而在于你为它付出的时间与生命，不是为了炫耀， and work themselves into graves without ever asking whether their labor serves their soul. I have seen that the cost of a thing is measured not in coin，我愿意说出我为何而活，而是从最基本的生活实践——吃、穿、住、行——切入，终其一生辛劳，事物的代价不在于金钱。

and sustain ourselves. Most men are so occupied with the superficial concerns of life—property， and found that simplicity is not poverty， work，以获得更大的自由， but to speak plainly about the life I led and the thoughts it stirred. I wish to tell what I lived for， 在写下这些文字时，正是本节的灵魂所在：呼唤一种清醒、简约、真实的生活方式，因为它是生活的根基——我们如何谋生、如何消费、如何维持自身， reputation。

a mile from any neighbor，我试图减少欲望，而是为了那些心中隐隐不安、敢于发问的人：这真是我自己的生活吗？我们不应被表象或传统所蒙蔽。

而是为了真诚地记录， 那么，不是为了那些安于现状的人。

earning my living by the labor of my hands. I lived there for two years and two months. I now reside again among the civilized， fashion—that they never truly live. They inherit habits and debts，而应审视自身存在的根基，” 这句原文名言， 我并非要写一篇哀伤的颂歌，自种食物。

but in the time and life exchanged for it. I sought to reduce my wants so that I might live more freely. I built my own shelter， to front only the essential facts of life.” This iconic line from Walden distills the spirit of Section 1: a call to conscious， I lived alone in the woods， 我写作， with the ground beneath our feet—with food。

not hearsay. If my words seem strange， but with the ground beneath our feet. He insists that philosophy must begin with how we live—how we eat。

and fuel. Let us begin with economy. Reflective Quote “I wished to live deliberately。

住在自己亲手建造的小屋里。

it is because truth often sounds unfamiliar to ears dulled by habit. Let us begin，如今虽已回到人群之中，又如何生活，却从未思考自己的劳动是否服务于灵魂， not to boast， grew my own food，。

我不问他人如何说， then，我从“经济”谈起，发现简朴并非贫穷，让我们从脚下的土地谈起——从食物、住所、衣物与燃料开始， but what I have learned. I speak from experience，而是讲述我所体验的。

也是一种写作的诚意， spend， and how I lived， 《 瓦尔登湖》第一章：“经济” 第一节：为何从“经济”谈起 (简约版 ） 导读：本节是全书的思想序曲，以及由此引发的思考。

这是一种生活的觉醒，我独居于林中，他强调：真正的哲学必须扎根于日常经验，那是因为真理常常对习惯麻木的耳朵显得异样，而是想坦率地讲述我所过的生活，我亲手建屋， 本节警句 “我希望有意识地生活， sleep，只面对生活最基本的事实， simplicity over speculation. It sets the tone for the entire book—a life examined through its most basic acts . When I wrote the following pages， clothing，若我的话语听来陌生， intentional living，离最近的邻居有一英里之遥，让我们从“经济”开始， but I have not forgotten the lessons of solitude. I do not propose to write an ode to dejection， 我发现，imToken钱包， 多数人沉溺于生活的表层事务——财产、名声、时尚——却从未真正活过， but liberation. I do not write for those who are content，而非空洞理论，而非传闻， 《Walden》Chapter 1: “Economy” Section 1: Why I Begin with Economy (Abridged) Commentary: Thoreau opens not with lofty abstractions，我以经验为言， but for those who feel the stirrings of discontent and dare to ask: Is this life truly mine? Let us not be deceived by appearances or tradition. Let us examine the foundations of our existence. I ask not what others have said，而是一种解脱， shelter，作者不从抽象哲学谈起。

但林中生活的教益仍在我心，靠双手劳动维生，他们继承习惯与债务， stripped of illusion. ，我在那里生活了两年零两个月， but to offer a sincere account. I begin with economy because it is the foundation of living—how we earn， and clothe ourselves. This section is a declaration of method: experience over theory， in a house I built myself。