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Chapter 21 the grief of impermanence

Legend of Jin Yong 费勇 2280Words 2018-03-16
As a continuation of the novel, not only the character of the protagonist is different, but even the atmosphere of the work is quite different.You can already feel it after looking back, not to mention the "finishing touch" at the beginning and the end. Such as the beginning of: What is the old man talking about?It is about the alien invasion and the story of the chaotic world: after the war, the original households have become dilapidated places with broken walls and tiles.I really would rather be a dog of peace than a person in troubled times. A storyteller leads the story of Yang Tiexin, Guo Xiaotian, and Qiu Chuji, and Qiu Chuji named the children of the Guo family and the Yang family who will be born one as "Jing" and the other as "Kang", so as not to forget the "Jingkang" Shame" means.The whole book uses this introduction as the keynote, talking about heroes and chivalry, defending the family and the country.

Therefore, until the end, the work is still grand and intense, without losing the style of desert heroes and eagle shooters, and the feelings of worrying about the country and the people are also vivid on the paper: And the generosity, worry and indignation that was not there at the beginning, and the feelings of compassion and compassion are still there, but they are applied to the love and love of the characters. The beginning of the work is a very graceful poem, which was written by Ouyang Xiu in the Song Dynasty:
This soft and melodious singing voice floated on the smoky lake.The singing came from a small boat, and it was a lotus-picking girl singing Ouyang Xiu's "Butterfly Loves Flowers", which describes the scene of a Yue girl picking lotus.Although there are only six words in the poem, the seasons, time, location, scenery, and the appearance, clothing, jewelry, and mood of Yue girls are all described vividly.In the second half of the poem, there is a narrative in the description of the scene, and the narration is lyrical, from near to far, and the meaning is not disturbing.

But the singer has no intention, but the listener is interested, the author wrote: This "sigh" has been lingering between the lines of the work, and gradually intensified, and finally led to "tears bursting out of the eyes". At the end of the book, all the heroes also went to the top of Mount Hua and did what they had to do, but what happened next was like this: The tone of the whole work is bleak and euphemistic from beginning to end.Don't say that the beautiful Taoist nun Li Mochou became a devil because of "love", and became a feared female devil with a heart like a snake and a scorpion; the wrinkled and messy-haired Wu Santong became crazy because of "love", and fell into "love". Even Yang Guo and Xiaolongnv, who are the gods and couples, have gone through so many tragedies and sufferings in order to be able to rely on each other hand in hand, which makes people shudder when they think about it.

People in the whole work are fighting for love and suffering for love, but what will happen in the end? Inseparable from a "empty" word. Space is the truth of life, fighting, whether it is a battlefield or a love scene, so what if you lose?So what if you win?Who is not the youth of the moment, the bubbles in the water, fleeting? The grief of impermanence, in Feng Zikai's heart, is the starting point of religious enlightenment.All acts of generosity, suffering, compassion, sacrifice, and religion are based on this point. And in Jin Yong's heart, what does he think? He feels that it is impossible to have a happy life forever. Since "The Legend of Condor Heroes", he no longer writes about the genuine love of Guo Jing and Huang Rong.

The main point of Buddhism: "All things are impermanent, it is the law of birth. The birth of the sky is already, and the heaven of solitude is joy." Jin Yong should have a lot of experience, so even in the shadow of swords, lights and swords, when life hangs in the air, readers will not It is difficult to appreciate his compassion and his desolation and helplessness. At this time, he is no longer a "foreign talent", but a pure Chinese literati. The Chinese literati are the ones who can best understand the pain of impermanence. The verse of the Lotus Sutra says: "From the beginning, all dharmas are always in the state of extinction. In spring, all the flowers bloom, and the yellow warbler sings on the willows."

