Moi, mon chat et le plaisir des jours. Histoire and develop their knowledge

and develop their knowledge

Musée de la civilisation gallo-romaine à Lyon

Gallimard Discoveries No

Isabelle PALLOT-FROSSARD

Hadrian und Antoninus Pius (91−145 n

Moi, mon chat et le plaisir des jours. Histoire and develop their knowledgeThe character who inhabits the "simple and tranquil world" of Laoshu strolls along country paths, falls asleep under a tree, fishes, dreams in his room and indulges in banal activities with a subtly mocking eye. A "literary double" of the author who, while marveling as a solitary walker at the beauty of nature, is nonetheless a keen observer of Chinese society, whose excesses he does not hesitate to mock. He is this casual flneur, this mischievous