Treasure Yesterday——《收藏昨天》节选译文

宿鑫

（北京航空航天大学，北京 100000）

经常有年轻朋友来信询问一些有关人生的大问题，我总是告诉他们，你其实已经有了一位最好的人生导师，那就是你自己。

Some young friends frequently write to me for numerous significant problems of life and my invariable answer is that”Actually，you already have the best mentor—yourself.”

这并非搪塞之言。人生的过程虽然会受到社会和时代的很大影响，但贯穿首尾的基本线索总离不开自己的个体生命。个体生命的完整性、连贯性会构成一种巨大的力量，使人生的任何一个小点都指向着整体价值。一个人突然地沮丧绝望、自暴自弃、挺而走险，常常是因为产生了精神上的“短路”，如果在那个时候偶然翻检出一张自己童年时代的照片或几页做中学生时写下的日记，细细凝视，慢慢诵读，很可能会心情缓释、眉宇舒展，返回到平静的理性状态。其间的力量，来自生命本身，远远大于旁人的劝解。

The answer above is not perfunctory because although the process of life is greatly influenced by society and times，the basic thread throughout it is never inseparable from your own individual life.In general，the wholeness and coherence of individual lives can constitute tremendous power that enables a small part of life to correspond with the entirety of it.For instance，the reason why you suddenly feel a twinge of depression，self-abandonment and desperation is that a mental“short circuit” happens to you.However，when you come across a photo of childhood or several pages of the diary during middle school and then gaze at it subtly and read it slowly，you may relax your mind totally rather than frown deeply，returning to a state of tranquility gradually.Hence，the power within it originates from life itself and far outweighs other consolations.

拿起自己十岁时候的照片，不是感叹韶华易逝，青春不再，而长久地逼视那双清澈无邪的眼睛，它提醒你，正是你，曾经有过那么强的光亮，那么大的空间，那么多的可能，而这一切并未全然消逝；它告诉你，你曾经那么纯净，那么轻松，今天让你苦恼不堪的一切本不属于你。这时，你发现，早年自己的眼神发出了指令，要你去找回自己的财宝，把不属于自己的东西放回原处。除了照片，应该还有其它更多的信号，把我们的生命连贯起来。

Picking up photos taken at ten，you have no intention of sighing for the passage of time and the disappearance of youth.Instead，you just stare at those pure eyes for a long time which are a reminder that you are the one that once dazzled others and demonstrated so much space and potential，while these glories never disappear completely.Moreover，your eyes show that you were so innocent and carefree once，while you should not have undergone anything distressing now.Meanwhile，you come to realize that those pure eyes tell you to retrieve your own treasures and replace what you don’t possess.In addition to these photos，there should be more signals that connect our lives.

为此，真希望世间能有更多的人珍视自己的每一步脚印，勤于记录，乐于重温，敢于自嘲，善于修正，让人生的前前后后能够互相灌溉，互相滋润。其实，中国古代显赫之家一代代修续家谱也是为了前后之间互相灌溉、互相滋润，你看在家谱中呈现出来的那个清晰有序的时间过程是那么有力，使前代为后代而自律，使后代为前代而自强，真可谓生生不息。个人的生命也是一个前后互济的时间过程，如能留住记忆，定会产生一种回荡激扬的动力循环，让人长久受益。一个人就像一个家族一样，是不是有身份、有信誉、有责任，就看是否能把完整的演变脉络认真留存……

It is thus my sincere hope that more people in the world will cherish every step of life.In other words，they can keep recording precious moments and relish reminiscing about them，have the courage to ridicule themselves and correct errors in time so that parts of life can penetrate and complement each other.That’s in fact why generations of dignitaries in ancient China have been expanding their family trees，too.In particular，the orderly process of time presented in family trees is so profound that previous generations can discipline themselves for the prosperity of future ones and future generations can also exert themselves for the continuity of previous ones，which eventually contributes to their perpetual families.Likewise，one’s individual life can be regarded as a process of time where the early part and the later one of life are interwoven.If one bears these parts in mind，he will surely review them repeatedly and benefit from them permanently.Similarly，whether one is respectable，credible and responsible hinges on whether he can preserve the continuous process of his life carefully