Chapter 19 Read Zhang Ailing's "Meeting and Joy"

Zhang Ailing's "Meeting and Joy" still shows that the author's writing skills are extraordinary.Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu are vulgar people, but they have the unique loyalty, generosity and stability of the Chinese.Their obedience is the obedience of "the day after tomorrow", which is not the same as the so-called submission to fate.There are also rebellious heroes and beauties in the world who are "inborn but not contradictory", and they were born in the same generation as Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu. The ordinary people and adults in Chinese history belong to the same generation.

Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu all have grievances without resentment. Sometimes they talk about the grievances they have suffered, but they are just talking like this, and they don't actually hold any grudges.When Mrs. Xun talked about lending money to poor relatives and friends, she somewhat saved her face, and was also a little fortunate that her situation was better and Shao Fu had a job.The smugness that comes out of such hardships is indeed quite dignified and cannot be taken lightly.She felt helpless towards poor relatives and friends, but she didn't mean to despise the poor. These are not so much due to morality, but rather out of natural affection. The infiltration of Chinese civilization has become a national character, and even the term morality is not recognized.

Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu are far from youthful age, and the light and practical conversation between the two of them when the white hair grows on their heads is the same as that of a hero and a beauty in their twilight.Mrs. Xun's little remaining self-esteem of a woman's appearance is about to fade away in her memory, but she is still dignified--dignified as a woman, a bit pitiful.Mrs. Wu is not good-looking, and she has a kind of easy-going attitude towards her appearance.The friendship between her and Mrs. Xun is still heavy and precious, although it is about to become insignificant in the world.

But it is said that Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu in "Meeting Joy" avoided the war in Shanghai and lived their lives accommodatingly. In this era, they have no complaints, and they don't seek to understand. There is such a kind of obedience, which is different from humiliation, and ignorant. There are also some differences.This is the great smoothness of the Chinese people. If the people who are "inherited and respected by heaven" are like sea water, then the heroes and beauties who are "innate and not violated" can be compared to waves.Mrs. Wu is richer and has a more profound personality, while Mrs. Xun is poorer, so she has to express herself, even in a life of resignation to the times, she can still have her own personality.These two old women are sandwiched by a young woman, Wanmei, and they are helpless, but they are still worth cherishing and cherishing.

Old women in the West often become surly and stubborn, they are not as smooth as the Chinese, and it is natural that Western revolutions are not as good as Chinese revolutions.There are two sentences in the Book of Changes, "the nature is in harmony with the sky" is music, and "the day after tomorrow is in accordance with the sky" is ritual, and the two cannot be just one.Song Confucians only talked about obedience, but now we talk about disobedience, but at the same time we must learn etiquette. For example, Confucius asked Lao Tzu about etiquette, and Lao Tzu knew etiquette very well.Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu are by no means the same as old Western women. You can know this best by reading Western novels.Mrs. Xun's stinginess and self-flavoring are different from Western individualism.And because of this, Chinese heroes and revolutions are also different from Western heroes and revolutions.To be able to distinguish this is the first condition for writing Chinese articles.

Confucianism in the Song Dynasty talked about innate nature, but only knew about innate nature, but did not know a negative word.Confucianism in the Song Dynasty taught people to obey the rites, but they didn't know that we obey the rites, but follow the heavens with the rites.When we know this, we know the beauty of etiquette, and love is also about etiquette. According to Zuo Zhuan, when Jin Wengong was a son, he died in Di. In the twelfth year of Di, he came to Qi. He stayed in Qi and refused to leave. country.Duke Wen of Jin is one of the five tyrants, such a hero, and he is happy with the situation, which is a word of order.Tao Yuanming's contentment has something in common here.Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu are obedient to the environment, so they are of the same generation as heroes and beauties.Eileen Chang wrote "Meeting and Joy", and it seems that there is a lack of point here.But pointing it out is the most difficult thing, and if it is not done well, it will become an explanation rather than literature.This is the perception of the author of the article, so it can be understood naturally without explanation.

