世界小史 第104期:东方

On the contrary, you'll see that it's all quite straightforward. 相反，你会发现它非常简单。 We can write 'white' by drawing something that is white in this case, a sunbeam. 我们可以画些白色的东西，这就写成了白了比如日

世界小史 第103期:太阳

But wait a minute! you say. If they all spoke different languages, how could using the same script make any difference? 但等一下。你说。如果他们全都说不同的语言，他们怎么用同一种文字区分呢？ Well, Chinese writing is

世界小史 第102期:公元前2500年

But at the time I am going to talk about, around 2,500 years ago,我要讲述的那个时期里，大约在公元前2500年，all this was yet to come, though China was already a vast and ancient kingdom. 这一切还全都没有，虽然当时的中国

世界小史 第101期:奇怪的图画

When I was a schoolboy, China was to us, as it were, at the other end of the world. 在我上小学时，中国对于我们来说是世界的另一端。 At most we had seen the odd picture on a teacup or a vase, so that we imagined a country of stif

世界小史 第100期:不平坦

So this was the Enlightenment that the Buddha experienced under the fig tree: 这便是释迦牟尼在无花果树下所参悟的道： the realization that, instead of giving in to our wishes, we can break free from them rather like when we are feel

世界小史 第99期:主人

I can already hear you saying: That's all very well, but people can't help wanting things! The Buddha thought otherwise. 我已经听到你说的：说得不错。但是人们对自己的欲望是无能为力的呀。 释迦牟尼不这样认为。 H

世界小史 第98期:一本书

The idea that came to him, his great Enlightenment, the solution to human suffering, was this: 他参透到的伟大的知觉，让人类摆脱苦难的思想，是这样的： if we want to avoid suffering, we must start with ourselves, because all

世界小史 第92期:森林里冥想

But it would be wrong to say that the Indians were a cruel people. 但是说印度人是一个残忍的民族是错误的。 On the contrary, their priests were serious and profound thinkers,相反，他们的祭司是很严肃、深沉的思考者，

世界小史 第93期:梵天

For the divine breath of Brahma is the essence of all things. 因为神圣的梵天(波罗贺摩)的气息是万物的精华。 To help their pupils understand this, Indian priests had a lovely formula which you may turn over in your mind. 为使他们

世界小史 第94期:乔答摩

Holy men like these penitents and hermits, were common in India 3,000 years ago, and there are still many there today. 3000年前，这样神圣的人、忏悔者和遁世者在印度有很多很多，今天也还有。 But one of them was different

世界小史 第95期:妻子

The driver was forced to explain that this was an old man. 驭车人只得给他解释这是一位老人。 Deep in thought, Gautama returned to his palace. 乔答摩若有所思地回到他的宫殿。 On another occasion he saw someone who was sick

世界小史 第96期:安宁

For six years he led the life of a hermit and penitent. 他过了六年修道和忏悔的生活。 But his meditations were deeper and his sufferings greater than those of any other hermit. 但他比所有的其他人都想得深远，他比先前的任

世界小史 第97期:摆脱苦难

Suddenly he realized what he had been seeking all those years. 他突然意识到他在这些年里寻找的是什么。 It was as if an inner light had made everything clear. 这就像一种内心的光亮，使一切清晰起来。 Now, as the 'Enl

世界小史 第113期:菲利普王

This was the famous orator Demosthenes, whose fulminating speeches at the Assembly,这就是著名的雄辩家德摩斯梯尼，他在公民大会上发表呵斥的演说，in which he repeatedly warned people against King Philip's schemes, are known

世界小史 第107期:礼仪

He thought that everything in life ran more smoothly if people did. 他认为如果人们这样做了什么事情就都好办了。 Almost by itself, as it were, without the need to think too hard about it. 它简直就是自动进行的，用不着许

世界小史 第108期:家庭

Thus, for Confucius, the family, with its brotherly and sisterly love and respect for parents, was the most important thing of all. 所以孔子认为家庭，兄弟姊妹之间的爱，对父母的尊敬，这些是整个生活中最重要的东西。

世界小史 第109期:鞠躬行礼

It may seem to you that what Confucius taught was obvious. 孔子和他的弟子们这样教导说。 But that was exactly his intention. 因为诸侯的首要职责是当他的全国居民的榜样。但这恰恰是他希望的。 He wanted to teach

世界小史 第110期:献祭品

Their meaning is roughly this: in all the world in wind and rain, in plants and animals, in the passage from day to night,它们的内容大致如下：整个世界风和雨，植物和动物，白昼和黑夜的交替，in the movements of the stars

世界小史 第111期:艰苦的战争

Greece's age of splendor was short-lived. 希腊的辉煌时期很短暂。 The Greeks could do everything but live in peace with one another. 希腊人什么都能，但是他们不能与其他城邦和睦相处。 Above all, it was Athens and Spart

世界小史 第112期:国家在战斗

As is usually the case with wars, not only Athens but the whole country was exhausted by the conflict, and the victors were no exception. 正如战争中常会发生的那样，不仅是雅典，整个国家在战斗中耗尽了精力，胜利者也是