Jia Pingwa is a famous contemporary writer. In creation, he writes novels, essays and poems, which can be described as a "prolific" writer. In terms of prose creation, amazing achievements have been made in both quantity and quality. In the undisguised prose creation, we saw a real Jia Pingwa. Open any of his prose collections, and every work makes you feel refreshed and enjoyable to read. You will sigh, how can this ordinary Chinese character have such magic after Jia Pingwa's combination? Jia Pingwa is really a master of language, and the most striking feature of his prose language is simplicity and naturalness. Xu Chi, a famous writer, once said, "Prose writers should not only master gorgeous literary talent, but also be good at mastering, not only mastering simple articles, but also being good at developing. It is not easy to write boldly, but it is even more difficult to write simply ... The greater the writer, the more mature he is, and the more simple he writes. " Jia Pingwa's prose, whether describing characters or writing landscapes, never uses momentum to inspire, but uses peaceful and simple language to accurately and vividly express the author's emotional feelings at the moment, so as to achieve the effect of taking vulgarity as elegance and stupidity as cleverness. The concrete manifestations are: seeing truth in simplicity, philosophy in simplicity, humor in simplicity and poetry and painting in simplicity.
First, see the truth in simplicity.
Jia Pingwa once said: "Without true feelings, prose disappears. It does not rely on stories to attract people, not on typical characters, but on emotional infection and ideological enlightenment. " In his opinion, whether there is true feelings or not is an important standard and basis to measure the artistic quality of prose, and all good prose directly reveals the author's thoughts, feelings, interests and even personality and soul. It is believed that the affectation of putting on airs and moaning without illness is not the true feelings, but the true feelings are the sparks that the author's life consciousness collides with the natural universe and social life. It is the insistence on the aesthetic principle that "truth is the life of art" that makes Jia Pingwa's works show the beauty of true feelings everywhere. This kind of true feeling is first manifested in the attachment to the homeland; Shangzhou, an administrative region that most people are unfamiliar with, has been integrated into Jia Pingwa's spiritual life. "Shangzhou is the place where I was born and raised. It is a very remote and poor mountain, but it is extremely beautiful. Its mountains and rivers, flowing water, historical legends, folk stories, and even flying in the sky and running on the ground constitute a very rich and unique mysterious world. In this world, you can look up at everything or overlook everything. " From this description, we can see the author's love for his hometown. My hometown used to be a remote and poor mountainous area, but the author said it was "extremely beautiful". He described the wealth of my hometown in beautiful language. You can see everything from above and everything from below. It really smells like "Who says my hometown is good". "Shangzhou used to be a way for me to know the world ... for more than ten years, Shangzhou has really consumed my youth and healthy body, and Shangzhou has also fulfilled my existence as a writer." At this time, for Jia Pingwa, Shangzhou is no longer an administrative region of Shangzhou, but a carrier, bearing all the feelings of the writer. Seeing this, his attachment to his hometown has melted into his blood. Secondly, the writer's true feelings are reflected in his yearning for his loved ones; Anyone who has read Jia Pingwa's "Sacrificing Father", "Wine" and "I am not a good son" will strongly feel that these articles are the heartfelt words of the writer's sadness and tears. Among writers, Jia Pingwa is famous for his filial piety to his father. Now, my father is dead. He said, "I fully understand the shortness and bitterness of life, but I can't leave my father." Enduring great grief, the writer finally completed the commemorative text of "Sacrificing Father" full of love and true feelings. "After my father died, I still often dreamed of my father. My father still looks sick and wakes up crying. " My father passed away. As the eldest son, I should worry about this family and let my mother live happily in her later years. But now I can't take care of my mother, but I make her worry about her son. What did I do, son? So the writer wrote "I am not a good son": "The greatness of a mother lies not only in the fact that she gave birth to a son of flesh and blood, but also in the fact that she does not expect anything from her son in return. No matter how far away from her and how close she comes back, she will always let her son have affection, strength, roots and roots. On the road of life, my mother is a gas station. " Third, the writer's true feelings are also manifested in the outpouring of true feelings. Jia Pingwa believes: "Prose is the art of love, pure and stupid. There is no need to hide everything, even expose and dissect yourself." In the undisguised prose, we see a real Jia Pingwa, which not only shows his enthusiasm for life, but also reveals his detachment from the world; It not only expresses his yearning for beauty, but also reveals his frustration and trouble caused by the loss of beauty. No wonder Sanmao said in his letter to Jia Pingwa, "I'm a little scared to see your prose." When I read your novel, the author hides behind the scenes, prose is a part of life, and the author has no curtains to stop. I turned a few pages gently. I want to return the book after I close it. It makes people reluctant to enter the author's house at once. "It can be seen that in prose creation, Jia Pingwa really reveals himself, and he is naturally a sentimental person. He will be a lifelong confidant to those who can understand him and understand the connotation of his works. After learning of Sanmao's death, Jia Pingwa wrote "Cry Sanmao" and "Cry Sanmao Again": "These days, I have been in a trance, and I always feel that I often see you, and my image is blurred." "Now, my pen can't write my feelings. I put it down, closed the door again and let me sit quietly. Don't! How wonderful all this is, then, San Mao, let's communicate like this for a long time to come. Sanmao! "How touching! The true feelings are revealed in a glance, incisively and vividly.
