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Chapter 4 Part Three, The Sixth Sense

"There is no light in the sky, and all kinds of tastes are tasteless", the eight characters are the final forty chapters of Gao's pseudo-continuation, and the case is settled. Whether there is light or not is a matter of vision.Tasteless or tasteless is a matter of the "tongue".With "reason" in this way, literature and art are too easy to learn, easy to explain, easy to comment on, and easy to teach. Buddhism talks about "six roots" and "six dusts", as well as multiple levels of "feeling, thinking, action, and consciousness", which ordinary "mortals" can't understand.It only talks about the native Chinese tradition, and also talks about the "five sense organs": mouth, ears, nose, tongue, and heart.The heart is the "officer of thinking", which emphasizes rational thinking, but also includes emotional feelings.So we have the word "Wen Xin".This "heart" belongs to "wen", and when used, it focuses more on brushwork, conception, composition, casting and so on.But when it's your turn to enjoy music, view paintings, listen to operas... you can't just say that the "heart" of "literature" is active and functioning.Therefore, there is a saying that matters of art are no longer the domain of the "five sense organs", and there is also a special department for the "sixth sense organ".

I recognize this existence. What kind of "official" is it?Can it be called an "aesthetic judge"?Is it right? Is it right?If it is inappropriate, another name can be proposed. In short, it is a matter of super five senses. A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl suddenly felt that the "light" and "taste" were wrong from the 120 chapters of the "Complete Version"!This "light" and "taste" are obviously not things between the eyes and the tongue. —Oh, what the hell is this?Which "organ" perceives it? This "sixth organ" is extremely important.It is not "mysterious" at all.The old music anecdote, "Mountains and flowing water", "Waving and watching", refers to this.For example, "playing the piano to a cow" is a laughingstock, because cows don't have this "sixth sense organ" (leave it to the experts to determine the cow's matter).

The trouble is that some people do not admit that there is another "official".Many examples show that a considerable number of people can't tell the difference between the 80 chapters of the original work and the 40 chapters of the pseudo-continuation. They publicly say that the 120 chapters before and after are a "whole", and they praise it as "seamless".There are also some who say that they are generally "consistent", but individual details may be less than that, and so on. This is no longer a "word of mouth" dispute, nor is it a disagreement about the rationale for "textual research". A "pen and ink lawsuit" cannot fight this kind of case.

Therefore, there are still people who call the 120 chapters the "original work". Many of those who hold this view are experts in literature and art, celebrities, and have great reputations.Their knowledge is vast, their theories are profound, they speak clearly and logically, and from time to time they make quite dissatisfied voices about Gao's pseudo-continuation. However, they couldn’t—and didn’t bother to seriously consider the astonishment and shock of a twelve or thirteen-year-old female student, let alone explain what kind of phenomenon it was—“Each said their own words” and became an eternal tit-for-tat neck-and-neck The "two-body truth".

So, is it science? Zhang Ailing's feelings have not changed throughout her life, and her words have become more and more severe, ruthless, and there is no room for reconciliation. To talk about Zhang Ailing's view of red studies, we must start here. The poem says: The five senses are superior to the six senses, and if the lack of such senses, the daylight is dim. Regardless of Yangchun and Xiali, but Yun's identification is an "evil gate". Note: Once I visited Mr. Qian Zhongshu and talked about "Shen Yun", he said: Some people do not recognize Shen Yun and say it does not exist, but it does not mean that it really does not exist.My servant is illiterate and doesn't understand poetry. If I talk about Shen Yun with him, can I get the truth?

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