1. 中文感悟
本章講述了蘇東坡時期中國畫的特點,就是追求寫意,用文中的話說就是畫“活”了~一幅畫,不僅能看到紙上畫出來的事物,還能透過畫能看到作者想要表達的意境和心境,達到天人合一的境界。我是挺喜歡中國國畫的,看起來有種詩意的美,只可惜自己不會畫~
2. 詞匯學習
Mi Fei, who later became the most outstanding painter of the Sung Dynasty, once was so enamored with the massive rhyms of the silent rocks that he prostrated himself before mountain cliff and called it his "father-in-law".
enamored? ? [en'?m?d]? ? adj.
marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness 傾心于…的,迷戀的;熱愛的
eg: He was so enamored with the reading that he spent the whole day reading books in the room.
Hampered by Chinese incapacity or distaste for abstract metaphysics, the Sung philosophers did not get very far with this li as laws of nature.
hamper? ? ? vt.
If someone or something hampers you, they make it difficult for you to do what you are trying to do. 妨礙
eg: The heavy rain hampered the progress of the work.
When one makes a mistake in the form or contour of an object, however, the mistake is confined to that particular part and does not spoil the whole, whereas if one misses the inner spirit, the whole painting falls flat.
contour? ? ? ? ? n.
You can refer to the general shape or outline of an object as its contours. 輪廓; 輪廓線 [文學性]
eg: I didn't remember his appearance, but I could paint the contour of his face.
whereas? ? ? conj.
You use whereas to introduce a comment that contrasts with what is said in the main clause. 而 (引導與主句內容相對比的評論)
eg: He likes going out with his friends whereas his twin brother likes reading alone at home.
There are plenty of craftsmen who can copy the minute details of objects, but the inner law of things can be comprehended only by the highest human spirits.
minute? ? ? ? /ma??nju?t/? ? adj.
If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small. 非常小的
precise or detailed 精確的; 詳細的
eg: His handwriting is so minute that his grandpa can't see it clearly.
He has made a very minute plan.