At least 15 machines are printing his novels, poems and literary works every day in the world. In 1987 and 1988, he was ranked as the best-selling author of 10 in Taiwan Province Province for two consecutive years. He is keen on pursuing what he likes. He is Cai Zhizhong, a famous cartoonist in Taiwan Province. Mr. Cai Zhizhong has been a professional cartoonist since 15 years old. He drew a series of influential cartoons with simple and vivid lines, which were very popular in Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia. His novels, poems and literary works, such as Zhuangzi, Laozi, Zen, Historical Records, The Journey to the West, Liaozhai Series, etc., created the precedent of China's classic cartoons of ancient books. With his unique experience of contending for a hundred schools of thought, classic works, Tang and Song poems, Buddhist scriptures and Zen words, and flowing water, he caricatured the classic vernacular and interpreted it in a modern way, so that modern people can easily learn wisdom and learn classics without burden. Talking to Mr. Cai Zhizhong in the cartoon and listening to the inner world under the brush of the cartoonist can help us understand his philosophy and humor expressed by lines more deeply.
Cai Zhizhong and his urban philosophy.
Past, present and future are indispensable, so Cai Zhizhong's urban philosophy cartoons may better represent an ideal state that people hope to achieve, that is, to return to peace after all setbacks and victories. On the floating dust, it is an almost natural way to turn to the study of Buddhism in order to forget the noise of the city. Raise comics to the perspective of philosophy of life, laugh at the world and feel everything with the wind. Perhaps, in the face of the impetuous noise of the city, Jimmy chose to return to his dream, Zhu Deyong chose to face the reality positively, and Cai Zhizhong chose the road of liberation. While escaping from reality, Jimmy will eventually return to the city, while Cai Zhizhong can swim in the clouds and be happy. In fact, the themes of Cai Zhizhong's early cartoons are varied, and satire was once a part of Cai Zhizhong's cartoons. However, his novels, poems and literary works, which are most deeply rooted in people's hearts, may be novels, poems and literary works that he created by using plain and easy-to-understand vernacular and comic forms to transcend the gap between language and writing, such as "The List of Gods", "Lao Zi Shuo" and "Zhuangzi Shuo".
Who's Cai Zhizhong?
1948 February, Cai Zhizhong was born in Kaidong, Changhua, Taiwan Province. /kloc-after dropping out of school at the age of 0/5, he went to Taipei alone and walked out of his own independent life. There is a painting that has been painted for nearly 40 years. 1963 began to create comic books; 197 1, became the TV production designer of Guangqi Society; 1976 Founded Far East Cartoon Company and Dragon Cartoon Company; 198 1 won the golden horse award for best cartoon feature film. 1983 published four pages of cartoons in newspapers and magazines, which were serialized in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and other places for a long time. 1984 self-run personal comic studio novels, poems and literary works. 1985 was elected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Taiwan Province province. Later, Cai Zhizhong devoted himself to studying China's ancient books and Buddhist books. 1992 formally studied with Yang, a master of Lingnan School of Painting, to create ink painting. In recent years, he has devoted himself to the creation of physical cartoons and the study of Buddhism.
Nature and Easygoing —— Cai Zhizhong's Urban Philosophy
10 years ago, Cai Zhizhong and the sages more than 2,000 years ago formed a generation of bosom friends: Confucius said, benevolence and righteousness remind, Zen said, honour person drinks heavily, Han Feizi said, legalist school's strict words, Liezi said, philosopher's thought of riding the wind ... These cartoons turned the original works out with unprecedented ease and novelty. As a result, "comics are no longer the patent of children, and adults begin to experience the wisdom and philosophy of life of the sages through the ink and wash strokes of cartoonists." Zhuangzi on Nature and Xiao Sheng is one of Cai Zhizhong's favorite novels, poems and literary works. The smooth lines in Zhuangzi Talk make people feel particularly comfortable. Cai Zhizhong's interpretation of the original words of Zhuangzi is just right, and the humorous characters sometimes make people laugh, but what I admire most is the seriousness with which the author translated the original words of Zhuangzi into vernacular Chinese. "ZhuangZiZhou, the warring states period poets. It was an era of bullying, chaos and pain, and the pain in the real world was a bottomless trap. Are the sages under the hilly loess great or small? Zhuangzi's line of sight has been away from the world since then, and he is looking at infinite time and space. " Perhaps this is the portrayal of Mr. Cai Zhizhong himself. Facing the noisy and chaotic real society, he turned his attention to the philosophy of the ancients, but it also opened up another paradise for comics. The characters in Cai Zhizhong's works are as elegant and fresh as his topic, and the costumes of the characters are often wide sleeves in Take off Your Coat, which makes people feel at peace