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木心谈木心：《文学回忆录》补遗
在历时五年的“世界文学史”课程中，木心曾应听课生再三恳请，于1993 年3月7日至9月11日，以九堂课的半数时间，讲述了自己的文学写作。其全部内容，包含在陈丹青的原始笔记中。2013年初，依据这五本听课笔记，《文学回忆录》出版了。出于当时的顾虑，陈丹青没有收入九堂课的相关内容。近经商酌，为读者考虑，仍以他的笔记为依据，编成《木心谈木心》一书，是为《文学回忆录》补遗。
听课学生陈丹青说，返回八十年代，这份“课业”并不是听讲世界文学史，而是众人撺掇木心聊他自己的文章——这是先要向读者告白的实情。1993年，文学史讲席进入第四个年头，话题渐入所谓现代文学。其时众人与老师混得忒熟了，不知怎样一来，旧话重提，我们又要他谈谈自己的写作、自己的文章。3月间，木心终于同意了，拟定前半堂课仍讲现代文学，后半堂课，则由大家任选一篇他的作品，听他夫子自道。查阅笔记，头一回讲述是3月7日，末一回是9月11日，共九讲。之后，木心继续全时谈论现代文学，直到1994年元月的最后一课。
木心极郑重地说，“当没有人理解你时，你自己不要出来讲。”陈丹青说，什么叫做“私房话”呢，这就是私房话。全本《文学回忆录》的真价值，即在“私房”。他谈到那么多古今妙人，倒将自己讲了出来，而逐句谈论自家的作品（《木心谈木心》），却是在言说何谓文学、何谓文章、何谓用字与用词。这可是高难度动作啊，爱书写的人，哪里找这等真货？眼下，隐然而欠雏形的木心研究，似在萌动。《木心谈木心》面世，应是大可寻味的文本，赏鉴木心而有待申说的作者，会留意他所谓“精灵”的自况，所谓“步虚”的自供吗——承老头子看得起我们，提前交了底，以世故论，诚哉所言非人：这是文学法庭再严厉的拷问也难求得的自白啊。
听课学生陈丹青说，返回八十年代，这份“课业”并不是听讲世界文学史，而是众人撺掇木心聊他自己的文章——这是先要向读者告白的实情。1993年，文学史讲席进入第四个年头，话题渐入所谓现代文学。其时众人与老师混得忒熟了，不知怎样一来，旧话重提，我们又要他谈谈自己的写作、自己的文章。3月间，木心终于同意了，拟定前半堂课仍讲现代文学，后半堂课，则由大家任选一篇他的作品，听他夫子自道。查阅笔记，头一回讲述是3月7日，末一回是9月11日，共九讲。之后，木心继续全时谈论现代文学，直到1994年元月的最后一课。
木心极郑重地说，“当没有人理解你时，你自己不要出来讲。”陈丹青说，什么叫做“私房话”呢，这就是私房话。全本《文学回忆录》的真价值，即在“私房”。他谈到那么多古今妙人，倒将自己讲了出来，而逐句谈论自家的作品（《木心谈木心》），却是在言说何谓文学、何谓文章、何谓用字与用词。这可是高难度动作啊，爱书写的人，哪里找这等真货？眼下，隐然而欠雏形的木心研究，似在萌动。《木心谈木心》面世，应是大可寻味的文本，赏鉴木心而有待申说的作者，会留意他所谓“精灵”的自况，所谓“步虚”的自供吗——承老头子看得起我们，提前交了底，以世故论，诚哉所言非人：这是文学法庭再严厉的拷问也难求得的自白啊。
232 pages, Hardcover
Published August 1, 2015
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About the author
Mu Xin
33 books25 followersMu Xin (1927-2011) was the pen name of a renowned Chinese diasporan writer and artist who once lived in the New York area. Mu Xin was born in Wuzhen, South China, into a wealthy aristocratic family with business interests in Shanghai. He was among the last generation to receive a classical education in the literati tradition, but he was also exposed through voluminous reading to the highest achievements of Western art and culture.
From 1947 to 1949, Mu Xin attended Shanghai Institute of the Arts. From 1949 until 1982, when he came to the United States, MuXin lived in China. Although he wrote profusely in that period, all of his earlier manuscripts were confiscated and destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Since 1982, MuXin published twelve books of fiction, prose, and poetry (in Chinese) and contributed to literary columns in Chinese journals and newspapers outside the PRC. Among the Chinese diaspora, MuXin’s works have attracted an intense following.
Few Chinese writers in modern history have as firm a mastery of the Chinese cultural and linguistic heritage as MuXin did. Innovatively combining fiction, sanwen (a Chinese genre which blends characteristics of the essay, fiction, and poetry), and philosophical reflections, MuXin’s writing is both profoundly Chinese and reminiscent of the internalization and unconventionality of Western modern masters. In addition to his literary accomplishments, MuXin was also a well recognized artist whose paintings are preserved, among other places, at Yale University and Harvard University Art Galleries.
From 1947 to 1949, Mu Xin attended Shanghai Institute of the Arts. From 1949 until 1982, when he came to the United States, MuXin lived in China. Although he wrote profusely in that period, all of his earlier manuscripts were confiscated and destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Since 1982, MuXin published twelve books of fiction, prose, and poetry (in Chinese) and contributed to literary columns in Chinese journals and newspapers outside the PRC. Among the Chinese diaspora, MuXin’s works have attracted an intense following.
Few Chinese writers in modern history have as firm a mastery of the Chinese cultural and linguistic heritage as MuXin did. Innovatively combining fiction, sanwen (a Chinese genre which blends characteristics of the essay, fiction, and poetry), and philosophical reflections, MuXin’s writing is both profoundly Chinese and reminiscent of the internalization and unconventionality of Western modern masters. In addition to his literary accomplishments, MuXin was also a well recognized artist whose paintings are preserved, among other places, at Yale University and Harvard University Art Galleries.
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July 4, 2018
这本真不该出版 太败好感了…看完第一篇采访感觉太差了…（感觉这人一点都不真诚…）
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January 23, 2021读不懂啊，就这样吧，也不评论了。
January 21, 2017
最喜欢木心的幽默
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