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真我 荷叶/译 被中国古圣先贤认定唯一重要的问题是：我们如何享受生活，谁能最好地享受生活？没有完美主义，没有求而不得后的焦虑，也没有对未知世界的假设，而是正视贫穷和人性，我们该如何组织自己的生活，才能平静地工作，宽容大度，生活幸福？ 我们到底是谁？这是第一个问题，这个问题几乎无法回答。但我们都会同意，那个在日常生活中忙忙碌碌的自我，并不是完全意义上的真正自我。我们都很清楚，我们在单纯的生计奔波中失去了点什么。有一个人在田野里跑来跑去，在寻找什么东西。这时，一位智者为旁观者设置了一个谜题：这个人丢失了什么？有人认为是一块手表，有人认为是一枚钻石胸针，还有人认为是其它东西。所有人都没猜中。其实，智者也不知道这个人在找什么，他告诉大家：“我告诉你们吧，他丢了一些气息（英语里丢了一些气息就是上气不接下气的意思）。没有一人否认他说得对。因此，我们在生活追求中往往忽略了真我，正如黄雀在对蝉的追逐中，忘记了自身的危险，而蝉在追逐螳螂时，也同样忘记了自身的危险一样。 附：原文 The only problem unconsciously assumed by all Chinese philosophers to be of any importance is: How shall we enjoy life, and who can best enjoy life? No perfectionism, no straining after the unattainable, no postulating of the unknowable; but taking poor, modal human nature as it is, how shall we organize our life so that we can work peacefully, endure nobly and live happily? Who are we? That is first question. It is a question almost impossible to answer. But we all agree with the busy self occupied in our daily activities is not quite the real self. We are quite sure we have lost something in the mere pursuit of living. When we watch a person running about looking for something in a field, the wise man can set a puzzle for all the spectators to solve: what has that person lost? Some one thinks is a watch; another thinks it is a diamond brooch; and others will say other guesses. After all the guesses have failed,the wise man who really doesn't know what the person is seeking after, tells the company: "I'll tell you. He has lost some breath." And no one can deny that he is right. So we often forget our true self in the pursuit of living,like a bird forgetting its own danger in pursuit of a mantis which again forgets its own danger in pursuit of another. | 
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