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蝶道
《蝶道》是吳明益繼《迷蝶誌》後，持續以各種模式的書寫來探觸自然、放馳想像，思考環境倫理的創作。從上卷「六識」到下卷「行書」，作者藉長篇散文來結構自然與人文的隱性聯繫，以手繪反芻觀察，用攝影凝視經驗。
而「蝶道」的賦名，既是生物學上蝶飛行時在空中釋放氣味所形成的隱形之路，也是關於蝶的種種言說，或者，也可以說是意圖通往內心「野性保留區」，那條尚在磨合、摸索、宛如活物的──與自然的相處之「道」。
而「蝶道」的賦名，既是生物學上蝶飛行時在空中釋放氣味所形成的隱形之路，也是關於蝶的種種言說，或者，也可以說是意圖通往內心「野性保留區」，那條尚在磨合、摸索、宛如活物的──與自然的相處之「道」。
304 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2003
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Wu Ming-Yi
19 books249 followers Writer, painter, designer, photographer, literary professor, butterfly scholar, environmental activist, traveler and blogger rolled into one, Wu Ming-Yi is very much a modern Renaissance Man. Over the last decade, he has produced an impressive body of work, especially with his fiction and nature writing.
Wu Ming-Yi (b.1971) studied advertising at Fu-Jen Catholic University and has a PhD in Chinese Literature from National Central University. He has been teaching literature and creative writing at Dong Hwa University since 2000 and is now Professor of the Department of Chinese.
Wu’s literary reputation was first established by his nature writing. In THE BOOK OF LOST BUTTERFLIES (2000) and THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES (2003), he chronicles his lifelong fascination with this beautiful creature and contemplates the invisible bond between man and nature. He wrote, designed, and provided drawings and photographs for the books, as if crafting works of art. Both books made the “Best of the Year” lists, with THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES winning China Times’ Open Book Award and being chosen as one of the ten most influential books by Kingstore Bookstore.
In 2006, juggling academic life and the need for a period of uninterrupted time for his writing and traveling, Wu decided to resign from his teaching post. This is unheard of in a country where almost no one can make a living writing full-time and many would fight for a stable teaching job. In the end, Dong Hwa University gave Wu a year of sabbatical leave – they didn't want to lose him.
A year later, Wu published two books: his third collection of nature writing, SO MUCH WATER SO CLOSE TO HOME, and his debut novel, ROUTES IN THE DREAM. DREAM re-imagines Taiwan’s complicated history as a Japanese colony and examines the relationship between fathers and sons, memory and dreams. Hailed as a groundbreaking work of literary historical fiction, it was nominated for every major award and was chosen as one of the ten best Chinese-language novels of the year by Asian Weekly magazine (along with Ai Mi’s Hawthorn Tree Forever, Liu Zhenyun’s My Name Is Liu Yuejin, and Dai Sijie’s Once on a Moonless Night) . Wu was the only Taiwanese author on the list.
It is his eco-fantasy novel THE MAN WITH THE COMPOUND EYES (2011), however, that has gained Wu international recognition, with major English and French translations appearing in 2013 and 2014. A “Taiwanese Life of Pi”, it is an ambitious exploration of Taiwan's island identity, the cost of environmental degradation, and how humans make sense of the world around them, at once poetic, philosophical and far-reaching. It has already caught the attention of major writers in the genre such as Ursula K. Le Guin.
Wu Ming-Yi (b.1971) studied advertising at Fu-Jen Catholic University and has a PhD in Chinese Literature from National Central University. He has been teaching literature and creative writing at Dong Hwa University since 2000 and is now Professor of the Department of Chinese.
Wu’s literary reputation was first established by his nature writing. In THE BOOK OF LOST BUTTERFLIES (2000) and THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES (2003), he chronicles his lifelong fascination with this beautiful creature and contemplates the invisible bond between man and nature. He wrote, designed, and provided drawings and photographs for the books, as if crafting works of art. Both books made the “Best of the Year” lists, with THE WAY OF BUTTERFLIES winning China Times’ Open Book Award and being chosen as one of the ten most influential books by Kingstore Bookstore.
In 2006, juggling academic life and the need for a period of uninterrupted time for his writing and traveling, Wu decided to resign from his teaching post. This is unheard of in a country where almost no one can make a living writing full-time and many would fight for a stable teaching job. In the end, Dong Hwa University gave Wu a year of sabbatical leave – they didn't want to lose him.
