从灰黄的童年时代、青葱的大学时代、银红的留学时代、金黄的执教时代、红黑交加的"文化大革命"时代，一直到黛蓝的游历时代，季羡林终于走到了人生大红大紫的巅峰，其中曲折坎坷，可谓五味杂陈，所蕴含的深沉意味也值得读者仔细揣摩与品味，继而平静地迈入从容豁达的米白时代。（From gray childhood, green college days, silver red overseas study time, golden teaching time, red and black "Great Cultural Revolution" time to dark blue travelling time, Ji Xianlin finally reached the peak of tremendous success, during which the twists and turns are mixed and the deep meaning contained inside are worthy of being carefully pondered and tasted by readers before going on to step into calm and easy rice white era peacefully. ）