The Red Sealby Natalie Sumner LincolnCHAPTER IIN THE POLICE COURTTe Assistant District Attorney glanced down at the papers in his hand and then up at the well-dressed, stockily built man occupying the witness stand. His manner was conciliatory."According to your testimony, Mr. Clymer, the prisoner, John Sylvester, was honest and reliable, and faithfully performed his duties as confidential clerk," he stated. "Just when was Sylvester in your employ?""Sylvester was never in my employ," corrected Benjamin Augustus Clymer. The president of the Metropolis Trust Company was noted for his precision of speech. "During the winter of 1918 I shared an apartment with Judge James Hildebrand, who employed Sylvester.""Was Sylvester addicted to drink?" "No."...　

丛林重生　　凉凉的风从脸颊刮过，空气阴冷而潮湿。粗大而密实的枝干在高空中盘绕错节，将天空大片蓝色隔绝在外，层层叠叠的暗绿如伞成荫。　　钝钝的痛觉将她涣散的神经一根一根地扯回，后脑生生的痛！抬手往脑后一摸，黏黏的全是血！　　几乎是出自本能的反应，卫希颜一个翻身趴伏在地，双耳微竖，锐利的目光谨慎四扫。　　入目一片低矮绿色，四下寂寥无声。　　卫希颜慢慢放松身体，脑后的痛感立时扯得她嘴角微咧。意识渐渐清醒，右手顿时摸向胸口——那一枪射中了！　　触手却是一怔，掌下粗砺，并无血液的黏着感，衣衫下的心脏强劲跳动。　　怎么回事？　　她双手撑地坐起，低头检视。　　饶是她久历血雨腥风，闯过十年惊心动魄，也不如这一眼让她惊骇失魂，呆愣在地！　　灰绿色的迷彩摇身变成一身粗布衫裤，遍是泥尘，衣衫撕裂，脚上的军靴也被一双圆口黑布鞋取代！　　她不由揉了揉额头，记忆中失去意识的一刹那是在百慕大...　

　　真正使我对老舍这个人作为作家感到佩服的是话剧《茶馆》。这部戏我连舞台带电影看了大概有五六遍，真是好。那个北京话的魅力在这部戏充分得到了展示，直到现在，我们遇到和《茶馆》里某句台词相似的情景还会干脆就用这句台词说话，好像没有比这么说更贴的。很多话都不是光说事儿而是带状态的，因而很易于借指，譬如“我饿着，也不能让这鸟娥着。”就是一种精神嘛，在世纪末大家都很在乎自个的今天，说出来也是掷地有声，听上去也不像句大话。　　我喜欢老舍的都是他那些“说话”的作品，话剧和改编的电影、电视剧，《龙须沟》《四世同堂》《我这一辈子》，还有上面说过那两部《茶馆》和《骆驼样祥》。八十年代初还看过他的一部话剧《女店员》，剧情现在看没什么意思，好像是社会主义改造的什么事，挺假的，但那些该谐的台词引起的剧场效果至今记忆犹新。鲁迅说过老舍“油滑”，叫我这半吊子北京人看，这是南方人对北京话的偏见...　

《微雨红尘》作者：桩桩酒会起风波（上）钟强想骂人，事情不来则好，一来全赶上趟了。他从早上起就没喘过气似的。下午四点半公司又来了摊事，等钟强处理完一看时间五点了，心里不免有些着急。今天晚上嘉林集团在温泉山庄举行酒会，请了所有的合作单位和对口媒体。嘉林集团是大唐广告的长期合作单位，老总对这样的酒会很重视，恰巧他出差，事情就落到副总钟强头上了。收拾好东西，钟强突然又想起忘记通知王琳，他暗呼糟糕，急步走出办公室。看了眼大办公区，眼光准确无误地落在了尧雨身上：“尧雨！快点收拾下东西，跟我去温泉山庄参加酒会。”酒会？这是尧雨最不喜欢的活动之一。她抬起头看了眼钟强，不紧不慢地说道：“钟总，我喝酒不行，你带别人去吧！”往常公司遇着这种带点公关性质的酒会老总都会叫上客服部的王琳。她是公认了的美女，性格泼辣口齿伶俐酒量又好。带她去，撑得起面子，还能活跃气氛。钟强正着急赶时间，目光望...　

