總監修／星雲大師

文╱清．王國維（1877 - 1927）

古今之成大事業、大學問者，必經過三種之境界。

「昨夜西風凋碧樹，獨上高樓，望盡天涯路」，此第一境也；

「衣帶漸寬終不悔，為伊消得人憔悴」，此第二境也；

「眾裡尋他千百度，驀然回首，那人卻在燈火闌珊處」，此第三境也。

──選自《人間詞話》

THE THREE STATES OF MIND

Wang Guowei (1877 - 1927, Qing Dynasty)

English translation: Miao Guang

Any successful person or well-learned

scholar, from past to present,would have

experienced the following three states of mind:

Last night, when the west wind swept and

Caused the trees to wither,

I climbed up the high pavilion alone and

Looked into the far end of the world.

...such is the first state.

No regret will ever come from

That loosening robe strap;

For only she can cause

This thin and pallid appearance of mine.

...such is the second.

Searching through the crowd

A hundred times, a thousand times;

Suddenly, when I turned around,

She stood right there,

Beneath the waning light.

...such is the third.

── from Renjian Cihua

(Poetic Remarks in the Human World)