Looking up after the Millennium —— Reading Lin Yutang's Biography of Su Dongpo

When I was young, Su Dongpo's name represented excellent and beautiful poems in my heart.

"Peach blossoms outside the bamboo are three or two, and the spring water warms the duck prophet" is fresh and elegant, a picture of early spring in the south of the Yangtze River; The philosophy of "looking sideways is the peak, and the distance is different" is meaningful and is a landscape of Lushan Mountain. The subtle metaphor of "comparing the West Lake to learning Chinese characters, light makeup and heavy makeup are always appropriate" has made the learning lake; "One river does not return, the waves are exhausted, and the eternal romantic figures" are passionate and heroic; "Ten years of life and death are boundless, and I never forget it", "Looking back at the bleak place, there is no ups and downs", "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has ups and downs".

? When I was young, Su Dongpo's name represented a free and easy figure in my heart.

? Enjoy life and write freely. It is "blowing small willow cotton on the branches, there are no fragrant grass in the world"; It is "the beauty of fish is known in the Yangtze River everywhere, and the bamboo mountain feels the fragrance of bamboo shoots"; Recite the poem of the bright moon with friends, sing the chapter of graceful and restrained, and watch the white dew cross the river, feeling like independence and becoming immortal.

Now for Su Dongpo, although I appreciate his amazing literary attainments, I want to find some life answers I am looking for from him. Because, more and more people have to understand Su Dongpo, but they are more confused about a problem.

This prodigy, who appeared hundreds of years ago, did not have the smooth life he imagined, but was "a down-and-out scholar, a politician persecuted by his political enemies, and a talented person who was displaced all his life." But he has suffered a lot, but human nature is gentler and not bitter. How can he have such a strong soul and spirit?

Ms. Fang Fang, a contemporary writer, once said in an article: If God can give me a completely independent opportunity to freely choose the man I want to marry, regardless of time and space, then I will definitely marry Su Shi without hesitation.

Fang Fang is not the only one who likes Su Shi.

The Biography of Su Dongpo by Lin Yutang is one of the four great biographies in the 20th century. What should Su Dongpo look like in Lin Yutang's mind? What kind of elegance did these two famous artists shape Su Dongpo into?

He said that Dongpo is "an extremely charming person who lags far behind Gao Shi".

After reading this book with joy, for a time, Dongpo's soul always came to my mind, and an emotion was in my throat, which made people have to get it off their chest.

What made Su Shi make great achievements in poetry, poetry, prose, calligraphy, painting and even diet? What makes Su Yang free? What makes Su Shi naive and interesting? What makes Su Shi as free as a desert sky?

Lin Yutang believes that "Su Dongpo's main magic power is the magic power possessed by a shining genius-he obviously has a moral power beyond human control. This force began from his birth, and it was powerful until death shut up and interrupted his laughter. " His special position in the history of China is due to his unswerving adherence to his principles and his outstanding beauty in poetry, calligraphy and painting. His character and morality constitute the backbone of his fame, and his style and the beauty of his articles constitute the flesh and blood of his spiritual beauty. "He sighed:" I don't believe that we will sincerely admire a writer with a mean and shameless character. No matter how brilliant his words are, they are useless. "

There is a big vision, a big realm, and great talent.

Su Shi, a 2 1 year-old young man, came out of the beautiful Shu land and was brilliant. The examiner is Ouyang Xiu, a leading figure in the literary world of Song Dynasty. Facing the examination paper, he was fascinated by Su Shi's dripping talent and misjudged his disciple Ceng Gong. In order to avoid suspicion, he decided that Su Shi was the second. The court exam, the emperor's examiner, Su Shi criticized the court affairs, accused the harem of excessive expenses, and even dared to say that Emperor Renzong was not diligent enough. Soon, he was successful as a teenager, ambitious, famous in Beijing, everywhere in one's hand and in one's hand, dressed in clothes and angry with horses, and his articles were all over the world, from Song Renzong, the statue of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, to Ouyang Xiu, the court leader, to Shu Ren, all of which made people admire and admire him. Su Shi did not boast of it.

