Zhang Ailing said: There are three great hates in life, and the third is the unfinished Dream of Red Mansions.
Many writers, such as Jiang Xun, Yi Shu and Lin Yutang, still keep this book at their bedside and read it every day, saying that they can read it all their lives.
I often think that this famous book has been sold for more than 300 years. What are we reading when we are reading?
It is the first of the four classical novels, but it is also the first of the masterpieces that teenagers can't read;
It wrote about the paradise of youth, but it also wrote about human suffering;
It shows the greed and anger of human nature, and also pities every suffering life.
Reading is not easy and unpleasant, but it makes people feel miserable, and even many people feel that life is empty after reading it.
But it's so fascinating, there is always something fatal to attract us.
Many people say it's just the trivial daily life of a big family. What's so good about it?
And this is precisely its fascinating place. Reading a dream of red mansions is like our own life. Even if it is trivial, it is intriguing to look at it carefully.
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For example, in the fifteenth time, Baoyu and his wife met to say goodbye.
This time, on the way to Qin Keqing's funeral, Baoyu met two people.
One is King Jing County, which is water-soluble and noble. One is a country girl, the other is a girl, ordinary and ordinary.
Baoyu heard that King Jing wanted to see him and thought:
I heard from my father, brothers, relatives and friends that the water god is a good king, born with both talent and appearance, and charming, not bound by officials and customs. Every time I think of meeting, I just feel constrained by my father and have no reason to meet. Now I'm glad to see him.
Baoyu was very happy to hear that King Jing of Beijing wanted to see him, but he was happy not because a noble prince wanted to see him, but because he liked water.
There is a yearning in his heart that King Jing of Beijing is a beautiful life, so he wants to see it and know about water solubility.
When we met, we just said a few words lightly. Baoyu is neither flattering nor persistent. He gave him a rosary in the water and said goodbye.
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Soon, master Baoyu came to the village and was surprised to see that all these things were used by farmers.
He saw a manual spinning wheel and was very interested, so he ran to shake it. As a result, a girl ran out and taught him a lesson: "Don't break it!" "
Next, Baoyu's pages are like this: the pages are busy giving up drinking.
Those pages mean, how dare you teach Baoyu a lesson? Who is Baoyu? How dare you, a country girl, lecture him? Let alone shake it. What if it's broken?
But what about Baoyu: Baoyu quickly put down his hand and said with a smile, "I haven't seen this before. I'll try it."
Baoyu doesn't think Erwen is a country girl and doesn't respect her. On the contrary, he appreciates her and thinks she is special.
Baoyu and Erwen hurried by and said a few words without even saying goodbye. He just can't wait to go with her, give each other eyes and fight for the car.
Many people say that they feel that Baoyu is affectionate and everyone loves him. But think about it here, what kind of girl Baoyu has never seen, why he loves a country girl.
He has feelings for a better life, and feels that such a meeting makes him very happy, but it makes him very sad to leave so quickly.
So Baoyu looks at a person and appreciates a person. What he sees is not identity, but the beauty of this life itself.
Whether it is King Jing or Erwenchi, one is noble and extraordinary, and the other is ordinary. He has no comparison, only joy and admiration.
This is the most precious place for Baoyu. He respects and appreciates every life and cherishes every deep or shallow fate in life.
No matter with King Bei Jing or Erwenchi, this simple encounter between one life and another, a short communication and a lost farewell.
I don't want to please for the future, and I don't want to be useless. This will make people feel very clean and comfortable.
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After reading the trivial plot of this encounter in the book, when we return to the real world at the mediocre end, we will find that there are fewer and fewer interesting lives and encounters.
We seldom feel this way anymore. We just think that there is another beautiful life in your life, and you will feel happy and safe, even if it is only a short encounter.
Meeting today is often a calculation mode. When we shook hands, we exchanged business cards, with a smile on our faces and quick thinking in our hearts: What would he want from me? What can I get from him? Everyone clung to their parcels and speculated on each other's motives repeatedly, for fear of being coveted by others.
I used to think that there was only a world of adults, but now I find that even the world of children has been educated into this model by adults.
Yesterday, I went to deliver food to my friends. In the elevator, a mother is educating her five or six-year-old son.
Mom said: Are you two classmates studying well?
The children replied: They study well.
Then mother said, then you should try to be good friends with them.
This feeling is like an adult in The Little Prince. If you tell them that you have made new friends, they will never ask you anything important.
They never say, "How does his voice sound? What's his favorite game? Does he collect butterflies? " They will ask, "How old is he? How many brothers are there? How much does he weigh? How much does his father earn? " So that they can feel that they know him.
Everyone complains about indifference, but everyone has a calculating face, so it is increasingly difficult for us to have an interesting and simple meeting.
In trivial daily life, we passed countless people and had all kinds of encounters and farewells.
The most beautiful thing is a simple meeting, a warm smile and an indifferent interaction, which will be treasured in my heart when I say goodbye.