Second, simplicity contains philosophy.
Turning over Jia Pingwa's prose, we can see philosophical sentiments everywhere. This feeling is not an image interpretation of a ready-made thought, nor a blunt philosophical sermon, but comes from a vivid life experience. Writers can often understand the wonderful truth of life from the bits and pieces of life around them and follow their feelings. Three Visits to Huashan Mountain is an article full of philosophy. The author wrote it from three trips to Huashan, which seems to be a travel book. But in the end, he cleverly pointed out in the dialogue with students: "Good things can't be fully enjoyed at one time, so you should digest them slowly" and "You should know what you know". This wise statement can be seen in many chapters. Commentator Fei Bingxun pointed out: "Except for travel notes, most of Jia Pingwa's essays are tied to philosophical explanations." This philosophical exposition is not a ready-made footnote to the philosophical conclusion, nor is it a handout written in American literature, but a unique insight gained by the author's unique feelings and observations on life. Another example is: "If you can read well, you must read well. For example, you can know the size of the world, understand the hardships of life, have self-knowledge, foresee first, don't grieve for suffering, don't be happy for luck, don't be lonely for loneliness, and don't be lonely for loneliness, so you are desperate for power, abandon glitz, and die handsome; In this noisy world, self-respect, self-love, self-reliance, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, self-love, ("good reading") are here, and the author is not interested.
In To the Moon, the moon is used to think about life. People are old, but they have the same characteristics as children. The old and the young are round tenons. Winter is spring, and spring is winter after the autumn harvest. Tigers can eat chickens, chickens can eat insects, insects can eat barbells, and barbells can beat tigers. It is like this that the negation of negation is repeated, and it does not necessarily return to new circles again and again. "So, I am no longer confused for failure, crazy for success, sad for old age and happy for children." Living is everything. Living is fun, living is bitter, and suffering is also fun; Just like a leaf, when I was supposed to be born, I came alive, grew my green color and showed my shape. When it was time to fall, I left happily, allowing other leaves to regenerate from my scars. I don't want to live forever, but I want to deeply bless my beautiful work, walk through my semicircle in a down-to-earth manner, and try my best to complete the great circle of the movement law of everything in heaven and earth. At this point, the author has a detached mentality: he has really reached the realm of "not being happy with things, not being sad for himself". And advise people: living is an honor. Although there is bitterness in living, there is joy in suffering. Therefore, we should cherish the present and strive to complete our great circle. The author thinks about life through the change of the moon, from the moon to people, which is full of life enlightenment and philosophical interest. Horizon tells the relationship between life destiny and ideal ambition and the significance of life pursuit. "Fate and ideal are parallel to heaven and earth, but they always cross. The bright gray horizon, which is highly integrated and unified, will always attract you to the front. Always pursue the horizon and solve this mystery, and life will be full of novelty, fun and endless struggle energy. "In a short space, these works are neither metaphysical nor empty preaching, but tell philosophical stories as an experiencer. Beautiful expression, leisurely, never self-righteous, not showing off, not making public, flashing philosophical sparks in simple and natural description.
Third, simplicity contains humor.
