After reading Clouds in Beijing, Mr. Lin Yutang is one of my favorite writers. Reading his prose is fresh, approachable, amiable and approachable, but there is no lack of philosophy of life. Reading his novels "Red Peony" and "Clouds in Beijing", the characters are lifelike, and they read like people. In particular, Clouds in Beijing is known as the modern version of A Dream of Red Mansions. Reading from China is his first book to let foreigners know about China people, and it gives a comprehensive explanation of China people's character, not sticking to one pattern. Neither fully affirmed nor completely denied as Mr. Gu Hongming did. It should be said that it stands in a relatively neutral position and is quite insightful.
Among them, after reading "Clouds in Beijing", I can't be calm for a long time, still immersed in the twists and turns of the characters' stories. Mr. Lin Yutang himself worships Taoism, and Mr. Yao Lao in the book is also a Taoist worshiper. His favorite character is Miss Yao Jiaer in the book-Yao Mulan. Some people say that adopted daughters should be like Mulan. Mr. Lin Yutang has three daughters, none of whom went to school, but later everyone became talented women and made extraordinary achievements. The most regrettable thing is that the eldest daughter, who married a foreigner, divorced because of her incompatible personality after living in the United States for a period of time. Influenced by both eastern and western cultures, she is in contradiction when dealing with personal problems. She can neither let go completely nor keep it. Died young in middle age. Mr. Lin Yutang once wrote a eulogy for his eldest daughter, which was very sad.
As a native of China, I grew up under the influence of traditional culture, with Chinese seal branded in my bones. Even though I was later influenced by many western cultures, when I met a thorny problem, I would inevitably turn to traditional culture for answers. Because Chinese seals are branded in the bones. Many people in China are Confucianism and Taoism. I am required to be an official at work, and I am eager to be an official when I am busy, looking for something "quiet and far-reaching" from Taoist thought.
There is a word in psychology called "Hedgehog Effect", which says that both hedgehogs want to keep warm for each other, but the closer they get to each other, the more they are bloodied by the thorns on each other.
Usually people think that quarreling with a person must be bad feelings with him, but it is not. It is easy to quarrel with family members, often quarrel with lovers, and quarrel with good friends. Imagine that people who often quarrel with us are actually the closest people to us, and those who can quarrel with us also know something about us, so some people often say that "quarreling" is also a kind of communication, and those who are willing to quarrel with you are the ones who really want to know you.
Fan Wen 2 "Clouds in Beijing" is the masterpiece of Lin Yutang, a master of Chinese studies, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize twice. It is said that Lin Yutang wanted to translate A Dream of Red Mansions into English when he was living in the United States, but considering that foreign readers may have different understandings of A Dream of Red Mansions, he wrote a modern version of A Dream of Red Mansions in English, that is, Clouds in Beijing.
Because the pattern and artistic conception of the novel imitated A Dream of Red Mansions, I was really not used to seeing clouds in Beijing at first, and I always felt like learning from the East. Until I read about War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, my home country was full of Chou He dreams, and I read the scene of soldiers singing and going to the front, and they all said: The river is not shallow, and I will never go home. My heart was deeply shocked.
After watching the whole film, what impressed me most was the heroine Mulan portrayed by the author, a female image full of life, love and marriage wisdom.
Jiang Xun mentioned in A Dream of Red Mansions: Someone once asked Lin Yutang who you like best? Lin Yutang said: Tanchun. Lin Yutang was deeply influenced by the European Enlightenment and attached importance to the free will of individual existence. Tanchun is a typical life he admires: smart and capable, pursuing freedom and realizing himself. Because of parody, Mulan has the shadow of tanchun in Clouds in Beijing, but it is not limited to tanchun, especially Mulan's attitude towards love.
Some people say that a person's writing style can tell his character, temper and mood at that time, which makes sense to me.
It is said that Lin Yutang fell in love with his classmate's sister Chen Jinduan when he was young. Chen Jinduan liked Lin Yutang very much at that time, but due to their different family backgrounds, their interaction was seriously opposed by Chen Jinduan's father. Beating Yuanyang with a stick, the two had to separate.
Later, I met Liao Cuifeng, a rich girl. The other party said: What is poverty? This is the final conclusion, and their marriage is reached. Although the husband and wife made up with Qin Yan after marriage, they were also happy, although Lin Yutang always kept the position of first love Chen Jinduan in his heart.
Lin Yutang believes that marriage is not based on fickle love, but love grows in marriage, and the happiness promoted by the complementarity between men and women can increase day by day.
His view of love is reflected in the love of Mulan, the heroine he created.
Mulan and her husband Sunya were childhood friends, and they were the default couple in both families. But from the perspective of love, Mulan's heart rate to Sunya is still a little low. Before getting married, Mulan met Lifu, a promising young man who touched Mulan's heart in the dim light. However, Mulan finally chose to marry Sunya, which was suitable for everyone.
