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1、ZenandtheArtofMotorcycleMaintenanceAninquiryintovaluesRobertM.PirsigAuthor'sNoteWhatfollowsisbasedonactualoccurrences.Althoughmuchhasbeenchangedforrhetoricalpurposes,itmustberegardedinitsessenceasfact.However,itshouldinnowaybeassociatedwiththatgreatbodyof
2、factualinformationrelatingtoorthodoxZenBuddhistpractice.It'snotveryfactualonmotorcycles,either.Andwhatisgood,Phdrus,Andwhatisnotgood...Needweaskanyonetotellusthesethings?PartI1Chapter1Icanseebymywatch,withouttakingmyhandfromtheleftgripofthecycle,thatitis
3、eight-thirtyinthemorning.Thewind,evenatsixtymilesanhour,iswarmandhumid.Whenit'sthishotandmuggyateight-thirty,I'mwonderingwhatit'sgoingtobelikeintheafternoon.Inthewindarepungentodorsfromthemarshesbytheroad.WeareinanareaoftheCentralPlainslledwiththousandso
4、fduckhuntingsloughs,headingnorthwestfromMinneapolistowardtheDakotas.Thishighwayisanoldconcretetwo-lanerthathasn'thadmuchtracsinceafour-lanerwentinparalleltoitseveralyearsago.Whenwepassamarshtheairsuddenlybecomescooler.Then,whenwearepast,itsuddenlywarmsup
5、again.I'mhappytoberidingbackintothiscountry.Itisakindofnowhere,famousfornothingatallandhasanappealbecauseofjustthat.Tensionsdisappearalongoldroadslikethis.Webumpalongthebeat-upconcretebetweenthecattailsandstretchesofmeadowandthenmorecattailsandmarshgrass.
6、Hereandthereisastretchofopenwaterandifyoulookcloselyyoucanseewildducksattheedgeofthecattails.Andturtles.{There'sared-wingedblackbird.IwhackChris'skneeandpointtoit.What!"hehollers.Blackbird!"HesayssomethingIdon'thear.What?"Ihollerback.Hegrabsthebackofmy
7、helmetandhollersup,I'veseenlotsofthose,Dad!"Oh!"Ihollerback.ThenInod.Atageelevenyoudon'tgetveryimpressedwithred-wingedblackbirds.Youhavetogetolderforthat.Formethisisallmixedwithmemoriesthathedoesn'thave.Coldmorningslongagowhenthemarshgrasshadturnedbrown
8、andcattailswerewavinginthenorthwestwind.Thepungentsmellthenwasfrommuckstirredupbyhipbootswhileweweregettinginpositionforthesuntocomeupandtheduckseasontoopen.Orwinters2CHAPTER1.3whenthesloughswerefrozenoveranddeadand