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吴道平:张爱玲“红学”研究 张佩纶(1848-1903)“论才宰相池中物,杀贼书生纸上兵” 张爱玲“红学”研究的条件:自己是作家,《红楼梦》和《金瓶梅》是她“一切的源泉,尤其是《红楼梦》。熟读红楼梦,周汝昌说她,“十龄早辨石头记,定是红楼梦里人”。熟悉《红楼梦》文本。她出生于晚清豪门,除了曾外祖父李鸿章、祖父张佩纶之外,母亲也出自晚清长江巡阅使黄翼升之家。因此她对清代官宦人家的生活非常熟悉。 张爱玲《色.戒》:“到女人心里的路通过阴道”,”权势是一种春药”, 俞平伯读通了《红楼梦》。1979年,他写了下面几句话:“以世法读《红楼梦》,则不知《红楼梦》;以《红楼梦》观世法,则知世法。”《红楼梦》是中国社会的百科全书。 张爱玲,《红楼梦》中角色的经验已经与她自身的意识融为一体。周汝昌说她“定是红楼梦里人”,是对她人格准确的概括。她以《红楼梦》观“世法”, 见微知著,懂得“天网”之内,哪里存在一个允许你“别白是非”的地方!果断出逃。 比张爱玲年轻10岁的王佩璋,出了校门就入研究所,熟读《红楼梦》,却隔断了“红楼”与“世法”,始终是一个客观的研究者。她学不到王熙凤的手腕和狡诈,薛宝钗的世故圆滑,探春的泼辣,甚至也没有李纨的守拙装傻,却有林黛玉的清高,妙玉的孤傲,晴雯的争强好胜,尤三姐的刚烈 — “太高人愈妒,过洁世同嫌,” 这些性格有其一,在中国社会就足以让她命途多舛,到处碰壁;四者具备,又一意追求“别白是非”,哪有她的容身之地!1966 年 7 月的一天夜里,王佩璋服用安眠药自杀,年仅 36 岁。 notes: 龚自珍:少年哀乐过于人,歌泣无端字字真。 台湾作家王鼎钧:文革是一个“人人学习无情”才能苟活的年代。 吴道平:人与自然分裂,人与社会冲突,强制、压迫随社会而来,无可避免。从这个意义上来说,龚自珍、我们,乃至每一个人的悲剧,与生俱来。 刘逸生《龚自珍乙亥杂诗注》 孔子:道不行,乘桴浮于海。 林昭 只应社稷公黎庶,那许山河私帝王。汗惭神州赤子血,枉言正道是沧桑。 Carl Sagan: I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness… ...

March 24, 2026 · 2 min · un01s

one bite at a time

South African Bishop Desmond Tutu once said, “There is only one way to eat an elephant, one bite at a time.” Apple of 50 years: it’s that the people crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. Violation of Bell inequality with unentangled photons 徐令予: 在经典直觉中,人们往往认为:物理对象在被测量之前就已经“具有确定属性”,测量只是把这些属性揭示出来;同时,一个地方发生的事情不应立即影响到远处的另一个地方。这两种直觉合在一起,构成了所谓的“局域隐变量模型”:每个粒子的行为由某些隐藏的内部参数(隐变量)预先决定,且信息传播不超光速(局域性)。可以把它理解为:经典物理假定自然界像一台早已写好程序的机器,而贝尔实验表明,这种“预先写好答案”的图景在微观世界并不成立。 ...

March 3, 2026 · 5 min · un01s

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what i am looking for? something to let me see through the bullshits that the news and books and persons are piling on and to know and live my life truely. both covid and blm gave us a peek. now the control and release of epstein files just exposed a little about epstein-gang. respiciendo prospiciendo = looking forward looking back more and less:The richest man is not who has the most, but who needs the least. ...

