星期日, 十月 28, 2007
《士兵突击》
《士兵突击》Soldier Sortie
许三多，哈哈，a Forrest-Gump-type farmer boy turned soldier
a Forrest-Gump-type farmer boy turned soldier appears on TV. Soldier Sortie is the most successful series (even more so than Prison Break, according to an internet poll) on Chinese TV at the moment. The reason is simple―we are finally getting to watch a story that comes across as real and not based around a too-perfect main character or an equally unbelievable love triangle. The hero of the series, Xu Sanduo, could be any one of us.
Prof.马一个月要做几十场讲座，他都推荐我们看了^#$%^&*……
This Forrest-Gump-type farmer boy is Hot!
引文见：http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/timeblogs/the_china_blog/~3/175279771/new_tactics_by_the_pla.html
许三多，哈哈，a Forrest-Gump-type farmer boy turned soldier
a Forrest-Gump-type farmer boy turned soldier appears on TV. Soldier Sortie is the most successful series (even more so than Prison Break, according to an internet poll) on Chinese TV at the moment. The reason is simple―we are finally getting to watch a story that comes across as real and not based around a too-perfect main character or an equally unbelievable love triangle. The hero of the series, Xu Sanduo, could be any one of us.
Prof.马一个月要做几十场讲座，他都推荐我们看了^#$%^&*……
This Forrest-Gump-type farmer boy is Hot!
引文见：http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/timeblogs/the_china_blog/~3/175279771/new_tactics_by_the_pla.html
星期六, 十月 27, 2007
星期三, 十月 24, 2007
星期日, 十月 21, 2007
读书笔记：《The Art of the Worldly Wisdom》
... The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality. All that is best is always scant, and rare, for mass in anything cheapens it. ... it is the curse of the universal man, that in trying to be everything, he is nothing.
--The Art of the Worldly Wisdom
--The Art of the Worldly Wisdom
星期六, 十月 20, 2007
读书笔记：《FREEDOM FROM THE KNOWN》
if you are learning all the time, learning every minute, learning by watching and listening, learning by seeing and doing, then you will find that learning is a constant movement without the past.
--Krishnamurti
--Krishnamurti
星期六, 十月 13, 2007
星期日, 十月 07, 2007
读书笔记：《孙子兵法》
善用兵者，役不再籍，粮不三载
……
故兵贵胜，不贵久。
--《孙子兵法》，作战第二
8. The skillful soldier does not raise a second levy,
neither are his supply-wagons loaded more than twice.
[Once war is declared, he will not waste precious time in
waiting for reinforcements, nor will he return his army back for
fresh supplies, but crosses the enemy's frontier without delay.
This may seem an audacious policy to recommend, but with all
great strategists, from Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, the
value of time -- that is, being a little ahead of your opponent --
has counted for more than either numerical superiority or the
nicest calculations with regard to commissariat.]
19. In war, then, let your great object be victory, not
lengthy campaigns.
古之所谓善战者，胜于易胜者也。故善战者之胜也，无智名，无勇功，故其战胜不忒。不忒者，其所措胜，胜已败者也。故善战者，立于不败之地，而不失敌之败也。是故胜兵先胜而后求战，败兵先战而后求胜。
--《孙子兵法》，军形第四
11. What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who
not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
[The last half is literally "one who, conquering, excels in
easy conquering." Mei Yao-ch`en says: "He who only sees the
obvious, wins his battles with difficulty; he who looks below the
surface of things, wins with ease."]
12. Hence his victories bring him neither reputation for
wisdom nor credit for courage.
[Tu Mu explains this very well: "Inasmuch as his victories
are gained over circumstances that have not come to light, the
world as large knows nothing of them, and he wins no reputation
for wisdom; inasmuch as the hostile state submits before there
has been any bloodshed, he receives no credit for courage."]
13. He wins his battles by making no mistakes.
[Ch`en Hao says: "He plans no superfluous marches, he
devises no futile attacks." The connection of ideas is thus
explained by Chang Yu: "One who seeks to conquer by sheer
strength, clever though he may be at winning pitched battles, is
also liable on occasion to be vanquished; whereas he who can look
into the future and discern conditions that are not yet manifest,
will never make a blunder and therefore invariably win."]
Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory,
for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.
14. Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position
which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for
defeating the enemy.
[A "counsel of perfection" as Tu Mu truly observes.
"Position" need not be confined to the actual ground occupied by
the troops. It includes all the arrangements and preparations
which a wise general will make to increase the safety of his
army.]
15. Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only
seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is
destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
[Ho Shih thus expounds the paradox: "In warfare, first lay
plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to
battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute
strength alone, victory will no longer be assured."]
……
故兵贵胜，不贵久。
--《孙子兵法》，作战第二
8. The skillful soldier does not raise a second levy,
neither are his supply-wagons loaded more than twice.
[Once war is declared, he will not waste precious time in
waiting for reinforcements, nor will he return his army back for
fresh supplies, but crosses the enemy's frontier without delay.
This may seem an audacious policy to recommend, but with all
great strategists, from Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, the
value of time -- that is, being a little ahead of your opponent --
has counted for more than either numerical superiority or the
nicest calculations with regard to commissariat.]
19. In war, then, let your great object be victory, not
lengthy campaigns.
古之所谓善战者，胜于易胜者也。故善战者之胜也，无智名，无勇功，故其战胜不忒。不忒者，其所措胜，胜已败者也。故善战者，立于不败之地，而不失敌之败也。是故胜兵先胜而后求战，败兵先战而后求胜。
--《孙子兵法》，军形第四
11. What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who
not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
[The last half is literally "one who, conquering, excels in
easy conquering." Mei Yao-ch`en says: "He who only sees the
obvious, wins his battles with difficulty; he who looks below the
surface of things, wins with ease."]
12. Hence his victories bring him neither reputation for
wisdom nor credit for courage.
[Tu Mu explains this very well: "Inasmuch as his victories
are gained over circumstances that have not come to light, the
world as large knows nothing of them, and he wins no reputation
for wisdom; inasmuch as the hostile state submits before there
has been any bloodshed, he receives no credit for courage."]
13. He wins his battles by making no mistakes.
[Ch`en Hao says: "He plans no superfluous marches, he
devises no futile attacks." The connection of ideas is thus
explained by Chang Yu: "One who seeks to conquer by sheer
strength, clever though he may be at winning pitched battles, is
also liable on occasion to be vanquished; whereas he who can look
into the future and discern conditions that are not yet manifest,
will never make a blunder and therefore invariably win."]
Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory,
for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.
14. Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position
which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for
defeating the enemy.
[A "counsel of perfection" as Tu Mu truly observes.
"Position" need not be confined to the actual ground occupied by
the troops. It includes all the arrangements and preparations
which a wise general will make to increase the safety of his
army.]
15. Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only
seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is
destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
[Ho Shih thus expounds the paradox: "In warfare, first lay
plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to
battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute
strength alone, victory will no longer be assured."]
星期六, 十月 06, 2007
Re: 读书摘记：Freedom From the Known
So you see that you cannot depend upon anybody. There is no guide, no teacher, no authority. There is only you - your relationship with others and with the world - there is nothing else. When you realize this, it either brings great despair, from which comes cynicism and bitterness, or, in facing the fact that you and nobody else is responsible for the world and for yourself, for what you think, what you feel, how you act, all self-pity goes.
--J. Krishnamurti, Chapt 1, Freedom From the Known
读书摘记：Freedom From the Known
Truth has no path, and that is the beauty of truth, it is living. A dead thing has a path to it because it is static, but when you see that truth is something living, moving, which has no resting place, which is in no temple, mosque or church, which no religion, no teacher, no philosopher, nobody can lead you to - then you will also see that this living thing is what you actually are - your anger, your brutality, your violence, your despair, the agony and sorrow you live in. In the understanding of all this is the truth, and you can understand it only if you know how to look at those things in your life.
--J. Krishnamurti, Chapt 1, Freedom From the Known
--J. Krishnamurti, Chapt 1, Freedom From the Known
星期五, 十月 05, 2007
推荐阅读
《孙子兵法》的英文版
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/132
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5000
Education as Service by J. Krishnamurti
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11345
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http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/132
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5000
Education as Service by J. Krishnamurti
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11345
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