《光明战士手册》——在成为勇士征途上.docVIP

《光明战士手册》——在成为勇士征途上 　　保罗·柯艾略（Paulo Coelho， 1947～），巴西作家、小说家。保罗生于巴西里约热内卢，从小就向往成为一名作家，但在父母的逼迫下一度放弃这一梦想，后成为一名歌词创作者。1982年，保罗出版了他的第一本书，但影响甚微。1988年，保罗的《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》（The Alchemist）出版，获得了巨大的成功。该小说已被译为近60种语言出版，成为历史上最畅销的小说之一。 　　《光明战士手册》（Manual of the Warrior of Light）实际上是一部箴言集。这些箴言都来自保罗·柯艾略在1993～1996年间发表于《圣保罗日报》的“天命”专栏。在1997年集结成书时，保罗又加上了序曲和尾声，使其成为一个更加完整的故事。书中，保罗结合中西方文化，从《道德经》《庄子》《圣经》《可兰经》等经典著作中撷取精华，极具启发性地记述了光明战士寻找生命真谛的故事，为读者开启独特的内心探索之旅。 　　下节文选自该书的“序曲”部分。 　　精彩片段 　　Just off the beach to the west of the village lies an island， and on it is a vast temple with many bells， said the woman. 　　The boy noticed that she was dressed strangely and had a veil covering her head. He had never seen her before. 　　Have you ever visited that temple？ she asked. Go there and tell me what you think of it. 　　Seduced by the womans beauty， the boy went to the place she had indicated. He sat down on the beach and stared out at the horizon， but he saw only what he always saw： blue sky and ocean. 　　Disappointed， he walked to a nearby fishing village and asked if anyone there knew about an island and a temple. 　　Oh， that was many years ago， when my great-grandparents were alive， said an old fisherman. There was an earthquake， and the island was swallowed up by the sea. But although we can no longer see the island， we can still hear the temple bells when the ocean sets them swinging down below. 　　The boy went back to the beach and tried to hear the bells. He spent the whole afternoon there， but all he heard was the noise of the waves and the cries of the seagulls. 　　When night fell， his parents came looking for him. The following morning， he went back to the beach； he could not believe that such a beautiful woman would have lied to him. If she ever returned， he could tell her that although he had not seen the island， he had heard the temple bells set ringing by the motion of the waves. 　　Many months passed； the woman did not return and the boy forgot all about her； now he was convinced that he nee