无声·留白·真空
沈致远
①乍看,无声、留白、真空三者似乎风马牛不相及,但细思量三者均体现出“有”与“无”之间的微妙关系。
②白居易《琵琶行》中那段描写音乐之美妙的诗篇,千古传颂,历久弥新。其中我最欣赏的一句是:“此时无声胜有声。”无声怎么会胜过有声呢?我这样理解:在“大弦嘈嘈如急雨,小弦切切如私语……”那一段繁忙的音乐以后,琵琶声由急转缓,“冰泉冷涩弦凝绝,凝绝不通声暂歇”,乐声悠然而止。使听众得以静下来回味其弦外之音,从而浮想联翩,进入一种更高的艺术境界。而且这里无声的停顿也烘托出随后“银瓶乍破水浆迸,铁骑突出刀枪鸣”那种逼人的宏伟气势。总之,诗人告诉我们:音乐之美妙不仅在有声,也在无声,更在于有声与无声的浑然天成。音乐的这种表现手法在西洋的交响乐中也有采用。
③国画讲究留白,留白成为国画构图的重要元素。八大山人开写意画先河,是擅长留白的高手。留白突显东方艺术的审美观,但是传统的西洋画并非如此,在著名的纽约大都会博物馆展出的上千幅西洋写实派和印象派的画中,竟然没有一幅采用留白。现代抽象派画家的有些作品中虽然也留出大片空间,但往往有颜色,严格地说不属于留白。画笔的渲染是“有”,留白则是“无”。东西方画家对留白的不同态度,是否反映了两种文明在哲学思想上的差异呢?
④真空是物理学中的一个重要概念,顾名思义,真空是空空如也。其实不然!用最强力的真空泵将密封容器抽到高真空,每立方厘米仍然残留上千个气体粒子。而且除了粒子以外,整个宇宙空间充满了由微弱的电磁波所构成的背景辐射,这是宇宙诞生时“大爆炸”残留的余晖。空间并非空无一物,现实中并不存在绝对真空。
⑤英国物理学家狄拉克曾从理论上指出:即使在绝对真空中也并非空无一物,而是充满了许多正反虚粒子对。打个比喻:真空就好比是永不平静的海平面,波涛起伏浪花飞溅,随时都有水珠和气泡在产生和湮灭。水珠就好比是虚的正粒子,而气泡好比是虚的反粒子,他们成对产生,随即湮灭。这种方生旋灭的正反虚粒子对造成了所谓“真空起伏”,使真空永远不得安宁。
⑥可见,真空不空,而且非常复杂。真空起伏,正反虚粒子对……这对常人而言已经够玄了吧,但还有更玄的。李政道说,在真空起伏中可能有正反磁单极子存在,核子中夸克的禁闭可能是由于真空的特性所致,基本粒子的“对称破缺”可能来自真空起伏,真空可能有不同的态一现实的“真”真空与各种“假”真空,在高能量冲击下可能激发两者之间的“相变”,出现始料不及的意外结果。他还认为,真空之激发可能是21世纪物理学的重大突破。对真空如此钟情,是否与他的东方文化背景有关呢?
