1775年11月初,歌德来到魏玛。他此行的初衷只是改变一下生活环境,借以把自己与丽莉的不幸的爱情彻底忘却,重新振作起精神来,去实现他诗人的抱负与追求:他在此之前已完成《浮士德》第一部初稿(Urfaust)。至于魏玛之后又往何处去?他自己心中无数。他万万没有想到,他在第二年初会下定决心长住下来,在这个小公国的小小的都城,度过了他一生漫长的五十多个春秋。 In early November 1775, Goethe came to Weimar. The original intention of his visit was to change his living environment so as to completely forget his unlucky love with Lily and rekindling himself to realize the aspirations and pursuits of his poet: Before he completed the “Faust” The first draft (Urfaust). Where are we going after Weimar? He never imagined he would make up his mind to settle in early next year and spent his entire life spanning more than 50 years in this small, small capital city of a small country.