Chapter 60 Borrowing or not borrowing books

Borrowing or not borrowing books "The poems are wild and the books are more leisurely. They are so many in recent years, most of them have fallen into the world, and they have not yet returned to their comfort zone." This poem is written by Shao Kangjie of the Song Dynasty in memory of his books that he had lent but not returned.comfort zone is his reading book office.He was originally a teacher of Taoism, but this poem is a bit romantic, so every time he thinks of the poem he gave I always like to recite these few lines of poems in a low voice for the many books that others have borrowed but never returned.

I seldom borrow books from others, but I never refuse to lend books to others.I don't borrow much from others The reason for buying books is not that I don’t like borrowing books, but that I have another habit of buying books.whatever you want Books that I need to read, or even books that I know are not very useful or I will not read, as long as I have a chance, I always like I went to buy it myself.Because of this, I bought most of the books that could be bought; I can't borrow any of them, so I don't have much chance to borrow books from others.But people often borrow books from me.

Sometimes because of the personality of the borrower, or because the borrowed book happens to be used sooner or later, or he hesitates For a while, but only hesitated, the result is still borrowed.To resolutely refuse to lend a book to others is Something I've never had before. There is a piece of paper in my desk drawer, and whenever I check out a book, I just randomly and briefly Write down the title of the book on loan and the last name of the borrower.This is not an official registration, but is for reference only from time to time A memo to wake yourself up.The handwriting on it is so simple and scribbled that only I can understand it,

Sometimes even I can't understand it myself.According to such a bibliography, these are sometimes lent by accident Checking my books, I found that the books that have been borrowed but not returned accounted for the majority.Of these unreturned books, there are Some have yet to return, and others seem to have no hope of ever returning.and these will not Most of the books in my book are those for which I hesitated when I borrowed them, as if I had predicted that the borrowers would decide to borrow them. Won't return it, but lent it to him nonetheless. Originally, whether one's own books should be lent to others is a question that seems simple but is actually very subtle.

question.Firstly, it depends on one's own personality and concept of books; secondly, it depends on how the borrower is. People who come here three times depend on what kind of books they are borrowing.People who appreciate books as treasures certainly don't want to It is easy to lend others, but even those who regard books as academic research tools may feel free for themselves. I need it from time to time, and I don’t want to lend it to others at will. Only when you love books and can understand the mental dissatisfaction when you can't get the books you need Only those who are peaceful and empty can be considerate of themselves and others, and they will not easily refuse others to borrow a book that is just what they need from you.

Again for all your books.However, the mood of borrowing books in this way is by no means "I have finished reading, you Take it" can be understood by a philandering man who is indifferent to the existence of a book. To give a book is to lend a part of oneself to others, and to give one's water bottle on a journey in the desert. Generously awarded to fellow travelers.All he wants is to have a mate and fellow-fellow with whom he can share The satisfaction and happiness I have felt are by no means alms, nor are I hoping to make the other party a debtor. A debtor of one's own debt.

Of course, borrowing books gives people hope, and I believe that others will return them.borrow from others Books are rarely returned on purpose from the very beginning. It is not that there are no such people, but there are only a few of them. number.Most people, when borrowing books, have repeatedly stated that they must return them, and in fact they are planning to finish reading them. Or return it immediately when you run out.But the result is often the opposite. Although there are many reasons why a borrowed book cannot be returned, the biggest reason is that which is not a reason;

That is to say, due to laziness, I can't get up the energy to fulfill this duty.There are many such excuses; no By the way, the timing is not coincidental, I was going to return it - I forgot to bring it temporarily.sometimes feel just It is not worthwhile to go all the way to return a book, and the longer it takes, the more I feel that it is not urgent to return it necessary.This is just like an old debt, the creditor is of course inconvenient to bring it up without any special reason, but Although the debtor remembers this debt from time to time, if there is no special reason, he will not bother to pay it back.

Yes, just like that, "most of the books have fallen into the world, and have not yet returned to the comfort zone", the books borrowed are because of this For reasons that are not the same, most have never been returned.As for the real loss or loss of contact with each other From returned, that is but a minority of the few. Although I don't often borrow books from others, I do borrow one or two occasionally.in my pile of books, I clearly remember that there are two books that I borrowed from a friend needlessly. It has been two years since then. Although I never read it, he never came to ask for it, and I still can't get up the energy to return it.

