Interestingly, this book is written by famous historical figures in ancient China, or classical masterpieces. Only a few words in historical materials have been polished and rewritten, and new meanings have been injected.
For example, who wrote Liezi Biography? "Jichang learning to shoot" in Tang Wen's article; Disciple told the story of Lutz's constant pursuit of Tao with Confucius. Li Ling tells the fate of Li Ling, Sima Qian and Su Wu under the autocratic monarchy. The birth of the Five Classics is based on The Journey to the West's remolding of the Five Classics, which is full of oriental Buddhist thoughts and seeks the answers to life. This is my favorite article.
Seeing such a profound charm of classical culture, I guess which knowledgeable China writer wrote it. I was surprised to find that it was sent by a Japanese writer.
The author Nakajima Atsushi didn't know it before. When it comes to Japanese writers, they can name Yasunari Kawabata, Haruki Murakami, Junichi Watanabe, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Keigo Higashino and so on. Nakajima Atsushi seems to know nothing, but the result is his own ignorance.
Story of the Mountain and the Moon is Nakajima Atsushi's first simplified Chinese poetry collection, which contains nine stories, among which Story of the Mountain and the Moon is his famous work.
Nakajima Atsushi is a household name in Japan, known as a genius in writing, and also the beginning of Japanese nihilism literature, known as "Little Akutagawa". He didn't have many works and died young. At the age of 33, he died of an old disease "asthma". Only his novels have been circulated in the world. The Story of the Mountain and the Moon has been included in Japanese high school Chinese textbooks and has become a required reading item for students.
Most of Nakajima Atsushi's novels are based on China's classical literature and historical events, and they combine strong China classical temperament and Japanese mysterious stories.
This "Legend of Mountain and Moon" is based on the legend of the Tang Dynasty, The Legend of Man and Tiger. As Nakajima Atsushi's masterpiece, let's see what it says.
Zheng Li, the hero, was born in Longxi (now Gansu Province). He has read widely since he was a child. During the reign of Tianbao, he was a scholar in high school and soon filled the vacancy as "the governor of Jiangnan". Zheng Li's indifferent personality, high self-esteem and servile local officials are really not his dreams, but his dream is to become an immortal poet. So, he resigned and returned to his hometown, burying himself in poetry every day and not interacting with people.
Unexpectedly, before the poem was written, it was already embarrassing, and eating was a problem. "His appearance is getting thinner and thinner, and his flesh has been reduced to the bone." The handsome charm of that famous young man on the tiger list has been obliterated by reality.
A few years later, he had no confidence in his creative talent, and his wife and children depended on him for a living. In order to make a living, he had to join the WTO again and become a local official. At this time, we are faced with the fact that our former colleagues have occupied high positions, and those who once looked down on them have now become his superiors.
Zheng Li's mood is getting heavier and heavier, and his arrogant and stubborn mind is getting harder and harder to control. One day a year later, he went on a business trip and lived in the post office. He went crazy in his sleep, suddenly sat up from the bed, his face changed greatly, and he ran wildly while shouting until he disappeared into the night. After that, I never came back.
Another year passed, and Yuan You, a court minister, passed by. Before dawn, he was in a hurry to hit the road. He didn't listen to others' advice. There was a man-eating tiger on the road. Walking through a forest meadow, a tiger jumped out of the grass. Strangely, when he saw someone, he turned and hid in the grass, and his mumbling voice was heard by Yuan You. He forgot his fear and subconsciously asked, "Is it my old friend Li?"
Zhuo Yuan and Zheng Li became scholars in the same year. They are gentle and Zheng Li's best friends.
There was no response in the grass at that time, only a slight sob was heard intermittently. A moment later, a voice replied in a low voice:
"The next one is Zheng Li of Longxi."
So, Zhuo Yuan got off the horse and went to the grass. In the dialogue of One Man, One Tiger, how should Zheng Li face his old friends?
The essence of this novel, Zheng Li's analysis of himself after the transformation of the tiger, comes from the subtle human nature and is profound and self-deprecating.
I admire the Japanese writer's mastery of China's classical culture, and I am also surprised at his profound understanding and accurate expression, and how much courage it takes to analyze his deepest timidity, cowardice and humility to the world.
Zheng Li has been in high spirits before, and has experienced honors such as being the top scholar and Jinshi. Unexpectedly, instead of reaching the top, life in the future became more and more embarrassing. But his former colleagues are now in high positions, but he has to condescend to accept orders from people who are not as good as he even looked down upon before. This gap made him unhappy all day, and finally he went crazy and became a tiger.
