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港島西的飛雲書店 心理和哲學空間
All about philopsychology: Flying Cloud Bookstore in Hong Kong Island West
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當看書成為了習慣，你會發現吸收知識是那輕鬆！
專訪飛雲書店六位店長之一的Tony，讓你更了解快樂閱讀！飛雲書店的活動量特別頻密，注重人和人直接交流，積極推廣閱讀和心理學哲學活動。為這個時代增添更多連繫、閱讀和想法！
LittlereadingHK recently interviewed Flying Cloud Bookstore, where Tony, one of the six bookshopkeepers, shared his insights on the joy of reading. The bookstore is known for its busy event schedule, which emphasizes face-to-face interaction and communication, focusing on promoting reading, psychology, and philosophy. Flying Cloud Bookstore seeks to create a deeper connection among people who love knowledge and provoke diverse ways of thinking within the Hong Kong community. (English version below)
Instagram: @flyingcloudbookstore
1) 辦書店的起初目的是？
T：開書店是「因緣」，目前去到一個階段，很自然就開始了。我自己的畫店的關鍵詞是「書、知識、
連結」，即是「書作為知識的載體，去產生連結。」
知識本身都帶有連結的作用，common knowledge，哲學和心理學，面對所有人，值得分享。
以往都是以書為伴的人，中學的朋友來到活動，都說性格無咩變過，共享、散播快樂、知識。自己喜歡的事，希望大家都喜歡，或者吸引多點喜歡的人。解播快樂和知識，同「人」相關的，和大家的快樂，
對自己都有幫助。
書也是自己最熟識，多元化，融入自己鐘意的空間。
2)飛雲書店是什麼屬性？
（書店、心理診療室還是公眾活動室？）
T：心理學書店。如果空間得更大，就可以搞活動的時候繼續門市。對讀者來者不拘，但這裏女的書偏多「人」、「自我」，還有作為公共空間的活動。
理想是，更大的複合公共空間更好，不論是營運上還影響力也是！香希望讓功能性上更多，更好。港寸金尺土，如果可以加大一點就好。
3)店長們心中有喜歡的外國書店嗎？
T：其他店長的想法可能多一點。香港的獨立書店追求人文、綠洲、不會追求好spectacle（標誌性）的。比較不好旅行。（笑）
4)如果你要為一位對香港讀者推薦一本書，你會選哪一本？為什麼？
T：難道叫人讀心經？（想了想）最後都是推介喜歡的書
L：任何時候都要放的書？
T：人生有無必睇十本，真的我想其他店主比較易答，難道真的推心經？「來者不拘，因人而異。」人生看這麼多書，哪十本影響我最多？（深思）
L：這題問題看來要再修正
5)鼓勵的是閱讀書本還是書本以外的更大世界？
「讀萬卷書不如行萬里路？」我不信。有人說最理想「一路行萬里路，一路讀萬卷書。」好似以前的人遊歷一樣，一路讀書，一路行萬里路。但我是書本派，都要看展覽、接觸世界，一路reflect（看）世界。
6)推廣六大主題（哲學思辨、心理與關係、身心療癒、動物權益、藝術文化及社區連結。）的心得是？
很自然地總結，可能未來會增加。非常地合理，是一體、有機！開這間店的人加起來是有這個特性。絕對是有機的，我問上一手為甚麼開書店，有甚麼原因？沒有原因，任性呀做這件事！愛與夢想的盛載體。讓大家可以出場分享，香港需要這樣。
7）請用三個形容詞來形容飛雲書店。
T：雲！然後□□人！書吧！
L：咦？這三個是名詞！要形容詞，比較容易感受書店的氣氛。
T：舒服，成長，愛。
1）What was the original purpose of opening the bookstore?
T: Opening the bookstore was a matter of “fate.” We’ve now reached a stage where it began quite naturally. The key words for my shop are “books, knowledge, connection” — that is, “books as a vessel for knowledge, creating connections.”
Knowledge itself carries a connective power. Common knowledge, philosophy, and psychology all speak to everyone and are worth sharing.
I’ve always been someone who keeps books close. When my secondary school friends came to the event, they all said my personality hadn’t changed much. I wanted to share, spread happiness, and share knowledge.
I like the things I like, and I hope others will like them too — or at least attract more people who like them. Sharing happiness and knowledge is related to people, and to everyone’s happiness, which in turn helps me too.
Books are also what I know best. They’re diverse, and they fit into the kind of space I love.
2) What kind of place is Flying Cloud Bookstore ?
(Bookstore, psychology clinic, or public event space?)
T: A psychology bookstore. If the space were bigger, we could keep the shop open while hosting events. We don’t turn away readers, but this place has more books on “people” and “the self,” as well as events that function as a public space.
Ideally, a larger mixed-use public space would be better — both for operations and for influence. Hong Kong is so cramped and expensive; if we could make it a little bigger, that would be great.
3)Are there any foreign bookstores the owners especially like?
T: The other shopkeepers probably have more ideas on this. Hong Kong independent bookstores usually pursue a humanistic, oasis-like approach rather than a spectacular or iconic one. I enjoy traveling less, though.
4)If you had to recommend one book to readers in Hong Kong, which would you choose, and why?
T: Should I just tell people to read the Heart Sutra? (thinks for a moment) In the end, I’d rather recommend books I personally love.
L: A book that should always be on the shelf?
T: Is there really a top ten book list in life? Not really... I think other bookstore owners might find this easier to answer. Should I really recommend the Heart Sutra? “Everyone is different, and it depends on the person.”
You read so many books in life — which ten influenced me the most? ... (deep in thought)
L: It seems this question needs to be revised....
5) Should we encourage reading books, or engaging with the wider world beyond books?
“Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles?” I don’t believe that. Some people say the ideal is “travel ten thousand miles while reading ten thousand books.” It’s like the way scholars used to travel: reading while journeying, journeying while reading. But I’m definitely on the book side. You still have to visit exhibitions, touch the world, and reflect on the world as you go.
6)What have you learned from promoting the six major themes
(philosophical reflection, psychology and relationships, healing of body and mind, animal rights, arts and culture, and community connection)?
It naturally came together like a whole, and maybe there will be more themes in the future. It makes perfect sense — it’s all one organic whole! The people who opened this shop together all have this kind of character. It’s absolutely organic. I asked the previous owner why they opened a bookstore — what was the reason? There was no reason, just a stubborn desire to do it! It’s a vessel for love and dreams. It gives everyone a place to share, and Hong Kong needs that.
7) Please describe Flying Cloud Bookstore in three adjectives.
T: Cloud! Then... people! A book bar!
L: Huh? Those are nouns! We need adjectives — something that captures the bookstore's atmosphere more directly.
T: Comfortable, growing, loving.
飛雲書店｜Flying Cloud Bookstore
Instagram: @flyingcloudbookstore
地址：西營盤保德街27號地下 (香港大學站B1出口5分鐘距離）
Address: Ground Floor, 27 Po Tuck St, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
營業時間：1-7pm (晚上如有活動開2:30）
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