Most bibliophiles in ancient China did not like to lend their books to others.This is because they both Do not regard books as a tool for learning, nor as a tool that should be made public, or at least made public Instead of works of art that can cultivate one's temperament, books are regarded as private secret games.this is totally excessive It is caused by the good old version and the old version.Some bibliophiles who are obsessed with Song editions and rare editions in the old days, of course they are unwilling to I lend or show my secret collection to others, even if I have some books, I don’t want to let others know.

road.Western bibliophiles who have some eccentric hobbies for collecting orphan books, if they find their own orphans When Ben finds a second copy in someone else's hands, they must have tried everything possible to buy that other copy. Come, cheat, even steal, and then destroy it, so that this "solitary book" in your collection This "became a real orphan. If all this is not possible, they would rather put their own copy on the screen. outside of your own collection. For such a eccentric bibliophile, he no longer regards a book as a book, let alone borrowing it. The book was given to someone else. Some bibliophiles in old China even warned their descendants to consider it unfilial to lend books to others.Such as Fan Sheng Shan Shan's "Wu Xing Collection of Books" quoted "Hu Lu" as saying: "Tang Yaochen, a native of Wukang, was Kaijian Yin, and he had thousands of other careers. Zhushan House, with five buildings, has a collection of thousands of books, and there is a seal on the book saying: Borrowing books is not filial." Song Zhouhui's "Qing Bo Miscellaneous" "Zhi" records that Du Siam of the Tang Dynasty gathered thousands of volumes of books, and at the end of each volume, he wrote a poem on it, saying: "Qing's salary is written by hand, and the descendants read it. Knowing the sacred teachings, it is unfilial to vend and borrow others." Printing books in the Tang Dynasty was not popular, and most of the books were manuscripts. Of course, you should cherish the books that you have paid so much to copy, and it is of course appropriate to warn your children and grandchildren not to sell them to others casually. Yes, but it would be unreasonable to consider it unfilial even to lend to others. Books should be lent to others, but some people don't return books after borrowing them, which makes book lovers feel troubled. hand thing.As Zhao Lingjuan recorded in his "Hou Mabo Lu", the scholar who borrowed books but did not return them, It's a headache: "Recently, scholar-bureaucrats borrow books from others, and if they don't record, read or return them, they keep them for themselves, and they want to make people lose their books. Yingchuan, a scholar, has dozens of volumes in each of the Nine Classics, all of which have inscriptions.It is for those who borrow books and do not return them, each time they show off more books, Yu Weiwei did not quit his son Cao Ye. " Zhao Lingjuan did not warn his children not to lend books to others, but to warn them not to borrow books like that scholar. After reading other people's books, "don't read, record and don't return", this is really a very sensible point of view.Originally, instead of persuading It is better to persuade people to return the books they have borrowed than to lend them books.Some people are stingy because they borrow books and refuse to return them. Sie refused to lend his books to others. Not all book collectors in ancient China kept their treasures in letters and refused to lend them to others.some think with It is better to be generous than to keep the boxes in your possession for rats to gnaw at the nests of insects, or to sell off for unworthy descendants who cannot read and keep books. He generously lent others banknotes to read.Qian Muzhai's "Cao Mang Private Carriage" in Ba Nan Village said that there was Li Ruyi at that time, and he was very old. addicted to books.Buy books to minimize the property of the ancestors.Taste said: "A good book in the world should be shared with scholars all over the world. The ancients regarded it as a crime for a man to conceive a bi, but the book is a treasure, especially more important than a chibi, do you dare to conceive it as a crime? "plum Ruyi's collection of books is not famous in the history of Chinese book collection, but these few words are the words of many famous Chinese writers. What bibliophiles refuse to say.Just like Qian Muzhai, although he "did not fail to lament the words, thinking it was a good talk", However, he himself collected the "Jiangyun Tower" carved in the inner mansion with the fine works of Song and Yuan Dynasties, but "Pianchu refused to lend it out", As a result, in a fire, all the orphans and secret banknotes were turned into ashes. Of course it is wrong not to borrow books, but it is also wrong not to return borrowed books or to deface them at will.Northern Qi Yan Zitui talked about the morality of borrowing books in "Yan's Family Instructions": "Borrowed classics must be cherished. First, if there is a defect, it will be repaired. This is one of the hundred practices of scholar-bureaucrats. Jiyang Jianglu, who has not finished his studies, although he is fast, he must wait for the volumes to be neat, and then he can afford it, so there is no loss or failure. Don't tire of asking for fakes.There may be a few messy cases, scattered parts, mostly smeared by childish maids and concubines, wind and rain insects The damage done by rats is really exhausting." Yan's reasoning is always easy and sensible, and the morality of borrowing books advocated here is also not easy in ancient and modern times. standard.Because if the borrower can cherish the borrowed books and return them regularly, he will gain the favor of book lovers. If you trust them, they will naturally not begrudge you and refuse to borrow. In the past, when there were not many printed books, they were not widely circulated, and it was not easy to buy, if you want to read, you have neither There is a public library, but you can’t or can’t buy it yourself. The only way is to borrow or borrow from others. copied.Due to the difficulty of borrowing books, some people even go to work with other people who have a collection of books in order to obtain the books. For example, Kuang Heng, as recorded in "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing", studied hard but could not get books. Literacy, family wealth