Author: Zhu Ziqing

I'm very upset these days. Sitting in the yard enjoying the cool tonight, I suddenly remembered the lotus pond I walked through every day. It should look different under the light of this full moon. The moon rises gradually, and the children's laughter on the road outside the wall can no longer be heard; My wife is patting and skipping in the room, humming a sleeping song in a daze. I slipped on a big shirt and ran out the door.

Along the lotus pond, there is a winding little cinder road. This is a secluded road; Few people walk during the day, and it is lonely at night. Around the lotus pond, there are many trees and lush. On one side of the road, there are some willows and some trees with unknown names. On a moonless night, the road is gloomy and a little scary. It's fine tonight, although the moonlight is still very weak.

I was the only one on the road, walking around with my hands behind my back. This world seems to be mine; I also like to go beyond my usual self and go to another world. I love excitement and peace; Like to live in groups, like to be alone. Just like tonight, under this boundless moon, a person thinks about everything and thinks nothing, and feels like a free person. What must be done and said during the day can be ignored now. This is the beauty of being alone, and I will enjoy the boundless moonlight with lotus fragrance.

On the winding lotus pond, I look forward to the leaves of Tian Tian. The leaves are high out of the water, like an elegant dancer's skirt. Layers of leaves are dotted with some white flowers, some of which bloom gracefully and some are in bud shyly; Like a pearl, like a star in the blue sky, like a beauty who just took a bath. The breeze blew, sending wisps of fragrance, like a faint song on a tall building in the distance. At this time, the leaves and flowers also trembled slightly, like lightning, passing through the lotus pond in an instant. The leaves are close side by side, so there are clear wave marks. Below the leaves is flowing water, which is covered and can't see some colors; Leaves are more exposed to the wind.

Moonlight, like running water, falls quietly on this leaf and flower. A thin layer of blue mist floats in the lotus pond. Leaves and flowers seem to have been washed in milk; Like a dream in a sarong. Although it is a full moon, there are faint clouds in the sky, so it can't shine; But I think this is just a benefit-deep sleep is indispensable, and nap is unique. Moonlight shines through the trees, and the bushes at the height cast uneven and mottled shadows, which are as steep as ghosts; The sparse shadows of curved willows seem to be painted on lotus leaves. The moonlight in the pond is uneven; But light and shadow have a harmonious melody, such as a famous song played in the Vatican.

Around the lotus pond, there are trees far and near, and willows are the most. These trees surround a lotus pond; Only on one side of the path, there are some gaps, which seem to be reserved for moonlight. An example of the color of trees is cloudy, which at first glance looks like a cloud of smoke; But the abundance of willows can be recognized in the smoke. There are distant mountains on the treetops, just a little careless. There are still one or two lamps leaking through the cracks in the tree. What is listless is the eyes of those who are sleepy. At this time, the most lively are cicadas in the tree and frogs in the water; But the excitement is theirs. I have nothing.

I suddenly remembered the matter of picking lotus. Lotus picking is an ancient custom in the south of the Yangtze River. It seems to have a long history, but it flourished in the Six Dynasties. You can get a rough idea from this poem. Lotus pickers are teenage girls, swinging boats and singing bright songs. Needless to say, there are many lotus pickers. It was a lively season and a romantic season. Emperor Liang Yuan put it well in "Lotus Picking Fu":

So the goblin was a virgin and rowed; The snipe makes a first promise and passes the feather cup; You can move, seaweed can hang, and the boat can move and open. Erqi slim waist bundle element, Yan Gubu; After long summer, in late spring, leaves are tender and flowers are early. I'm afraid of touching the petticoats and laughing, and I'm afraid of leaning over the boat and getting together.

It can be seen that there were wandering scenes at that time. This is really interesting, but unfortunately we are not happy now.

Later, I remembered, the sentence in "Xizhou Song":

Lotus is picked in autumn in Nantang, and the lotus is over the head; With his head down, he fiddled with the lotus seeds in the water, which were as green as the lake.

If there are lotus pickers tonight, the lotus here will be considered "over the top"; You can't just see some shadows of running water. This makes me really miss Jiangnan. -think like this, suddenly look up and feel that it is already your own door; Gently pushed the door in, there was no sound, and my wife had slept for a long time.

1July, 927, Beijing Tsinghua Campus.

The language of Moonlight on the Lotus Pond is simple and elegant, accurate and vivid, poetic and full of profound meaning. Zhu Ziqing's prose language has always been simple and beautiful, using light ink instead of heavy ink.

Mr. Zhu Ziqing's description of scenery and pleading seems to be somewhat rambling and unintelligible. After careful understanding, you can feel the anguish expressed by Mr. Zhu between the lines, and then the reader is infected by Mr. Zhu's words, bringing him the depressed and unspeakable mood at that time. This is one of the essential qualities of excellent prose.