February 18, 2026 · 5 min · un01s

naked violence

Naked or veiled violence: who has a bigger gun wins in China. The ultimate logic is the violence in the dark. notes Jewish Council for Public Affairs: Our Jewish values demand we speak with moral clarity: we know where unchecked power leads, and that true safety can never come through fear, militarization, or violence. 犹太人知道,不受约束的权力会把社会带向何处;真正的安全,永远不可能通过恐惧、军事化和暴力来获得。 中国党军国三套权力,对内控制和对外冒险,台湾问题和生育低谷带来人口萎缩和老龄化的担忧将影响可见的未来。毛时代的文革、邓时代的六四和习时代的军委都是中国特有。借着“反腐”,原军委副主席郭伯雄、徐才厚被定罪。二十大之后的中央军委几乎就是“习家军”:张又侠任第一副主席,何卫东任第二副主席,委员包括李尚福、刘振立、苗华和张升民,再加上军纪委书记张升民,几乎清一色是习近平亲自选拔。 父亲(谭继洵)守的是一家安稳,儿子(谭嗣同)要的是天下太平。谤风遍万国九州,无非是骂;昭雪在千秋百世,不得而知。人民的愚昧和统治者的残暴,常常一起出现。 杜琪峯:青春很多时都是冲动的,也因为冲动,所以没有顾忌;没有顾忌,所以浪漫。随着年纪渐长都消失了。 杜琪峯:要发生的总会发生,要消失的终会消失;有些事你以为你知,其实你不知。但只要用心去做,祂便会告诉你答案。但当然,我们都不是神仙,只是局中人。道理是知道的,做不做到却是另一回事。 杜琪峯:命是天生的,而运是可以转的。而我的理解就是机会与选择,比较没有那种宿命性的论调。人不会没有机会,但每次面对机会,你会怎样选?我要行一条快路,去立即揾到钱;还是选择一条所谓正确的路,然后慢慢走下去?急起上来,当然拣快路,但通常这样都很少会有好结果。Chance and Choice: 事情会一直发生,机会也总是会出现。每次面对机会,你会怎样选择? Julie K. Brown, Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story ...

February 5, 2026 · 1 min · un01s

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Notes: this is the introduction from the book, HISTORY OF THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY IN CHRISTENDOM By Andrew Dickson White. the interesting point is that from the perspective of A.D.White, the fight between science and religion is actually the one between science and theology. the coexist of science and religion would benefit each other. English Thoughts that great hearts once broke for, we / Breathe cheaply in the common air. – LOWELL ...

January 22, 2026 · 15 min · un01s

PM Mark Carney's speech at Davos

It’s a pleasure — and a duty — to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world. Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story and the beginning of a brutal reality where geopolitics among the great powers is not subject to any constraints. But I also submit to you that other countries, particularly middle powers like Canada, are not powerless. They have the capacity to build a new order that embodies our values, like respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of states. ...

January 21, 2026 · 10 min · un01s

market watch 2026

Theodosius Dobzhansky: Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. 2026-03-14: the Iran war will drag down the market with inflation concern Iran war by both US and Israel reached its two-week mark. the cost is staggering. according to CSIS: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has reportedly informed Congress that the first six days (D+6) of the war cost $11.3 billion. gas price in USA increased 24% from Feb 28. local gas price from $1.46 to $1.74 up about 28%. airline ticket price. fresh fruit and vegetables. mortgage 6%. ...

January 19, 2026 · 4 min · un01s

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Why do some British people not like Donald Trump? Nate White A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. ...

January 16, 2026 · 4 min · un01s

a Christmas cat

George Orwell: Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. a christmas cat this year end was definitely different. down for four days and nights with low fevers as I seldom got sick. the weather was pretty cold during the time. it felt colder with fever. then on the christmas eve, early morning, a cat landed on the roof covered with snow and meowed outside at the sill of a window of the second floor. ...

December 31, 2025 · 1 min · un01s

another effect of climate change

Emily Dickinson: Faith – is the Pierless Bridge / Supporting what We see / Unto the Scene that We do not Seamus Heaney: If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Magic is believing in yourself; if you can do that, you can make anything happen. Claire Keegan: “It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance.” from Small Things Like These ...

December 5, 2025 · 7 min · un01s