and many books, but for the guest, do not ask for the price.The master asked strangely, Heng said, I would like to get the master's letter Read it all over." For bibliophiles, they cherish their collections and are unwilling to show others easily, so that those who want to read have no books to read. Scholars who refer to the collation are overwhelmed by the ocean, and in the event of an accident in the war, the hidden copies of the secret books are often It was swept away, so it aroused the sigh of knowledgeable book lovers, such as Wu Kai's "Sixteen Views on Reading" quoted "Hong It is said in Lusi Wild Talk: "Guanzhong is not a home without accumulation of books, and it is often bundled up in the pavilion to feed silverfish. It is neither a dummy, It doesn't catch the eye, and even puts it under various stoves to replace the steamed salary, and I always hate the silverfish for its inadequacy." The "Circulation of Ancient Books" drafted by Xiushui Cao Rong also accused bibliophiles of such eccentricity: "When a book enters the hands of ordinary people, there is still the hope of passing it on. Once it is returned to a bibliophile, all books are covered with brocade. In the room, the key thinks that there are often questions, but there are no answers.The whole world has never been able to watch... so that the book of a single line is sent in a suitcase It's life; if you're not careful, you'll disappear forever, and it will only be listed in the catalog with an empty name.Since I have a deep hatred with the ancients, Shouldn't be Ruoer". The so-called "About Circulation of Ancient Books" refers to Cao's consideration that some bibliophiles kept their collections secret and refused to show them to others. This agreement was specially drawn up to appeal to interested book collectors to share their collections, exchange money with each other, and borrow money from each other. He also never ignored the reasons why some people refused to return books after borrowing them, so that bibliophiles were unwilling to lend them out.he Say: "Improper crimes are for those who don't borrow. The sages of the time understand the borrowed books, return the books if they don't understand, change a book into an idiot, see the past remember.That is to say, there are many people who are loyal and self-sufficient, but promise not to deceive, and when the book goes out, the road by boat and car is far away, uncertain, or Children and servants are messed up, or disasters are caused by fire and water, and there are unexpected things, so it’s okay not to borrow.” However, the scope of Cao's agreement on the circulation of ancient books is still based on the principle of whether bibliophiles have money to borrow from each other. His intention is similar to that of the "Gu Huan Sheyue" organized by the Ding family in Nanjing, except that "we hide what we lack, or What is lacking and what is hidden, cross-examining each other, when there is an invention, the fastest mind in the world" is the purpose, not advocating a Borrowing books of a general nature. However, most of the famous bibliophiles do not even want to borrow money from each other among collectors, so they There was a design to steal other people's secret books. This happened in the early Qing Dynasty when the famous bibliophile Qian Zunwang and the famous The poet Zhu Yizun can be said to be the most interesting anecdote that reflects the miserliness of Chinese bibliophiles.Qian Zunwang He is the grandson of Qian Muzhai, who once collected the remaining books in Muzhai's Jiangyun Tower.According to Qian's "Reading Min Qiu Ji" Wu Zhuoba said: "Before the crimson cloud was extinguished, there were more than 3,900 kinds of books in the collection. Qian Zunwang wrote a book about reading and seeking records, and there are six hundred books. One type is recorded in the Song version of Yuan notes, and the order of the book is complete and missing. The ancient and modern are different, and they are recorded according to the category, and they are kept in the secret pillow. In the twenty-fourth year of Kangxi, Yi Zundian tried Jiangzuo, and met with King Zun at Baixia, asking to see him, but he refused to come out.So Set up wine, call all famous scholars Gao Yan, obey the king and Yan.I privately gave gold and green mouse fur to the servants, and opened the box to get them. Dozens of officials were employed in the halls of the vassal administration, and they finished writing in the secret room in the middle of the night, and recorded a volume of wonderful words.The words are engraved, follow Wang Jian Knowing it, Yi Zun made an oath to thank him and said that it would not be passed on to outsiders." In addition, there is a story about classmates who refused to borrow books and were teased by others. The punishment for borrowing miserly can be described as happy.See Ming Zhou Bi's "Xun Guo Zhong Ji" volume three scene Qing Biography: "Hongwuzhong, Yu Taixue, a student in the same dormitory has a secretary. He asks for a view, but he does not agree. Please, I will return it on Mingdan. Ming Dan went to ask, Qing said, I don't know what book, and I haven't tasted a fake book for you.When anger arises, the sacrificial wine for lawsuits is held immediately The fake book went to see and said, this is Qing Su's professional book.That is to recite the whole volume.And students in the same house, students can't say a word.sacrifice The wine scolds the living and retreats, and clears it out, that is, returning the living with the book, saying, "I think my son is too secretive, so I play with each other's ears." " It is true that Jingqing borrowed the book and refused to return it, which is intended as a joke, but in fact, the loaned book is not returned. It is not easy to get returned books, but it is also true.I myself have had experience in both: many The books lent out have not been returned so far, and there are some books in my stack that have not been returned yet. However, I think both parties are due to laziness and negligence, and it is definitely not a deliberate repayment, or a deliberate act of punishment. move.Writing this reminds me of the inscription written on the exlibris by a western bibliophile, he may It is a pity that there are too many borrowed books that do not come back, so I pray: Although the lost cat has been lost for a long time, Finally one day will come back. Alas, I wish this book had the character of a cat when I checked out, Take the shortest diameter to return home.