孔子愛吃薑

韓良露：孔子愛吃薑

【聯合報╱韓良露】 2009.09.28 02:31 am

帶外國朋友去台北孔廟參觀，之後到酒泉街上吃夜市，選了一間賣鵝肉的老店，切了一盤鵝肉、鵝腸、米血粿等等，正當我挾起薑絲混合鵝肉沾醬時，來自法國對飲食文化深感興趣的皮耶突然問我是不是很喜歡吃薑，他說這幾天跟著我東吃西吃，看我不管叫什麼菜，似乎都有薑。 我這才回想起來，這幾天不管是帶皮耶去吃鹹粥早餐，叫的紅燒肉中有薑絲，中午去吃滷肉飯、切的黑白切，不管是豬心、豬肝等等，都灑上大量的薑絲，晚上去吃客家菜，叫的薑絲大腸、酸菜肚片湯也都有薑絲，第二天早上去吃米粉湯，滷豆腐中也有薑絲，中午吃的切仔麵，叫的花枝、鯊魚煙又有薑絲，如今坐在這兒吃鵝肉，吃來吃去，一直重覆的食材就是薑絲，難怪皮耶會這麼問了。 平常不怎麼想薑的重要性的我，因為剛好坐在孔老夫子的廟前，忽然想到了他老人家在論語中提到的「不撤薑食」，哎呀！原來這幾日我餐餐中都有薑，正是延續著春秋以來的食典。 我想著如果孔仲尼跨越時光隧道回到人間，他恐怕來台灣吃夜市，比回山東老家還對味吧！如今的魯菜較少用薑，當然更不會盤盤菜上都擺薑，這麼做菜的地方，除了因台灣料理沿襲的閩菜文化（但奇怪的是我去福建時反而不見當地人這麼大量使用薑），許多菜中都會放薑，連炒青菜都用薑絲炒，煮湯也都要灑薑絲，黑白切當然盤盤中都墊薑絲，薑幾乎無所不在。還有來自中原的客家料理也很愛用薑，但執行「不撤薑食」最徹底之處恐怕就是日本人，想想他們餐桌上永遠放著的那一罐醃薑，吃壽司時配薑片、吃鰻魚飯有薑、吃拉麵也放薑，每一份日式定食中一定都有薑。 薑、蔥、蒜是東方料理中的三大香辛料，都有去腥除菌的功能，但其中只有薑非五葷，是出家人不必忌口的，也只有薑吃了後口不臭（台灣民間的傳說中就有孫悟空吃薑後口是香的故事），這點和吃完蔥、蒜後的感受大大不同。薑的運用又比蔥、蒜廣，薑絲可以炒肉片，可以煎魚，也可以煮蛤蜊湯，燉麻油雞，換成是蔥、蒜，用來炒肉片可，但用來煮清湯則不如薑。在廚房中如果在薑、蔥、蒜中只能選一樣做去腥的配料，我一定是挑薑，這個道理孔老夫子恐怕也同意吧！ 一般人可能不太注意，薑其實是秋季作物，中秋後嫩薑上市，深秋後老薑出場，薑有補肺氣的功能，做成薑糖可以治咳，熬成薑茶可以預防感冒，入冬後進補禦寒，薑更是主角，從簡單的地瓜煮老薑湯到豐盛的薑母鴨、羊肉爐，都需要老薑來散風邪治寒熱。 薑是華夏文明的寶物，在傳說中神農大帝發現了薑的妙處，幾千年下來，我在孔廟前小吃，想著孔子「不撤薑食」的說法，如今還在台灣的飲食中牢牢實踐著，立即有一份歷史的貼心。薑心比心，九月廿八日孔誕日若要為孔子辦一場壽宴，每一道菜都有薑的薑宴，或許是不錯的選擇。

