要想读懂并且欣赏《浮士德》这部内涵无比丰富的“智慧之书”,光有严肃认真的态度和克服困难的充分思想准备还不够,还必须方法得当。最重要的,似乎是应该遵循先易后难、由表及里这一循序渐进的原则。我们最好首先弄清楚《浮士德》的“字面意义”即它的具体故事内容,然后再深入考虑其它方面。而且这儿所说的易只是相对而言,用诗剧形式写成的《浮士德》的“字面意义”与 To understand and appreciate Faust, the incomparably rich book of wisdom, it is not enough to have a serious attitude and sufficient ideological preparation to overcome difficulties, and it must be properly handled. The most important thing seems to be that we should follow the principle of gradual progress in the first form and the second form in the future. We’d better first understand the “literal meaning” of Faust, that is, its specific story, and then think about other aspects. And what is said here is only relatively speaking, the “literal meaning” of “Faust” written in the form of poetry drama and