Reflections on Jiang Yang s Towards the Edge of Life;
This philosophical anthology is essentially a discussion of human nature and life. About people? Spirit? With what? Meat "life"? And mental exercise, which really surprised me a little. At first, it was said that Mr Jiang Yang was afraid? Ghosts? ,? Ghosts? Actually, it is the soul after death. There are indeed several books about others and peace. Me? what's up Have you met a ghost? Events. What? Ghost against the wall? Huh? Ghost possession? Ah, it's all mentioned publicly. Obviously, you can not believe in certain things, but you can't deny the existence of these things. Needless to say, I really remember that in the class of our university, our lovely Japanese teacher really shared with us her personal experience of encountering ghosts, as well as the strange things that happened afterwards and her methods of avoiding evil spirits. After remembering that incident, a classmate sent her a text message saying that she had left a shadow on her classmates, and the teacher even apologized to us in class. So I also think that although we don't believe in some things in the world, we really can't deny their existence.
What does it matter? Spirit? With what? Meat? Struggle and unity, when? Spirit? That is, the rational side has the upper hand, that is, it shows our side as a wise man, and it is time for human nature to overcome the beast. Meat? It is when animal desire prevails that we are also one of the animals. Of course. Spirit? That is to say, as a high-level party that can control and manage itself, meat? Even as some basic needs and desires of animal nature. Therefore, as a person, we are always in contradiction and struggle. At this time, I can't help but think of a poisonous tongue in Zhihu? Man's animal desire is the basis of human beings' continuous reproduction, and women's reserve is the fundamental source of human cultural development? . Of course, this is a bit off topic, but it is also an interesting thing that suddenly occurred to me.
The article also mainly talks about the cultivation and exercise of human life, that is? Spirit? Exercise too? Meat? Exercise. ? If you want to cultivate a person who can do great things, you must make him suffer hardships and be dissatisfied, so as to develop a patient character. After different degrees of exercise, a person obtains different degrees of self-cultivation and different degrees of benefits. For example, spices, the finer they are, the stronger the fragrance. ? In fact, our ancestors have always advocated this? Righteousness, self-cultivation, family, country and the world? .
Finally, the old man attached some notes. In fact, it is a record of some real people and things that happened in life. One of them was very impressive. An aunt who works as a housekeeper for her wife in Beijing dictated her miserable life. Experienced famine, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, revolution, people's commune, reform and opening up. When I was a child, I didn't have enough food and clothes. When I grow up, I work hard and go out to work to support my family. As a result, my husband couldn't bear loneliness, was mercilessly seduced and betrayed physically. Later, he acquiesced in the fact that her husband betrayed me and insisted on making money to support his family. It's really like her own sentence: "I only know how to work, make money, save money and save money all my life." When I was young, I lost my home in order to earn 25 yuan to support my family. ? Woman, why is this? But there is also an experience that the wife and husband are still together anyway, and there will always be problems when they are separated for a long time, which will eventually outweigh the benefits. When I said this feeling, even Jiang Gongzi, who was playing online games, immediately echoed: Yes, that's right! ! ?
Reflections on Jiang Yang s Towards the Edge of Life (Ⅱ);
It took me a long time to finish reading Jiang Yang's masterpiece Towards the Edge of Life? Ask yourself and answer yourself, I feel a lot. This book was written by Teacher Yang at the age of 96, which shows how diligent she is. Although this book is not too thick, with only more than 40,000 words, it embodies a generation of literati's questioning and thinking about truth, life and death, fate and the value of life in their twilight years.
As we all know, Mr. Yang is the wife of Qian Zhongshu, a great scholar. She is also a famous translator and writer. A few years ago, Mr. Yang's novel Bath and his memoir The Three of Us were well known to readers. Last year, when the Commercial Press published this book "Walking to the Edge of Life", it immediately caused a reading whirlwind among readers. I want to talk about some aspects of this book that impressed me the most.
Many years ago, Mr. Qian Zhongshu wrote On the Edge of Life, which is a classic. A few years later, Mr. Yang wrote "Walking to the Edge of Life", which is also a thoughtful and readable book. These two books, like Gemini, enjoy high popularity in China. Qian Zhongshu and Jiang Yang have something in common in their career pursuit and hobbies. It is not easy for them to go through so many ups and downs from hand-in-hand marriage to their later life. What is the subtitle of this book? Ask yourself and answer? Very modest, no superior posture, which also shows from another side that Mr. Yang worked tirelessly in his later years. In this book, notes occupy nearly half of the whole book, which is rare in contemporary books. The annotations of general books (except ancient books) are all attached parts of the book, and every annotation of this book is a dusty past and a vivid example of the life thinking of the main part. Each note can be a separate article. For example: A Ju's troubles, the love affair between old father and uncle, etc. , itself can be read as a good prose.