吧嘎野鹿！

混蛋野鹿，又来偷吃花，这次可被我鹿賍俱获！满满的花，都被吃的零零落落的了。

臺灣行紀事

June 26-July 3 2009

• 我又回到生我育我的臺灣，心中忐忑而又興奮。最深的印象是城市變得乾凈，地上無紙屑，也不容易找到垃圾桶。孰為因，孰為果，實在難說。但是這乾凈的城市是代表國民教育的成功，也已成為我在妻兒面前自豪的后盾。垃圾不落地實在是很好的施政措施。
• 今天在動物園中看到一位阿婆拼命擠一個空瓶子，然後再努力地塞進她漂亮的提包。這是我今日遊園印象深刻處之一。
• 木柵動物園是我初訪。園內處處可見用心，設施充分考慮到與小孩子的互動。安白，安末在園中極是興奮，很開心。他們開心，我也開心。
• 廁所改進極大。往日為人詬病的髒污已不復見。這是國民教育成功之例證。我為此感到自豪。
• 守秩序也處處可見。上車排隊守秩序，文蕾在動物園乘導覽車時，忙著照相，一時不察，未守秩序，乘錯車位，自己最後又乖乖坐回規定之座位。平日伶牙俐齒的她，這次也為之語塞，乖乖認錯。此事應該給了她對臺灣守法重紀之印象。佳事也。
• 交通便利是另一值得大書特書之事。高鐵，捷運，鐵路，公車等大眾交通把臺灣城鄉差距拉到極小。下午五點尚在臺中，六點時分已在臺北士林夜市大啖美食。這在以往是不可想像之事。難得不用自己開車，我在臺灣極享受便利的大眾交通工具。政權更迭，但文官系統還是穩定，交通建設及政策繼續推動，這是了不起之事。事雖小，可以見大。
• 大眾運輸發達連帶使得城市交通大為改善。北市車輛比起十幾年前，明顯減少。在臺北101往下看，車輛并不多。又一佳事也。
• 臺北市容實在很醜，但是乾凈。
• 日月潭亦是初訪。湖光山色美不勝收。青山綠水，白船點點；藍天白云，清風習習。日月潭好似處子，不施粉黛。
• 日月潭管理不容攤販，返湖以清凈，實乃拜921地震之賜，可謂塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
• 三伏天氣又濕又悶又熱，我實在吃不消。臺北什麼都好，就是天氣不好。大熱天，食不下咽，對於逛夜市，興趣全無。
• 沉悶濕熱的天氣，使我由衷佩服化妝品商人的研發功力，也佩服臺灣女人把胃口和其他感官分而治之的功夫。我看著一個又一個美女在令我汗流浹背的溫度濕度中，在令人擠得喘不過氣的夜市里，居然可以頂著濃妝，優雅而從容地“吞食”著臭豆腐，鴨血湯。我盯著她們直看，直到女孩們注意到我。我不是對她們有興趣，我是對她們的化妝有興趣---我滿身大汗，為何她們的妝不花？
• 在國家傳統藝術中心，和小孩們一同欣賞了九歌兒童偶戲團的精彩表演--新編東郭狼。狼最後是被送進動物園，皆大歡喜。
• 在九份觀山觀海。九份上次來還是十幾年前大學時一群同學騎機車來玩。唉，往事如風，如今天各一方，俱往矣。現在九份販子太多，淹沒了九份的美。只有在一家叫觀山海的咖啡座才得以欣賞到九份的山海風光。在涼亭遇一老嫗，她極力推薦金瓜石。無奈已近安白安末下午時差昏睡時分，我惟恐不勝負荷，只得作罷。金瓜石乃電影無言的山丘取景地，九份系悲情城市拍攝點，兩者皆因電影而鹹魚翻身。老婦力陳金瓜石風光如何勝似九份，蓋因山勢開闊使然。電影無言的山丘中時而可見山頂開闊俯視海洋之景，斯言當不虛。

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Saturday Fever

It sounds very much like another Wenlei's crazy plan--starting from 10:00 AM, we have classes one after another till 5:00 PM, at least for Anbo.

We began a family ice skating class at 10:00 AM, which means I no longer can lie down on the bed and enjoy the peaceful Saturday morning. We drove half an hour to the ice rink, had a 30-minute session there, and took 30 minutes back home. No time to enjoy lunch, because Anbo and I had to catch the Chinese school by 1:00 PM.

All of us were busy in the afternoon. Anbo had the tightest schedule--a Chinese class from 1 to 3 PM, a WuShu class from 3 to 4 PM, and a clay-shaping class from 4 to 5 PM. I had an 'adult' Chinese calligraphy session from 2 to 3 PM, and an 'adult' tennis class from 3 to 4 PM. After Anmo's nap, Wenlei rushed for her dance session from 3 to 4 PM, and took Anmo for his Chinese painting class from 4 to 5 PM.

Crazy may it sound like, the schedule turned out to be fine. Kids liked their classes. Anbo liked his WuShu class very much. In the parking lot, he could not wait to show us what he just learned. Anmo enjoyed running around in the classroom. Anyway, Anmo claimed that he liked the Chinese painting class. ( Didn't I tell you that this is another Wenlei's crazy plan? 8) )

As for me, my 'adult' calligraphy class was full of little kids, and I am the only adult student. Yet, I still enjoyed it. I decided to skip the tennis session since I was late for the class, and it was obvious that I would become the only adult student again. For the calligraphy, being the only adult student was O.K.; for the tennis, it was TOO MUCH!

Thankful to Wenlei's crazy plan, Wenlei and I had a quiet time together at night.

Many parents sign up their kids for various school activities. While kids are learning, parents often just either chat or do nothing. If parents want their kids to learn, why don't these parents show that they themselves like to learn, too? At least, I would have more tennis playmates..

