同治九年五月初五,正是传统的端午节,这一天的李慈铭日记中首次出现了购买眼镜的记录。如果确属首次,那么对于绍兴名士李慈铭来说,又是一个标志性的重要日子。这一天起,41岁的他终于戴上了传说中那神奇无比的眼镜,得以重新享受红花绿草、蓝天白云之纷彩,纵情于青灯黄卷、白纸黑字之畅意。尽管早在数百年前眼镜这稀罕物已传入华夏,尽管对于读书人而言,它是多么的雪中送炭,意义非凡;但眼镜之进入寻常百姓家,普惠于天下目障者,则姗姗来迟在晚清时期。从这个意义上说,李慈铭赶上了好时代。 Tongji nine years five on May 5, it is the traditional Dragon Boat Festival, the day’s Li Ciming diary for the first time appeared to buy glasses records. If indeed the first time, then for celebrity Li Shaoming Shaoxing, it is an iconic important day. This day, 41-year-old he finally put on the legendary magical glasses, to be able to re-enjoy the colorful flowers, blue sky and white clouds, indulge in the yellow light blue, white and black the best of luck. Although glasses have been introduced into China as early as hundreds of years ago, it is of extraordinary help even for scholarly readers. However, the entry of spectacles into the homes of ordinary people, Pratt & Whitney, Later in the late Qing period. In this sense, Li Ciming catch up with the good times.