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【】ion.nistaughttoadrebeautifulthings,notbybooksbutby soaninthe industrialageisugly,anyanina,throwingoverboardall thatisbestandfiintheirsoadrushforthi theetradition,isuglierstilltolookat.intheofshanghai,h allitslliohereisonlyoesegardenanditisownedbyajew, alloftheesehavegoneinforthetennislaetricflowerbedsand triedhedges,andtailoredtreestraiolookaperfeleoraperfee, andfloedtorepreseersoftheenglishalphabet.shanghaiisnota, butshanghaiisanonousindiayeto.itleavesa badflavourinouruthslikethoseesedecakesdeh pigslard.anditjarsonoursenseslikethoseesebrassbandsplaying”onward, arusttaketitogrowup. thereasteinaa,andisleftofitiifulnlrl papers,inoldporcelain,ipaintings,andinalltheoldkniaotyet touchedbythedeinflueneotfohebeautifuloldbooksorseethe scholarsletterpapersansspiritinoldahadan uandingoftoneandharnyandllohreedecades agothereeenen auve,andpedee,andgoodred inkpadforthesealstillhadarket.noheryhasllapsed retlybecauseartificialsilkissoheaper,anditwashessowell,andgoodred inkpad,stingthirtytarketbecauseithasgivenplace topurpleinkforrubberstas. thisagenialityisbestreflectedintheesefaliaressay,hsiaopinwen, heproductoftheesespiritatplay.thepleasuresofaleisurelylifeare itsetealthes.itssubjecttterverstheartofdrinkihecarvingofseals andtheappreciationofthecutsandthequalityofthestohetrainingof potflobinghistorically fausuntains,visitingabeautiestos,posiryuhe onandlookingatastornahighuntain梐llteninastyleleisurelyand chattyandsuave,asdisarnglyhospitableasafriendschatbythefiresideandas poetiellow,likegood oldanhappyselfandthe universe,poorinpossessionsbutrisentintsanddisatingintaste, experienplehearted,abottleofetions aapparentlyindifferenttoalltheoutsideentedandwisely idle,lovingsiliaterialliving.thisspiritofgenialityisbestseenin theprefaehers.,attributedtotheauthor,butreallyfedbythegreatsevehtury,shengtan.thisprefaitselfanexcellent exaleoftheannerandtter,readslike anessayonleisure,andtheazingthingisthatitendedbyitsauthorasa prefacetoanovel.1 1seetranslationbypearls.buallhers,johnday,1933, ina,nknodealabouttheartofallarts,viz.,theartofliving.a youngeraybekeenonkingprogress,butanoldcivilization,having seennaturallyagreatdealoflife,iskeenonlyonliving.inthecaseofa,hthe spiritofhunisakesntheanhappiness theendofallknophasisooflivingisalltherenatural.but evenanisanoldusthaveadifferentstandardofvalues, foritalonekno\vs”thedurablepleasuresoflife,”erelyttersofthe senses,food,drink,house,garden,en,andfriendship.thatises toinitsessehatisieslikeparisandviennahefe, goodenaifulsian intelligeruckablindalley,and,tiredofaskiions,tookagainthevinefor itsspouseinthekhayyaanner.anynation,therefore,thatdoesnotknoo eatandenjoylivingliketheeseisunuthanduncivilizedinoureyes. iaion devotedtothepleasuresoflife,ecuftheeseartofliving, frohehouseandgarden,interiorderations,partitions,toenstoilet, iffures,theartofapplyingpootheartofokingand direet,andfinallytotheherich nandthepoorn,andinallthefourseasons,thethodsofbanningworry, regulatingsexlife,preventingandgillness,endingintheuniquedivisionof diedicihatonelikesby teerant,””diedicihatone lovesandlongsfor.5thisardingdical advicethanaedie.thisepicuredratist,forhewasa greaticpoet,spokeofeinstancesofhisthh uandingoftheartoflivingaregivenhere,asshoheessentialese spirit, thuslilianstudyofdifferent flo: theiortantthingabouthattheirbrancheshangdoheydid nothangdoportantthatthebranchesbelong, forotherheyotshethenheuseof theirhangingdoreeisaplaadaslovetorest,ashe birds.itistothecreditofthistreethatusitheairanddonotfeello ...