乒乓手扎

昨夜第二次去打乒乓球。球感恢復不少，比第一次感覺好多了，上次我生疏到連發球都不會了。

昨天的幾場比賽，我都贏了。主要是靠落點及節奏變化。球本身倒不太犀利，正手仍是大漏洞。
贏球時非常興奮，好久都沒有這種激情了，看來我還是喜歡這種刀尖舐血的日子。感覺斗志昂揚。

同李志宏練了左推右攻。下次加練臺內起板，及發小球。

有個淡水來的同鄉，他是異質膠面。一面長膠，一面反膠。打長膠主要是要倒轉自己的打法--欲上則下，欲下則上，板型略正，用力不要太大。要有耐心，待對方球路高了，再伺機扣殺。我起先老輸球，後來才想起來這套我從前歸納的要點，局面才就此扭轉。

對快攻型的對手，還是頗感吃力。下次要多跟快攻型的多打。

那里的球友水平頗高，我期待一個一個去叫陣比試，提高自己的球技。

要開始練步伐了。每天跳繩一千下。

马扎

这次在大陆四处云游，不论是在大江南北，我都见到一种形制简便，用处极大的木质小家具--马扎。回来後，久久不能忘怀，心痒难耐，动手试制。

用废硬木板料备料制成角材，榫头用出头榫，暫不加木钉，日后若鬆脫再補上。因木料取材於廢料，有螺絲痕若干，擬修以補土，飾以不透明漆。坐處擬用繩密編。

榫頭技術上有長進，曉得了（榫頭）盈（榫眼）虛相配的道理，也知道了敲打木頭的秘訣。刨備料技術仍待改進。

甘露丸什麼東西做的

達賴來台／甘露丸、金鋼繩　信徒有吃又有拿. 密宗里何謂甘露? 達賴的甘露丸是用什麼東西做的? 搞清楚了再吃不遲。

From this link: 按照喇嘛教的理論，大成就的上師的大香、小香，是製作甘露丸的上品材料，因此，大成就的上師的屎尿極為珍貴。例如：1954年，十四世達賴喇嘛到北京參加 人大會議時，他的屎尿都被收集在金盆裏送回拉薩做成甘露丸。青海省主管宗教事務的一位元官員說，十世班禪在青海巡視的時候，陪同人員特別要注意的一件事就 是隱蔽地處理班禪的糞便。一旦被密教徒發現班禪的糞便在哪里，就會被群而分之，拿回去製作甘露丸。

順帶一談，密宗里五肉包括人肉，尤其是有成就的修行人的肉。至此，突然明白為什麼西游記里所有的妖魔鬼怪都要吃唐僧肉。原來里面有密宗的影子在。

The son, the father and the DS

安白吵著要DS。這是他暑假參加暑期營的結果。眼界開了，不再是井底蛙。我告訴他，吵沒有用，對爸爸沒有效果。吵要是有效，乃父當年早就有“超合金”玩具了。

這小子改變方法，知道爸爸講道理，變成每天跟我列舉玩DS對小朋友有什麼好處, 叨叨絮絮，我每天耳根不得清凈。大部分是胡扯，只有一個是對的--手指頭可以動得很快。

小子有個好處，講道理。你說得有道理，他通常會聽。我很想讓他多學習，多識字，我把我的想法告訴他。爺兒倆討論來，討論去，終於約法三章--只要他讀完Nania的The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe，我就獎他一個DS.

他擔心不會讀。我想了個法子--借了unabridged的audio book。每晚聽故事，讓他對故事先有些了解，提高興趣。每天睡覺前，讀一頁，陪他讀，讓他自己拼念。讀完一頁就在那一頁蓋個章。第二天再問他生詞還記不記得。

在驢子前面蘿卜掛上了，就看驢子自己上不上道了。

Note: 小子怕巫婆，一聽書名有個巫婆，就不太想讀了。他沒有直接拒絕，迂回搞了兩三天，終於告訴我為什麼不想讀這本書。現在換一本講狒狒的。

閑章一枚

拿做馬扎榫頭剩下的木料，自己刻了一個閑章。

我左手天生就像達文西一樣可以寫流暢的反字，所以打小刻圖章，從來就是拿了筆直接寫了就刻，毫不拖泥帶水。

在我眼里看來，簡繁，正反都是一個樣，沒有區別。

王世襄的“明式家具研究”