God The Invisible Kingby H. G. Wells [Herbert George Wells]CONTENTSPREFACE1. THE COSMOGONY OF MODERN RELIGION2. HERESIES; OR THE THINGS THAT GOD IS NOT3. THE LIKENESS OF GOD4. THE RELIGION OF ATHEISTS5. THE INVISIBLE KING6. MODERN IDEAS OF SIN AND DAMNATION7. THE IDEA OF A CHURCHTHE ENVOYPREFACEThis book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. That belief is not orthodox Christianity; it is not, indeed, Christianity at all; its core nevertheless is a profound belief in a personal and intimate God. There is nothing in its statements that need shock or offend anyone who is prepared for the expression of a faith different from and perhaps in several particulars opposed to his own. The writer will be found to ...　

The Chaperonby Henry JamesCHAPTER I.An old lady, in a high drawing-room, had had her chair moved close tothe fire, where she sat knitting and warming her knees. She wasdressed in deep mourning; her face had a faded nobleness, tempered,however, by the somewhat illiberal compression assumed by her lips inobedience to something that was passing in her mind. She was farfrom the lamp, but though her eyes were fixed upon her active needlesshe was not looking at them. What she really saw was quite anothertrain of affairs. The room was spacious and dim; the thick Londonfog had oozed into it even through its superior defences. It wasfull of dusky, massive, valuable things. The old lady sat motionlesssave for the regularity of her clicking needles, which seemed as...　

自序记得当时有十来个互相交好的伙伴聚在一起聊天。这十几个朋友差不多全是二十多岁的男孩子，都是Gay。事情的起因大约是要开导其中一个刚失恋的同伴。后来好像还喝了酒。一伙人聊了大半个晚上。结果心情不好的那个非但没有被劝解好转，反而把其他劝慰的人全都带进了低落的情绪里去。后来也不知是谁提议，在场的人便开始轮流讲述自己经历过的难过的事情。到最后所有人都哭了。这些男孩大多数平时都是开朗活泼的性格。哭成那副伤心难过的样子，原因实在不是一句话两句话能讲明白的。这件事对我的触动很大。我总希望能就此写一点什么东西。那些坐在一起哭成一团的男生的形象反复出现在我的脑海里。于是我便试着把他们各自不同的性格综合在一起，把他们的故事按记忆和联想记录了下来。最后就诞生了这本《旃罗含》。讲出真话、写出真实的感想是十分重要的一件事，对于每个人来说都应该是这样。...　

The Life of Flavius Josephusby Flavius JosephusTranslated by William Whiston1. The family from which I am derived is not an ignoble one, buthath descended all along from the priests; and as nobility amongseveral people is of a different origin, so with us to be of thesacerdotal dignity, is an indication of the splendor of a family.Now, I am not only sprung from a sacerdotal family in general,but from the first of the twenty-four (1) courses; and as amongus there is not only a considerable difference between one familyof each course and another, I am of the chief family of thatfirst course also; nay, further, by my mother I am of the royalblood; for the children of Asamoneus, from whom that family wasderived, had both the office of the high priesthood, and the...　

本书由中国文学论坛：zgwxbbs 【夜灵澈】整理发布！本作品来自互联网,本人和论坛不做任何负责，内容版权归作者所有。-师傅越来越幽默莫言离国家规定的退休年龄还差一个月的时候，在市农机修造厂工作了四十三年的丁十口下了岗。十放到口里是个田字，丁也是精壮男子的意思，一个精壮男子有了田，不愁过不上丰衣足食的好日子，这是他的身为农民的爹给他取名时的美好愿望。但命运没让了十口有田，却让他进工厂当了工人，过上了远比农民幸福的生活。他对给自己带来幸福的社会感恩戴德，仿佛只有拚命干活才能报答。几十年下来，过度的体力劳动累弯了他的腰，虽然还不到六十岁，但看上去，足有七十还要挂零头儿。早晨，他像往常一样骑着那辆六十年代生产的大国防牌自行车去上班，又黑又顽固的笨重车子在轻巧漂亮的车流里引人瞩目，骑车的青年男女投过了好奇的目光后就远远地避开他，就像华丽的轿车躲避一辆摇...　

