! y! DWorks 著作, X, S; }5 Y6 W* @0 C
Widow (遗孀) of the scholar-novelist Qian Zhongshu, she wrote a [url=]memoir[/url][url=]5[/url] (自传) called We Three (我們仨), recalling her husband and her daughter Qian Yuan (錢瑗) (1937–1997), who died of cancer one year before her father's death.* l2 k2 R/ O8 d& {8 Q) _
Another memoir penned by her is Six Chapters from My Life 'Downunder' (幹校六記), a lyrical and humorous record of the difficult times faced by Yang and her husband when they were sent to work on farms in the late '60s and early '70s during the Cultural Revolution.; {9 n3 w/ T! e# k! x4 Z& h# r
In 1988, she published her only novel Baptism (洗澡), which was always connected with[url=]Fortress[/url][url=]6[/url] [url=]Besieged[/url][url=]7[/url] (圍城), a masterpiece (伟大的著作) of her husband. 7 {6 {; ?7 }$ i! ~) X: n, ?At the age of 96, she surprised the world with her latest work Reaching the [url=]Brink[/url][url=]8[/url] of Life (走到人生邊上), a [url=]philosophic[/url][url=]9[/url] work whose title in Chinese clearly [url=]alludes[/url][url=]10[/url] to her late husband's collection of essays Marginalia to Life (寫在人生邊上). 5 Z( O6 }5 U8 ~2 {最后,摘录两段杨先生晚年作品中的感想,与大家共勉: d/ T+ V( J6 S! b+ m
“好的教育要启发人的学习兴趣” 2 g/ l3 ]2 b! m! S我体会,“好的教育”首先是启发人的学习兴趣和学习的自觉性,培养人的上进心,引导人们好学和不断完善自己。 : K9 s1 c+ h- c* H0 [9 B“New experiences and new feeling everyday" ; `; H3 @7 S9 f4 {% v2 O我也不知道自己如今身在境界第几重。年轻时曾和社会学家费孝通讨论爱因斯坦的相对论,不懂。# E" f! v5 L- A* v" x5 M6 E- @
有一天忽然明白了:时间跑,地球在转,即使同样的地点也没有一天是完全相同的。: h6 R: w) e. }! M' V: L
现在我也这样,感觉每一天都是新的,每天看叶子的变化, 听鸟的啼鸣, 都不一样, 可谓是 “New experiences and new feeling in everyday."8 Z7 b( E4 L5 t+ E- R& d+ X1 R
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