Mulan locked her love for her husband in her heart, like a blooming flower, quietly blooming in a corner of her heart. (fsir) When Lifu was arrested, love prompted her to visit the headquarters at night and bravely save Lifu, but everyone was puzzled. She is very measured.
Hua Mulan's understanding of love: treat love as a snack and marriage as a meal.
The enthusiasm and simplicity of her husband Sunya gave Mulan a quiet life. Marriage is the softest pair of shoes on her feet, because they are comfortable and go further. Mulan is satisfied with her choice. Mulan did not force her husband not to follow the path of officialdom, but carefully enlightened and obeyed his wishes. When she found out that her husband was cheating, she didn't cry, make trouble or hang herself, but relied on all her strength and unparalleled wisdom to calmly repel the third party. Then, she also took the initiative to reflect that Mulan, who has been devoted to the life of a rural peasant woman, also bought a lot of fashionable clothes.
I think Mulan has a sincere love for life in essence. She is a luminous body. She has worldly survival wisdom, so she can have it in balance.
In the vast sea of people, we are looking for the other half, it is difficult to be perfect, and what we finally find is not necessarily a perfect score. But we know how to choose, know that life is alive, and it is impossible to have no regrets. If he meets your core value needs and you have done a little self-cultivation, then the possibility of a happy marriage is particularly great.
Just like Mulan, for various reasons, she can still live a happy life without the person who attracted her at the beginning, and she will not lose her time.
Just like Lin Yutang, he burned his marriage certificate when he married his wife to show his determination to love each other forever and grow old together. He said: divorce requires a marriage certificate.
In the winter of 20xx, I went to Yinchuan, Ningxia on business. There is no direct flight from Wuhan to Yinchuan, and you have to transfer at Xianyang airport on the way. While waiting for the plane, I saw Lin Yutang's novel Clouds in Beijing in a small bookstore at the airport. I read this book when I was in college, but I swallowed it and didn't really understand it. I didn't have much free time to study after work, leaving my own regrets. Now I'm on a business trip for a week, and it's the freezing season in the northwest. There was neither water nor snow, and the trees were blackened. In addition, there are few local vegetables. I eat mutton or mutton. I feel cold except cold, and I can't enjoy the scenery in the northwest. I stayed in the hotel to read this novel at night, only to feel that I have plenty of time to read a good book during my trip to glad you came.
Smoke in Beijing is a novel written in English by Mr. Lin Yutang when he lived in Paris from August 1938 to August 1939. At that time, it coincided with the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China, and the author dedicated it to Brave Soldiers in China. The English title is MomentinPeking, and "Smoke in Beijing" is the title translated into Chinese. I read Zhang Zhenyu's translation. Because of the influence of English expression, at first glance, I feel that the writing style is weird and the language of the characters lacks individuality. I looked a little tired, but I was deeply attracted by it. The plot of the novel is tortuous, which shows the character evolution, ideological collision and fate choice of Yao, Zeng and Niu in Beiping City, which is characterized by regime change, warlord scuffle and depressed people, from 1900 to 1938, and fully reflects the social changes in China at that time.
This book mainly tells the life of the protagonist Yao Mulan, and the story extends from Mulan's childhood to the autumn of her life. Writing funny stories about her childhood, she was kidnapped by a red lantern and a boxer, and was finally rescued home; Write about her deep love; Write about her happy marriage; Write about the pain of her daughter's death; Write about her good deeds on the way to escape and her thinking under the influence of Taoist thought. The story focuses on the fate of three families and shows the culture, politics and life of old China. People of all personalities and classes have added thousands of customs to Beijing. There are painters Qi Baishi, master of Chinese studies Gu Hongming, philosopher Lin Qinnan, radical young students, patriotic youths who are not afraid of sacrifice, extravagant and dissolute politicians, scholars who have returned from overseas, and some wealthy businessmen, monks and Taoists, Japanese officers and prostitutes. It makes people feel immersive.
The most noteworthy thing about this book is the Taoist thought throughout. Mr. Lin Yutang's original intention in writing this novel is to introduce China to westerners and China people's values and aesthetics. The core of this novel is Taoism. As Lin Rusi, the daughter of Mr. Lin Yutang, said when commenting on this book, the greatest advantage of this book lies not in its vivid description of characters, modern description of scenery and ingenious description of psychology, but in its philosophical significance. I think it makes sense for Lin Rusi, as a daughter, to make such comments. Indeed, when I opened this book, at first I felt it was rushing, then I felt it was beautiful and flowing, then I felt it was sad, and finally I felt that the gloomy situation before the thunderstorm ended with a thunderbolt, great and magnificent and leisurely. Leave it to the reader to chew on the aftertaste and suddenly realize: what is life and what is dream.
The first title in the book is The Taoist Daughter. Lin Ruth said in the preface to "Clouds in Beijing": "My father actually regards Mulan as a model of women of an era, an ideal woman in her mind, who has her own ideas, takes the world seriously and does not give in to fate. Mulan is called the daughter of Taoism in the book, and I think it is more influenced by her father's innocence and inaction. " We are also in the novel.