Lost horizon（消失的地平線）（英文版）

多年前讀過並引起我對藏區嚮往的第一本書，那是一個想象中的烏托邦，那裏有神聖的雪山、寧靜的湖泊、美麗的草原、莊嚴的廟宇，那裏遠離世間的一切繁雜和是非，在那裏，你能找到屬於自己的一片寧靜，可以盡情做自己喜歡的事情，不管是學習異族語言，彈奏古老樂器，還是牧羊種地，靜坐冥想，生活總可以悠然自得，無憂無慮。那樣的淨土，只存在於精神世界裏的"別處"，存在於作者理想中的"香格里拉"。猶記當年第一次讀到該書中文版時的熱血沸騰，憧憬無限。然後多年後的現在，我卻只願待在這個紛擾卻割捨不下的，有血有肉，有苦有樂，能哭能笑的塵世。

一開始以爲是一部戰事小說，然後變成了人物傳記，奇聞異事，一個自傳，一個傳奇…全都是也全都不是，奇妙的混合產生難以描述的吸引力。Things shall be viewed in moderation, even moderation itself. 無窮哲思

還是挺admire blue moon這種moderate的處世觀的，人的生死是受心境和身體器官運作的影響的。死亡的原因無外乎生意器官衰竭無法繼續運作造成。如果處在blue moon這種空氣純淨無污染的環境之中，同事保持這種平靜得心態，活個一兩百年倒也是可能。

英語書。原來叫中甸後來因爲這本書改名香格里拉，是世外桃源，雲南的藏文化區

Where you are where is the ultimate Shangri-la![可愛][可愛][可愛] It's been a long hours ,after completing the story, that my heart can't be calming down and I can't hold on my mind not to shuffle through those mountains of Tibetan-Plateau. A picture has been slowly stretching in my brain and remains suspending without going away. While darkness is falling down and sky screen is hunging up slowly and faintly, mysight going through a window, the Karalar stands under the moon which is bright  with light halo arounding, on the peak of the triangle there's pure white snow covering silently, among the tiny gaps of green leaves on the top of tree, spot spot star light on dark water surface mimicking the moon light of the surrounding while Blue Moon Lake is flowing slightly. The story, i believe, sounds like a fiction and the High Lama would be ghost that you don't know the legend of Shangri-La is true or not,particularly that about Ever-young. It's , however, possibly reasonable that you may live in two worlds among which one is the real society and the other is floating in your heart with moderation and idealism in it. I really appreciate the say given by Barnard that briefly means you never differentiate which one is prison, outside or inside? The last the love story is quite interestin as well among the three, Conway, Mallinson,and Lo-Tsen. There are too many mysteries and miracles in the story but I mark the book same score as <the kite runner > without any hesitate. A charming and attractive story!

The novel depicts a hidden paradise in southwest China's Pure Land - filled with peaceful, quiet, eternal and mysterious Tibetan interest-bearing land. The novel, the author paints a beautiful kingdom. , Where three rivers meet together, mountains and towering, snow-capped peak, at the foot of the deep grass into Yin, covering the earth. By the time World War I, the Great Depression, the U.S. economy, global exploration into the heat of the characters in the book. At that time people is reflected in the pursuit of their own hearts Shangri-La. The novel thrills, excitement, bizarre, dramatic. Even more unusual is that, reading the novel will be a body, mind and soul experience. Perhaps the departure of Conway is a pity, if it is I am afraid I will always Zhuxia Qu, forever ... ... "Shangri-La" This is only the hearts of the Pure Land Author synonymous with a nominal land, no one can identify the authenticity of his find out the truth, but these are good enough, just like the text said, "She's more calm atmosphere , her sense of mystery the more stirring people's hearts, and the whole feeling is very pleasant and euphoric. "Yes, ah, if true, completely understanding him, and this piece of land probably would not be so beautiful, so divine , as incomplete the United States, is often the most beautiful, because she never took the veil we can not peeled off......

Nice writing. 記得小時候某個週末，中央臺播放了一部電影，講述了一艘載有敵對雙方人員的潛艇因緣巧合通過地下水道抵達陌生陸地後發生的系列故事。其中，有史前時代繁衍未絕的恐龍，有處於從低到高進化的類人部落，十分引人入勝。可惜沒等看完就趕上停電了，之後就再沒有播放過。 直到有了互聯網，我通過不懈努力確認了該電影的名字，又花了一週多時間才通過Emule下載並珍藏起來，算是了卻了多年來的一樁心願。只是不知道書中的Conway是否最終也能如願以償。 對了，想起這部電影是因爲它的名字也正好是我對於本書的讀後感，The land that time forgot.

Interesting book, but the end of the story is not so satisfying. I just can’t understand why Conway sacrifices his own happiness for the sake of a quick-tempered, willful man, if he is that wise as depicted in this book, for apparently he loves the lifestyle in Shangri-La, it is the kind of life he wants but can’t find in the outside world. What a charming thing to have a long life and be always youthful, and you have plenty of time to do whatever you want!

這本經典小說意外走紅:二十年前爲了蒐集歡樂谷香格里拉分區設計資料，接觸這本書；後來去西寧、麗江和香格里拉旅遊，體驗了真實的地理場景和人文風情；這本小說靈感來源於探險家約瑟夫·洛克，今天位於波士頓南部的阿諾德植物園，保留了許多洛克在＂香格里拉＂採集的植物樣板本。

很棒的一本書。書中有東西方文化的衝突，有人生觀世界觀的衝突，也有人性的衝突。一，東西方文化的衝突。自古以來，中國人就十分推崇中庸，崇尚儒雅，書中寺廟的人對Conway一行人的熱心接待及貼心服務充分提現了這一點。西方人講求效率，Mallison火急火燎地想探求事實的真相，想知道事情發生的原因，一門心思想離開他所認爲的如地獄般的藍月亮谷。然而，作者並沒有親身經歷體驗過中國人的爲人處世之道，書中對中國人所認可的中庸適度原則的描寫，未免有失偏頗。二，有人生觀和世界觀的衝突。書中描寫，香格里拉的居民追求“出世”，希望可以避開他們所預言的滅世大戰，以此來保存所有的文化遺產，惠濟後人。而書中的Mallison和Conway，則是典型的西方人。他們追求“入世”，鼓勵追求夢想，直麪人生的挫折。三，有人性的衝突。關於書中唯一的女性的命運。她到底是如何到達藍月亮谷的，又爲什麼對自己的遭遇閉口不談，再者，離開藍月亮谷的她後來又怎麼樣了，所有的這些我們都不得而知。寺廟的人和Mallison對她來歷的說法大有不同，不論誰對誰錯，都是對人性的一種考驗。 作爲一本出名的作品，這本書自然有其獨到之處。對於此書，還是有很多不理解的地方。如，作者爲什麼將這本小說取名爲Lost Horizon。 總而言之，人活着，趁年輕的時候，還是要勇於追求自己想追求的，這樣，纔不悔自己的青春，這樣，遲暮之時，回首往事，纔不會覺得遺憾。