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When I was just a little girl who was not sensible, my elders at home hoped that I could study art, philosophy or religion after entering the university, because these kinds of knowledge are not only knowledge, but also life. My elders expect me to grow into a person who knows and creates happiness, and the essential meaning of happiness lies in "life" instead of "living". Grandma said, "Nothing can teach people to grow and mature more than life itself." Grandpa said: "beautiful women are everywhere, but there are few beautiful women." I hope you can grow into a beautiful woman with great wisdom. " Mother said, "Everything has a cause and effect. Think about the cause and effect before doing things, and be willing to bear it. " A close friend of life said, "Whether it's a luxurious dinner or fried dough sticks on the street, it's fun." Dear Fudan tutor said "love your neighbor as yourself", which sounds simple, but it is not easy to do! ”……
In this seemingly ordinary sentence, I grew up; When I was a child, holding a box of cream cakes was like holding the happiness of my life carefully, but now you set your life goal as "being a good person all your life, being a good person with noble character and dignity"; Originally, I thought "happiness" was an attractive thing, but now I gradually understand that "happiness" must be "fast", but "heart" is not necessarily "open", so "happiness" has become my new pursuit: I thought caring for people was an occasional greeting, but in the end I found that "care" came from timely silent company or a cup of tea that others were tired of. All this is a gradual "accidental harvest", but it has become the freeze of my life.
Finally, it proves that the expectations of the elders have come true. I have received some art training since I was a child and learned to be a man from home. I have been studying literature, philosophy and history since I entered the university as an undergraduate. I especially like aesthetics and philosophy of art. At that time, I thought I would be very keen on metaphysics and meditation. So before I entered the graduate school, I chose western philosophy as my major to study and reveal some metaphysical truths, and I slowly learned to slow down and look at the surrounding scenery. Finally, I entered the doctoral study career, and I chose religious philosophy, because after decades of exploration, I finally found that both art and philosophy eventually returned to the religious dimension, which is a kind of transcendence. Because of personal interest in metaphysical things and curiosity about inner spirit, the doctor's learning direction focuses on the empirical structure of Christianity. I stayed in Fudan for many years, went to Hong Kong to study Christianity, and also went to Beijing to discuss the dialogue between religions. The next stop is Vancouver.
When I arrived in Vancouver, after a long night and more than ten hours flying across the Pacific Ocean, I bid farewell to my beloved and proud hometown of Shanghai to experience the feeling of being a vagrant. A month passed, and the initial freshness and excitement faded, but more rational knowledge slowly emerged. First of all, I frankly found that I appreciate the western love and concern for life, the selfless and romantic presentation of subtle life details, and the fundamental respect for others. In front of the beautiful nature, I often feel more deeply the "daze" in quiet moments, because "daze" means nothing to think about, nothing to be afraid of, nothing to worry about. What a precious moment this is, and it is also a superficial experience of the legendary "I forgot everything" realm. Secondly, I deeply understand that I can never be a "westerner". China's "seeds" were planted in my bone marrow and even in my hair roots. Although I am amazed at the exquisite West Point, beautiful dress, friendly smile and Greek or European architecture, I still like to speak standard Mandarin or Shanghai dialect, or like to soak rice and pickle stinky tofu, or miss the style of "harmony between man and nature" and "low-key and restrained". Finally, I also understand that to be a good China person, to be a good scholar and to enjoy life freely and openly, we must broaden our horizons, and we must have an open mind and a true spirit of seeking truth from facts. The people of China have a lot to learn and a lot of good things to carry forward.
My heart is full of gratitude. I like the beauty of Vancouver's nature, the lovely and innocent smiles of Vancouver people, the warmth of sunshine in the atrium of Regent College, the wise wind of teacher Xu Zhiwei and everyone's temperament, and the seriousness and carefulness of teachers who help us study and live smoothly. I like too many things, so touching!
