Mr. Liang Shiqiu is a modern and contemporary essayist, scholar, literary critic and translator in China. He was the first authority to study Shakespeare in China, and spent half his life translating the complete works of Shakespeare, becoming the first person in China to translate the complete works of Shakespeare.
After the age of 40, Mr. Liang Shiqiu devoted more energy to prose and translation, leaving a large number of prose works. This book My Lonely Life contains 54 of his essays, which are divided into four categories: loneliness, heaven and earth, life and art. Five parts of life. In the appendix at the end of the book, he also included the articles he wrote to his friends. After reading the six parts, you can know a more real Mr. Liang Shiqiu.
If Mr. Liang Shiqiu's most recognized attitude towards life is summed up in one sentence, it is probably the so-called "half-blooming, slightly drunk" in Caigen Tan. The free life he pursues in his heart is well reflected in the third part of the book-enjoying the freedom in life.
In today's life, travel has become an indispensable part. Some people travel around the world with backpacks, and some people brush all over the country with black cards. People who don't like to travel far will occasionally take a walk in the parks in the suburbs of the city and enjoy a moment of peace. Of course, when traveling, you will encounter many problems that need to be solved, such as dozens of pounds of luggage, fatigue from running around by boat and so on.
Mr. Liang Shiqiu thinks that the fun of traveling lies more in escaping. After a lot of wind and rain, I feel tired when I fly back. I feel that "it's good to stay at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out for a while", so that those places that are not tolerant will become people who can be tolerant for the time being. Next time I can't stand it, I'll travel again, so I can toss and turn a few times, and my days will be almost over.
To say that the most indispensable thing in life should be food. Food is the most important thing for the people, but perhaps we China people are particularly gluttonous, as Mr. Liang Shiqiu mentioned in his book.
Greedy people never make do with food. They can run for an hour in a snowstorm in order to have a bite of shredded pears. The explanation of the word has grown two millimeters is probably the best description of this kind of people.
Besides traveling and eating, Mr. Liang Shiqiu also mentioned playing chess, drinking tea, drinking, having a haircut and taking a bath. There are many humorous fragments worth seeing.
As a writer, Mr. Liang Shiqiu also has his own unique views on art. In his book, he mentioned bonsai, calligraphy, painting and poetry, and also put forward his own ideas on books and writing.
He believes that the quality of an article has nothing to do with the length of the article, the speed of writing or the age of the author. A person's writing, regardless of age, is divided into three stages, from dry and unsmooth, to unable to stop, and then to know how to give up what he loves. "You should know whether the broom is worth cherishing", immature ideas, unsafe views and unnecessary lengthy descriptions should be deleted drastically. Finally, the article presented is neat and energetic, clear and gesture, concise and powerful. This third stage is the field of mature writers.
Freedom in life
There is also a description of "Lao" in the book, which also left a deep impression on me. There is a classic line in Galsmith's famous play Compromise for Perfection.
Mr. Liang Shiqiu mentioned that old things are cute because they have content and can evoke memories. Although the new clothes look good, they are not the most comfortable. Everyone will have one or two comfortable plain clothes that have been worn for years. Although the new house is good, it is not the most satisfactory. There are no habits and stories of living in an old house, but new habits and stories will gradually precipitate through several years.
Although there are many old things that can be nostalgic, life still has to face the constantly updated present and future, and we should not indulge in the past, especially not repeat the mistakes of the past. But the most terrible thing is to advocate the old-fashioned, just clinging to the bones; The new one is just a scratch, so the old one can't touch the new one.
54 essays record 54 different feelings of Mr. Liang Shiqiu, just like 54 puzzles, which are pieced together to present a complete Mr. Liang Shiqiu. When Mr Hu Shizhi was teaching writing, he once said to Liang Shiqiu:
Prose is probably the best embodiment of this idea. Reading prose is like chatting with the author, from personal feelings about the little things in life to art and life. Reading the whole book is like having a new friend and an old friend, which probably refers to this wonderful feeling.
Friends who like prose are worth seeing.
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