Shakespeare on Life - (English-Chinese Bilingual Reader)

Author: William Shakespeare
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Shakespeare is one of history's greatest psychologists. His unique insights into life are profound, piercing through the human soul, providing humanity with endless wisdom. "A man's life is short, but if he lives it in a base manner, it is too long." This is Shakespeare's pursuit of life: "Base things cannot exist for a single day, and lofty things cannot be absent for a single day." He sought to create a "mirror" through his entire works: "To let virtue see its own face, to let folly see its own posture, and to let the times and society see their own image and imprint."
Renaissance enthusiasts or experts, admirers or opponents of British civilization, "adults" with established worldviews or "youths" with undefined ones, cultural historians or enthusiasts, students and scholars of all levels—Shakespeare (William Shakespeare, 1546–1616) is one of England's greatest dramatic geniuses and poets, a "giant" born in the European Renaissance. Ben Jonson called him the "soul of the age," while Marx and Engels hailed him as a "classic realist" and "one of humanity's greatest geniuses." His works stem from the reality of life, striving to reveal the spirit of his time and the essence of society. The fundamental theme of his entire oeuvre is "humanism" or "humanity," in his own words, "love." His numerous works are but expressions of "love" in various forms. He advocated "tolerance" and "forgiveness," hoping to establish an "ideal humanist state."
Shakespeare is one of history's greatest psychologists. His unique insights into life are profound, piercing through the human soul, providing humanity with endless wisdom. "A man's life is short, but if he lives it in a base manner, it is too long." This is Shakespeare's pursuit of life: "Base things cannot exist for a single day, and lofty things cannot be absent for a single day." He sought to create a "mirror" through his entire works: "To let virtue see its own face, to let folly see its own posture, and to let the times and society see their own image and imprint."
Renaissance enthusiasts or experts, admirers or opponents of British civilization, "adults" with established worldviews or "youths" with undefined ones, cultural historians or enthusiasts, students and scholars of all levels—Shakespeare (William Shakespeare, 1546–1616) is one of England's greatest dramatic geniuses and poets, a "giant" born in the European Renaissance. Ben Jonson called him the "soul of the age," while Marx and Engels hailed him as a "classic realist" and "one of humanity's greatest geniuses." His works stem from the reality of life, striving to reveal the spirit of his time and the essence of society. The fundamental theme of his entire oeuvre is "humanism" or "humanity," in his own words, "love." His numerous works are but expressions of "love" in various forms. He advocated "tolerance" and "forgiveness," hoping to establish an "ideal humanist state."
He is a master of language, leaving behind many famous aphorisms that have been passed down through the ages, rich in meaning and offering profound "philosophy of life." "What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! How like an angel in apprehension! How dizzy in motion! How express in form! How infinite in motion! How absolute in faculties! What a piece of work is man! The paragon of animals!" This is a famous monologue from Hamlet.
He revered "man," revered "heroes," and was the backbone of Western "individual heroism."