王晓农翻译理论与实践2 Lecture Thirteen.pptVIP

他饮他的花酒，我喝我的清茶。人生需要一种境界：自我安定。 面对别人的成功与荣耀，我喝我的清茶，我明白那掌声已有所属，匆匆忙忙赶过去，不会有成功等着你，还是自己再创业绩吧，跟着别人永远只能摸着成功的尾巴。 凡事不能逃避，我喝我的清茶。荷花居淤泥而不染，若为怕水污而种在旱地上，他早就枯死了。人生也一样，避恶、避丑、避邪，只能说明自己心灵脆弱。? ?一个自我安定的人是不怕环境污染自己的，而有力量影响别人。古代孟母三迁是为了怕孩子受坏影响，要为自己就没有必要逃避了， 后来孟子长大成人后也没有听说孟母再搬家。 自我安定可不是找一个安定的所在，而恰恰是在紊乱的环境中保持安定的心境。“定”是一种境界，是居于多变之中的不动摇。只有达到这一境界才能掌握自己的方向，才能作到“他饮他的花酒，我喝我的清茶。”  Contenting Myself with Plain Tea  Human life, it seems to me, needs a placidity of mind. While others may be wining and dining, I’m content with plain tea.  Not dazzled by other people’s success and glamour, I’ll indulge in my simple pleasure. Clearly aware where the credit goes, I won’t join in the rush in the vain hope of accepting the prize to be handed to me on a plate. The best a blind follower can do is tailing after the winners. The only alternative is to create wonders of one’s own. There should be no escaping from reality, and I stick to the pureness of my pleasure in it. The lotus grows in the mud without being tainted. If, to avoid the dirt, one plants it on dry clean ground, it simply won’t grow. The same holds true for human beings. Shrinking from what is ugly, vile and evil only proves the frailty of one’s character. A person in full possession of mental serenity never stands in fear of being mentally contaminated by the dirty environment where he is. On the contrary, he can exercise positive influences all round. Mencius’s mother made three removals during his childhood to keep him away from bad influences, which did not pose any problem for her. History does not record any more of such removals after he grew up. Enjoying the tranquility of mind does not mean hiding oneself in a haven. What is meant is the maintenance of such a mental state in the midst of hustle and bustle, i.e. moral immovability amidst kaleidoscopic changes. Only a person who has attained this plane can be a real master of his destiny, and content himself with the pu