钱钟书1936年在牛津大学读书时购得一本奥古斯丁·柏莱尔(Augustine Birrell,1850-1923)的散文集《品藻集》(Res Judicatae, Papers and Essays)。 奥古斯丁·柏莱尔的散文集《品藻集》 《品藻集》中有一篇有关《罗马帝国衰亡史》作者爱德华·吉本的文章,其中有这么一个段落: His father ne ...
《剑桥中国秦汉史》(The Cambridge History of China Volume 1 - The Ch'in and Han Empires)第五章“汉代的灭亡”第三节“对汉王朝灭亡的剖析”中有这样一个段落: We know very little about popular religion during the Han. We can surmise that it must have been fragmented, each region having its own ...