Chapter 65 For Whom the Bell Tolls (1)

In the previous episodes of the program, I talked to you about the best way to die. For us men, it is the right way to die.It would be unfair to your lover if you immediately wind up with this method of death and die on your lover on the spot.Therefore, it is best for two people to die together and die together, which is also a good way.Why do you Li Ao often talk about these things?Let me tell you that I regard life and death as a very interesting philosophical issue, so philosophers say that the purpose of studying philosophy is to understand death. Have you ever read a novel, "The Bell Tolls of the Battlefield" written by the American writer Ernest Hemingway? "Battle Bells" tells such a story: During the Spanish Civil War, a man and a woman were lovers, and in the end, the man was killed. The title "Battle Bells" comes from an English poem written by John Donne, an important figure in the Church of England.I translated it into Chinese, a very difficult poem, and I translated it.

No one is self-sufficient, I can't do it myself, No man is an island, Everyone is a piece of the continent, To respond to the native land. That is a piece of land, That is a cape, That is a manor, Whether it's yours or a friend's, Once the sea washes away, Europe is about to get smaller. the death of anyone, It's all my reduction, as a member of humanity, I grow old with living beings. For whom the knell is ringing, I was at a loss, Not for the eternal separation of darkness, It is mourning for you. The entire structure of this poem is man, not an island, man is a small piece of the mainland.In other words, when someone else dies, you don't think you are the one who died, not necessarily, the death knell is also ringing for you when it is ringing.

Everyone, the last sentence in English is the English name of Hemingway's novel "The Bells in the Battlefield". Did you see it?For whom the bell tolls? It tolls for thee.This meaning, I think the writing is very deep.Often a person's death story seems to have nothing to do with me, but in fact, it has something to do with you.You are the one we live.Although he died, he affected us living people, as if a part of us also died with him. Now comes the problem.what is the problem?That is, when a death situation occurs, does the woman die first or the man dies first? Have you ever heard of a Beijing opera called?The Overlord is Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu. When he was finally surrounded by Liu Bang's army, he was besieged on all sides.At this time, he was under siege, everyone knew that tomorrow would be a decisive battle, but the night before, his favorite woman, Concubine Yu, was Yu Meiren, dancing in front of him, dancing very beautifully.After dancing, the girl committed suicide.Why commit suicide?You will all die tomorrow, so I will commit suicide first to show you that death is not scary at all.Why did I kill myself?Don't worry about me, I am a girl, a beautiful girl, I will not run away with others, and I will not be captured by others, I will die first to show you, so that your heart will be magnanimous, and you will die tomorrow , today I die.This is the most typical story, I think it is very great.Speaking of Qin Shihuang, Xiang Yu (Chu Overlord) and Yu Ji (Yu Meiren), they were revolutionaries. In the end, the revolution failed and was wiped out by another revolutionist-Liu Bang.Therefore, we can see that this is the Overlord of Chu in our imagination. In fact, he should not be so old. This is what people in the Ming Dynasty imagined.What is it really like?Nobody knows.This is also the poppy in everyone's imagination. We don't know what it really looks like.