Some time ago, I wanted to read the book "Zhuangzi", so I compared the information of various versions on the Internet. The first thing to consider is whether the number of articles summarized in the book is complete. It is said that "Zhuangzi" originally had 52 articles. There are no articles, so when looking for a book, check to see if there are 33 articles in the catalog. Secondly, consider the typesetting of the book. For you, the book you bought is equivalent to a long-term collection. Therefore, there are still requirements for the visual comfort of the typesetting, such as the size of the font, annotations, translation, and the font of each part. The differences between them should be coordinated as much as possible, as well as the cover of the book and whether it is hardcover or not. In the process of searching, I encountered a problem that has no solution. Each version separates each part of each chapter and annotates them separately, which leads to no vision of an article when reading. Intuitive knowledge on the subject, which was very important to you at the time, like when looking at a person, I will show you the hands today, the mouth the next day, and the legs the day after tomorrow, but there is no picture. full-body shot. After shelving it for a day or two, and having some buffer against this fact, I searched online again.
The disadvantage of online shopping is that even with pictures and text introductions, only part of the general information can be given, which cannot meet the individual needs of users. Before searching on the Internet, I went to the nearest library to search for the book "Zhuangzi". I wanted to compare the physical versions before placing an order directly on the Internet. Among the one or two books that can be found in the original work, only a few excerpts are excerpted for some annotations, and the rest are interpretations, interpretations of people from all walks of life. This is one of the three most irritating things in that library. There are always more interpretations than original works, and you can¡¯t even find the original works. Take "Dream of Red Mansions" as an example. But only two editions can be found, and each edition has only one set. When you look at it, none of the sets are completely placed there. Maybe someone borrowed it, or maybe it was lost. Compared with the original work, what is interpretation? You really don't understand the behavior of wasting a lot of resources on garbage and discarding unique treasures. By the way, two other annoying things about that library are, "Children not allowed in the lending area" and an old, ugly, self-righteous big buck tooth. As for why I didn't go to the bookstore, it's because the bookstore is too far away, and new books have protective films, which cannot be disassembled to read, and there may not be samples. Speaking of which, you really don't like places like bookstores, maybe you can't see old dust, that kind of ancient precipitation in those places.
Based on the above reasons, I decided to buy it online, and finally bought a version with a good cover and a good layout. Among the selected conditions, only one crucial condition was not included, which led to the repurchase of subsequent books, that is, the annotator. I had this problem in my mind, but I thought that what I was reading was the original work, what I was reading was Zhuangzi¡¯s thoughts, and the annotations were just a supplement. No matter how I read a book, there must be no fake ones, and the basic correctness is still there. But one in a million, but he jumped into the pit.
? Let¡¯s start with the superficial layer. Before going to bed, I flipped through the pages and annotated with a pencil. When I flipped through them, I found a strange smell on my fingertips. I was looking for the fragrance of books but the smell of ditches. Let's talk about the inside, many times in the middle of the night angrily sent wechat to g to complain about the mistakes in the book. There are blank spaces in some sentences in the text for no reason. It is absolutely not necessary for the content to contact the context. The words used for the same thing in the same paragraph in the main text appear many times, but the available words are different, and the corresponding translations are also inconsistent. It can be judged that this is not the reason for the rhetorical change. Regarding the symbols, the period appears where it should not appear, whether it corresponds to the text or the use of the sentence structure, it is wrong. Regarding the translation, some parts are very subtle, so I won¡¯t talk about it. One night, when I read a passage, I really felt that the problem was too obvious, so I went to Baidu to find a translator, and found that there was really a problem. Finally, let me talk about the unbearable point that the translator sometimes adds a sentence or two of his own understanding when explaining awkward words. This behavior is not wrong, but the translator¡¯s understanding, perception, and commonality The most terrible thing is that the translator's analysis is attached at the end of each chapter. If the previous problem is a flesh injury, even if the pain touches the muscles and bones, there is still a possibility of healing, then the final analysis is simply for the readers. The torture of the soul is a cruel extraction. To put it bluntly, the translator stands in the mundane and explains outside the mundane, without knowing it. To put it another way, it is as if Zhuangzi pointed to the bubbles floating lightly and freely in the air and said, look at those colorful bubbles, how carefree they are in the sun. However, the translator said that the liquid produced by the air bubbles is not good for the human body and is very dirty. He may also say that it is a chemical reaction that is not good for the environment. In the end, it may rise to life problems, saying that the air bubbles are fleeting things. Praise It is extremely negative. Finally, late one night, almost one o'clock in the morning,You finally can't take it anymore, and it seems more reliable to buy a new translator online. Then at about 7:30 in the morning, the hardworking courier brother delivered the courier to the downstairs of the community. When you take apart a new book, it smells like paper. This is one of the reasons why many people are obsessed with traditional reading methods instead of modern e-reading. Looking at the first page of the preface again, the "Preface to Zhuangzi" begins, "There are very few historical records about Zhuangzi. It is very clear", this is what a book should be like. After the previous edition, I saw that the first sentence at the beginning has been completely conquered. This is the mellowness and rigor that a professional research scholar should have.
Later, you went to Baidu to read the information about the translator of the first version. As for the name, I will not mention it. There are also people who bought the same version on Baidu complaining about over-interpretation and insufficient literary accomplishment. One point has been mentioned many times. The translator is a medical student. It can only be said that there are many talented people in the medical field.
Even though I have a very clear understanding and positioning of the two versions, for a while, I still want to keep both versions so that I can compare them due to some doubts in the future. Later, I thought that the first version, from the basic writing, translation, to the translator¡¯s literary accomplishment, to spiritual cultivation, is of no benefit to you, and the spiritual cultivation in it may even harm you, so there is absolutely no need to keep it. The last thing to consider is the respect for the book itself. However, you must discard what should be discarded immediately, and keeping things that should not be kept will only erode your life. So you decide to ditch it. You want to keep life pure.
Thinking about this is not particularly relevant thinking: don¡¯t think about fooling the public with clever tricks. Those who can be fooled are those who don¡¯t know well, and those who really understand will not be fooled. delivered with care. Of course it is not narcissism about this matter, but a vigilance about other things. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com