這次七月的臺灣及大陸旅行，我自己最大的收獲就是買到了王世襄的“明式家具研究”。這是早就鎖定的目標，只是一直在等待機會。

在臺灣，根本沒有機會逛書店。在臺灣五天，只有20分鐘在國家戲劇院地下室的誠品隨便看看。在那里沒看到王世襄的書。

在重慶，倒是有機會逛書店了。可惜那么大的西南重要城市，畢竟書味不濃。解放碑的新華書店內倒是有三聯書店分部，但那里的書少，書選的也不好。王世襄的書倒是有，但只有一本錦灰堆III。那不是我要的。

後來旅行至杭州西湖，青島，一來地方不熟，二來時間不裕，逛書店只是白日作夢。

終于到了旅行的終點--北京，即將搭機返美，心里暗自發愁，難道就此入寶山而空回？在王府井大街上，文蕾正要去百年老店東來順同她的同學見面，我眼尖，看到有一“外文書店”，心想這是最後的機會了，就要文蕾自己帶孩子赴約，我“請假”二十分鐘，進書店逛逛。

唉，我只能說畢竟京城就是京城，底蘊到底是足。一進書店，很容易就找到了夢寐以求的“明式家具研究”。王其它的書也一應俱全。十分鐘後，我就拎著書，趕赴東來順，心中為此次旅行劃下我自己的句點。

The Alchemist

Finished "The Alchemist". A simple but great story. Will be a good one for my sons.

Following one's dream is not easy. The boy's father is very kind, and the boy gifted, so he can finally succeed.

Table tennis at Potomac Community Center

I went to play Pingpong this Wednesday night at the Potomac Community Center. So many good players there! Saw few guys I met in the tournaments. There was an Asian lady who played so well with such an excellent pace. People told me she came from Korea. My intuition told me that she was a national player. Hope to find out who she is.

My skills are rusty, but should come back soon. After so many years, I finally had a good night there. I am looking forward to the next one.

测试从信件发博客附图

大鹏一日同风起，扶摇直上九万里。
假令风歇时下来，犹能簸却沧溟水。
时人见我恒殊调，见余大言皆冷笑。
宣父犹能畏后生，丈夫未可轻年少。

屏東村民嗆縣長 遭議員拿磚頭砸傷

心情不好就可以为所欲为？还有三字经跟五字经内容不是都一样？只是後者把行为目标描述得更具体罢了。为啥一个可以忍受，一个不行？什么一团乱七八糟的理由。

屏東村民嗆縣長 遭議員拿磚頭砸傷

• 2009-08-25
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　屏東縣長曹啟鴻今天到屏東縣淹水區萬丹鄉灣內村，了解災民有何需求，被村民施松井嗆五字經，民進黨縣議員盧同協火大以磚頭砸傷施松井，盧同協說，他為自己情緒失控道歉。

　「我可以忍受他罵縣長無能，也可以忍受三字經，就是沒辦法忍受罵五字經，誰無父母」，盧同協說。

　65歲的施松井被盧同協砸傷，送醫治療，耳朵及耳後撕裂傷，各縫了12針，右腳踝骨裂，右手肘挫傷，還在住院中。

　盧同協說，他會情緒失控是有原因的，從災情發生後，他就一直在救災，最近灣內村民又發生淹水後的集體發燒，昨天晚間他與縣長去醫院探視發燒住院的村民，看到許多家庭全家住院，村民受到如此的苦難，他心情很不好。

　今天，盧同協請縣長到灣內村了解村民的需求，曹啟鴻到灣內村，一下車就被施松井嗆五字經，施松井覺得曹啟鴻太晚到；盧同協說，他因為連日來村民不斷遭受災情和疫情，情緒不是很好，所以才會失去理智。

　盧同協說，他打人不對，為他的行為向當事人和社會道歉，也願意負所有的責任。

　施松井已向警方報案，他說，他罵人不對，但盧同協要打也用手打就好，用磚頭會打死人。

　曹啟鴻則說，他是來聽聽民眾的聲音，發生這種事，他很遺憾。980825

诚哉斯言！

凱撒的面具－馬英九犯的錯誤跟布希完全一樣

• 2009-08-20
• 中國時報
• 【王健壯】

　國家發生大災難時，總統必須同時扮演三種角色：果斷的三軍統帥，撫慰人心的傳教士，以及替人民發聲的國家發言人。

　民眾，尤其是倖存者，他們在災難過後，想從政府，尤其是國家領導人身上，尋求三樣東西：尋求領導，尋求撫慰，以及尋求保證。

　但馬英九在莫拉克災變中，就像小布希在卡崔娜災變中一樣，應該扮演的三種角色都徹底失敗；民眾想從他們身上尋求的三樣東西，也全部落空。

　莫拉克與卡崔娜救災，都是一樣亂無章法，但布希歸咎於「卡崔娜是個不正常的颶風」；馬英九卸責給「莫拉克帶來百年罕見雨量」。而且他們都忘了，當統帥走上第一線救災時，就應該抓大放小，但布希卻像開洗衣清單一樣，洋洋灑灑列出各種聯邦救援數字；馬英九也一一列舉，十天救出了多少人，其中直升機又救出多少人等等。但總統祇知「計算」而不知「領導」，不但讓災難「瑣細化」，也「瑣細化」了他們的領導角色。

