\nFriends who have read the old ver\u00adsion of The Art of Lov\u00ading are curi\u00adous about the new trans\u00adla\u00adtion. I have copied a few para\u00adgraphs and shared them below:
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\nThe oppo\u00adsite of sym\u00adbi\u00adot\u00adic union is mature love, which is the union of two beings with anoth\u00ader while pre\u00adserv\u00ading their own integri\u00adty and inde\u00adpen\u00addence, their own indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty. Human love is a pos\u00adi\u00adtive force that can break down the walls between peo\u00adple and unite them. Love can help peo\u00adple over\u00adcome lone\u00adli\u00adness and iso\u00adla\u00adtion, while at the same time allow\u00ading them to remain true to them\u00adselves, their integri\u00adty, and their true nature. In love, the strange phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon of two lives becom\u00ading one and yet remain\u00ading two enti\u00adties emerges. (The Art of Love, Shang\u00adhai Trans\u00adla\u00adtion, 2008, p. 19)
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\nCre\u00adative peo\u00adple under\u00adstand giv\u00ading com\u00adplete\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly. They believe that giv\u00ading is the high\u00adest expres\u00adsion of strength. It is pre\u00adcise\u00adly through giv\u00ading that I expe\u00adri\u00adence my strength, my abun\u00addance, my vital\u00adi\u00adty. Expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading the height\u00adened vital\u00adi\u00adty fills me with joy. I feel vibrant and exhil\u00ada\u00adrat\u00aded. Giv\u00ading brings greater joy than receiv\u00ading, not because giv\u00ading is a sac\u00adri\u00adfice, but because giv\u00ading express\u00ades my vital\u00adi\u00adty. (The Art of Lov\u00ading, Shang\u00adhai Trans\u00adla\u00adtion, 2008, p. 21)
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\nI think the trans\u00adla\u00adtion of \u201cgive\u201d and \u201cget\u201d is very clear and clean. In Eng\u00adlish, it should be \u201cgive and take\u201d, which is a very basic word with Chris\u00adt\u00adian inter\u00adest.
\nThe trans\u00adla\u00adtion of \u201cTree\u201d as \u201cLov\u00ading Tree\u201d is always regret\u00adtable, and the trans\u00adla\u00adtion of \u201cDed\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion Tree\u201d is too much. Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, the \u201cShi\u201d in Bud\u00addhist scrip\u00adtures is sim\u00adply trans\u00adlat\u00aded into Eng\u00adlish as \u201cgive\u201d or \u201cgiv\u00ading\u201d.
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\nHow\u00adev\u00ader, the most impor\u00adtant aspect of giv\u00ading is not mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal things, but rather rela\u00adtion\u00adships between peo\u00adple. What can a per\u00adson tru\u00adly give to oth\u00aders? He can give the most pre\u00adcious thing he pos\u00adsess\u00ades, a part of his life. This does not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly mean sac\u00adri\u00adfic\u00ading his life for oth\u00aders, but rather that he should give oth\u00aders what is alive with\u00adin him. He should share his joy, inter\u00adests, under\u00adstand\u00ading, knowl\u00adedge, humor, and sorrow\u2014in short, every\u00adthing that is alive with\u00adin him. Through giv\u00ading, he enrich\u00ades oth\u00aders, and while enhanc\u00ading his own sense of life, he also enhances the oth\u00ader per\u00adson\u00ad\u2019s sense of life. He does not give in order to receive, but through giv\u00ading, he inevitably awak\u00adens some\u00adthing alive in the oth\u00ader per\u00adson. There\u00adfore, giv\u00ading also involves mak\u00ading the recip\u00adi\u00adent a giv\u00ader, and both par\u00adties are filled with joy because of the awak\u00aden\u00ading of a cer\u00adtain inner life. In the act of giv\u00ading, some\u00adthing new is born, and both giv\u00ader and receiv\u00ader are grate\u00adful for this new ener\u00adgy. This is reflect\u00aded in love: with\u00adout vital\u00adi\u00adty, there is no abil\u00adi\u00adty to cre\u00adate love. (The Art of Lov\u00ading, Shang\u00adhai Trans\u00adla\u00adtion, 2008 edi\u00adtion, p. 22)
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\nAny\u00adone who expe\u00adri\u00adences lone\u00adli\u00adness inevitably expe\u00adri\u00adences fear. Lone\u00adli\u00adness is, in fact, the root of every fear. Lone\u00adli\u00adness means being dis\u00adcon\u00adnect\u00aded from the out\u00adside world, unable to unleash one\u2019s pow\u00ader, feel\u00ading help\u00adless and unable to grasp the world, things, and peo\u00adple; it means the world over\u00adwhelms me, and I can only let it take its course. There\u00adfore, lone\u00adli\u00adness is the root of intense fear, and it also evokes feel\u00adings of shame and guilt. (The Art of Lov\u00ading, Shang\u00adhai Trans\u00adla\u00adtion, 2008, p. 8)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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