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1、InvisibleCitiesChapterOne....KublaiKhandoesnotnecessarilybelieveeverythingMarcoPolosayswhenhedescribesthecitiesvisitedonhisexpeditions,buttheemperoroftheTartarsdoescontinuelisteningtotheyoungVenetianwithgreaterattentionandcuriositythanheshowsanyothermessengerorexplorerofhis.Inthelivesofemperorsther
2、eisamomentwhichfollowsprideintheboundlessextensionoftheterritorieswehaveconquered,andthemelancholyandreliefofknowingweshallsoongiveupanythoughtofknowingandunderstandingthem.Thereisasenseofemptinessthatcomesoverusatevening,withtheodoroftheelephantsaftertherainandthesandalwoodgrowingcoldinthebraziers
3、,adizzinessthatmakesriversandmountainstrembleonthefallowcurvesoftheplanisphereswheretheyareportrayed,androllsup,oneaftertheother,thedespatchesannouncingtousthecollapseofthelastenemytroops,fromdefeattodefeat,andflakesthewaxofthesealsofobscurekingswhobeseechourarmies'protection,offeringinexchangeannu
4、altributesofpreciousmetals,tannedhides,andtortoiseshell.Itisthedesperatemomentwhenwediscoverthatthisempire,whichhadseemedtousthesumofallwonders,isanendless,formlessruin,thatcorruption'sgangrenehasspreadtoofartobehealedbyourscepter,thatthetriumphoverenemysovereignshasmadeustheheirsoftheirlongundoing
5、.OnlyinMarcoPolo'saccountswasKublaiKhanabletodiscern,throughthewallsandtowersdestinedtocrumble,thetraceryofapatternsosubtleitcouldescapethetermites'gnawing.CitiesandMemory1.Leavingthereandproceedingforthreedaystowardtheeast,youreachDiomira,acitywithsixtysilverdomes,bronzestatuesofallthegods,streets
6、pavedwithlead,acrystaltheater,agoldencockthatcrowseverymorningonatower.Allthesebeautieswillalreadybefamiliartothevisitor,whohasseenthemalsoinothercities.ButthespecialqualityofthiscityforthemanwhoarrivesthereonaSeptemberevening,whenthedaysaregrowingshorterandthemulticoloredlampsarelightedallatonceat
7、thedoorsofthefoodstallsandfromaterraceawoman'svoicecriesooh!,isthathefeelsenvytowardthosewhonowbelievetheyhaveoncebeforelivedaneveningidenticaltothisandwhothinktheywerehappy,thattime.CitiesandMemory2.Whenam