　另外，他們也都缺乏「情境警覺」。災變中死了那麼多人，那麼多人流離失所，但布希在救災過程中，卻不忘笑談他年少輕狂時在紐奧良花天酒地的往事，「沒有了紐奧良，美國還像是美國嗎？」這種幽默，讓災民怎能不欲哭無淚？

　馬政府官員也不遑多讓。數百具屍骨未寒，邱正雄卻委屈辯駁「我三天沒回家，今天連早餐都沒吃」；薛香川也納悶「父親節吃個飯有錯嗎？我岳父愛吃地瓜稀飯」。黎民冤亡，累累河邊骨隨處可見，災民哭救，淒淒夢裡人各地盡是，中央大員卻以家未回、餐未食為憾，政府不仁，莫過於此。

　馬英九的「國慶停辦」與「南太平洋訪問取消」，也讓人有不知從何說起之嘆：災民命在旦夕，你辦不辦國慶，出不出國訪問，干我何事？於我何益？國家領導人與災民「疏離」至此，簡直不可思議。

　更重要的是，總統有特殊話語權，國家災難發生後，舉國能行使「國家哀悼」話語權的，唯總統一人。他必須要像個傳教士，哀悼死者，撫慰倖存者，團結浩劫後不安的全國人心，既要把國家悲劇「意義化」，更要把「毀滅」轉換成「重生」。

　但布希與馬英九卻始終未曾進入這樣的「人性空間」裡。紐奧良全市淹沒，布希卻祇在幾千呎高空上「鳥瞰」災情；災民哭喊求見時，馬英九卻皺眉以對「你不是見到我了嗎？」土石流奪命，馬英九也歸咎「他們不撤離」，並且自嘲「我是大號出氣筒」。上帝可以高高站在雲端上，但行使「國家哀悼」話語權的總統，卻必須走下雲端，與民為伍也與民同悲，腦子裡與嘴巴上也應該祇有一個代名詞：「我們」，否則，國家領導人怎能說出或做出感動人心的言行？

　而且，傳教士是沒有「自我利益」的，也不需要「自我辯護」；災民痛罵國家領導人罔顧人命時，傳教士必須概括承受，絕不替個人利益辯解。但布希卻將應該由他承擔的責任，轉移給不願放棄權力的州長與市長，以及不專業而遭撤換的聯邦救難署署長。

　馬英九也是一樣。別人說他未發布緊急命令，不像個三軍統帥，救災無能無方，對災民冷漠冷血時，他也替自己辯護：「我的領導強而有力，但不是在媒體面前展現」；幾百條人命在災變瞬間消失，數萬人至今無家可歸，他卻還像個法律系的模範生：「我是依法行事，不能為所欲為」。

　「一個祇會自我防衛、自我辯護的傳教士，根本就稱不上是個傳教士」，小布希當年曾經被美國輿論這樣的定位；馬英九在莫拉克災變中，也完全不像個「國家傳教士」，他把「國家哀悼」這個總統的特殊權力，糟蹋得一乾二淨。

　「他們展現他們的領導能力，他們講到我們內心深處，他們撫慰我們的傷痛，他們讓我們相信，我們的苦難不會重覆，我們能有一個安全的未來」，卡崔娜災變後，美國一位學者替民眾描繪出他們心目中的災難總統條件；小布希已可聽而不聞，馬英九雖為時已晚，但為來者追，卻不能不聽，不能不引為血淚殷鑑；這才是災變對他的教訓，不是對災民的教訓。

　（作者為中國時報前社長）

青花瓷化学版

真是太牛了, 我佩服得五体投地! 我高中有這樣的老師就好了，也不會最後化學只有30分。

books now, in the past, and for the future

The books I am reading

• Milton Friedman's Captialism and Freedom
• 春膳 by 伊莎貝拉．阿言德
• [P] My Job Went to India--52 Ways to Save Your Job, by Chad Fowler
• [P] Ship It. A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects, by Jared Richardson & William Gwaltney, Jr.
  

The books I've read

• [P] Design Patterns Explained, by Alan Shalloway & James R. Trott
• [P] Eclipse Rich Client Platform: Designing, Coding, and Packaging Java™ Applications, by Jeff McAffer, Jean-Michel Lemieux
• How to read a book, by Mortimer J. Adler
• [P] Robust Java, by Stephen Stelting -- Just skimming. Not worthy for insepctional reading.
• [P] The Pragmatic Programmer, by Andrew Hunt,David Thomas -- Very insightful. I view it as a distilled version of 'Code Complete'.
  
