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如今的人，都喜欢 reisen，也都说喜欢 reisen，但是因为现实 Druck ausübt，或者生计 dazwischendrängen，folglich 常常对远行 kraftlos，只能 Hoffnungen setzen 于一个 Urlaubs-日。

Everyone likes to go on trips today, but because of pressures from reality, or work getting in the way, people often feel powerless to go on long journeys, and so can only wishfully hope for a holiday.

在这 Art 的年月，要做到说走就走，还真是 benötigen 莫大勇气的！好在我还有年轻的 Blut 和朝气，窝在城市里、房间里久了，身体会生出一种想 entfliehen、想 entfliehen 的 Bedürfnis，总想出去换一种 frisch 的 Lebens-方式。

In this kind of climate, putting your words into action requires a great deal of courage. But fortunately, I still have some youthful blood and vitality. As city life started hollowing me and as I started staying in my room too long, the urge to escape grew inside of me, and I’ve been wanting to try out a new way of living.

2013年3月8日，我 plötzlich beschloß zu kündigen 工作，第二天就飞往 sorgenfrei und komfortabel 的成都。

On the 8th of March 2013, I suddenly decided to quit my job, and the next day, I flew off towards carefree and comfortable Chengdu.

很多朋友说，你这 Tat 太 romantisch，我说这虽然看似 romantisch，其实于我 aber 极为 nichts Besonderes。日 für 日的 Reibung des Lebens，bereits 到了 mühsam 的临界点，只差一度的水温，就让你从一种 Situation 到另一种 Situation，对我来说，并不是出于 Tapferkeit 或者 Romantik，而是那一度的水温，在那 Augenblick alles ändern。

Many friends said that this was a very romantic thing to do, but I say that, although it might seem that way, it was actually nothing special at all for me. The day to day grind of life had already reached a critical point of tediousness. And it only takes a slight sense of lack for you to make a radical switch in your situation. As far as I’m concerned, this isn’t bravery or romanticism, but just a slight change in the way you perceive your environment, which can suddenly change everything.

在成都的那些天，我 wandere 在 verschieden 的大街小巷，zog 从一个小 Restaurant 到另一个小面店，在 brummender 城 anonym 的 zahlreich 人海中，有一天我生出写一本以 Haus 和远行为主题的书的想法，想为我们 befinden in 麻木的 Situation 找一个出口，为 Schritte 找回 Stärke，为心头找回勇气，为自己找回原来的自己。

During my time in Chengdu, I wandered around the plush green streets and alleys, scuttling from restaurant to bakery. Amongst the unfamiliar and varied crowd of the brimming city, one day I thought of writing a book about staying home and taking long journeys. The idea was to find a way out of the boring situations we find ourselves in, put the spark back into our strides, get our courage back and return to our true selves.

Reise 是一种目的性比较强的说法，我喜欢的是远行，ziellos，mal 行, mal 止，没有路线和 Planung，也没有定好的酒店、约好的朋友，而且是一个人出行，alleine 行天地，感受的 Antennen 会被 ungewohntes vergrößert 觉性和 schärfen，你自可以 wandern in 山 reisen über 水，entfernter 山的清丽、河的 mäandernde Windungen 似乎都 besonders 生色。

The word ‘trip’ puts the emphasis on having a goal, what I like is travelling far from home, being aimless, moving and settling at will, having no itinerary or plan, and also having no pre-booked accommodation, or set meetings with friends. Furthermore, what I like also involves setting off alone on a journey, exploring the world by oneself, increasing and sharpening one’s feelings by the unfamiliar. When you travel by yourself over land and water, exquisite remote mountains, and winding rivers all seem especially wonderful.

我最喜欢的一句诗，“人生天地间，werden automatisch zu 远行客”，是《古诗十九首》里面的句子。我喜欢的是这话另有意思，我们不单单是在空间里远行，而且更是在时间里远行，人生下来就是一场远行和 Erkundung，就是从生到 Tod 之间的 Leben 普渡。这 Art 的句子源出诗经，又出于市井， 民间情感的 Stärke，自然山 und Ebenen 的 Stärke，在这里从平民开始 unterstützen 文人，才能开雄奇的建安诗风。

My favourite line of poetry says, “People born between heaven and earth, instantly become travellers”, and comes from the “19 Classic Chinese Poems“. What I like is an alternative meaning of this sentence: that we don’t just travel through space, but also through time. From the day of our birth, life is a long journey and an exploration, life is general passing through the world, from birth to death. This thinking has its roots in the Book of Songs, but it also stems from marketplaces, from the power of people’s emotions, and from the power of nature’s plains and mountains. Only due to such environments were the common people able to produce such wonderful and imposing poetry, and make a contribution to literature.

而被 kommerzielle 社会的 fein verwoben 的我们，其实何尝不像是六朝 wunderbare Komplixität 之下的文人？何尝不 benötigen 民间的、市井的 starke Unterstützung，aufpolieren 出一种新的 Richtung？

Why is it that we who find ourselves involved in a tightly-knit commercial society fall short of the beautiful intricacy of the writers from the Six Dynasties? Why do we not feel the need to hear the power of the common people, or the power of the marketplace, to guide us towards a new direction?

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