Generally speaking, wise old people like to think deeply about ghosts and gods, humanity, soul, destiny and civilization, and Mr. Yang is no exception. Mr. Yang has his own views on these issues. In the preface of this book, what does Mr. Yang's opening remarks point to? Die? In the word, she wrote: I have reached the edge of life, and I will go forward, just? Gone? ,? Went? ,? Gone? ,? Is it gone? . Chinese and foreign examples use these words to soften the unpopular and inevitable? Die? Words. Can Mr. Yang, who is over 90 years old, calmly face the inevitable future? Die? , is a kind of superego life realm.
Since the ideology of our society has been unified by materialism, there is little discussion about ghosts and gods. It has become a common way of thinking to analyze and study our problems with scientific methods. At a certain age, it seems impossible not to think about these problems, let alone an intellectual like Mr. Yang. She's here? The question of gods and ghosts? In the article, we talked about? Idealism? And superstition are not equal. For example, people talk about faith. Faith is an abstract concept. Can people see it? There is no doubt that faith is intangible, but we still need faith, without which we can't live. Also, we often say that nature has laws, and scientists from generation to generation have discovered many laws. However, it was later proved that some laws were wrong and must be overturned. In this way, the law may not be comprehensive, and it can be broken and supplemented. In the article, Mr. Yang also recalled seeing a fortune teller when he was a child. She has walked on the edge of life. More than 70 years ago, the fortune teller accurately measured what happened at home, and she still remembers it. Fortune tellers may not know any modern scientific truth, that is, they can calculate the ups and downs of fate according to the Book of Changes and the Book of Changes. Why is this? Until now, she still can't figure out the problem.
In the book, Mr. Yang talks about? Cultivation? . A person's body needs exercise, and his moral character needs cultivation. She said: the human body is made of meat, so it can't be beaten or burned. But people's spiritual conscience is getting stronger and stronger. Confucius emphasized self-cultivation and pointed out the way of self-cultivation. Spiritual conscience exercises the body, and there must be appropriate methods. What does the body need? Eat drink man woman? If you are not satisfied, people will die; Don't vent your strong feelings, people will go crazy. When spiritual conscience controls itself, it is tolerant and allows physical and mental harmony. Restrain yourself as appropriate. So-called? Qi is polite and fun? , is to use music to adjust, restrain and guide. This statement makes sense. If you want to be a gentleman, you must have a good temper and strong self-control. Without these two points, people's virtue cannot be promoted to a higher level.
Walking to the Edge of Life reflects many problems in Mr. Jiang Yang's later life. Many problems in the book are problems that people must think about and face, and they cannot be avoided. I can't finish reading such a book of wisdom in a day or two. I will watch it often in the future and keep looking for the secrets of life.
Reflections on Jiang Yang s Towards the Edge of Life;
I have always respected Mr. Jiang Yang, an old gentleman with a good personality. However, do you know that in the world of words, it is not as good as him? Relative to? Writing as a person? More established: people who write good works are not necessarily good, and people who are good enough are not necessarily good. Mr. Yang belongs to the latter; In fact, people and works should not be confused. Besides, everyone has different standards of quality. To tell you the truth, this book by Teacher Yang makes me quite disappointed. I accidentally saw favorable comments in Mr. Zhou's recommendation before, so I need to buy it urgently. Mr. Zhou's comments seem exaggerated. This book is just so-so To tell the truth, the previous thinking part is relatively low, and I am not inspired. In my opinion, they are all very common views (of course, I can't understand Mr. Yang's deep intention because of my low understanding); The comments in the latter part are actually very ordinary and boring. Looking back, in fact, many examples of literati writing essays in that era have a melodramatic style, which is not surprising, but self-pity and happiness, which is true. Yaxing? Coming? Play? Writing (such literati generally have a solid economic foundation, so they can rise to elegance, such as Lin Yutang, Zhou Zuoren, Su, Ling Shuhua; Xiao Hong and Lu Xun are another kind. Zhang Aize is a special case). Although Mr. Yang's book is published in the contemporary era, his writing ideas still follow the characteristics of that era. Everyone's ideological basis is different, and the evaluation of the same thing is also very different. I just think there are fewer and fewer good books?