Eileen Chang's articles on "Love in a Fallen City", "When I was Young", "Love in Chidi", "Yangko" and so on are self-explanatory and do not need to be clarified, but this article "Meeting and Joy" only feels that it lacks clarification. "Meeting Happiness" shows that the author also has love for people like Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu. Although I don't like being like them, the author looks at them like Wanmei.This can be good literature, but nothing else. The point of poetry is a big problem.It is best to understand it naturally without specifying it. For example, in the Tang poem "Where does the king live, and the concubine lives in Hengtang, stop the boat and ask, maybe it is a fellow villager." Words, the scenery is endless."But it cannot be generalized.The Book of Songs and Han Fu are mostly pointed out.Compared with Japanese ancient songs and haiku, Chinese ancient poems are mostly argumentative.If you think about it carefully, this is the authenticity of literature.It turns out that other arts, such as architecture, pottery, music, etc., are all about their shapes, and it is impossible to explain them by themselves, but poetry and prose can explain themselves. This is why Chinese literature is different from ordinary arts, and it is called ritual and music articles.

There is a saying that "the end of the song is elegant", such as the prosperity of safari in the Han Fu, the prosperity of the two capitals, and it is attributed to the need to follow the kingly way, It is to return the value of the beautiful things I just wrote one by one, which is the point.The author is himself in the world, and at the same time, it is like a god looking at himself and the world. Some write good articles unconsciously, and some write good articles consciously. The latter should be higher, but there are also those who are conscious and fail to write good articles.The reason is not to write according to what you feel.If you write according to what you feel, it is not creation.A good article is understood along the way with writing, and this is the new feeling born.If this is the case, it will be understood naturally without adding a point, and it will not damage the article if it is added.

Writing articles is the same as fighting the world.Such as Zhou Wenwang Wuwang is conscious, such as Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang are not conscious.Later generations only Mr. Sun Yat-sen created the Republic of China consciously.You can win the world without consciously, and you can write good articles without consciously, but in the following, you must have a teacher to help him consciously, such as Liu Bang asking Shusun Tong and Lu Jia for advice.Mao Zedong didn't realize that he and the people made a combination of mistakes and made mistakes, and because he didn't realize that, all his actions later were completely defeated.

People like Mrs. Xun, Mrs. Wu, Shaofu, and Wanmei who fled the war to Shanghai are the characters in "Meeting and Happy". water, but working together in a group will not be able to understand the minds of ordinary people in China.Whoever knows that the obedience of the characters in "Meeting Joy" can be combined with the rebellion of the heroes of the era can create an era. Young people write good articles without knowing it, but they will soon wither, and they rebel politically without knowing it, and later they will be like the Cultural Revolution. "Meeting Joy" is written very well, but the author and the characters in the book don't know each other well enough.Zhang Ailing's novels after "Love in the Red Land" seem to be good, but there seems to be a lack of coherence. She herself said that the writing was broken, and she just felt dissatisfied, but could not say Where is there a deficiency.Such a brilliant and talented person, she has gone to the motherland for a long time now.

In fact, most Chinese people are like Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Shaofu in "Meeting and Happiness". They lack solidarity. up.The Japanese army was the most difficult to deal with the Chinese in the occupied areas. Now that the Communist Party has helped Deng Xiaoping from Jiang Qing, it still doesn't know how to deal with such people. The world is against each other uniquely in Chinese history, and civilians revolt, most of whom are actually mortals like in "Meeting and Happy".They are Dashun, and they can be combined with All Heavens.It's rare for them to come up with ideas in the way of life, but they can hear the wind and respond once they do.In the Book of Changes, Dashi is the one who works, and Dashun who is the Kun, is really one among the Chinese nation as a whole.For such citizens, only revolutionaries and genuine literary scholars can arouse them, as Mr. Sun said, "the people must be aroused."It is not possible to rely solely on policies, but to follow principles.Even though Deng Xiaoping changed his policy today, it is still impossible to grasp the hearts of the people, and this is the reason. Mrs. Xun, Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Shaofu, etc. are the froth of the times, but there is still sea water at the bottom.People like them, you just want to look down on them, but they suddenly say something, which will make you regret your contempt immediately.The university talks about being close to the people, and Mencius talks about being aware of the people. They both need to know the people first.Such as "rumors" and "Yangko" are very good in treating people and have a kind of wisdom. In the sixty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1979), it was published in the 20th issue of the Sansan Collection