There are many storms on the political stage. From then on, Guanhai rose and fell, and was demoted again and again, from Huangzhou to Huizhou, from Lingnan to Hainan, further and further. Generally speaking, Dongpo lived in Kyoto for less than ten years and spent the rest of his life in local posts. When he was exiled to Hainan Island, a wild place at the end of the world, "no meat, no medicine, no room and no friends, no charcoal in winter and no cold spring in summer, but they were hard-won and had no big rate."

Faced with the hardships of life that followed, the torrent of life met an impenetrable reef, and the most beautiful snow waves fell from the sky. Su Shi treated misfortune with a brand-new attitude towards life, resolved suffering, and achieved beautiful poems and a "wonderful life" admired by future generations.

In the face of suffering, Dongpo's life is always full of hope and awe-inspiring spirit.

While others are lamenting and complaining about their own frustration in the predicament, Su Dongpo has devoted his time and energy to hope and creation. He grows vegetables, makes wine and cooks, studies herbs, meditates, practices yoga and makes his own ink. He worked hard, did everything he could face in front of him, and made a detachment that only Su Dongpo could do.

Be an official, benefit one place, be down-to-earth, and be pragmatic. East Lake in Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province is Dongpo's first political achievement; The "Yellow House" dike in Xuzhou is waterproof; Being demoted to Hangzhou, he led the people to dredge the West Lake and build a beautiful Su Causeway. Danzhou, Hainan, is at the end of its tether. He still maintained the spirit of "I don't hate the narrow escape from the south, so I will travel wonderfully for the rest of my life" and still dug up the spring water.

He pursues himself, never escapes, and accepts everything in the most natural way. He loves every exile and regards it as his home, which makes his enemies suffer because they have never seen his pain.

Michigan went hunting, and the old man talked about juvenile madness; Huangzhou expresses his feelings, and it is gone forever. A little awe-inspiring, a thousand miles fast; Hangzhou Singing: Compared with West Lake and West Lake, light makeup is always appropriate. Want to know how high the tide is, it's in the wave medicine. Huizhou admires: Xiameihua Village in Luofu Mountain, jade snow is the bone, ice is the soul ... Tianxiang Yan Guo is willing to take care of me and know that my wine is ripe and my poetry is warm; Danzhou sighed: I sang with Li Ge, and the reverberation is still there ... Qian Shan scales, and the valley is full of bells.

"What does life know everywhere? It should be like flying over mud, leaving fingers and claws on the snow by accident. How can flying care about things? " Life is helpless, and life is more beyond and flying.

"Don't listen to the sound of beating leaves in the forest, why not walk slowly with a smile?" There are Zen, unruly, intelligent voices, and no regrets. I am brave and calm.

Ask your occupation, Danzhou, Huizhou or Huangzhou, which is self-confident, broad-minded and chic.

For a piano, a pot of wine, a wisp of cloud, no matter how sad, it will die with the rolling river.

He doesn't understand why some people think that there are clouds in the sky and moonlight is more beautiful. He thinks that the sky in Wan Li is cloudless, just like a spotless conscience.

No matter the height of the temple or the distance from the rivers and lakes, Dongpo lives with a sincere and natural heart, full of vitality, ups and downs, ups and downs, magnificent atmosphere, openness and broadmindedness.

He is a "hopeless optimist". He accepted and tried to "get through" the pain, and then he became more depressed and surpassed it. The creation of "Agricultural Reclamation" has made a real "Dongpo". He cultivated and harvested his life and his happiness.

This life paradigm, which is persistent in life and detached from things, contains a firm, calm, optimistic and broad-minded spirit.

Excuse me, in the history of literature, who can organically combine the firm spirit of Confucianism, the fearless courage of "knowing what to do", the detached attitude of Laozi and Zhuangzi who disdain limited time and space and material environment, Ren Zhen's natural optimism and obedience to heaven, Zen's idea of treating all changes with a normal heart, and the self-satisfaction of "harmony but difference", so as to achieve the purpose of despising ugliness and relieving pain?

The vastest ocean in the world, the wider sky than the ocean, and the wider human mind than the sky.