Go to the edge of life? Ask yourself and answer yourself. Dangdang netizen: Because of the persecution of the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Jiang Yang suffered a lot in almost the best period of a woman. When he can enjoy his old age, he has to? I miss the three of us being alone? Nevertheless, she never complained about the unfairness she suffered in the book. Even if she wrote an article about memories, she only recorded everything from an objective and almost bystander perspective. This kind of indifference and detachment makes people feel pitiful? How tough does it take to endure the madness of the collision era? This book was published in early 2007, and this year she is 97 years old. In the main article, I showed my thoughts on fundamental issues such as fate, life, life and death, spirit and flesh, ghosts and gods, and confessed my inner confusion. Yang mentioned personal incomprehensible experience of nature. It must be pointed out that this is different from superstition. We can know from the influence of education. The book describes that in the traditional family of the Republic of China at that time, the father could do it without inviting him back to the kitchen god. If you eat other people's candied fruit, you say good things about others. This gossipy God sent it away, so why take it away? Yang cited this example to show that her family is safe without the so-called kitchen god for decades. Just being tough on his father? Don't believe it? What is different is that she can admit that she doesn't understand the unnatural phenomena she sees, and she is not interested in these things herself: all of the above? Strange, powerful, chaotic, sacred? I don't want to talk about it? I come from the old society? Old man, this is a polite title. Actually, I'm old. It is inevitable that the old things are old and the people's thinking is backward. I am still a relic of the last generation in the late Qing Dynasty! ? But at the age of 96, she has to say: I have reached the edge of life, and I will go on, right? Gone? ,? Went? ,? Gone? ,? No, I don't understand. I often put aside what I don't understand. But I have reached the edge of my life, and I don't understand it myself, so I want to ask someone, and everyone who can ask has already left. I think I can't know what is behind me, and my self-questioning and self-answering are limited to this life. ? The subtitle of the topic is "Ask yourself and answer yourself". The husband died, and so did the daughter. She lived too long. This situation should be so lonely and desolate. However, the old lady still tried to solve some riddles. I think this is also a kind of courage. In fact, these are some early collections, and the preface is the real strength. It took Yang two and a half years before the dust settled. What moved me most was after the main text?
Reflections on Jiang Yang s Towards the Edge of Life (IV);
After reading "Walking to the Edge of Life" written by 96-year-old Ms. Jiang Yang, there are not only waves of admiration, but also deep thoughts! !
At the age of ninety-six, many people are sick in bed and have no intention to study. Many people go to another world to enjoy themselves. And this old man who has experienced almost a century is still committed to learning, tireless and tireless. What made her live so long, and what made her live so full and rich at such an old age? After reading this book, it seems that I have learned something.
There are two ways for people to exist in this world, one is the existence of the body, the visible form of existence, and the other is the existence of the soul. These two ways exist in the same individual, and they struggle and unify with each other. Struggle is because there are seven evils in human nature, laziness, greed, lust and gambling, which run counter to human spiritual conscience. When they meet in real life, people will have all kinds of troubles and contradictions. If these are not solved, they may even have psychological problems. On the other hand, if people consciously hone their bodies through life, so as to exercise their souls and form a certain will to control their body behavior, they can form a harmonious state of unity of spirit and flesh. There is no denying that this process is long and involves a lot of physical and mental pain. However, young people, in order to make our lives more meaningful, shouldn't we actively accept the tempering of suffering, so as to make our souls nobler and stronger? Then, when we reach old age, we can still cling to the yearning for the soul instead of being defeated by the body like Ms. Jiang Yang!
When the sun sets, it is inevitable to recall the past journey, and it is inevitable to abstract some philosophical propositions such as fate and human existence for thinking. For thousands of years, this proposition has lasted for a long time, and different people have different conclusions, but it has never been conclusive. People always say? Life has a life? . Is man's fate predestined? Jiang Yang didn't give a clear answer, but she said? Man's value lies in himself? . No matter what the fortune teller says or how the eight characters are defined, it's up to you. What does it matter even if the choice is wrong? Life is a live broadcast without rehearsal. Sometimes a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. Do your best, and then everything will be calm! As Voltaire said:? There is no such thing as fate, everything is just a test, punishment or compensation. ?
Standing in the heyday of twenty years old, I have never experienced many things, I have never understood many truths, and I still don't know how to deal with many people. A lot of people don't know? But live in the moment and be brave in exercise! Grow through exercise! In this way, maybe when I come to the edge of my life, I can say that I have tried my best. And then, turn the memories of that life into nothing?