The world is changing rapidly, and people are just a drop in the ocean. Since they are small, there is no need to compete, work hard, and strive for illusory floating fame. This is Su Dongpo's life. The following excerpt is from Lin Yutang's biography of Su Dongpo. Welcome to read this article!
Excerpt from Lin Yutang's Notes on Su Dongpo's Biography: Whether you know a person is actually not whether you are contemporary with him, but from the perspective of understanding at that time, through the emotion he injected into his works, to understand his heart. Reading a biography is like watching someone else's life drama. We stay out of the drama, all the fierce struggles or loneliness become dull and expressive, and finally we have to connect with ourselves.
Su Dongpo's great personality is very distinctive, which is attributed to the large number of his works and detailed information, because at that time, he was sought after by people and his popularity was no less than that of today's popular stars. Even the Jin people especially loved to search Su Dongpo's works after they captured the capital. Su Dongpo's poems exude unique charm, which stems from his views on writing style. He writes and collects pens. Flowing clouds? There is no specific law, and he thinks that expressing all his feelings with a pen is the happiest moment in his life. He loves writing so much that even though he knows that most of his troubles are caused by articles, he still feels that articles, like jade pearls, are not easily despised. What is the reason for love? Perhaps it is because free creation brings satisfaction to the author and happiness to the reader, which is also the value of literature.
Now, as high school students, we write under the prescribed proposition within a limited time. Naturally, this is just writing, and it is difficult to have your own thoughts and feelings. Most people think that we study too little, have little life experience and have a narrow view of society, but another reason is that we seldom pay attention to the growth of our own thoughts and have not collected that precious inspiration. In the torrent of life, we are used to being busy with things other than ourselves and forget to leave some time for our hearts to examine and think about our existence. Our ideas are priceless, sincere and of extraordinary significance. Because in the true sense, a person's life is not the growth of knowledge, the accumulation of wealth and the seizure of power, but that we have lived a person's life, experienced everything, experienced everything, loved our love and pursued our pursuit. Then, what is the value of this article when you open your notebook and have no utility to describe yourself in your life? Non-humans can say nobility with their mouths? Yes
Mr. Su Dongpo's fate is like a petrel, and his career is thrilling. Happiness and misfortune are basically closely related to Wang Anshi. Mr. Lin Yutang said: Many things will become inevitable in the future because of the inevitability of external environment and internal character. ? During his tenure in Hangzhou, Su Dongpo used poetry to express the sufferings of the people. The most terrible thing is that he likes to write in an out-of-control style. Even though he knew that the poem would reach the capital, he didn't care. At that time, people who opposed Wang Anshi's New Deal avoided this sensitive topic, but Su Dongpo ignored the consequences. He takes evil as his enemy. When he meets evil, he is like a fly in food, but he spits it out. After being arrested and interrogated, I struggled for a long time and finally got out of prison, but I wrote two poems, and I was irretrievably arrested that night. I think this is an unchangeable nature. In fact, losing your nature is sometimes a very precious thing. Everything is changing, only oneself has not changed, and one can taste all kinds of life in his own land of Xiaotian. As Mr. Jiang Yang said: People can condense into a stone, lurk to the bottom of the water, and let time pass like running water, only knowing that they are in the water, but not feeling the current. ?
The social environment and living conditions of the ancients were not as good as those of modern times. Only thought is the eternal wealth of human beings and a treasure house of wisdom, waiting for us inexperienced teenagers to appreciate its profound wisdom.
Excerpted from Lin Yutang's Notes on Su Dongpo's Biography 2. It seems that what is the most frequently used word in the world's evaluation of Su Dongpo? Broad-minded? . Many people think that Su Dongpo was born for dancing and writing. However, is it Su Dongpo's broad-minded nature that makes his unique and free and easy style of writing, or his unparalleled literary talent and love for literature that shapes his broad-minded outlook on life?