with the world. In order to paint the Buddha more realistically, Cai Zhizhong himself collected many precious bronze Buddha statues of different ages at home! Cai Zhizhong said that he is the kind of person who is crazy to no limit, and he has to "exhaust" everything to enjoy himself, and the same is true for collecting Buddha statues. He said that since the number of bronze statues at home increased, he was gradually reluctant to go out. When painting is tired, he will make a cup of coffee, turn on the light and face the Buddha silently. "That moment is the most stable time for me." Cai Zhizhong said. People often ask Cai Zhizhong which of thousands of bronze statues he likes best. At this time, Cai Zhizhong will slow down and say that a musician likes toilets and has collected more than 1000 toilets of different shapes. Someone asked the musician which one he liked best. He immediately said seriously, "I can't say." If I say it, the toilet will be jealous. " "
chicken soup for the soul
Every time I read Cai Zhizhong's cartoons such as Zhuangzi, Laozi, University and The Doctrine of the Mean, I feel that the thoughts of ancient sages are more about returning to nature, and Cai Zhizhong's love for Buddhism may be related to his favorite life. Cai Zhizhong said that he was a rather indulgent person, and he didn't approve of "being diligent in art but lacking in fun". On the contrary, he appreciates "being diligent in interest but lacking in art". He said: "it is my principle to indulge myself and do what I want." What I want to do is reading and creating. " Although the Zen series is so famous, Cai Zhizhong insists on studying. In his plan, physics, ancient prose research and exegetics are all his future creative fields. He said: "Although these books are not published, I don't care about spending time and energy on them. What I care about is whether the books I draw and the books I publish are correct. The right thing will not have a time problem and will not change because of the time and space of 654.38+05 billion years. " Cai Zhizhong, who likes to travel around the world, visit eminent monks of various countries, explore Buddhist knowledge and collect Buddha statues of past dynasties, is it his own personality that makes his novels, poems and literary works ethereal and elegant, or his novels, poems and literary works are infected with his own unruly personality? It seems that the two should be integrated with each other! After reading Zhu Deyong's jokes and tasting a few meters of sadness, you may be a little confused about the future: What kind of person should I be? It is suggested that people who are confused can drink a bowl of chicken soup to replenish their vitality-go back to the vast and natural comic world in Cai Zhizhong, and maybe you can find the most suitable answer for your life. After all, life is like a ship, its full value and significance lies in sailing, and all grievances and helplessness are of no help. It is the most important thing to keep sailing according to your own direction.
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Three generations of Taiwanese cartoonists, whose novels, poems and literary works have brought different happy experiences to many readers, are incomplete without any of them. It is also interesting to look at the time sequence of their appearance and the distribution of readers. On the one hand, the time sequence of the future, the present and the past is reversed, and Cai Zhizhong cartoons representing the ideal state of urbanites' existence first became popular in Chinese mainland, and then became an instant hit in Zhu Deyong, depicting the realistic state of urbanites' existence. Finally, Jimmy tapped the desire of urbanites to return to nature. The order in which the styles of novels, poems and literary works of these three painters in Taiwan Province Province appear makes people wonder whether modern people, as readers, have experienced the process of yearning for ideals first, then paying attention to reality, and finally returning to the natural self, hoping to regain yesterday's naive desire with these three cartoonists. On the other hand, Jimmy's readers are mostly young people and children, while Zhu Deyong's readers are mainly middle-aged and some young people, while Cai Zhizhong's readers are widely distributed, but their ideological content tends to be aging, which is also a very interesting phenomenon. Fairy tales have a fairy tale destination, and drama has a stage for drama. Jimmy's picture books have been favored by hundreds of generations and become another language that can best interpret the soul-musical. Zhu Deyong's "Bitter Girl" has been remake into a drama, which has become another way that can best reflect the secular world-television; Jimmy's music album was written by the author himself and Taiwan Province singer * * * as monologues for men and women, while his "Bitter Girl" was starred by Taiwan Province singer Rene Liu. New by-products, words and notes, melody and imagination ... a materialistic city may still be unable to escape the strange circle of material after all? Will there be a second Jimmy, Zhu Deyong or Cai Zhizhong in the near future? Or is it another form besides urban fairy tales, urban fables and urban philosophy? The little cartoon touched the hearts of so many people, and it can't be said that it is also a great victory for comics.