(一篇作业，留存) People seldom agree with each other even in such trivial issues as preference between a big city and a small town. It's a little bit haste to say that it is better to live in a big city than in a small town, or vice versa. Living in a big city has several benefits. First, there're more job opportunities readily available in big cities than in a small town. Moreover, not merely are there more job positions in big cities and the qualities of the position are much higher as well. In addition, the pay is more decent. Second, children are supposed to be able to receive an education with a higher quality compared with their counterparts who live in a small town. For families, children's education is always put in the first place. Finally, living in a big city usually has a superior living standard to that in a small town. There are more commodities and services in city markets; there are more public utilities available in big cities; there are even much more television channels in big cities. However, living in a small town also has some advantages. People who live in a small town often have a much comfortable life style. Most of them do not have to suffer high working stress. Although the average pay is much less than that of big cities, the price of daily necessities, such as vegetables or meat, is usually less expensive. Instead of suffering loneliness which is prevalent in big cities, children might grow up more healthily because of harmonious relationship among residents in small town. People in a small town do not have to get up so early in the morning because there has been no traffic jam, and nobody drive so fast in a small town as to cause car accidents. They might have fewer channels in television, but they have more friends readily available to chat or entertain with. It might be true that job comes first when one chooses where to live. But as far as I'm concerned, I prefer to live a peaceful, quiet life with my family. So if I have another opportunity to make a choice, I would like to live in a quiet village, mountain village to be best. \0 \0
电影《非诚勿扰 2 》有许多情节出人意料之外，比如芒果与李香山（分别由姚晨与孙红雷饰演）离婚仪式之恢宏，李香山生前追悼会的召开等。在一连串的系包袱与抖包袱之间，穿插王（朔）式的热调侃与冯（小刚）式的冷幽默，让人忍俊不止的同时，一遍遍直面死亡——人生这个庞大话题的拷问。 一直以来，我的潜意识有一种张力存鲜着，那就是不去研究生死哲学，让这门深奥的学问在我面前化为青烟而散尽，现在，它来了。 2005 年我在某大学的学术宣传栏中看到一群著名学者齐聚一堂，在宣扬他们最新的关于生死命题的学术成果。我不敢挪步，但我心中不停地自我设问：死亡于生世而言，到底是什么？直到 2007 余虹先生一跃而驾鹤，他“赋予死亡哲学意味”的思考长久地盘绕在我的心间。 为此，我写道： “今天重读余虹的遗作，蓦然感到死生之间的脆薄，如山似海般压迫与追逐着一个人的潜意识。静下来，粘在一堆粉色的迷醉的文字里，无以挣脱，无从惶然。仿佛死亡的超然总是优越于生的卑微，生何能做永世的同道？死可成全万千种预设却时刻依偎，死在非然的意愿中是恒常展翼的蝴蝶，于生中，死是开端。道长在，生有朽，而死亡是累积之存在。有人说，余虹过于理想而自杀。我看，他是蓄意准备一次重生，来世于他，也是艰难的清醒罢了。他的字流着黑色的血液，纯粹且充满别一种激情。字（指学术）与死，都是尊严的器物，料想它们成为神谕，余虹践行了。” 重温这段纪念文字，心里仍不免悲情如初。在《非诚勿扰 2 》中，与文字同样引人戚然的话语很多，诸如“活着是一种修行”、“谁在前世约了你”与那首“蹩足而煽情”的诗，只是，生者对死亡的畏惧一旦被文学化，一种隔世的温情很容易泛滥而冲破情感之堤岸。人太过脆弱，向善的力量促使他朝着他认同的至美不停地迈进。 去年，我的一位作家朋友“与小鸟说话的女子”——吴艳林溘然长逝。生前她曾要求我在她编辑的文学网站开辟个网页，我害怕自己生涩的文字伤了网站上作家们柔软的心，便回拒了。现在，真是倍觉歉疚。想想，当初哪怕挤出一点时间，也不至于在听到她过逝消息后憷痛竟自难当。想必是，我欠的债尚属不浅。 电影里还有一句让人揪心的话，就是，人是在光明的引领下走向永远的。没错，“死亡对于我们只是一种改变，而不是消灭，它是一种新的存在的开始（ Death is to us change, not consummation, and the commencement of a new existence ）”。对待它，我们也许需秉持一种佛心吧，因为那样就不惧怕所谓“改变”。 逻辑上可以这样界定永恒，把自我围在一个圈中，一种完全封闭的状态，那么所有的外部都被自我给围住了。圆是一种永恒，死亡是不是？正如维特根斯坦在《论确定性》中所说：“怀疑这种游戏本身就预先假定了确实性”，料想死亡也是确定的。 前段时间，传说湖南有人发现了现实版的桃花源，得过一隘口，方进入其中，来到一个陶渊明笔下的理想世界。人生亦复如斯，它好比桃花源，有很多隘口，有很多光明，关键是，淡然以对，尊严以活，一如电影中李香山的选择。 注释： 《完美主义者余虹的死亡》， http://news.sohu.com/s2007/yuhong/. 《死是生的开始》， http://xiaojiyun.blog.sohu.com/130194097.html.
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