Su Dongpo is writing all the time, happy and sad; In the warm family life, in the bumpy and dangerous road; When they are in high spirits, most of them are lush and full of vitality when they are relegated, but a small part of them are melancholy with a touch of desolation. In fact, writing is a very good way to vent your spirit, no matter what emotions you are aiming at. Happy things are recorded and turned into beautiful memories; The painful things have been recorded, and when I look at them again, I feel nothing. Su Dongpo can leave the world with the image of being so broad-minded, so optimistic and so enjoying life, which is inseparable from his creative habits. It can be said that his literary talent and love for literature have created a life that will be told from generation to generation.
Mencius said:? Five virtues nourish my noble spirit. ? There is always one kind of Mencius' articles, right? Awesome spirit? . Personal character will always create different styles of writing, Balzac's articles are always humorous and romantic; Turgenev's words are mostly gray. The same is true of Dongpo, whose broad-minded personality makes him handsome. When we appreciate Dongpo's ci, we can always feel the harmonious unity between man and nature and the subtle connection between everything. What are all the joys and sorrows in the world?
Having finished Su Dongpo's personal problems, it's time to talk about his contact with us. Perhaps few of us need to bear the pain of Dongpo, and the most talented people bear the greatest humiliation. However, why can Dongpo face life calmly while many of us are still complaining?
By answering this question, we can combine the two topics raised at the beginning of the article with this practical problem. Why can Dongpo have a broad-minded life? Because he has faith and sustenance, but he entrusts his soul to literature more. People always need to get rid of difficulties, and it is really smart to be able to use words to relieve troubles. Su Dongpo has a famous joke that he was on the boat with a group of guests and was caught in a big storm, which frightened everyone. Only Dongpo calmly practiced writing there. When someone asked him why, he just said, anyway, life and death can't be controlled by himself now, so why not calm down and get the words? It can be seen that literature, as a kind of sustenance, helps Dongpo transcend life and death and reach the realm of detachment.
However, in real life, there may not be Su Dongpo in the world. However, we can also have our own beliefs and support. For Dongpo, learning Chinese characters, creating literature and working hard for the people are his unshirkable responsibilities and his favorite career. So, wherever he is, he enjoys these things. People talk about doing what they like all day, but how many people are really doing what they like? There are only two kinds left, those who don't know what to do and those who think they like it. The first is always aimless, and the second is depravity. In fact, perhaps the world caused us to stop having Su Dongpo. If Su Dongpo were now, he would be considered complacent and aimless. However, today, what is the goal? The goal is to start a business, get rich and be in power? There is always a saying, do what you want to do first, then do what you should do, and finally do what you want to do. We must understand these statements? Must be? With what? Want to do it? The relationship. What you really want to do, what makes people happy, will never be a drag on people's future. If you really pursue what you love, you can realize an open-minded outlook on life. Just as true love will never bring disaster to people, it is a gift from heaven to meet 100% boys or girls in the vast sea of people. What you really want to do is always the real motivation, so? What should I do? With what? What must be done? , should be in favor. What you should do is not what others should do; Your needs will never be everyone's needs. In my opinion, the most important thing Dongpo taught me is that no matter what happens, you should stick to your own ideas and the unique talent given to you by God, because it must exist, maybe it is only temporarily hidden. If Su Dongpo doesn't insist on what he likes to do best, but stays in the study with a sad face every night and asks the emperor for mercy every day, then our history and literature will be sad without him.
I like Su Like Dongpo better than poets Li Bai and Du Fu. Therefore, with the same feelings, I have added intimacy to Mr. Lin Yutang's works, from Smoke in Beijing, My Country and My People to Su Dongpo's Biography, which I have read many times and can't put down.
I'm afraid it's not enough to learn geometry after reading it Reading itself is fun. The real meaning of reading is to internalize what I have learned from reading into spiritual nutrients, and then gain my attitude towards life, way of thinking, habits and even dribs and drabs.
