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總有五å…年了å§,有一天在北京逛書店,看到部”四大å°èªª”評書(就是說書). ç¾åœ¨æ—©å¿˜äº†å¤šå°‘錢,åæ£ä¸è²´,買下來å†èªª. ä¸ä¹…開始è½æ°´æ»¸,一回åŠå°æ™‚,共百來回,有時è½è½,有時擱下,林沖宋江,從北京è½åˆ°ç¾Žåœ‹,居然è½äº†ä¸‰å¹´å¤šæ‰è½å®Œ. éŽç™®,但也åœäº†å°åŠå¹´æ‰æœ‰éŽå‹åŽ»è½ä¸‹ä¸€æœ¬:三國. 這回è½çš„勤些,但也快兩年æ‰è½åˆ°èµ¤å£ä¹‹æˆ°.å¯æ˜¯å¿ƒè£¡ç´æ‚¶,一百一å五回快完了,難é“講完赤å£å°±æ²’了嗎? 果然,關公義釋è¯å®¹é“後,就沒了. 就是最後一回. 太ä¸çˆ½äº†. 好在我剛好來了北京.上網一查,好å°å,全書365回,é‚£æ›¸åº—æ ¹æœ¬æ²’è³£å…¨.當當網有全集,88å…ƒ. ç•¶å ´(立馬)下單,下åˆé€åˆ°å…©ç›’å.å…±16å¼µCD. 365個MP3檔.看來全了. 為甚麼商人è¦åšé€™ç¨®äº‹å‘¢? ä¸å°±æ˜¯å¹¾å¼µCDå—Ž?這麼便宜æ±è¥¿,é‚„è¦æƒ¹äººç½µä¸€é™£å.嘆!
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三國(3): æ„šå¿
常山趙åé¾,å…¥åƒè»è¬é¦¬å¦‚無人之地. 殺到血染全身,精疲力盡,逃出é‡åœ. è¦ä¸æ˜¯å¼µé£›åœ¨é•·å‚å¡å–退曹兵,他一員虎將,也被蟻兵æ‰åŽ»äº†. 這仗,是為了救他”主公”劉備的兒å阿斗,後主劉禪. 這是ä¸åœ‹çš„故有美德: æ„šå¿ . “為人臣å”,å¿…é ˆè½è©±,絕å°æ•ˆå¿ ä¸äºŒ. 如果”å¿ åä¸èƒ½å…©å…¨”,é‚£åªæœ‰çŠ§ç‰²å了. å”å的倫ç†,”å›è‡£”第一,”父å”第二. 從è€é—†çš„角度看,這太美了. ä¸è«–手下人多有能力,å¸‚å ´åƒ¹å¤šé«˜. 他們一絕å°ä¸èƒ½”ä¸å¿ “,也就是ä¸èƒ½å›è®Š. 他們還得絕å°è½è©±,所有的能力,判斷力,都åªæ˜¯å°å¤–çš„. 到了è€é—†é¢å‰,æ¯å€‹éƒ½æ˜¯ç™½ç™¡,åªæœ‰è€é—†æ˜¯å°çš„. 而且他們都是”家臣”ä¸æ˜¯”å“¡å·¥”. 他們å˜åœ¨çš„目的是ä¿è·è€é—†å€‹äºº,或家人,的利益. 而éžå…¬å¸æˆ–國家. 三國ä¸,劉備是最爛的è€é—†,曹æ“,å«æ¬Šæ¯”他強多了. è‹¥éžé—œå¼µè¶™,åŠè«¸è‘›äº®çš„æ„šå¿ ,é‚£å¯èƒ½æˆä¸‰åœ‹ä¹‹å‹¢? å¿ ,當然是個美德. 但ä¸æ˜¯”å¿ å›”,è€Œæ˜¯å¿ æ–¼å€‹ç†å¿µ. 美國是第一個把這觀念æžæ¸…楚的國家. 所有的政府員工,ä»–å€‘æ•ˆå¿ çš„å°è±¡,是美國憲法,而ä¸æ˜¯ä»»ä½•çµ„織或個人. 三國時期,æ ¹æœ¬é‚„æ²’é€™è§€å¿µå‘¢. 當然,趙雲有他的è·è²¬,å…¶ä¸ä¹‹ä¸€,就是ä¿è·ç³œç”˜äºŒå¤«äººåŠå°‘主.æ‰€ä»¥ä»–æ˜¯å¿ æ–¼ä»–çš„è·è²¬. 劉備“故把親兒擲馬å‰â€ æ›ä¾†è¶™é›²çš„“雖è‚腦涂地,ä¸èƒ½å ±ä¹Ÿ.†也是ä¸éŒ¯çš„管ç†æ‰‹æ®µ.