In that exile, he was shocked to hear that there was a custom of drowning baby girls, and immediately wrote to the local satrap to persuade him to stop this bad habit of drowning baby girls. "The Buddha said that the crime of killing is to kill the fetus. Six animals are better than others, but worse than people. It is said that the child's illness is innocent, really innocent. People who are killed will not die, but they will be killed without guilt? A man can be born of death, and his virtue is ten times that of a strong man ... ". Boxing heart, through the newspaper, he founded the Save the Children Association, donated money to buy food, and raised those abandoned babies.

Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi are political enemies. As a fan of Su Dongpo, Lin Yutang severely belittled Wang Anshi, saying that he was dirty, dirty, dull, in a trance, unsmiling and inhuman. But Lin Yutang also had to write down Su Dongpo's words: "There are no bad people in this world, and there are no people I hate." When Wang Anshi was dismissed from office and was in trouble, Dongpo made a special trip to visit, chat about old feelings and have fun together.

In the same year, Zhang Dun befriended Dongpo in his early years, but after taking office, he tried to kill Dongpo many times. First, Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou, Qiongzhou, and sent to Danxian on the charge of "mocking the first time". As the prime minister, he also made a special order: the Su brothers are not allowed to live in official houses. Zhang Dun not only rejected and attacked Su Shi politically, but also set many obstacles and difficulties for Su Shi in his life. After more than two thousand days and nights of suffering, Dongpo was miserable and devastated. In May of the third year of Fu Yuan, Su Shi was pardoned and returned from Hainan North after seven years of exile. It is said that Zhang Dun's son Bird begged his forgiveness. Dongpo wrote back frankly: "I am deeply impressed by reading and teaching. Some people have been friends with the Prime Minister for more than 40 years. Although the intermediate sources are slightly different, the friendship does not increase but decreases. I heard that he was old and sent to the corner of the sea, which is known. But in the past, it was even more beneficial, but only when it happened. " What a "what's good" and "the one that didn't happen"

This mentality is compassion, and other mountains are dwarfed under the sky. The mind.

Treat students and the younger generation with sincere support, be like brothers, and feel the same for the father and son. Knowing that disciple Qin Guan was dead, he went back to hundreds of miles in starry night to mourn.

Su Shi and Su Zhe are brothers, teachers and students, good friends who compose poems together, friends who share weal and woe politically, and bosom friends who encourage and comfort each other spiritually. They well interpreted the word "filial piety" in China's ancient filial piety culture.

His attachment to his loved ones and his mourning for his dead wife's "ten years of life and death" have never been sung again. Write the cloud "jade bone's worry about fog, ice muscle has its own fairy wind. When the sea fairy sent the probe into the fragrant bush, she hung upside down. " All these things are too numerous to mention.

"Sages regard the world as an incurable disease, just like the son of from the mire." Su Shi loves the people like a son and sympathizes with the people. He doesn't bow and scrape because of the other party's high status, nor is he arrogant because of the other party's low status.

? For more than 20 years, his career has been troubled, displaced and miserable. He has never changed his belief that human nature is good, and he has always had feelings of sympathy for others. He said, "I can stay with the Jade Emperor in heaven, or I can stay with my children in the underground. Seeing that no one in the world is not a good person. " He stood on the rock of his love and belief in capital "man", and his human feelings and humanistic feelings, such as crackle, crossed the Millennium night sky and lit up China.

Su Shi is romantic and humorous, and Su Shi is arrogant and tenacious.

Lin Yutang wrote: A person's life is also the life of the soul. This kind of power has formed people's occupational character, and this kind of character is innate and manifested through life experiences. Su Like Dongpo s "Chaozhou Hanwengong Temple Monument";

Expensive gas does not follow the shape, does not rely on strength, leaves no survivors, and does not die. Therefore, the sky is a star, the earth is a river, the secluded is a ghost, and the bright is a person. This truth is normal, and there is no blame.

Su Shi's existence is an outstanding life form.

As the author said, when we read Su Dongpo's biography, we have been following a great man's life. His thoughts are great and his heart is great, but it is only occasionally presented in this world, just a flash in the pan. Su Dongpo's name is just a memory, but what he left us is his inner joy and his thoughts, which are immortal.

Looking up to the Millennium, I have a high desire to look up and a stronger desire to practice.