Teenagers study? A river of no return, a romantic figure through the ages? There will be rivers of blood for no reason. Su Shi, who seems to be a romantic figure, set sail on the river. He wanted to meet the Three Kingdoms, make friends with Gong Jin and meet heroes, but he had to indulge in wine, how heroic and resentful he was. Sing it again now? Affectionate Ying Xiao Wo, was born early? , but not in the chest. All the emperors in the Song Dynasty admired the man who gave countless readers unlimited pleasure in reading, and all the queens were his close friends, but he was repeatedly demoted and even arrested. Wutai poetry case? He was humiliated and almost killed. After thousands of years, it still hurts. But Mr. Lin Yutang understood that he said Dongpo lived happily and fearlessly, and his life was like a breeze.
So this biography of Su Dongpo, like a glass of wine, melted the block in my heart. Pain? Become smooth, unobstructed, accessible and peaceful!
Su Dongpo, who opposed Wang Anshi's radical reform measures, did not agree with Sima Guang's abolition of the new law, but advocated being cautious. Starting from whether it is beneficial to the actual effect of the national economy and people's livelihood, why not go to Afu to cater to it? New law? Or? Old system? As a result, he was squeezed out between the old and new parties, and his career was very bumpy.
Su Dongpo has always been involved in the political whirlpool, but his scenery is infinite, and he is above the political activities of making a fool of himself. He doesn't want to be a poet. He writes and gives poems at any time and anywhere, criticizing and expressing his feelings. He doesn't care about the consequences and benefits.
Su Dongpo is Confucianism-oriented, able to learn from Buddhism and Taoism, serve Confucianism without pedantry, be good at Taoism without being tired of the world, and participate in Zen without being vain. When you are rich, you are neither arrogant nor impetuous, nor lazy or unhappy. In the face of adversity, I can take things as they are, and insist on the pursuit of life and good things with an optimistic and free-spirited attitude. Therefore, he can realize the transformation from real life to artistic life, and turn his rough situation into a life full of artistic aesthetic interest, which is reflected in his colorful literary and artistic creation.
Ironically, a courtier in Song Shenzong told people that whenever the emperor refused to eat, he must be reading Su Dongpo's articles. Even when Su Dongpo was exiled, as long as one of his new poems entered the palace, Emperor Zongshen would be praised by ministers. However, the emperor's sigh and praise for Su Dongpo is scaring some ministers, which will make the immortal live one more day and keep Su Dongpo in exile and unable to return to the DPRK.
Although Su Dongpo has suffered a lot, his humanity has become more gentle and kind, and he has not become bitter. That's why too many of our readers like him.
For thousands of years, people will not sincerely admire a writer with poor and shameless character. No matter how brilliant his words are, they are useless.
The eternal reputation of literature lies in the happiness literature gives readers. Su Dongpo's works can make people in the past love to read, instead of being overshadowed by the short-lived literary fashion, or even lasting forever. This is what we call heartfelt? Really pure? .
What I appreciate most now is the pure and endless interesting rain in his On the Road to Ding Feng:
? Don't pay attention to the beating rain in the forest. Mei sings a long whistle and walks leisurely. Bamboo poles and sandals are more dexterous than riding horses. What's to be afraid of? A raincoat and hemp fiber, despite the wind and rain, still live my life. The chilly spring breeze woke up the wine, but the slightly cold hills were caught by oblique photos. Look back at the bleak place and go home. No rain or shine. ? How can you not understand that after the storm, it is not necessarily a clear sky, but Wan Li is a realm; Without experiencing wind and rain, how to see the rainbow is a realm. But in reality, few people still smile in the rain like Dongpo. Are they still there? Bamboo poles and shoes are lighter than horses. A misty rain in my life? In fact, this is the highest state of life, and this is the real purity and interest you can have when you despise difficulties with an insight into everything!
Su Dongpo's unusually bumpy life is also an open-minded and optimistic life. Is he the kind of person who is in adversity? Are you glad you are impregnable, or are you glad you were defeated? His transcendental philosophy, like his poems and articles, has a thousand years of love! Throughout the ages!
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