《世说新语》由南朝宋刘义庆编撰,是我国魏晋南北朝时期“志人小说”的代表作,主要记述士人的生活和思想,及统治阶级的情况,反映了魏晋时期文人的思想言行,和上层社会的生活面貌。这里所选的四个片断,均以人物的对话为主构造情节,从人物的语言中,可以窥见其不凡的智慧。 “Shi Shuo Xin Yu” was compiled by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Dynasties. It is a masterpiece of the “Human Novels” during the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties of China. It mainly describes the scholars’ lives and thoughts, and the situation of the ruling class, and reflects the literati in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Thought, words and deeds, and the life of the upper class. The four pieces selected here are based on the dialogue of the characters to construct the plot. From the language of the characters, one can see its extraordinary wisdom.