新经济年代的教育路向2003年10月03日第139期 新经济年代的教育路向—陈坤耀许戈辉：问渠哪得清如许，为有源头活水来。各位好，这里是大红鹰·世纪大讲堂，我是许戈辉。新经济，这个词我相信各位一定不陌生，只要看一看前两年热得发烧的网络，你就会体验到新经济的温度。当然了这些年它正在迅速的降温，不过也许冷却的时候，正是我们反思的好时机。今天我们世纪大讲堂的主题，就是“新经济年代的教育路向”，我们请来的主讲嘉宾，就是香港岭南大学的校长陈坤耀教授。许戈辉：下面我就要和教授开始聊一聊。我知道您在上学的时候，特别喜欢去造反，我很难想象您这样一个斯文的人怎么那么喜欢造反。我听说您在上学的时候曾经走堂，走堂可能用我们的国语讲就是逃课，怎么会有这样的经历呢？为什么在上学的时候，会逃课呢？陈坤耀：逃课在大学来讲大概不是什么一回事吧，大概同学们也有逃课。我觉得最重要就是在念书那个时间，还是挑...　

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales For My Childrenby Charles KingsleyPREFACEMY DEAR CHILDREN,Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of you, as you grow up, will hear more and more of them. Those of you who are boys will, perhaps, spend a great deal of time in reading Greek books; and the girls, though they may not learn Greek, will be sure to come across a great many stories taken from Greek history, and to see, I may say every day, things which we should not have had if it had not been for these old Greeks. You can hardly find a well-written book which has not in it Greek names, and words, and proverbs; you cannot walk through a great town without passing Greek buildings; you cannot go into a well-furnished room without seeing Greek...　

The Seven Poor Travellersby Charles DickensCHAPTER IIN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTERStrictly speaking, there were only six Poor Travellers; but, being aTraveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as Ihope to be, I brought the number up to seven. This word ofexplanation is due at once, for what says the inscription over thequaint old door?RICHARD WATTS, Esq.by his Will, dated 22 Aug. 1579,founded this Charityfor Six poor Travellers,who not being ROGUES, or PROCTORS,May receive gratis for one Night,Lodging, Entertainment,and Fourpence each.It was in the ancient little city of Rochester in Kent, of all thegood days in the year upon a Christmas-eve, that I stood reading...　

大唐西域记卷第四（十五国）　三藏法师玄奘奉诏译　大总持寺沙门辩机撰　　　　　　　　　　　　　磔迦国 至那仆底国阇烂达罗国 屈（居勿反）露多国设多图卢国 波理夜呾罗国秣菟罗国 萨他泥湿伐罗国窣禄勤那国 秣底补罗国婆啰吸摩补罗国 瞿毘霜那国垩醯掣呾罗国 毘罗删那国劫比他国磔迦国。周万余里。东据毘播奢河。西临信度河。国大都城周二十余里。宜粳稻多宿麦。出金银□石铜铁。时候暑热土多风飙。风俗暴恶言辞鄙亵。衣服鲜白所谓憍奢耶衣朝霞衣等。少信佛法多事天神。伽蓝十所。天祠数百。此国已往多有福舍以赡贫匮。或施药或施食。口腹之资行旅无累。大城西南十四五里至奢羯罗故城。垣堵虽坏基趾尚固。周二十余里。其中更筑小城。周六七里。居人富饶。即此国之故都也。数百年前有王号摩醯逻矩罗（唐方大族）。都治此城王诸印度。有才智性勇烈。邻境诸国莫不臣伏。机务余闲欲习佛法。令于僧中推一俊德。时诸僧徒莫敢应命。少欲...　

中国兵书，虽然卷帙浩繁，但在流传中也多有散失。除战乱兵荒外，一个重要的原因，就是统治者焚毁兵书，不准民间随意抄藏。纵观历史，在古代文化经典中，凝聚人类韬略最丰富、最集中的著作就是兵书。古代兵书在人类文明发达、社会进步的现代，仍具耀眼的异彩。为了当代大众的需要，不少有心人选取了中国古代兵书精华，奉献于读者，让人们从千百年来人类生死搏杀的经验中，开悟智谋。中国传统兵法著述，粗略统计约有1300 余种，但世传者仅有200 多种，而其中称得上精品的却为数不多。《鬼谷子》便是这少数精品中的一种。《鬼谷子》本来不是兵家专著，而是纵横家理论争鸣的著作。然而，自古以来，非兵者论兵，已是常事，所以纵横家的祖师——鬼谷子，也在纵横术中论及兵法，因此，《鬼谷子》也列入兵法名著之中。鬼谷子在中国文化史上是一个充满神秘色彩的人物，是我国战国时代纵横家的鼻祖，他的学生苏秦、张仪，曾以合纵连横之策游说...　

