纵观中外发展史,现在的我们已经处于《双城记》时代!
今天看了一个新闻,一群人高唱《义勇军进行曲》大闹泰国曼谷机场。多方搜集消息求证事发原因,似乎只是因不可控制因素导致飞机延误!
类似的事件最近几年可谓层出不穷。何也?民智退化,民心不古!联想到习主席十八大以来铲除的来自军队、地方、高校等等各行业,各领域的数不清的大小贪官污吏...;联想到我们各行各业的现状,联想到我们的社会风气的现状...
我们真的可以借助《双城记》(A Tale of Two
Cities)里的一段名言来描述当今的社会,当今是中国发展历史上最好的时代,也是中国发展史上最糟糕的时代:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was
the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of Light, it was the season of
Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,
we
had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct
to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way
In short, the period
was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities
insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree
of comparison only.
(A Tale of Two Cities)
这是最好的时代,这是最坏的时代,
这是智慧的时代,这是愚蠢的时代;
这是信仰的时期,这是怀疑的时期;
这是光明的季节,这是黑暗的季节;
这是希望之春,这是失望之冬;
人们面前有着各样事物,人们面前一无所有;
人们正在直登天堂;人们正在直下地狱。
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总之,那时跟现在非常相象,某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好,是最高级的;说它不好,也是最高级的。
(A Tale of Two
Cities)
著名的翻译家魏易曾用颇具文采的中国语文把上面一段英文翻译如下:
“时之圣者也,时之凶者也。此亦蒙昧世,此亦智慧世。此亦笃信之年,此亦大惑之年。此亦光明时节,此亦黯淡时节。此亦多丽之阳春,此亦绝念之穷冬。人或万物具备,人或一事无成。我辈其青云直上,我辈其黄泉永坠。当时有识之士咸谓人间善恶或臻至极,亦必事有所本,势无可绾。但居之习之可也。”
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