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Did you know? Particularly ancient philosophical thinking, when viewed today, doesn't seem behind the times at all, on the contrary, it's really significant.

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这就是他了不起的地方。他结合了二十多种中外功夫，独创自己的截拳道。武术界公认是实战和视觉的顶级结合。而且李小龙还是一个哲学家，通过电影把武术的精神传播出去。

zhè jiùshì tā liǎobuqǐ de dìfang 。tā jiéhé le èrshíduō zhǒng zhōngwài gōngfu ，dúchuàng zìjǐ de jiéquándào 。wǔshù jiè gōngrèn shì shízhàn hé shìjué de dǐngjí jiéhé 。érqiě LǐXiǎolóng hái shì yī ge zhéxué jiā ，tōngguò diànyǐng bǎ wǔshù de jīngshén chuánbō chūqù 。

True...These days so many foreigners like kung fu. Most of them saw Bruce Li's movies. There's no way Jackie Chan and Bruce Li could reach that level.

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怎么回事，你这个购物狂突然变成哲学家了？

zěnme huíshì ，nǐ zhège gòuwùkuáng tūrán biànchéng zhéxuéjiā le ？

Why has a shopaholic like yourself become philosophical?

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看来挫折让人成熟，这话相当有道理，可以让一介凡夫俗子，瞬间变成哲学家。所以你的领悟是什么？

kànlai cuòzhé ràngrén chéngshú ，zhè huà xiāngdāng yǒudàolǐ ，kěyǐ ràng yī jiè fánfūsúzǐ ，shùnjiān biànchéng zhéxué jiā 。suǒyǐ nǐ de lǐngwù shì shénme ？

It seems like hardships make one more mature. What you said makes sense, and can turn an ordinary guy into a philosopher in an instant. So what was your revelation?

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这逻辑，这思辨，谢谢你啊老婆，我和你的马克思辩证唯物主义哲学老师都要喜极而泣了。

zhè luóji ，zhè sībiàn ，xièxie nǐ ā lǎopó ，wǒ hé nǐ de Mǎ Kèsī biànzhèng wéiwùzhǔyì zhéxué lǎoshī dōuyào xǐjí ér qì le 。

This logic, this critical thinking. Thanks wifey, your Marxist dialectical materialism teacher and I must both be crying tears of joy.

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嗯，我也要给咱哲学老师长个脸了，是这样的，脸蛋和身材决定了我是否想去了解他的思想，思想决定了我是否会一票否决掉她的脸蛋和身材。你就是完美的老婆大人！

ng4 ，wǒ yě yào gěi zá zhéxué lǎoshī zhǎng gè liǎn le ，shì zhèyàng de ，liǎndàn hé shēncái juédìng le wǒ shìfǒu xiǎngqù liǎojiě tā de sīxiǎng ，sīxiǎng juédìng le wǒ shìfǒu huì yī piào fǒujué diào tā de liǎndàn hé shēncái 。nǐ jiù shì wánměi de lǎopódàren ！

Hmm, I have to give props to our philosopher teacher, it's like this, a face and figure will decide if I understand their way of thinking, and her way of thinking decides if I will reject her face and body in one go. You are perfect, wifey!

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我说这行诗是象征诗派的代表，因为它具体而又微妙地表现出许多哲学家所无法说清的话；它表现出人性里两种相对的本质，但同时更表现出那两种相对的本质的调和。

wǒ shuō zhè xíng shī shì xiàngzhēng shī pài de dàibiǎo ，yīnwèi tā jùtǐ ér yòu wēimiào de biǎoxiàn chū xǔduō zhéxué jiā suǒ wúfǎ shuōqīng dehuà ；tā biǎoxiàn chū rénxìng lǐ liǎng zhǒng xiāngduì de běnzhì ，dàn tóngshí gèng biǎoxiàn chū nà liǎng zhǒng xiāngduì de běnzhì de tiáohé 。

The reason I say this line of poetry is representative of Symbolism, is because in a concrete but subtle way, it shows that which many philosophers have been unable to explain clearly; It shows the essences of the two opposing forms of humanity, but, at the same time, it shows the harmony between the essences of these two opposing forms.

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去！你这哲学式生活，还真没什么乐趣，等我拍了曙光，你就别来羡慕我！

qù ！nǐ zhè zhéxué shì shēnghuó ，hái zhēn méi shénme lèqù ，děng wǒ pāi le shǔguāng ，nǐ jiù bié lái xiànmù wǒ ！

Huh! Your philosophical way of life sounds really quite boring. When I've taken the photos of the dawn light, don't get jealous!

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这不就正好跟老子以“减法”生活，来追求人心平静的哲学相反吗？

zhè bù jiù zhènghǎo gēn lǎozǐ yǐ “jiǎnfǎ ”shēnghuó ，lái zhuīqiú rénxīn píngjìng de zhéxué xiāngfǎn ma ？

Isn't that the exact opposite of Laozi's idea of subtraction in life and the philosophy of finding inner peace?

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我就知道你们会反对。可是我就对哲学感兴趣。

wǒ jiù zhīdào nǐmen huì fǎnduì 。kěshì wǒ jiù duì zhéxué gǎn xìngqù 。

I knew you guys would be against it. But, I'm just interested in philosophy.

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