• [P] The Concurrent Programming in Java. 2nd, by Doug Lea -- A deep book.
• [P] Design Pattern, by GoF.
  
• [P] POSA I, II, III
• [P] The Art of Computer Programming, I, by Knuth.
• [P] Compilers, by Aho, Sethi, Ullman
• [P] The Mythical Man-Month, by F. P. Brooks, Jr. -- Full of timless hard-learned experiences.
• [F] The Quiet American, by Graham Greene -- One of few novels I never forgot, somehow.
• [F,P] Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, by Robert Pirsig.
• [F] The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis
• The Magician's Nephew
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Horse and his boy
• Prince Caspian
• [F} Novels by Michael Crichton:
• Eaters of the Dead
• Jurassic Park
• The Lost World
• Prey
• Timeline
• State of Fear
  
• Next
• The Andromeda Strain
• Congo
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkings
• [F] Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Mythology, by Hamilton Edith
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
  
• [F] Novels by Neal Stephenson
• The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
• Snow Crash
• iWoz, by Steve Wozniak
• [P] Python Programming on Win32
• 京都一年， by 林文月
• 饮膳札记，by 林文月 （中文佳作讲就“情景交融”，“外景”是“内情”的对立面。可以是景观，也可以是食物，或是抽象过程，林文月的文字可以称得上是情景交融 ）

• 喜乐京都，by 寿岳章子
• 魔戒 I, II, III, and 哈比人历险记，by J. R. R. Tokien ( translated by 朱学恒 )
• [P] .Net Framework Essentials, by Thuan Thai & Hoang Lam
• [R] 朱利安诺的厨房：意大利总汇--家乡风味，by朱利安诺格萨里 Guiliano Gasali's Kitchen 04, by Giuliano Gasali
• 总裁狮子心, by 严长寿
• 死亡与童女之舞，by 胡因梦 (烂书不值一读， 我浪费了三小时。。）
• 十年一觉电影梦--李安传， by 张靓蓓
• 中国飞弹之父—钱学森之谜， by 张纯如
• How Not to Write, The Essential Misrules of Grammar, by William Safire
• [P] Code Complete 2nd. by Steve McConnell
• On Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins (the inventor of PalmPilot)
  
• Adventures of a Bystander, by Peter F. Drucker
• [F] Stardust, by Neil Gaiman. A whimsical fairy tale. I like it.
• 天葬，西藏的命運， by王力雄
• The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang (张纯如)
  
• The Logic of Life, by Tim Harford. Why my boss is overpaid? Why am I like a rat racing in a cage?
• Utopia, by Thomas More
  
• [W] Encyclopedia of Furniture Making, by Ernest Joyce
• [W] Authentic Arts & Crafts Furniture Projects, by The Editors of Popular Woodworking
• [W] Choosing & Using Hand Tools, by Andy Rae
• [F] Lost Horizon, by Jame Hilton
• [W] The complete book of Woodworking
• [W] Understanding Wood Finishing, by Bob Flexner
• [W] Basic Woodworking Tips and Techniques
• [W] Measure Twice, Cut Once, by Norm Abraham
• [W] The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft, by Roy Underhill
• The Complete Joy of Home Brewing 3rd Edition, by Charlie Papazian
• [W] The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker's Reflections, by George Nakashima
• Civilization on Trial & The World and the West, by Arnold Toynbee
  
  

The books I plan to read

• The ABC of Reading, by Ezra Pound
• [P] The Art of Computer Programming, II, III, by Knuth.
• [P] Core J2EE Patterns 2nd Edition, by D. Alur..etc.

The books on pending

• Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, by Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
• The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin

Recommended books

National Review's 100 Best Books

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

In two days, I finished the book. The book answered many questions, which I often pondered, but was unable to figure out.

When I served in military in Taiwan, I was trained to operate and maintain wireless telecommunication stations. All of the equipments including stations were built by U.S. companies. The military highly depended on the services from these U.S. companies. Without them, I highly doubt the self-sustainability of these stations. Besides, I heard that China also purchased the same set of equipments from U.S. Since then,I was wondering the true reason why U.S. sold us these equipments. I think the book provides some hints about the reason.

With the knowledge from this book, I also found that it is not difficult any more to read between the lines about recent international news.

I still many questions unanswered. For example, what is the future of Taiwan. Can the independence movement going on in Taiwan be simply explained as "Taiwanese wants to be out of control of China"? Then, what is next? Into U.S.'s control? As an individual, what can I do? Can we escape from this invisible web? People say that the war between capitalism and communism had been ended. The war going on now is not between the righteous and the terrorism, but between Christianity and Islam. The war now is a religious war. Is that true? To find out the answer, I think I need to read the books by Arnold J. Toynbee. I shall do so.

