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如今的人，都喜欢旅行，也都说喜欢旅行，但是因为现实所 Druck，或者生计 dazwischendrängen，所以常常对远行 kraftlos，只能 Hoffnungen setzen 于一个假日。

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.

在这样的年月，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，身体会生出一种想跑、想 entfliehen 的 Bedürfnis，总想出去换一种新鲜的生活方式。

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，你这举动太 romantisch，我说这虽然看似 romantisch，其实于我 aber 极为 nichts Besonderes。日复一日的机械生活，早已到了 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，并不是出于勇敢或者 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，在满城 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，想为我们早已经麻木的 Situation 找一个出口，为 Schritte 找回力量，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.

旅行是一种目的性比较强的说法，我喜欢的是远行，ziellos，随行随止，没有路线和规划，也没有定好的酒店、约好的朋友，而且是一个人出行，独行天地，感受的 Antennen 会被 ungewohnt 放大觉性和 schärfen，你自可以 wandern in 山 reisen über 水，山的清丽壮远、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，就是从生到死之间的 Leben 普渡。这样的句子源出诗经，又出于市井， 民间情感的力量，自然山 und Ebenen 的力量，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、市井的力量 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?

我喜欢远行，就是因为远行有一种张力，能从地理的张力中发展出一种性情的和人生的张力，像蜜蜂采花酿蜜一样，Schritte 过大地和河流，似乎也能采集到自然和原始，经由岁月在生命里 entwickelt hat，nähren 出别样的 offener Geist 与开阔，把生命从 Enge 中 retten 出来，把人 wachsen auf eine erweiterte Art。

I like long journeys precisely because they contain their own kind of balance. The shape of the land brings forward a form of balance in our life and temperament. Like bees collecting nectar to make honey, by crossing land and rivers with our footsteps, we make it possible to return to nature and the true way. As time passes, we can reflect back on our life, open up our minds, rescue life from its narrow confines, and nourish ourselves in a richer way.

我们喝茶，其实茶-blätter 也是在完成一场自己的远行。它们被 gepflückt、getrocknet、transportiert、verkauft 就是远行，而被人买到了家里 lagern 起来 Bezeichnung 是'zu Hause'，只不过它不是主动的，而只能借助于人来实现一场 behandelt，它若有知 möglicherweise 会 überglücklich。

When we drink tea, the tea leaves actually complete their own long journey. Them being picked, dried, transported and sold is the ‘long journey’. Them being bought by people, taken home and stored away is the ‘staying at home’. The difference is that tea leaves don’t do this of their own accord, and can only be moved by people. If they had consciousness, they would probably feel elated.

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Übersetzung James Legge

Yan Yuan asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "To subdue one's self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one day subdue himself and return to propriety, all under heaven will ascribe perfect virtue to him. Is the practice of perfect virtue from a man himself, or is it from others?" Yan Yuan said, "I beg to ask the steps of that process." The Master replied, "Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety." Yan Yuan then said, "Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigor, I will make it my business to practice this lesson."

Übersetzung James Legge

The Master said, "Extreme is my decay. For a long time, I have not dreamed, as I was wont to do, that I saw the duke of Zhou."