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1、zenandtheartofmotorcyclemaintenance,robertm.pirsigPage1of192backtothebookshelfzenandtheartofmotorcyclemaintenanceaninquiryintovaluesrobertm.pirsigAuthor’sNoteWhatfollowsisbasedonactualoccurrences.Althoughmuchhasbeenchangedforrhetoricalpurposes,itmustberegardedinitsessenceas
2、fact.However,itshouldinnowaybeassociatedwiththatgreatbodyoffactualinformationrelatingtoorthodoxZenBuddhistpractice.It’snotveryfactualonmotorcycles,either.Andwhatisgood,Phædrus,Andwhatisnotgood...Needweaskanyonetotellusthesethings?PartI1Icanseebymywatch,withouttakingmyhandfr
3、omtheleftgripofthecycle,thatitiseight-thirtyinthemorning.Thewind,evenatsixtymilesanhour,iswarmandhumid.Whenit’sthishotandmuggyateight-thirty,I’mwonderingwhatit’sgoingtobelikeintheafternoon.Inthewindarepungentodorsfromthemarshesbytheroad.WeareinanareaoftheCentralPlainsfilled
4、withthousandsofduckhuntingsloughs,headingnorthwestfromMinneapolistowardtheDakotas.Thishighwayisanoldconcretetwo-lanerthathasn’thadmuchtrafficsinceafour-lanerwentinparalleltoitseveralyearsago.Whenwepassamarshtheairsuddenlybecomescooler.Then,whenwearepast,itsuddenlywarmsupaga
5、in.I’mhappytoberidingbackintothiscountry.Itisakindofnowhere,famousfornothingatallandhasanappealbecauseofjustthat.Tensionsdisappearalongoldroadslikethis.Webumpalongthebeat-upconcretebetweenthecattailsandstretchesofmeadowandthenmorecattailsandmarshgrass.Hereandthereisastretch
6、ofopenwaterandifyoulookcloselyyoucanseewildducksattheedgeofthecattails.Andturtles.—There’sared-wingedblackbird.IwhackChris’skneeandpointtoit."What!"hehollers."Blackbird!"HesayssomethingIdon’thear."What?"Ihollerback.zenandtheartofmotorcyclemaintenance,robertm.pirsigPage2of19
7、2Hegrabsthebackofmyhelmetandhollersup,"I’veseenlotsofthose,Dad!""Oh!"Ihollerback.ThenInod.Atageelevenyoudon’tgetveryimpressedwithred-wingedblackbirds.Youhavetogetolderforthat.Formethisisallmixedwithmemoriesthathedoesn’thave.Coldmorningslongagowhenthemarshgrasshadturnedbrown
8、andcattailswerewavinginthenorthwestwind.Thepungentsmellthenwasfrommuckstirredupbyh