琼瑶一、乡愁　　去年年底，“开放大陆探亲”的消息公布了。　　这消息像一股温泉，乍然间从我心深处涌现，然后蹿升到我四肢百脉，蹿升到我的眼眶。我简直无法描述那一瞬间的感动。我心底有个声音在喊着：　　“三十九年！三十九年有多少月？多少天？三十九年积压了多少乡愁。如今，可以把这些乡愁勾销了吗？”　　不敢相信这是事实，但是，陆陆续续有人回乡探亲了！这居然成了事实！我太兴奋了，和鑫涛计划着，我们也该去大陆探亲了，鑫涛去红十字会办手续，回来说：　　“需要填三等亲的亲人名字和地址！”　　一时间，我们两个都弄不清“三等亲”包括寻些人，以及我们是否有这项“资格”。激动中，我冲口而出：　　“故国的山，故国的水，故国的大地泥土，和我们算是几等亲？我们要探的亲，不止是‘人’呀！”　　不过，我毕竟不需担忧，因为我和鑫涛分别都有舅舅姨妈在大陆，所以，我们很顺利地办好了探亲护照。拿到护照的那一...　

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD序一生在等待的书孟东篱然而，这却是我读过的书中对我最重要的一部。或许可说，我的一生都在等待这样的书，都在想要从这样的来源得知这样的讯息。这书的资讯来源，声称是创造我们宇宙的神。我不知道是真是假，但他发言的方式，让我欣然愿意相信他是真的，我觉得他充满了关切，充满了对人们循循善诱，充满了智慧与幽默，充满了光明与肯定。我觉得，如果宇宙的神是这样的，我愿意跟随他，常伴左右。但是，我并没有失去或放弃我的思辨能力。我仍是严严的思辨，牢牢的把关。如果有神，则人的思辨能力是神赋予人的重大礼物，为了尊敬神，你都必须好好展用它，不然就枉费了神的美意。而如果没有神，则人的思辨能力更是我们辨别是非的重大依据。人类从来就不应抛弃他的思考能力。当然，这不代表顽固与执着。人的心，也应随时向新的讯息开放；只是，他必须懂得检验。...　

周振鹤《趣说古代官场生态》　第一部分岗位培训说见习（1）官场上各种职位的授予，都要先经过见习考察，这是秦汉时就通行的规则司马迁追叙唐尧治理天下的历史，有两处不太引人注意的细节性用词：其一，四岳建议尧委派鲧治理洪水，尧不放心，四岳说：“异哉，试不可用而已”；其二，四岳建议他把帝位传给舜，他说：“吾其试哉”（《史记·五帝本纪》）。直接理解，这两个“试”都指正式授职前先观效果的试用，而据研究《史记》的专家解释，又含有初到岗位者在现场试练职务技能，即今人所谓见习的意思。结果是：鲧没干好，“故放退也”；舜在五典、百官、四门等多个岗位试用，直到“摄行天子之政”，皆有成绩，最终被确立为接班人。上述记载可以看做古代官吏试职或见习的历史渊源，到秦朝时乃有明确的制度记述，如汉高祖刘邦的起家，即“试为吏，为泗水亭长”，于正式进入沛县官吏编制之前，先在泗水亭长的岗位上试职。泗水亭在县城东...　

The Great War Syndicateby Frank StocktonIn the spring of a certain year, not far from theclose of the nineteenth century, when the politicalrelations between the United States and Great Britainbecame so strained that careful observers on both sidesof the Atlantic were forced to the belief that aserious break in these relations might be looked for atany time, the fishing schooner Eliza Drum sailed froma port in Maine for the banks of Newfoundland.It was in this year that a new system of protectionfor American fishing vessels had been adopted inWashington. Every fleet of these vessels wasaccompanied by one or more United States cruisers,which remained on the fishing grounds, not only...