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His outlook is a perfect combination of super-organic and realistic power,which can be observed from his fondness of these two opposite words of xin(new) and xi(dusk).

陶渊明的人生态度是在常年的疾病和亲人的死亡挣扎和领悟中的结果,他对生命热爱而又超脱、看似离世却又总依于人间的情怀,使他在俗世的空气中作着天人的呼吸,体悟着生命的真谛,这是形而上和形而下的完美融合,我们可以在他所表露出来的对"新"和"夕"这两个相悖的词语的喜爱中体察出来。

Kafka was a prayer who was always in doubts, but Nietzsche was a madman.

卡夫卡是一个总在怀疑的祈祷者,尼采则是一位"重估一切价值"的狂人。

Numerous poems in Odes and Hymns contain lines of yelling prayers.

《诗经》雅颂诸多篇章中大量呈现的呼告语,源于宗教,根植于社会,在内容、作者、使用场合诸方面,缘周代社会的变化,为祭祀、宴乐、典礼甚至个人祷告所用,并最终服务于王权统治,反映了由巫而史的社会渐进过程中,殷周社会主流文化内涵的嬗变,是周代社会政治走向成熟和政治文明觉醒的最初体现。

Walpurgis Night

ph.1. 五朔节前夕

If a man in the morning hears the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.

朝闻道,夕死可矣。

The Pennsylvanian Period.

宾夕法尼亚纪，宾夕法尼亚系

a resident of Pennsylvania.

宾夕法尼亚洲的居民。

Bradford, Pennsylvania

布拉德福，宾夕法尼亚州

Pa. (Pennsylvania)

美国宾夕法尼亚州州名

pre-Pennsylvanian rocks

宾夕法尼亚纪前岩类

Where a sudden Breeze whips up the waves. The sun is growing dim now and sinks in the dusk.

浩浩风起波, 冥冥日沉夕。

Tramcars ran throughout the night on New Year's Eve.

有轨电车除夕通宵行驶。

"Cold currents rinse over jagged rocks,/ Evening breezes flow through billowing pines."

“石齿漱寒濑，松涛泻夕风”；

On the eve of our examination, it rained.

在考试前夕, 下雨了。

On New Year's Eve, a invites B to listen to a music concert.

新年前夕，a请B听音乐会。

The story begins on Christmas Eve.

故事始于圣诞前夕。

stormy sunset

风暴前夕的日落景象

Today is the eve of the convention,

今天是销售会议前夕，

The setting sun has boundless beauty; Just because the yellow dusk is so near.

夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。

When the evening beams are set?

当夕阳的余晖渐落下，

The sun is beautiful, is it not?

夕阳无限好，不是吗？