Yu Qiuyu.
As a representative work of cultural prose, "Cultural Journey" can be said to be an intellectual's interpretation of culture. And if readers want to read it, I think they still need to have the necessary knowledge of literature and history. At the same time, you may want to have a sense of yearning and admiration for the culture, otherwise, it will be a bit boring.
Recommend "Taoist Tower", "White Hair Suzhou" and "Night Sailing"
A reminder: It is better to have no books than to believe in books. There are still many gaps in "Wen".
Introduction to Cultural Journey
1. Author:
Mr. Yu Qiuyu was born in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. Perhaps it was fate that Yu Qiuyu was still young. Back then, when I and my close friend Yuwei were wondering about the future, they decided by drawing lots to develop into literature and drama in three days.
Today, Yu Qiu is a prominent figure in the mainland’s art and literary circles and has won numerous awards. Now he serves as the president of the Shanghai Writers Association. In addition to teaching in mainland China, he also often travels to Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and other places to give lectures. He also came to Taiwan in 1992 and 1996. Wherever he went, it became a trend. At that time Taiwan's media culture version calls it the "Yu Qiuyu phenomenon."
Content introduction:
Central China has experienced a cultural "ten years of catastrophe", and the content of literature has also declined from the material about the country's support for Mao to negative, but deeply introspective. The scar literature of anti-Confucianism has made a 180-degree change in the attitude of anti-Confucianism. He hopes to extract the value of rebirth from ancient literature so that this generation can find its own roots. So the writer Stories about their secluded visits to the scenic spots have sprung up one after another.
Cultural Journey - How can Chinese people feel pain when facing their own culture? At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the foreign powers were bullying him, Stan took advantage of the "good timing" and went to the Gansu area. Using tricks of coaxing and deception, he earned back a large number of Dunhuang antiquities. Most of them are now in the British Museum, studying Dunhuang experts. According to the necessity of quoting documents and historical materials, groups of people go to the "West" every year to obtain Buddhist scriptures. They do not need to work hard by boat and train, but the Dunhuang antiquities they see are only the tip of the iceberg. Most of the historical sites are still listed as secrets in the British collection and are not open to the outside world. Not announced. The Chinese people cannot see their own cultural relics and books.
Chinese scholars have a tragic character, just like the heroic heroes in Western mythological epics. Their ending is nothing but death, but what attracts people's admiration is his uproarious actions that made the world sing and cry. There is still an objective law in the West that says "The winner is a prince, the loser is a coward", but Chinese scholars did not have the blessing of this choice. In the prevailing feudal autocratic atmosphere at that time, you were only allowed to be absolutely respectful. As for those who refuse to obey the guests, they will either be sentenced to death unjustly in prison, or they will be demoted and released to the outside world, allowing you to die in a foreign country. He may be unknown during his lifetime, and at most he will be notorious for openly resisting, but after his death, he will be remembered in his third or fifth year. With the approval of his good friend Xiang, he collected the articles that he did not want to publish one by one and compiled them into a book. Only then did historians notice that there was such a person, and they helped him reverse the case and make him famous forever. There are countless examples in history such as Liu Zongyuan and Cao Xueqin. The tragedies and gloomy features of the dynasties in Chinese history. Thousands of years later, Chinese descendants will touch these indestructible historical evidences. How will they feel in their hearts?
The above is a brief mention of several chapters in the book, and it is impossible to explain them one by one. It still needs to be chewed carefully by the students.