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    曼卿，讳延年，姓石氏，其上世为幽州人。幽州入于契丹，其祖自成始以其族间走南归。天子嘉其来，将禄之，不可，乃家于宋州之宋城。父讳补之，官至太常博士。

    幽燕俗劲武，而曼卿少亦以气自豪。读书不治章句，独慕古人奇节伟行非常之功，视世俗屑屑无足动其意者。自顾不合于时，乃一混以酒。然好剧饮大醉，颓然自放。由是益与时不合。而人之从其游者，皆知爱曼卿落落可奇，而不知其才之有以用也。年四十八，康定二年二月四日，以太子中允秘阁校理卒于京师。

    曼卿少举进士，不中，真宗推恩，三举进士皆补奉职。曼卿初不肯就，张文节公素奇之，谓曰：“母老乃择禄邪？”曼卿矍然起就之，迁殿直。久之，改太常寺太祝，知济州金乡县。叹曰：“此亦可以为政也。”县有治声，通判乾宁军。丁母永安县君李氏忧，服除，通判永静军，皆有能名。充馆阁校勘，累迁大理寺丞，通判海州，还为校理。

    庄献明肃太后临朝，曼卿上书，请还政天子。其后太后崩，范讽以言见幸引尝言太后事者遽得显官欲引曼卿曼卿固止之乃已。

    自契丹通中国，德明尽有河南而臣属，遂务休兵养息，天下晏然，内外弛武三十余年。曼卿上书言十事，不报。已而元昊反，西方用兵，始思其言，召见。稍用其说，籍河北、河东、陕西之民，得乡兵数十万。曼卿奉使籍兵河东，还称旨，赐绯衣银鱼。天子方思尽其才，而且病矣。既而闻边将有欲以乡兵扞贼者，笑曰：“此得吾粗也。夫不教之兵，勇怯相杂，若怯者见敌而动，则勇者亦牵而溃矣。今或不暇教，不若募其教行者，则人人皆胜兵也。”

    其视世事，蔑若不足为。及听其施设之方，虽精思深虑，不能过也。状貌伟然，喜酒自豪，若不可绳以法度，退而质其平生趣舍大节，无一悖于理者。遇人无贤愚，皆尽欣欢。及闲而可否天下是非善恶，当其意者无几人。其为文章，劲健称其意气。

（节选自欧阳修《石曼卿墓表》）

【注】①县君：中国古代宗女、命妇的位号。

②德明：北宋时期，西夏李元昊的父亲，是宋朝的定难军节度使，被宋朝封为西平王。

    Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.

    Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college and believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life. “It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone.” Wegscheider has visited 46 countries covering all seven continents.

    In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen, it is challenging. This is what drives young people to travel alone. It is seen as character building and a chance to prove that they can make it on their own.

    Chris Richardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year. He set up a website, The Aussie Nomad, to document his adventures. He says he wished he had traveled alone earlier. “The people you meet, the places you visit, or the things you do, everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person,” said the 30-year-old man.

    Richardson describes traveling alone like “a shot in the arm”, which “makes you a more confident person that is ready to deal with anything”. He said, “The feeling of having overcome something on my own is a major part of what drives me each day when I'm dealing with a difficult task. I walk around with my head up because I know deep down inside that nothing is impossible if you try.”

    The great 19^thcentury explorer John Muir once said, “Only by going alone in silence can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.”