The Quiet American

My first contact with "The Quiet American" was from a movie with the
same name. After seeing the excellenet movie, the desire to read the
original novel grew stronger and stronger.

I managed to borrow one from the local library and finished it in
two days. My conclusion is that the movie is excellent but the novel
is even better. This is one of few books I want to collect.

I am very attracted by the main character, Thomas Folwer, in the
novel. He is a Britan journalist in Vietnam and he is the narrator in
the novel.

I like him perhpas because I also believe in cynicism and I am an
isolationist, too.

I like many sentences in the book. I list some of them here ( not in
any perticular order ):

* I thought of the first day and Pyle sitting beside me at the
 Continental, with his eye on the soda-fountain across the
 way. Everything has gone right with me since he had dead, but how I
 wished there existed someone to whom I could say that I am sorry.

* Was I so different from Pyle, I wondered? Must I too have my foot
 thrust in the mess of life before I saw the pain?

* He was like an emblematic statue of all I thought I hated in America
 -- as ill designed as the Statue of Liberty and as meaningless.
 (Fowler's comment about Granger)

* Thanks him for nothing.

* I shut my eyes and she was again the same as she used to be: she was
 the hiss of steam, the clink of a cup, she was a certain hour of the
 night and the promise of rest.

* Pyle was very earnest and I had suffered from his lectures on the
 Far East, which he had known for as many months as I had years.

* These were the open legal methods, but legality was not essential in
 a country at war.

* When I refused to allow him to question Phuong without me he gave
 way at once, with a single sign that might have represented his
 weariness with Saigon, with the heat, or with the whole human
 condition.

* An unmistakably young and unused face flung at us like a dart.

* With his gangly legs and his crew-cut and his wide campus gaze he
 seemed incapable of harm. (It turns out that Pyle is the very person
 who caused a lot of harm to others.)

* One forgets so quickly one's own youth.

* He didn't even hear what I said; he was absorbed already in the
 dilemmas of Democracy and the responsibilities of the West; he was
 determined to do good, not to any individual person but to a
 country, a continent, a world.

* Death takes away vanity.

* But hadn't I on my first walk up the rue Catinat noticed first the
 shop with the Guerlain perfume and comforted myself with the thought
 that, after all, Europe was only distant thirty hours?

* When I first came I counted the days of my assignment, like a
 schoolboy marking off the days of term.

* Perhaps he was studying sex, as he studied the East, on paper.

* Suddenly I was angry; I was tired of the whole pack of them with
 their private stores of Coca-Cola and their portable hospitals and
 their too wide cars and their not quite latest guns.

* "Yes. They killed him because he was too innocent to live. He was
 young and ignorant and silly and he got involved. He had no more of
 a notion than any of you what the whole affair's about, and you gave
 him money and York Harding's book on the East and said, ``Go
 ahead. Win the East for Democarcy.'' He never saw anything he hadn't
 heard in a lecture-hall, and his writers and his lecturers made a
 fool of him. When he saw a dead body he couldn't even see the
 wounds. A Red menace, a soldier of democracy."

五轮之书

五轮之书

宫本武藏 著
摘录并改写者 李世伟 西元2004 仲夏 于 新泽西 美国

摘录之因:

天下之道, 其源本一, 一艺精通, 百艺自通. 奈何义理易明, 本道难寻. 余幼嗜
乒乓, 达废寝忘食之境有两冬之久, 惜哉终究宝剑高悬, 一身艺业, 半途自废.
再执拍已是二十年之后.

幼时身快于心, 道理自见于实践; 成年心快于身, 意欲精进, 只得练心. 窃思以
他艺之精髓证以乒乓之球理, 或可收事半功倍之效. 乃成节录之缘. 

--世伟


地之卷

* 用刀之道不在於挥刀的速度.

* 对於武器以及其它事物, 不应该有差别待遇或偏好之心. 过与不及都是不对的.
 无需模仿他人, 应该挑选适合自己的武器. 务必在持平之心上多下功夫.

* 节奏. 万物都有节奏, 武术尤其如此, 若未能顺其节奏修练, 难以成功. 就以
 能剧为例, 能剧自有其节奏. 当吹管与弹拨两部的节奏相辅相成, 则整体节奏
 便平稳均衡. 切勿轻忽诸艺百技的节奏.

 武术有不同的节奏. 首先必需知道敌我平衡的节奏, 还要能辨明敌我不平衡的
 节奏. 在大与小, 快与慢的节奏当中, 要清楚交手的节奏, 布局的节奏, 以及
 反制对方节奏的节奏.

