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孔子(Confucius)是春秋时期(the Spring and Autumn Period)的大思想家、大教育家和儒家学派(Confucianism)的创始人,是古代中录在由他的弟子或再传弟子编成的《论语》(The Analects)一书中。《论语》是中国古代文化的经典著作。在孔子之后几千年的中国历史上,没有哪一位思想家、文学家和政治家不受《论语》的影响。不研究《论语》,就不能真正把握中国几千年的传统文化。
As a great thinker,educator and founder of Confucianism during the Spring and Autumn Period,Confucius is a sage to the ancient Chinese people. His words and life storywere recorded by his disciples and their students in The Analects. As an enduring classic of Chinese culture, The Analects has influenced allthinkers, writers and politicians in the thousand years’ Chinese history after Confucius. No scholar could trulyunderstand this long-standing culture or the inner world of the ancient Chinesewithout this book.
大约在两千多年前,中国就出现了蜡染(wax printing)。在中国服饰中,蜡染是一种流传时间长、流行范围大、使用领域广的服装工艺。蜡染是在布匹着色的过程中,以蜂蜡(beeswax)作为防止染色的材料。蜂蜡干了之后,会产生一些裂纹,这些裂纹在染色过程中渗透进靛蓝色,于是形成了如冰花式样的美妙纹理。这样自然天成的纹理可以说是蜡染的灵魂所在。
Wax printingappeared in China about 2,000 years ago. Wax printing has long been awidespread technique used in the history of Chinese fashion. During the dyeingprocess, beeswax is applied to prevent some parts of the cloth form being the beeswax dries, it develops cracks, which absorb indigo in the processof dyeing, thus forming the beautiful natural lines resembling breaking naturally formed lines represent the beauty and soul of wax printing.