The author has described the absurd process of becoming a tiger. What the author wants to write is what is the internal reason or driving force of human alienation into a tiger.
The author revealed the truth through the secret that Zheng Li confided to his friends.
The following paragraph is worth reading again.
"I want to be famous for my poems, but I don't visit relatives and friends and learn from each other. At the same time, he disdains to associate with ordinary people.
I am afraid that I am not a beautiful jade, so I dare not ponder hard, but I am dubious that I am a beautiful jade, so I refuse to be mediocre and refuse to associate with rubble.
So I gradually got rid of the secular and alienated the world. As a result, resentment, shame and hatred encouraged my timid self-esteem more and more.
I have always had a feeling in my heart, which has trapped me for many years, embarrassing but indescribable. "
This is a true summary of Zheng Li's inner world before his death and when he was awake.
To me, the beast is such an arrogant shame, and the tiger is it. I hurt myself, my wife and children, and my friends. In the end, I became this image consistent with my heart.
Now that I think about it, I really wasted my little talent and flaunted the motto' Life is too long to do nothing, but life is too short to do something', but the fact is that my timid fear of exposing my lack of talent and laziness in studying hard are all I have. "
Zheng Li, who became a tiger, regretted it. Facing his old friend, he cried bitterly. I'm afraid these words are also straightforward, so I can't spit them out quickly.
Zheng Li, who can't escape pride and inferiority, shows us the inner world of collapse, which is enough to destroy a normal person.
This makes my face hot, my heart beats faster, and I'm scared to think about it. It seems to say, if you don't introspect, learn to compromise, judge the world and tame yourself, what will you do?
The world is an animal trainer, and the so-called animal nature is actually everyone's temperament. To some extent, Zheng Li is the epitome of all sentient beings, and tells the psychological state of most people.
It skillfully tells the psychological state of a person who wants to affirm himself, but he is not sure about himself, hesitates, and is finally defeated by reality, and becomes a complete incompetent. Like a scalpel, he cuts open the most numb things in people's hearts and has to admit it.
We often look forward to different lives. When we were young, we were full of high spirits and ideals, thinking that the world was our own and we could change it ourselves. Year after year, middle-aged people realize that things are unpredictable, talent can't keep up with desire, and ordinary or even mediocre is the normal state of life.
Modern people who live in the crevice not only yearn for distant poetry and a better life, but also pursue immediate practical interests, fearing being eliminated in the wheel of the times and having no place of their own. Not content with the status quo but afraid to step out of the comfort zone, expecting success but not down-to-earth, always thinking of taking shortcuts. Limited by vanity and self-esteem, I don't want to consult others humbly and improve myself.
The world is complex, and in the growing discontent, everyone has the anxiety of survival, so inner contradictions, entanglements, pain, loneliness, and even resentment and helplessness.
Reality is very skinny. It's awkward, vulgar, cool and thin. It used to be pearls, but now it is rubble.
The world is full of animal trainers. If a person can't control his desires well, he will one day become an irrational beast. Like Zheng Li, he can't tame the beast lurking in his body and let the natural disaster eventually devour him.
The changes of people and tigers can be explained by modern psychological analysis, such as mental breakdown, depression and mania, and loss of stress resistance.
It is said that impulse is the devil, and the anger of people in temperament will burn their minds for a while and make reckless behavior, and they often regret it afterwards.
At some stage in everyone's mind, there will be a trapped beast, depending on how you tame it and treat it well.
People are very strange. They often feel that the world doesn't know themselves, but they may not know themselves.
Lack of self-knowledge is a common problem of human beings. How many times should a person struggle with himself in his life? Everyone's temperament has two sides, beauty and ugliness, good and evil. We constantly encourage the good, drive away the bad, persist in the positive, ignore the negative, strive to move towards the ideal state, and tell ourselves to believe in ourselves and be positive and optimistic.
Any absurdity will have a reasonable explanation. Zheng Li's story reminds us that only action can resist nothingness. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, try to be realistic.
Character determines fate. Zheng Li's sadness must have his own reasons and personality defects. Fate rises and falls, prosperity and adversity have to bear, people have the right to decide in fate, the external environment may not be able to change, but the change of mood can be dominated by people.
Whether we can become a good animal trainer has a lot to do with the education we received from childhood, the influence brought by the original ecological family, and the ability of introspection in adulthood.
This domestication is actually practice, which teaches us to truly know ourselves, make peace with ourselves, shake hands with life and accept everything arranged by fate, whether good or bad.
Perhaps, we have experienced both dullness and waves, honor and disgrace, praise and cold words, and we can move forward safely with a full life bag.
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