When it comes to Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, people will think of its elegance. Some people say it is the most chaotic era, others say it is the most beautiful era. Many interesting stories about Ruan Ji, Wang Rong, Chen Wang and other famous people that have been passed down to this day still affect generation after generation. Similarly, there were many books in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and Shi Shuo Xin Yu compiled by the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty was one of them.
Shi Shuo Xin Yu became a masterpiece as soon as it came out, and soon became a classic, with almost famous comments from generation to generation. He is not only a "pillow book" of China literati, but also a "favorite" of Japanese. Mr. Zhu Guangqian once said that Shi Shuo Xin Yu accompanied him all his life, and Mr. Fu Lei also warned his son who was far away to read Shi Shuo Xin Yu intensively.
It's a pity that many readers think that Shi Shuo Xin Yu is a tribute of literati, and it rarely opens its doors to the public. In order to solve this problem, Professor Dai Jianye, a network celebrity of Central China Normal University, specially created the book "Dai Jianye Intensive Reading" for us. The book was published in July, 20 19, with a total of 297,000 words, and included the most classic stories in Shi Shuo Xin Yu. Professor Dai Jianye's writing style is beautiful and refined, and his language is humorous. In the book, Professor Dai explained the essence of this book to me in plain language.
Let's go into Intensive Reading of Dai Jianye's Stories, follow the footsteps of professors of Chinese studies, appreciate the literary talent of Wei and Jin Dynasties, feel the elegance of celebrities, and taste the humor and significance of language.
In the book, Professor Dai explained many stories about the spiritual tolerance of celebrities in Wei and Jin Dynasties, which can be summarized as self-confidence, integrity and frankness. At the beginning of the book, Professor Dai explained the aristocratic spirit to us with a short story. As a big country with 5,000 years of history and culture, spiritual culture has always been highly valued by the country. The strength of the body gives people the energy to live, while the strength of the spirit makes us live like people.
In the era when feudal society prevailed, a large number of rich and noble families were born. They are rich in materials and noble in status, but they lack the nobility of the spiritual world. The noble education in the spiritual world should have the tolerance of taking the rise and fall of the country as its own responsibility, a tolerant spirit and a broad mind.
Knowledge-rich celebrities in Wei and Jin dynasties also have some extra points in the evaluation of self-image. People's overconfidence will inevitably lead to arrogance and conceit, which may turn into pathological narcissism. In the relationship between the three, celebrities in Wei and Jin dynasties occupy some places, but most of them are still with beautiful women, among which the most appreciated is the kind of "I would rather be my own".
Huan Wen and Yin Hao were equally famous when they were young. They never buy each other's accounts and always compete with each other in secret. Huan Wen once asked Yin Hao, what do you think of yourself compared with me? Yin Hao cleverly replied, I've been dealing with myself for a long time, and I'd rather be myself. "
Yin Hao's clever answer has already become a legendary story: "I have been with me for a long time, and I would rather be myself." Yin Hao never had the heroism of Huan Wen, but Huan Wen never said such a famous saying. The arrogance of the questioner is written on the face, and the confidence of the respondent is engraved in the bones.
People who live in time and are busy with their lives, whether they actively pursue and imitate the footsteps of others or are unwilling to accept themselves from the bottom of their hearts, are not confident enough in themselves. The spiritual realm of "I'd rather be myself" requires not only full confidence in myself, high frankness to others, but also inner firmness.
The "virtue" and "founder" in Shi Shuo Xin Yu describe many noble gentlemen, who are strong and upright, do not flatter the upper and lower, do not know how to flatter the vulgar, and do not flatter people.
A story as sacred as before is a typical case of a gentleman.
Sima Zhong, the prince of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, is a famous loser, and all court ministers know that he is the son of the emperor. But considering that he is the son of the emperor, ministers will still flatter him without conscience and even praise him for his cleverness. However, Hu Zhi was uncharacteristically opposed to the Prince many times in front of the emperor. When the emperor said that the prince had improved recently, he still directly said that the crown prince was the same as before.
He Zhi's body fully shows the quality of a gentleman. In the court centered on rights, there are only a handful of celebrities who can maintain integrity like him.
Integrity is not a unique quality of a gentleman. Living in today's world, we are still maintaining integrity, not saying anything against our will, not doing anything against our will, not giving up the truth of life for flattery, fearless, and always maintaining integrity in our souls.
The so-called broad-mindedness, as the name implies, is an attitude towards life revealed after insight into the facts. With regard to celebrities who are broad-minded, the hermit like Tao Yuanming is often our first thought. Broad-minded, they are not bound by fame and fortune, they have their own way of life and their own direction. Their life is more open-minded than others, and their mood is more cheerful than others.
Zhang was appointed as Taizu of Dongcao and King of Qi. Seeing the autumn wind blowing in Luoyang, I thought of Wu's leek soup and perch soup and said, "Life is about following your own will. How can you be detained thousands of miles away from home to be an official in order to gain fame and title? " So he got up and went back. Soon the King of Qi was defeated. At that time, everyone said (Zhang) could see subtle omens.
Although this sketch says that Zhang predicted the demise of Qi before returning to his hometown, I admire his advanced values more than his predictive ability. Compared with him in fame and freedom, he chose the latter without hesitation. The length of life has already been set for us. However, how to make his life interesting is our own choice, whether to give up freedom for fame and fortune or to give up fame and fortune for freedom. It is important to gain deep recognition.
Life has been swaying for decades. If you can understand what you want, wouldn't it be an open-minded beauty?
Death and the memory of the deceased have always been an unavoidable problem. "If you don't know life, how can you know death?" It is Confucius' understanding of death. Calligrapher Wang Xizhi once said, "Life and death are great, so it hurts." Before Wei and Jin Dynasties, Confucianism and Taoism covered the abyss of death from different angles. The space about death in Shi Shuo Xin Yu pays more attention to letting people mourn the dead, praise the beauty of life and cherish life more.
The greatest misfortune in life is the loss of a son. If you can choose, perhaps most parents are willing to bear the pain of death for their children. Wang Rong, a famous figure in Wei and Jin Dynasties, experienced such pain personally. Wang Rong has always been very fond of his eldest son, but this child, who was deeply loved by his father, died at the age of 19.
When Wang Rong was heartbroken, Shan Jian came to visit and said, "A child is just something in her arms." However, to comfort Wang Rong, his pale words did nothing to alleviate Wang Rong's grief. Wang Rong, an ice cup, replied: "The sage's way naturally transcends human feelings, and the lowest people don't understand human feelings. The affection between people is manifested in our generation. " His answer not only successfully answered Shan Jian, but also moved Shan Jian to cry with him.
Wang Rong is not only a scholar with great wisdom, but also an ordinary person with deep feelings. Losing his child, his mother's "chicken bone as a bed" and his friend, he cried bitterly.
The sage is forgetful, and he is the last one to do so. Love is in my generation. It is his rational cognition and his life experience.
Aurelius once said: people should not be afraid of death, what they should be afraid of is not really living.
A person's life is doomed to be short. Instead of being heartbroken after the death of a loved one, it is better to experience the beauty of life when the loved one is alive.
Intensive Reading of Dai Jianye's New Stories is not only a masterpiece to interpret the classics themselves, but also a detailed description of ancient history, culture, environmental background and characters. The humorous language of the author can close the distance with readers and let us appreciate the romance, elegance and humor of historical celebrities.