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The Lost Gate
How nice to be sucked into a book, particularly by Orson Scott Card. This is not really a SciFi, but a fantasy. I am not entering any debates on their differences. The plots and characters are clever and vivid. Orson … Continue reading
Snoqualmie Falls
Before spring of 2013, make this fall into a small detour of a full agenda, instead of a destination. All the trails are under construction and closed. You can only view the fall from the top. I imagined it would … Continue reading
The Shadow of 9/11
Toronto’s National Post had this week-long series on the 10th anniversary of the event. The question was, “Who won this war on terrorism?” We knew that Bin Laden was killed. We knew that Al-Qaeda has effectively been destroyed. We also … Continue reading
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雙語ä¸è‹±æ–‡WordPress
Remembered that I couldn’t post Chinese blogs after upgrading WordPress to 3.x? Honestly, I did not really try very hard to solve that problem. I was a bit miffed at WordPress at breaking the backward compatibility. It was working and … Continue reading
三國(2): 官渡之戰
è½å®ŒéŽäº”關宰å…å°‡,真是éŽç™®. 劉備三兄弟終於團圓,åˆå¾—趙雲. 評書人,è¢é—ŠåŸŽ,話é 一轉,說起曹æ“ç ´è¢ç´¹. 官渡之戰是最精彩的一段,曹æ“以近å分之一的兵力,隔水å°æŠ—è¢ç´¹. å°å£˜å¤šæ™‚後,他夜襲çƒå·¢,把è¢ç´¹çš„糧燒了. è¢ç´¹æƒ³ç¨±æ©Ÿæ‹¿å®˜æ¸¡,但ä¸æ–™æ›¹æ“çƒå·¢çš„兵大å‹è€Œå›ž,å而首尾å—敵. çµæžœåè¬å¤§å…µ,åªå‰©800人退回黎陽. 這一戰,å¥ å®šäº†æ›¹æ“的地ä½,也毀了è¢ç´¹. å°æ™‚看三國,åªæƒ³è«¸è‘›äº®æ‰“å‹ä»—. 一é¢çœ‹ä¸€é¢æ°£,為什麼åˆè¼¸äº†. ç¾åœ¨çš„角度ä¸åŒäº†,官渡之戰的關éµ,是許攸倒戈,他有çƒå·¢çš„資訊,曹æ“å› æ¤å‡ºå…µå¤œè¥². 而許攸倒戈,æ˜¯å› ç‚ºè¢ç´¹æ²’有管ç†èƒ½åŠ›. æ·å²é›–以æˆæ•—論英雄,但是è¢æ›¹çš„äººæ ¼åŠç®¡ç†èƒ½åŠ›,在這官渡之戰呈ç¾ç„¡ç–‘. 從管ç†çš„角度看,官渡是雙方的”決定性時機”. 但è¢ç´¹ä»¥ç‚ºå¯ä»¥ç”¨å…µåŠ›è‡´å‹,而掉以輕心,留下了çƒå·¢é€™å¼±é»ž. 曹æ“è¦ä»¥å°‘致å‹,必然想出奇.è¢ç´¹ä½Žä¼°äº†å°æ–¹. 但曹æ“的膽è˜,å¿…é ˆä½©æœ. 敢以å分之一兵力å°æ•µ,也有”執行能力”,信任許攸,打下çƒå·¢. 這是得霸æ¥çš„能力,ä¸æ˜¯é‹æ°£.