Say "thank you" to everything in Vancouver, because the coming half-year life here will witness my unusual growth experience; It is also very precious to the good friends and confidants I met here.
There are so many things to learn that you will never learn them thoroughly. What you need to learn all your life is love.
1. What is loneliness? Loneliness is a pleasure stolen from the crowd. She is proud and elegant, and her spirit is completely free. Loneliness means that we have time to be alone and be "the original me", and we don't need to dress up or pretend at all, let alone wear a hat and smoke a cigarette to pretend to be deep.
2. What is loneliness? Loneliness is a disease and a kind of spiritual hunger. Since it is a disease, it needs treatment. How do lonely people find a cure? The way is crowd. Lonely people always need the company of others.
There are two kinds of treatments for people. One is that interests need to establish contacts, but they are only mutually effective (really useful, but there will be no real friends); There are also lonely people who warm each other, which is a cheap communication.
4. Carnival is the loneliness of a group of people, and loneliness is the carnival of one person.
5. Loneliness does not seek external things, but only seeks itself. (that is, peace, which I understand as a state of supreme bodhi).
6. Loneliness is a cage without solace. Because lonely people are at a loss and anxious. Their thoughts are barren and barren, resulting in a sense of self-exclusion.
7. He is lonelier than fireworks. Fireworks bloom invisibly and disappear into nothingness, with a short release and endless loneliness.
8. Loneliness is not posturing, but a state of mind. Silence is not necessarily loneliness, loneliness has no form, it is the spiritual self-wandering of the lonely. Pretending to be impetuous is a vanity, in order to attract attention.
9. True friends are just two people. We are quiet, but not cold and cheerless. One more person will inevitably have topics that can't be talked about together. This is a diversion, from an unguarded to a social interaction. The world for three is too crowded.
10. Many things can be seen clearly in time. Either go further and further, or get closer and closer.
1 1. If you regard your friend as a backup for your boyfriend and girlfriend, you insult friendship and love.
12. Being with friends is also a kind of loneliness. But this kind of loneliness is better and more comfortable than being alone. Because true friends are completely unprepared.
13. Friends are luxuries, and luxuries are all impractical (gold, beauty). You should be satisfied with this kind of thing, because a true friend can give you nothing but friendship.
14. Friends are not vassals and will not just agree and compromise. In reality, friends need sharp edges and sharp edges.
15. Some so-called confiding and punching bags are all verbal violence. You shouldn't use "this is trust in your friends" as an excuse. This is an abuse of friendship. Friends should not bear this kind of catharsis. Soul mate, a soul, he/she doesn't have to bear my trifles.
Friends should be useless. The word "use" here refers to the use. You will feel very free with him. Holding hands is speechless, but I know it clearly.
17. It doesn't matter that true friends don't contact often. Two or three years have passed, and the person on the other end of the phone seems to have never left. The so-called "friendship" that needs constant contact is unreliable, because once they don't contact, they will break up. I will never think of it, and I will never forget it.
18. Two people wearing masks are not necessarily friends.
19. Keep distance between people, and distance produces beauty. The closer we get, the more shortcomings we will see. When two stones are thrown into the water, if they get too close, the waves will interfere with each other.
20. People are the most cruel to those closest to them, because they are too close to each other and often can't see each other's little advantages. One day you were ill, and your parents fried your medicine and put it by your bed. When one day they say to you: come to the table and take medicine! Do you think they have become "bad"? )
2 1. When I can't see everyone, I have a spiritual gaze on them, which is called missing. Sometimes the physical distance increases, but the distance between people becomes so close.
There are so many people around us that we are indifferent to the crowd. Many of us like traveling. Why? Because we want to find a place where no one exile themselves. Why avoid others? Because lonely people are interesting. Loneliness is my own pastime.
23. I don't install QQ and MSN, because I need my own time, there is no need to share a lot of things with others, and I don't want to get into some conversations intentionally or unintentionally.
24. People are "cheap".