⑦无声,留白、真空是“无”。但无论在艺术或科学领域中,都不能小看了“无”。宇宙是一个统一体,归根到底,艺术与科学也是统一的。将艺术与科学分开来进行研究只是为了方便,是人为的,两者之间并不存在不可逾越的鸿沟。
⑧走笔至此,不禁想起《红楼梦》中太虚幻境入口处的一副对联;“假作真时真亦假,无为有处有还无。”曹雪芹毕竟是大彻大悟的过来人。
(选自沈致远《科学是美丽的》,有删改)
汉字是中华文化的基石——它既是中华文化流传和发展的载体,自身的结构中又保存着很多中华文化的信息。什么是文化?“文化是人类在长期的历史发展中共同创造并赖以生存的物质与精神存在的总和”,这是《中国文化概论》中的定义。“文化即是长时期的大群集体公共人生”,这是钱穆先生在《中国文化精神》一书中的定义。这个定义更加简捷、形象,文化就是同一个历史时代、同一个地理环境中大家共同的生活方式与生活状态。
我们知道,有了文字之后,人类的文化创造才能被记录下来。中华民族的文化,也是在有了汉字之后才被记录下来的。在汉字之前,虽然也会有古老的文化,但由于它不能被完整地记录下来,也就没有得到充分的保留。汉字是表意文字,它不但能记录文化,在它的构形中,也蕴积了很多的文化信息。它是中华文化绵延不息的见证者,可以和历史记载相互印证。当我们学习汉字的时候,在惊叹造字者的创造力和想象力的同时,更能充分领略中华民族五千年历史文化的辉煌。
汉字给我们留下了多少典籍?我们以《四库全书》为例进行说明。《四库全书》是中国历史上最大的丛书,包括经、史、子、集四部,一共收入3461种书目,79039卷,每部«四库全书»装订为36300册,6752函,总字数近10亿,真可谓超级文化大典。《四库全书》规模浩大,但也并非传世古籍的全部。在国家图书馆,仅善本就有34万册,普通古籍有160多万册,数量更远远超过《四库全书》。用汉字记录下来的古籍有这么多,真可谓浩如烟海。
我们由此可知,汉字在保存中国文化、保存历史上,起到了何等重要的作用。汉字是历史文化的产物,它应文化的需要而产生,并沐浴在文化洪流中演变发展。我们既可以通过汉字记载的文献来了解中华历史文化,也可以通过解析汉字的结构和系统,来捕捉中华文化的精神,追溯中华文化的种种原生态!
在一些汉字中,我们能看到人和各种动物近距离的接触和精细的观察,如在古文字中,“鹿”强调它枝杈般的犄角,“虎”强调张开的巨口与獠牙,“象”突出它的长鼻,“兔”突出它的短腿和短尾巴等。古人对动物之间的区别特征的准确把握,足以让我们看到,在早期人类文化中,人和动物的关系极其密切。随着原始游牧时代向农业时代的发展,人和草木植物的关系日益紧密。进入农耕时代,农耕文化的特点也充分地体现在汉字中。在《说文解字》中,《草部》《木部》《竹部》《禾部》是表示植物的四大部首,这四个部首的辖字总数达到了1227字,约占《说文解字》总字数的12%,这是因为中原地区在秦汉时期已经进入了农耕为主的生产模式,汉字的造字取象也开始向植物发展,充分体现出植物对于古人的重要性。
(摘编自王宁《汉字是中华文化的基石》)
The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.
Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other ways to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.
Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. When the children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.
More car pools should be formed in order to have fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.
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How to Beat a Bad Mood
Do you have one of those days or weeks when everything seems to annoy(使烦恼) you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it much faster, often within a day or two.
Walk it off
Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster(遏制者). A person who's in a bad mood has low energy and high tension(紧张). Taking a fast ten-minute walk, or taking some quick exercise can do wonders towards changing that bad mood.
Tune it out
Listening to your favourite music for a while can also make tension go away quickly, because music starts associations with past positive experiences we've had.
Give yourself a pen talk
Stop and listen to what's on your mind. Bad moods are often started by too many negative(消极的) thoughts. Write them all down on paper:the pessimistic(悲观的)messages you've been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers.
Reduce your stress
Relaxation techniques are wonderful mood-lifters. These include deep breathing, stretching and visualising(想象), all of which sound complicated(复杂的)but aren't. One easy way to visualise is to close your eyes and picture a favourite place, such as the beach. Another simple way to fight against distress is to make a to-do list. One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options(选择权). By taking control over certain areas, you realise you're not helpless. You can make changes in your mood and life.
Avoid things that won't improve your mood
TV may not help much. You need to increase your energy level and stimulate(刺激) your mind—something that the TV show "neighbours" won't do. And before you reach for that piece of cake and coffee, think about how mood and food are linked. Sugar and caffeine contribute to depressed(沮丧的) moods. The better choice? Research shows that carbohydrates(碳水化合物), such as potatoes and pasta(意大利面), produce a calming effect on people who have a desire for them.
—Sorry, it (use).