A year later, Wu published two books: his third collection of nature writing, SO MUCH WATER SO CLOSE TO HOME, and his debut novel, ROUTES IN THE DREAM. DREAM re-imagines Taiwan’s complicated history as a Japanese colony and examines the relationship between fathers and sons, memory and dreams. Hailed as a groundbreaking work of literary historical fiction, it was nominated for every major award and was chosen as one of the ten best Chinese-language novels of the year by Asian Weekly magazine (along with Ai Mi’s Hawthorn Tree Forever, Liu Zhenyun’s My Name Is Liu Yuejin, and Dai Sijie’s Once on a Moonless Night) . Wu was the only Taiwanese author on the list.
It is his eco-fantasy novel THE MAN WITH THE COMPOUND EYES (2011), however, that has gained Wu international recognition, with major English and French translations appearing in 2013 and 2014. A “Taiwanese Life of Pi”, it is an ambitious exploration of Taiwan's island identity, the cost of environmental degradation, and how humans make sense of the world around them, at once poetic, philosophical and far-reaching. It has already caught the attention of major writers in the genre such as Ursula K. Le Guin.
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February 24, 2019
主持人問《一百個影子》的作家黃貞音說，你的作品都這麼沈重嗎？作家說：「但有讀者告訴我他讀到的是愛情小說。」
我以為讀《蝶道》是自然書寫，讀完最後一篇<行書>後，我才發現我讀的是封細水長流但又清晰的情書。
轉回正題（是嗎？）。
《蝶道》透過對蝴蝶🦋的觀察，結合作者大量大量的閱讀、實地的野外經驗以及歷史，展現出太豐富的樣貌。內容之深、之廣，浩瀚無垠。
讀過一遍，我像是走進一個在山中的的圖書館，走過小徑，穿過鐵刀木林，看見淡黃蝶飛過，拾起架上的書，告訴我這段人造林造成的生態的故事。當下我只能用心感受，還無暇把更多的細節記住。第二遍、第三遍都能一看再看。小時候去過幾次的達娜伊谷，記憶中只有綿綿細雨與鄒族歌舞表演，沒有看到鯝魚，沒有看到「蝴蝶」。
雖然作者經常說這是他對自己的細語，但許多複雜的觀念，他一句就讓我混沌的記憶清晰，完全融入生命。
「改變以人為中心的美學觀，才可能改變以人為中心的倫理觀。」
自然書寫，書寫自然。
吳說：「我認為書寫才是觀察的終點。」
回到開頭提到的黃貞音作家，「我不是刻意去找題材，而是把發生在我們身邊的事寫出來。」
自然書寫與社會議題的書寫，其實一致。
老話一句。趕緊找這本書來讀吧！
想看蝴蝶的、想看情書的、想看歷史的、找尋自我的...相信都可以滿足。
我以為讀《蝶道》是自然書寫，讀完最後一篇<行書>後，我才發現我讀的是封細水長流但又清晰的情書。
轉回正題（是嗎？）。
《蝶道》透過對蝴蝶🦋的觀察，結合作者大量大量的閱讀、實地的野外經驗以及歷史，展現出太豐富的樣貌。內容之深、之廣，浩瀚無垠。
讀過一遍，我像是走進一個在山中的的圖書館，走過小徑，穿過鐵刀木林，看見淡黃蝶飛過，拾起架上的書，告訴我這段人造林造成的生態的故事。當下我只能用心感受，還無暇把更多的細節記住。第二遍、第三遍都能一看再看。小時候去過幾次的達娜伊谷，記憶中只有綿綿細雨與鄒族歌舞表演，沒有看到鯝魚，沒有看到「蝴蝶」。
雖然作者經常說這是他對自己的細語，但許多複雜的觀念，他一句就讓我混沌的記憶清晰，完全融入生命。
「改變以人為中心的美學觀，才可能改變以人為中心的倫理觀。」
自然書寫，書寫自然。
吳說：「我認為書寫才是觀察的終點。」
回到開頭提到的黃貞音作家，「我不是刻意去找題材，而是把發生在我們身邊的事寫出來。」
自然書寫與社會議題的書寫，其實一致。
老話一句。趕緊找這本書來讀吧！
想看蝴蝶的、想看情書的、想看歷史的、找尋自我的...相信都可以滿足。
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December 27, 2020Can feel his emergence reflection of the nature-oriented topic... I like the mixture of such sophisticate mentality, setting the idyllic mood in observation, some well-educated and scholarly prose, but a bit scattered and bleak for imagination..
December 12, 2021
算是第一次接觸自然書寫類型的散文集，感覺很適合在睡前放鬆心靈
讀墨由此去：http://moo.im/a/8hjvDW
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