Chinese literati said: "Advise you not to cherish golden thread clothes, and advise you to cherish your youth. The flowers can be broken when they bloom, and the branches will not be broken when there are no flowers." because: "This year's flowers are as good as last year's. Last year, people will grow old this year. I just realized that people are not as good as flowers, but it's a pity that the fallen flowers don't sweep." As flowers are, so are willows: "The river is windy, the river is full of grass, and the six dynasties are like a dream, and the birds sing in the sky. The most heartless is the willow in Taicheng, and it is still a ten-mile dike in a smoke cage."

"On the Bian waterfront of Emperor Yangdi's palace, there are a few willows that can't stand the spring. In the evening, the wind blows and the flowers are like snow, and there are no people flying on the palace wall." And what about the month?It is even more like hanging high in the blue sky from ancient times, watching the birth and death of the mourning in the lower world coldly: "Grass covers the back of the bridge, and the sound of the luan is endless, and the cloud village is deeply cold in the green hall. The bright moon comes and goes, and no one leans on the jade railing."

"Going up the river tower alone is quiet, the moonlight is like water and water is like the sky. Where are the people who come to play with the moon? The scenery is vaguely like last year." Compared with the ever-new flowers and trees and the immortal sun, moon and stars, all the birth and death of human beings are in a sad state in the eyes of sensitive people.What's more, are the flowers, plants, trees, sun, moon and stars really immortal? Unfortunately, there is an illusion of "forever" in the ideal of human beings, so it seems to add infinite emotion to life. Who hasn't had the feeling of "the past can't be looked back" on certain things?

In fact, the impermanence of life itself is an ordinary truth, "the world often turns from yellow to green, and then the bride becomes a woman."These reversals and changes, because there are too many, ordinary people don't pay attention to them everywhere, and they are always shocked, but if there are any major changes, once they are heard, they will not penetrate people's hearts without a single word. "When you sing about wine, how much life is there? Like the dew in the morning, the past days are bitter." This notion has taken root in the minds of many. And in Jin Yong's works, it reveals how much helplessness and desolation.What Cheng Ying said to Lu Wushuang was nothing more than some self-consolation.

At that time, Lu Wushuang was already deeply in love with Yang Guo, and Yang Guo's "daughter-in-law" made her weave sweet dreams.Unexpectedly, Yang Guo left without saying goodbye, and went to the Valley of Unfeeling to look for Xiaolongnv, Lu Wushuang couldn't help but feel great pain in his heart. Cheng Ying also felt extremely uncomfortable, she and Lu Wushuang had the same "heart neck", so although she comforted Lu Wushuang: "Third sister, look at this white cloud that gathers and disperses, and when it disperses and gathers again, life is separated and reunited. So, why do you bother? "But I couldn't help but shed tears.

An unknown person once said something like poetry but not poetry:
It is quite appropriate to use it as a metaphor for the ending of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnv. According to the orthodox view, although the siege of Xiangyang was temporarily lifted, the flames of foreign aggression were far from being completely extinguished. Yang Guo should join Guo Jing in defending Xiangyang to the death. But Yang Guo didn't do this, he really "returned the original ticket when he got off the bus".He didn't want anything, so Shi Shiran took Xiaolongnv away and drifted away without a trace. Some people wonder, is such an ending reasonable?Will there be a crisis in the combination of Yang Guo's hot life and Xiaolongnv's impulsive life?Xiaolongnv is only "going down to earth" temporarily, and she will eventually return to a state of absolute tranquility, and even if Yang Guo follows her away, it will be difficult for him to reach the realm of Xiaolongnv.At that time, tragedy will happen. Maybe Jin Yong also understands this truth, but he just wanted to write it like this, and he wanted to use Yang Guo's "cup of wine" to pour out the "block" in his heart. Think about which of his works did not end in tragedy? His novels are full of the word "emptiness" in life. , even borrowed Xu Zhu's mouth to say: "Common people are like dust, and emperors are like dust" So, compared to Qiao Feng, Wei Xiaobao and others who have no choice, Yang Guo can still be independent. This is already the luckiest enlightenment in an impermanent life. Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, Jin Yong is first of all a humane and serious person.
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