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素履之往
总觉得诗意和哲理之类。是零碎的、断续的、明灭的……蒙田勿事体系。尼采戟指架构体系是不诚实一此二说令人莞尔。虽然，诚实亦大难，盖玩世各有玩法，唯恭，恭甚，庶几为玩家。
205 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Mu Xin
47?books22?followersMu Xin (1927-2011) was the pen name of a renowned Chinese diasporan writer and artist who once lived in the New York area. Mu Xin was born in Wuzhen, South China, into a wealthy aristocratic family with business interests in Shanghai. He was among the last generation to receive a classical education in the literati tradition, but he was also exposed through voluminous reading to the highest achievements of Western art and culture.
From 1947 to 1949, Mu Xin attended Shanghai Institute of the Arts. From 1949 until 1982, when he came to the United States, MuXin lived in China. Although he wrote profusely in that period, all of his earlier manuscripts were confiscated and destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Since 1982, MuXin published twelve books of fiction, prose, and poetry (in Chinese) and contributed to literary columns in Chinese journals and newspapers outside the PRC. Among the Chinese diaspora, MuXin’s works have attracted an intense following.
Few Chinese writers in modern history have as firm a mastery of the Chinese cultural and linguistic heritage as MuXin did. Innovatively combining fiction, sanwen (a Chinese genre which blends characteristics of the essay, fiction, and poetry), and philosophical reflections, MuXin’s writing is both profoundly Chinese and reminiscent of the internalization and unconventionality of Western modern masters. In addition to his literary accomplishments, MuXin was also a well recognized artist whose paintings are preserved, among other places, at Yale University and Harvard University Art Galleries.
From 1947 to 1949, Mu Xin attended Shanghai Institute of the Arts. From 1949 until 1982, when he came to the United States, MuXin lived in China. Although he wrote profusely in that period, all of his earlier manuscripts were confiscated and destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Since 1982, MuXin published twelve books of fiction, prose, and poetry (in Chinese) and contributed to literary columns in Chinese journals and newspapers outside the PRC. Among the Chinese diaspora, MuXin’s works have attracted an intense following.
Few Chinese writers in modern history have as firm a mastery of the Chinese cultural and linguistic heritage as MuXin did. Innovatively combining fiction, sanwen (a Chinese genre which blends characteristics of the essay, fiction, and poetry), and philosophical reflections, MuXin’s writing is both profoundly Chinese and reminiscent of the internalization and unconventionality of Western modern masters. In addition to his literary accomplishments, MuXin was also a well recognized artist whose paintings are preserved, among other places, at Yale University and Harvard University Art Galleries.
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October 11, 2017
我很难想象谁会不被木心的妙语和其中蕴含的哲理所吸引。他在写这些短文时显然把尼采放在心上，不但尼采之精神不时跃然纸上，全书在形式也让人很容易联想到这位制造了不少麻烦的哲学家招牌式的格言体。对于我这个尼采的忠实读者，此书一口气读下来很是让人欣喜畅快。
April 9, 2018
一本正经地打机灵。
December 5, 2018
应该是没有读懂，因此暂时只好给出叁星，但是在读过温莎墓园日记后，又读这本，对木心的文采确乎是赞赏了
March 11, 2019
好久没有看书笑出声来了
June 30, 2020
木心真的是见多识广，十分有思想，思维也跳跃（所以我学识浅薄好多没看懂丑丑丑丑）。有时候觉得他的一些论调太绝对，但查了他的生平之后又觉得这样也正常。很喜欢他的一些毒辣妙语，但不知道有些是不是过于扎人了
October 7, 2021
刻薄语，俏皮话，对于文学艺术的见解对我启发挺大，不过多是内向的呓语，多写给自己，偶尔触及到什么人事有感而发的片段，佶屈聱牙，晦涩难懂，或许本不是写给外人看的吧。
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