 若无法了解对抗对手节奏的反制节奏, 你的方法必然不正确. 交战之时, 致胜
 之道在与洞悉对手不同的节奏, 运用对方想象不到的节奏, 而且与其运用谋略
 的节奏, 不如发展出没有形体的"空"的节奏. 

* 锻练成可随心所欲控制自己身体, 能以一己之力克敌制胜. 而且, 若心智能由
 此得到锻练, 则能以心克敌. (邓亚萍?)

* 凡欲练吾术之人, 必勤习:

 1. 诚心为本.
 2. 忘我求道
 3. 遍习诸艺
 4. 通晓百业
 5. 辨明利蔽
 6. 审度事物
 7. 了然隐理
 8. 留心细节
 9. 不做虚功.

水之卷

* 武术之心

 兵法之道, 惟平常心而已. 你的心, 无论是在寻常事务或刀光剑影中, 应该毫
 无二致. 既非紧如即发之箭, 亦不许有丝毫松懈. 心要稳居正中, 不可偏移,
 让其平静摆动, 偏离须臾即止, 似动非动.

 即使身躯处於静止, 心不可随之停顿, 反之, 进行电光石火般的动作, 也勿使
 心随之冲动. 心不可受身所干扰, 身亦不可受心左右. 随时留意心的状况, 而
 非留意身躯; 然心丰而不盈, 满而不溢. 心也许表面柔弱, 然而内在务必刚劲.

* 武术之眼神

 观看事物, 眼神流转要宏大宽广, 分成"观"与"看"两种. "观"时眼神犀利, "
 看"时则眼神温和. 要能视远如近, 看近如远. 对敌人的刀, 要能视而不见,
 知其动向却不被迷惑. 重点在于目光不移, 但视线涵盖四面八方.

* 手与刀在一切情况都不该僵硬. 僵硬的手是死手, 灵活的手是活手.

* 无论采用何种体势, 心中所想的不是自己所用的体势, 而是如何杀敌致胜.

* 依不同情势采用不同的步法, 无论是大是小, 是快是慢, 都应该与平时步伐一
 一样, 切忌轻浮, 滞涩.

* 与对手格斗之际, 只有看出对手的企图, 适当运用不同的招式, 不同的节奏,
 才有获胜的机会.

* 无论要运用什麽或如何运用, 其核心概念为挥刀杀敌. 心中若执着"格挡", "
 用个虚招", "我要砍下, 回刀, 轻敲", 是无法克敌致胜的.

* 以身为刀. 攻击时, 人与刀并非同时出击. 攻击时先动身体, 则刀自然挥出击
 敌. ( 乒乓中, 我们讲究以髋驭身, 身而臂, 臂而球拍, 而不是仅仅挥动手臂.
 这是同样的道理. ~世伟 )

* 攻击与试击. (p112)

* 秋猿身形. 核心概念是猿猴的手臂从不伸直. 攻击时, 切勿有伸长手臂的意图.
 以速进为念, 将全身上下视为一体来出击. 在一臂之遥的距离, 全身齐进的攻
 击容易奏效. ( 勿存以臂拦球之想, 宜以步为先, 臂为後. ~世伟 )

* 粘术. 粘术的要点是让对方难以分开你的刀. 要留心力道的恰到好处, 不可过
 大. 当两刀相交, 运用粘术逼进时, 必须沉静且不慌乱. "粘"与"靠"的差别, 在
 与前者是强, 後者为弱. 

* 无论与谁对抗, 攻心为上. 千里之行, 始于足下, 要多思考, 而不急于近功,
 让今日之我超越昨日之我, 而明日还要比今日更精进.

* 武术是要借千日的练习以熟练, 经万日的锻练以精进.

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* 世人对武术的关注尽在无关紧要的小地方. 实际上, 把性命放在刀刃上, 明辨
生死的原则, 研究用刀之道, 明白对手招数的长处及短处, 察觉刀背及刀刃的道
理, 操练如何击败对手, 无需把心思浪费在枝微末节之上.

* 交锋之际, 逼迫对手, 利用攻击, 使之处于不利局面, 并无暇审度局势.

* 压枕:

 压枕意指让对方抬不起头. 武术中, 最忌讳让对方主导战局, 或是对方把你逼
 入防守的态势. 最重要的是, 你能依自己的布局, 把对方驱赶到任何位置. 由
 於双方都想到这点, 因此若未能看清对方的意图, 便难以占据上风.

 在与人交锋时, 看穿对方所有举动的徵候, 当对方攻击时, 必须在他来不及在
 心中想完"攻击"两字, 就予以压制, 於是化解对方接下来的招式.

 对手对你所施展的招式, 若发挥不了作用, 就让他施展; 但若能造成效果, 便
 要加以压制, 让他无法完成.

 你的行动要先对方一步, 因此对方的行动变得无效.

* 津渡 ( p144 )



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