Chapter 44 Far from "water" and close to "red"

I do not like.This dislike only increased with age.Of course, as a classic, I respect it.From an artistic point of view, the structure is rigorous, the language is vigorous, the main characters are distinct, the line drawing is superb, and the rendering is hearty. Just memorizing the nicknames of one hundred and eight generals can get great fun.However, in general, it makes me have a reading psychology that is respectful but far away. It is said that only against corrupt officials, not against the emperor, Song Jiang is a surrender faction, Liangshan heroes should not conscript Fang La for the imperial court

, Before I heard the comments of these politicians, I almost never had the slightest thought from that angle.When I read it, I just felt that this book was too different from others.Only the one hundred and eight heroes (they are originally stars in the sky, the so-called "Tiangang" and "Disha") are recognized for their survival value. The high officials or big landlords they oppose seem to have some value, at least Negative value, but ordinary individual lives, that is, the vast majority of the total population of the society, the ordinary people, the little people who live a small life, are often worthless and worthless in this book. negligible.When Liangshan heroes open a store, they just kill people and chop them into meat stuffed buns to sell. Unless they find out that you are a hero who is well-known in the world before they commit murder, then they will untie you, or even bow down and call you a brother; If you are just an ordinary merchant traveler, you will definitely be chopped into minced meat without blinking an eye. Even if they happen to have no shortage of human flesh and don't turn you over and kill you, then they will sell you buns with human flesh as if nothing happened, so that You become one of the "cannibals"!As for Liangshan heroes to settle their grievances by lynching, or to fight injustice for a specific sufferer, or to rob the execution ground for their buddies, in addition to killing bad people and corrupt officials, they will also kill some ordinary people casually , Innocent people, like Li Kui, often swung a pair of axes on a whim, and chopped off all the way indiscriminately. Among the beheaded heads, there are probably many more innocent people than bad people.There is no respect for and pity for ordinary individual lives, which makes me feel depressed after reading it.I have never known that I am a mediocre person, one of the mortal beings, and although I try my best to be good, it is impossible to become a hero, so when I think about it, I can't help but sweat coldly——as an ordinary person, I fall into the trap of corrupt officials or It's certainly a tragedy at the hands of bullies and ruffians, but wouldn't it be extremely terrifying to travel and lodge in a shop run by a hero in Liangshan?It is irrefutable not to oppose the "current emperor"; but how "wrong" is it for the heroes in the novel to conquer Fang La?What is so good about Fang La?How much benefit did his actions bring to the local Li people?I'm afraid it's an academic question that can be discussed (rather than not).If Fang La wins, isn't he a "current emperor"?If he appoints a Taiwei, he must start from his own likes and dislikes, and he may not be better than the seniors.Song Jiang and others exterminated Fangla, and they were nothing more than annihilating a potential new emperor.

Mr. Zhou Ruchang, the predecessor of "Hongxue", has a view that Cao Xueqin has been greatly influenced by his artistic conception, (that is) he will eventually set up a list for "Fresh Heroes", but it is a "love list" and there are also twelve people. One group, first thirty-six, then seventy-two, the whole number is one hundred and eight, but unfortunately this part of the draft has been lost.There is some truth to this.Although there is such an inheritance relationship in art, it is completely different in ideological connotation. Not only does he despise the emperor and slander the "national thief and lu beetle", but he also does not judge heroes by success or failure, nor by their birth status. In Cao Xueqin's works, Individual life, especially the individual life of female slaves, shines with the dignity of life, and through the mouth of the protagonist Jia Baoyu, he publicly issued an appeal for "equality in the world and law", which is thought-provoking and inspiring.Of course, the comparison is more than four hundred years earlier, and the times are different, so we can't make a hard comparison, let alone be demanding.The reason why there is an idea of ​​"humanity-oriented" (individual life-oriented), and why even Grandma Liu's grandson Ban'er, and the occasional flash of "Er Yatou", a rural spinning girl, are full of care, love, respect and blessings in their works. It is because the times have developed to that point, and the author Cao Xueqin has consciously stood at the forefront of the trend of the times (or subconscious trends).

I often read it and ruminate over and over again, like a lifelong friend with whom I am very close, and I know that it is a must-read, a kind of common sense that must be known, like a strict teacher who can ask for advice at any time, as far as I am For this individual life, far from "water" and close to "red" is a kind of character necessity!