Memoirs

“Libraries are witnesses of truth and falsehood,” Jorge said. (Yazhi's note: Jorge, a knowledgeable blind old man in the book, firmly believes that Christ does not approve of the world's 'laughing'. The monks in the monastery said of him, "In short, he is the memory of the library and the soul of the scriptorium." )

In Eco's book "Don't Want to Get Rid of Books", the translation author writes, "To a certain extent, (Umberto Eco) "The Name of the Rose" (Shanghai Translation The theme of "The Name of the Rose" is not the series of murders in the ancient monastery, but the fate of the book. The protagonist is not the wise Franciscan monk William of Baskerville, but the book itself. ”

I remember reading this book many years ago (specifically read on 2010-04-30). I thought it was a maze of miscellaneous knowledge (religion, history, geography), but I didn’t know enough about the protagonist “book” itself, so I read it in During this epidemic, I once again calmed down and savored it slowly. I also want to experience my “progress” or “new understanding” in the past 10 years.

Layout of the monastery where the story of this book takes place

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In the book, the biggest influence on Friar William is Roger Bacon (William always remembers and always quotes) . Checked Baidu Encyclopedia: Roger Bacon (about 1214-1293), also translated as Roger Bacon, a British philosopher and natural scientist with a materialist tendency, a famous nominalist, and a leader in experimental science. precursor. He has extensive knowledge and is known as the "Strange Doctor".

In the book: "As I looked back on these details, I asked myself whether they existed in reality or if I had just seen them in my dreams."

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Note: Thomas A. Kempis of Kempten (about 1380-1471), known as the "German Mystery", is recognized as the founder of the imitators of Jesus Christ.

Translation: Latin, "You search everywhere for a peaceful place, but you can only find it in a corner of the sea of ??books."

#Quote from the preface: " Naturally, this is a manuscript"

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wjew: The story takes place at the end of 1327, in a monastery between France and Italy (should it be Tuscany? Or France and Italy between the Alps) the narrator is the clerk of a Benedictine novice (name: Adso) of Melk Abbey, a monk William of the Baskervilles/a learned Franciscan friar. and disciples, witnesses of events passed down through the ages.

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The world is like a profound book, which imparts knowledge to us through these clues. Alain of Lille once said:

‘All things in the world / are like a book or a painting / unfolding before our eyes like a clear mirror. '

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"A monastery without books," the abbot intoned thoughtfully, "is like a city without wealth, a castle without fame, A kitchen without cooking utensils, a restaurant without food, a vegetable garden without plants, a lawn without flowers, and a forest without leaves..."

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"Books are fragile things that cannot withstand anything. We are afraid of the loss of time, the fear of insect bites, the fear of bad weather, and the fear of someone reading it randomly. If people were allowed to touch our manuscripts at will over the course of hundreds of years, most of the scriptures would have ceased to exist. The curator not only has to guard against man-made damage, but also natural erosion. He has spent his life fighting to defend the book and fight against the natural enemy of truth and the force of oblivion that annihilates the truth. ”

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"What I want to say is this: the difference between the passion of angels and the fanaticism of Satan is very slight, because both arise from an extremely excited will."

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“The only thing you should think about is death, which I didn’t realize until the end of my life.

Death is the destination of the wanderer, the end of all toil. ”

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This is inseparable from the symmetrical proportions of the scriptorium, because three elements are needed to create beauty: first, completeness or perfection, so things we think are often ugly It is incomplete; secondly, it is proportional, or harmonious; finally, it is clear and bright. This is indeed the case. We regard brightly colored things as beauty. Since beauty contains peace, kindness and beauty, our desires can also be. Tempered with peace, kindness and beauty, so I felt extremely relieved, and I thought, how nice it would be to work in a place like that

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left on his face. There are no traces of the seven emotions and six desires that have been wiped out by will, and the desires that are no longer aroused seem to have been solidified on the lines of the face.

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The real conflict in this book is expressed. In the following conversation:

"Jorge thought it indecent to add comical illustrations to books containing truth, while Venanzio thought even Aristotle himself said Use wisecracks and humorous language to better discover the truth. If ‘laughter’ can be a carrier of truth, then it shouldn’t be a bad thing. "(On whether Christ allows "laughing")

"It is very important, because we are exploring what happened between these people. These are people who live in books and interact with books** *people who lived and lived by books, so what they said about books was important. "

"That's true," Benno said. He smiled for the first time, his smile shining brightly. "We live for books. In a world filled with chaos and decadence, it’s a heartwarming mission. Maybe understanding this, you will understand what really happened that day. Venanzio, who knew... He knew Greek well during his lifetime, and he said that in the second volume of Aristotle's Poetics, he specifically talks about 'laughter'. He said that if such a great philosopher talks about "laughter" throughout his book, then "laughter" must be a very important thing. "

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"The library is a maze? "

"The maze is a symbol of this world," the old man chanted intoxicatedly. "The entrance is very spacious, but the exit is very narrow." The library is a large maze, symbolizing the labyrinth of the world. You can get in, but you don't know if you can get out. Never cross the pillars of Hercules..."

~~The above words come from: the decrepit old man Alinardo from Grottaferrata

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(Brother William, the wise protagonist of this book) "Yes, Bacon has a point. Study it! But don't lose your soul. ”

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The above content is excerpted from the end of the second day (the whole story takes place in 7 days)

Reading list: The Name of the Rose/Meaning Wengbei Tou Eco/Shanghai Translation Publishing House/January 2015