今年是《瓦尔登湖》出版150周年,贵刊适时刊文纪念。对一本传统政经杂志来说,推崇一个作古的文人的确少见,却也反证了其影响之不一般。说来奇怪,我对于《瓦尔登湖》的第一印象还是来自琼瑶小说中一段引自《湖滨散记》的文字。如今那段旧翻译版本的文字已经忘记,只是后来重新遇见《瓦尔登湖》并且从此奉为至爱,全因了当时的一段模糊记忆。据说,海子走上山海关那段铁轨的时候,随身就带着《瓦尔登湖》。可能在大多数人看来,梭罗是在教人逃避乃至轻视生 This year is the 150th anniversary of the publication of “Walden”, and your journal is commemorated in due course. For a traditional political and economic magazine, it is rare indeed to advocate an ancient literati, but also testifies to its unusual influence. Strange to say, my first impression of “Walden” comes from a passage in Qiong Yao’s novels quoted from “Shu Bin San Ji”. Now that old translation of the text has been forgotten, but later met again, “Walden Lake” and since then loved, all because of a vague memory of the time. It is said that when Haizi took to the Shanhaiguan section of the tracks, he took Walden with him. Perhaps in most people’s view, Thoreau is teaching people to escape or underestimate their health