《病榻杂记》收录了国学大师季羡林先生自2001年以来，特别是2003年住院前后撰写的数十篇文章，内容生动丰富。书中有他在301医院生病的所感，有他对青少年时期的回忆，有对父母、老师和亲友的念想，也有先生平时十分关注的人与自然的关系、社会公德问题、爱国主义与奉献精神等，将豪迈的激情融于笔下，温暖和感染读者。本书也是季羡林老先生散文类作品的代表作之一，具有长久的生命力。本书是英文版。

季羡林（1911.8.6-2009.7.11），国际著名东方学大师、语言学家、文学家、国学家、佛学家、史学家、教育家和社会活动家。历任中国科学院哲学社会科学部委员、聊城大学名誉校长、北京大学副校长、中国社会科学院南亚研究所所长，北京大学终身教授等。早年留学国外，通英、德、梵、巴利文，能阅俄、法文，尤其精于吐火罗文，是世界上仅有的精于此语言的几位学者之一，“梵学、佛学、吐火罗文研究并举，中国文学、比较文学、文艺理论研究齐飞”，曾三辞“国学大师、学界泰斗、国宝”桂冠。

Hope for a New Life
In Sickness
Going Home
Third Admission to the 301 Hospital
Random Recollections in the Sickroom
Pomegranate Flowers
Time
More on Old Age
Four Health Tips for Seniors
Ignorance Is a Bliss
On Ignorance and Unconventionality
On Female Beauty
Pass Away with a Smile
A Poem by Chang Jian
Remembrances of Things Past
Elementary and High School Days: A Brief Introduction 136
Elementary School Attached to the No. 1 Teachers' College 139Xinyu Elementary School
Zhengyi Middle School
Beiyuan High School
Jinan High School
Elementary and High School Days: A Summary
Taking the College Entrance Exams at Peking University in 1930
Teaching Chinese at the Jinan High School
Remembrances of Friends
In Memory of Zhang Tianlin
About Mr. Chen Yinke
Mourning Mr. Zhong Jingwen
In Memory of Mr. Zang Kejia
In Memory of Mr. Ba Jin
In Memory of Professor G. Haloun
What Has Proved Precious Was Formerly Seen as Commonplace Only
In Memory of Uncle Ning Chaoxiu
Sister Lotus
Thoughts in Sickness
Nature's Revenge
A Prophecy Becoming a Reality
Patriotism and Dedication
My Concerns about Americanization
More on Patriotism
On Xiaokang
Public Morality
Talk Quieter, Please!
On Packaging Again: A Worrying Phenomenon
My Aversion to Advertising
On the Chinese Translation of Ramayana
More on Translation
Speech at the Ceremony for Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation
My Suggestions