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A good fit for
- Readers who like Dai Jianye's lecturing style and want to read his written essays
- General readers interested in thinking about everyday topics such as education, marriage, literature, and art
- People who need light but insightful material for fragmented reading
- Readers willing to question common assumptions and broaden their perspectives
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting systematic academic research or rigorous paper-style argument
- People who prefer novel-like coherent narrative and dislike the essay genre
Reading tips
- No need to read in order; pick topics that interest you from the contents and keep the book for casual reading.
- When you encounter a view that differs from common knowledge, first note your own questions, then check sources—no need to accept everything wholesale.
- For pieces on education and marriage, you can annotate them in light of your own experience and revisit them a few days after finishing.
About the publisher
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House takes modern and contemporary Chinese literature and folk literature as important publishing directions, while also covering social novels, classic works, and prose and miscellaneous writings, and has long introduced foreign literature and philosophical works. Its books include masterpieces such as Lao She's Teahouse and Camel Xiangzi, Lu Xun's Call to Arms and Wandering and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, and Xiao Hong's Tales of Hulan River, as well as translations such as Gilles Deleuze's Nietzsche and Philosophy, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Pillars of the Earth trilogy. Its authors include Lao She, Lu Xun, Xiao Hong, Zhou Ying, Liu Yuyu, and Jiang Yi, reflecting a publishing character that balances original literature, academic translation, and general reading.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 散文“饕餮” ——自序
- “我是戴建业”
- 一、童年：一片灰暗
- 二、青少年：孤僻与孤独
- 三、高中：求知的热情
- 四、专业选择：将错就错
- 五、普通话：我人生的悲喜剧
- 六、心愿：尽快回归常态！
- 几家欢乐几家愁 ——唐宋守岁诗杂谈
- 一、“共欢新故岁，迎送一宵中”
- 二、“除夜之绝唱”
- 三、“努力尽今夕”
- “世变真难料，吾痴只自嘲” ——陶渊明与杜甫的自嘲
- 一、人生的无奈和无解
- 二、“不如意事常八九”
- 三、陶渊明：把生命活成一首诗
- 四、借种豆自嘲
- 五、拿儿子开涮
- 六、杜甫的“解嘲”
- 七、黑色幽默
- 八、听杜甫侃穷
- “人有悲欢离合” ——古代中秋诗词杂谈
- 一、惊奇与崇拜
- 二、嫦娥散花
- 三、嫦娥后悔
- 四、惹愁添恨
- 五、“逸怀浩气”
- 六、“英姿奇气”
- 话端午
- 同学，有话好好说 ——高考满分作文《生活在树上》漫谈
- 一、 病症与病根
- 二、神逻辑
- 三、神议论
- 四、神句式
- 五、“炫”与“装”
- 六、投其所好
- 阅读习惯与人生未来
- 吃粤菜，读好书
- 当心！闲置的大脑将被收走
- 知识接受的“偏食”与知识生产的“趋时” ——知识付费时代的焦虑
- （在“知识付费”讨论会上发言节选）
- 失手又何妨？ ——闲话高考
- 别太把高考当一回事！ ——与高中毕业生谈如何面对高考
- 别忘了兴趣是唯一的考量因素 ——与高中毕业生谈如何选择专业
- 别把志向变成了桎梏 ——与高中毕业生谈如何规划人生
- 活下去！
- 故乡的母校呵，您在哪里？
- 伤心词：“留守儿童”
- 妈妈， 下辈子我还做您的儿子！
- 一、生命的偶然性
- 二、我的“命”好
- 三、“你和弟弟不能没有你爸”
- 四、“拇指和中指谁最有用？”
- 五、“叹气的是软骨头！”
- 六、“穿不穷，吃不穷”
- 七、“不读书就不能活？”
- 八、“怎样才算‘有出息’？”
- 结婚琐谈
- 一、最强烈的“人欲”
- 二、“我想有个家”
- 三、大数据时代的爱情
- 四、追求“理想婚姻”？我的天！
- 五、为什么只我“剩着”？
- 六、她怎么没“剩下”来？
- 七、太不够“爷们”！
- 八、还是“原装”的好
- 九、“鸳鸯不独宿”
- 封城疯语 ——解闷良方
- 一
- 二
- 三
- 四
- 喜感
- 一、仁智
- 二、和乐
- 三、查岗
- 四、球艺
- 五、讲习
- 棍打恶狗
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About the author
Public information about Dai Jianye is limited, and what is available centers mainly on his writings. The collection includes seventeen of his works, among them the ten-volume Collected Works of Dai Jianye, Dai Jianye's Close Reading of A New Account of Tales of the World, The Realm of Clarity: A New Study of Tao Yuanming, and Dai Jianye's Close Reading of Laozi. His works span classics, Eastern philosophy, literary appreciation, classical poetry, and social sciences. They include close readings of canonical texts such as A New Account of Tales of the World and Laozi, as well as popular introductions to poetry like Romantically Incurable and Teacher Dai's High-Energy Course on Song Ci, alongside an illustrated reader, Comic A New Account of Tales of the World. His writing tends to make ancient texts clear and approachable, balancing scholarly discussion with accessible expression, and has thus gained a certain influence among both specialist and general readers.