Humor is another major feature of Jia Pingwa's prose language. Tan is a humorous article written by Jia Pingwa. "I don't talk much when I go out because I can't speak Mandarin. I once tried to learn Mandarin, but when I spoke, my tongue became stiff, like a model walking in the street, and it smelled of jealousy. I was disgusted with my own voice, and I was embarrassed to export it to others, so I didn't learn. A few years ago, the same friend went to Beijing. He knows Mandarin, and he says all the entertainment programs. Unfortunately, he stuttered. Although he speaks slowly, he is still tongue-tied, which often makes people feel out of breath and is about to pass. One day on Chang 'an Avenue, someone asked for directions, but this person also stuttered, and my friend didn't say a word. Later I asked why I didn't say anything. He said that people stutter, and I want to answer. The man thought I was imitating ridicule and shut up. Inspired by my friends, I am even more reluctant to talk in the future. I often carry a schoolbag now, which was given to me by the school for the deaf. I often put the words' school for the deaf' under the light, and I feel very comfortable when I go out. "You will laugh when you see this. Too humorous. Comparing the taste of learning Mandarin with that of vinegar will definitely remind people of the sour feeling. A friend who stutters is afraid to answer the stutterer's questions. Think about it. I really learned it. Because I don't like to talk much when I go out, I feel very comfortable carrying a schoolbag with the words "School for the Deaf" printed on it. Both true and humorous.
The Drunken is another work that makes people laugh. "People who drink are generally polite, and the banquet has almost gone through three realms, first whispering, then swearing loudly, and finally being silent." In just a few words, the expression and form of drinkers are highly summarized, which makes people's imagination endless. "the legendary swordsman" describes countless ordinary people and things that make people laugh: "There was a woman in Lu Yu who looked back at me with a captivating smile. She was so happy that she grabbed the talk. The woman sneaked into a shop and followed her into it. The glass showed that her clothes buttons were misplaced, and she couldn't help laughing. " In Talking about Children, for those who put all their hopes on children, he thinks that "the more strongly they want to cultivate children, the more mediocre they are." He has no self-confidence in life, so he places his hopes on his children. "This insight is profound and unique." When you are with a woman, you'd better not talk about her children-she will walk on regardless of your boredom and fatigue. "This observation is really nuanced and the language is very sophisticated. In jokes and humorous chats, I will tell the truth of life. As the critic said, "It is a natural voice, a human voice, a natural expression, and there is no trace of effort at all. The humor, wit and helplessness in it are inherent in life and mind, and they are natural without adding anything. It can be said that everything is the best way. "
Fourth, simple poetry and painting.
Jia Pingwa said that his earliest literary creation was to write poems. He once said: "Poetry can make me rest comfortably, make me excited and crazy, fill my heart with inexhaustible things and keep inexhaustible energy forever." At the same time, he has a keen interest in China's calligraphy, painting and opera. Therefore, he often uses the passion and language of poetry to cast the aesthetic meaning of his prose, and integrates his unique aesthetic ideal and ideological interest into the description of objective things, so that the author's feelings and objective scenery are integrated, naturally harmonious and form a beautiful artistic realm. Looking at his works is like appreciating a painting, which is rich in connotation and charming. Records of Shangzhou is one of Jia Pingwa's series of essays about Shangzhou. This is a landscape prose with traditional cultural charm. There are eleven paragraphs in the full text, and the whole article is like a picture composed of eleven freehand brushwork. For example, at the beginning of the first film, I wrote: "The mountain that can stand loneliness best is the winter mountain, which has faded red and green, clear and strange;" Just like a woman who went from the palace to the folk, she may have fallen, but she has recovered her original appearance. The stone is exposed between the vegetation and faintly visible. " Here, "red", "green" and "thin" constitute a tangible and colorful artistic picture, creating a tasteful artistic realm. The Story of Xu Jingcun is also an artistic picture painted by the author, which is tangible, colorful, dynamic and static with classical charm. In this painting, shape, color and sound are all available. There are sloping houses surrounded by high and low green trees and crops; There are trees as thick as Lv Yun, with interlaced branches and leaves, and the constant barking of chickens and dogs, which constitute a perfect cottage picture.
Moon Marks is a dynamic picture of poetry and painting. Most of the objective scenery or human landscape described in Jia Pingwa's prose are still lives, but these still lives are elegant and full of vitality in his works. He is good at using verbs and metaphors and personification to make the still moon move, which is vivid and interesting. The moon "sneaked in quietly", "crawled on the bamboo curtain with its legs" and "trembled when its hands moved", writing still life dynamically, and writing lovely, pitiful and beautiful moon traces in a combination of static and dynamic. "A little moon really floats in a glass of wine" is not only fresh and vivid, but also poetic. "The white light in the yard is jade, silver and silver, but the light is not so bright", which is a novel metaphor. Jia Pingwa is good at skillfully extracting a word, a word and a short sentence from complicated things, and expressing his thoughts concisely and vividly. Everything is natural and smooth, with no traces of carving or affectation, giving people a simple and natural aesthetic feeling.
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