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The long poem "Destruction" established Zhu Ziqing's position as a new poet in the literary world, while "Qinhuai River under the Shadows of Paddles and Lights" is a recognized model of vernacular beauty. Zhu Ziqing declared war on the retro school with his vernacular prose, which effectively countered the saying that the vernacular prose could not be beautiful. He is one of the pioneers of the May 4th New Literature Movement.

Zhu Ziqing's beautiful writing has influenced generation after generation. Writer Jia Pingwa said: When I came to Yangzhou, the first person I thought of was Zhu Ziqing, who was the greatest intellectual.

In fact, Zhu Ziqing's writing process is very tortuous. Most of his early works are poems, but his poems are quite different from those of ancient poets in China. His poems are written in vernacular, which is actually his consistent writing style.

Later, Zhu Ziqing began to write some articles about society, because the society was chaotic at that time. At that time, most of his works attacked the dark side of society, and most of them were tough and had several keys. In the later period, I wrote more articles on landscape themes, and the writing style of such articles was mainly beautiful and elegant.

Although Zhu Ziqing's writing style has changed with his life experience and different social forms in different periods, the main tone of his articles has not changed. All the articles he wrote in his life have a very remarkable feature, which is unpretentious. He is not a poet like the ancient Huajian School. Whether in his poems or in his articles, he never uses excessive rhetoric. He advocates simplicity.

Derek, a British friend, tried to translate several of Zhu Ziqing's essays into English, but after reading them, they looked thin and far less fluent than the original. Not convinced, he retranslated it in a slightly Gu Zhuo English, which was much better: "That is to say, Mr. Zhu's writing style is simple, but his mind is deep, so his translation pen must be deep." Many of Zhu Ziqing's articles, such as "The Back" and "Mourning for the Dead Daughter", are all read from things that can only be expressed in words.

Plain is Zhu Ziqing's writing style. He is not an unrestrained writer. He loves fresh style in his creation, which gives people a refreshing feeling. His article contains his yearning for life, which shows that his writing style is somewhat similar to his attitude towards others. His article is beautiful, but it doesn't make people feel narrow, giving people an open-minded and profound feeling. This is Zhu Ziqing's writing style, and this is Zhu Ziqing's humanity.

Mr. Zhu Ziqing, a famous essayist who has written such famous works as Moonlight on the Lotus Pond and Back, has not only been upright and upright all his life, but also cultivated his descendants with an invisible family style. Good family style and family rules have a far-reaching impact, urging people to be good, and it is a life creed that condenses emotions, cultivates virtue and sharpens talents. "Zhu Ziqing in the north, Zhu Wuhua in the south, one skill and one martial art, one south and one north, two stars shining" are praised by Chinese intellectuals and educators.

Zhu Ziqing is gentle, kind, approachable to young people and a peaceful person. He chose the word "Pei County", which means to tighten himself like a bowstring, giving people a feeling of high self-demand and occasional boredom. Zhu Ziqing is in charge of teaching and strict with students, and all the students who attend his classes benefit a lot.

1June, 948, Zhu Ziqing, who had suffered from stomach trouble for many years, meticulously signed his name on the declaration protesting the US policy of aiding Japan and refusing to accept American aid for flour. Subsequently, Zhu Ziqing also returned the flour purchase voucher and flour ticket. 1August 948 12, Zhu Ziqing died of stomach trouble. When a new era came, Zhu Ziqing left people in a hurry. He left people with countless classic poems and songs, and the spirit of never giving in.

Zhu Ziqing has no grandiloquence. He just showed the world the firm and revolutionary nature of China intellectuals in the crisis of the motherland with firm actions and simple language, which embodies the backbone of China people, shows incomparable noble national integrity, presents the most precious side of life and composes the most magnificent movement of life.

In the name of "self-purification", he encouraged himself not to lose heart in difficulties; He was seriously ill and refused to accept American aid flour until his death, which made the world admire his integrity; His back, moonlight on the lotus pond, and haste are well-known. His writing pursues "truth" without any pretense, but it contains touching power.

Zhu Ziqing not only has high attainments in literary creation, but also is a revolutionary and democratic fighter. In the struggle against hunger and civil war, he always maintained the integrity and sentiment of an upright patriotic intellectual. Mao Zedong praised Zhu Ziqing for starving to death rather than accepting the spirit of American "relief powder" and praised him for "showing the heroism of our nation".

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Moonlight in the Lotus Pond (Zhu Ziqing's Prose)

People's network-Zhu Ziqing's combination of rigidity and flexibility