As a great scholar who is familiar with Chinese and western cultures, it is almost inevitable for Qian Zhongshu to understand the spiritual dilemma of Fortress Besieged from a cultural perspective, thus producing a profound sense of loneliness and absurdity. At the end of the book, after experiencing the failure of education, love, career and family (marriage), Fang Hung-chien lamented that he was afraid of people fighting in small towns, but he hated people's indifference in big cities.
Even a tiny bug is complacent and wants someone to put it under a microscope. The loneliness in the crowd and the desolation in the excitement make him, like many people living on this island, feel like an island without a bank.
Evaluation of Fortress Besieged;
The symbol of Fortress Besieged comes from the foreign idiom quoted in the dialogue of the characters in the book: "Marriage is like a golden painted birdcage, the birds outside the cage want to live in it, and the birds inside the cage want to fly out; So leave, leave, and there will be no games. " He also said it was like "a besieged castle". People outside the city want to rush in, while people in the city want to escape. ”？
But it is obviously not Qian Zhongshu's original intention to talk about the dilemma of Fortress Besieged only by marriage. The dilemma of Fortress Besieged runs through all levels of life. Later, Fang Hung-chien mentioned this matter again and commented, "I feel this way about everything in life recently."
This is a pen for punctuating questions. Qian Zhongshu arranged many variations in the whole book, which made the symbolic meaning of Fortress Besieged transcend the level of marriage and formed a multi-voice resonance.