在线阅读本书 A renowned historian captures a critical moment in Chinese history Zhang Dai is recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of China??s Ming dynasty. When he was born into a wealthy family in 1597, the Ming dynasty had been in place for 229 years. Zhang??s early life was marked by the expansive sense of progress that permeated Ming culture: the flourishing of reformist schools of Buddhism; wide-scale philanthropy; the education of women; a celebration of the visual arts, writing, and music; intellectual pursuit of medicine and science??this was truly a time of cultural creativity and renaissance in China. When the Ming dynasty was overthrown in the Manchu invasion of 1644, Zhang Dai??s family lost their fortune and their way of life. Zhang Dai fled to the countryside, where, as a writer of tremendous skill, acuity, and passion, he spent his final forty years recounting his previous life as a way of leaving a legacy to his children and rebuilding a spirit shattered by the violent upheaval he had witnessed. Celebrated China scholar Jonathan Spence has pored over Zhang Dai??s extraordinary documents and vividly brings to life seventeenth-century China. This absorbing book illuminates a culture??s transformation and reveals how China??s history affects its place in the world today.

中华书局版《陶庵梦忆》、《西湖梦寻》是元明史料笔记丛刊中所收的合订本。 《陶庵梦忆》是张岱对昔日生活琐事的回忆，《西湖梦寻》是写西湖的掌故。 本书以《粤雅堂从书》本《陶庵梦忆》、光绪本《西湖梦寻》为底本，参校他本标点整理。

《西湖梦寻》五卷，追记往日西湖之胜，以寄亡明遗老故国哀思。作者对杭州一带重要的山水景色、佛教寺院、先贤祭祠等进行了全方位的描述，按照总记、北路、西路、中路、南路、外景的空间顺序依次写来，把杭州的古与今展现在读者面前。

《陶庵梦忆》内容简介：戊寅八月，吊朱恒岳少师，至白洋，陈章侯、祁世培同席。海塘上呼看潮，余遄往，章侯、世培踵至。立塘上，见潮头一线，从海宁而来，直奔塘上。稍近，则隐隐露白，如驱千百群小鹅，擘翼惊飞。渐近喷沫，冰花蹴起，如百万雪狮蔽江而下，怒雷鞭之，万首镞镞，无敢后先。再近，则飓风逼之，势欲拍岸而上。看者辟易，走避塘下。潮到塘，尽力一礴，水击射，溅起数丈，著面皆湿。旋卷而右，龟山一挡，轰怒非常，炮碎龙湫，半空雪舞。看之惊眩，坐半日，颜始定。先辈言：浙江潮头自龛、赭两山漱激而起。白洋在两山外，潮头更大，何耶？人无癖不可与交，以其无深情也；人无疵不可与交，以其无真气也。

《怡情书吧:西湖梦寻》内容简介：匆匆忙忙、纷纷扰扰的现代社会。当白天的忙碌沉入夜晚的宁静，执著地关注心灵成长的现代人渴望阅读、欣赏这些疏导情绪情感、培养审美趣味、提升生活品位的作家、作品。这些富有灵魂的文字穿越中华文化千百年的时空隧道烛照着现代人的心灵。“怡情书吧”，现代人浸润古典情怀的精神憩园。

《快园道古》是一部仿《世说新语》的著作，资料广博，内容繁富，文笔简练，诙谐嬉笑随处可见。 高学安、佘德余标点,浙江古籍出版社1986年11月1版，共印3千册。此次是86年之後，出新版。