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People are often told: We live in an era of extremely rich material civilization. Rarely does the light of speech shine behind this rhetoric. In fact, physics has long told us that in the material world, the total amount of energy is constant. The so-called development of material civilization is nothing more than the increasing abundance of industrial products. At the same time, human beings' plunder of natural resources is becoming more and more cruel.
We are in such a living scene: the distance to realize desires has been shortened at an accelerated pace, and the peaceful and calm state of mind that occurs in people's intimate relationship with nature can no longer be understood. "Poetic dwelling" became a rhyme. People try to find their lost homeland in poetry, but the speech bubbles presented in the form of branch lines smell cheap.
Naturally, all it lacks is praise
There are not many people who write poems like He Sanpo. He would give a year to a gray magpie to see how it behaves. A bird's nest chirped out of a poplar tree full of eyes; he would swim naked in the lake at the foot of Yanshan Mountain and see a butterfly fluttering its wings, not caring about the storm thousands of miles away; his The fallen leaves in the yard were heavy, and every white cloud passing by would leave a nickname; how could he, a passionate guy like him, not keep a cat? On days when the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, he caressed the ground with his eyes. The white cat is taking a nap at his feet... You don’t need to see the person in person, just look through the collection of poems "Gray Magpie" to know that He Sanpo is such a person.
In the preface to "The Gray Magpie", He Sanpo wrote: "Nothing in the world is worth remembering, only nature is worth cherishing. What it lacks is praise. I am willing to be a person who praises it." He Sanpo He is a poet who sits with Yanshan, but he is not "a little hermit in the wild". There are brothers who got drunk with him from all directions in Beiping City.
In the poem "Persimmon", He Sanpo wrote that "there is a persimmon tree that is hundreds of years old" in his yard. When autumn comes, he will invite a persimmon tree from the city. Come with 100 friends and "sit under the tree and drink". When the evening glow rises, these brothers "will turn into bigger persimmons" and "illuminate our yard / bright red". Here, I have recovered the almost lost wisdom of the ancient Chinese, that state of life in which the mind is endowed with all things and nature and man are one. Persimmons just grow in accordance with the laws of nature and have no intention of lighting up autumn. As for the interactions between people, when they drink wine under an old tree, because they have nothing to ask for, "everything in the world" suddenly fades, and that kind of pride or leisure takes on a natural state. , so the drinker "will become a bigger persimmon" and "illuminate our yard / brightly red". Of course, people will not become persimmons, but with the illumination of the spirit of nature, their lives will contain a noble quality, and it will be possible to "dwell poetically".
I would like to state here my understanding of happiness and happiness. Pleasure occurs in the senses, it is materially dependent and therefore can be purchased. Happiness is a spiritual experience that has nothing to do with material things, so it is priceless and noble. He Sanpo expressed his praise of nature and the happy experience of "looking at the bright moon in the mountains, and returning to the birds and beasts" in the noble form of poetry, and published the collection of poems "Gray Magpie". When this collection of poems was priced at 1,000,000 yuan, this move pushed He Sanpo into the danger of being questioned: Can happiness be priced? Can a high price buy nobility? Book Review
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Of course happiness cannot be put on a price, and high prices cannot buy nobility. But happiness can be delivered (even in a costless form), and nobility also needs to draw a clear line from cheapness.
In an era when poetry is being parodied, He Sanpo's collection of poems has set the highest price for Chinese poetry collections and even literary readings. This behavior not only embodies the idealistic poetic temperament of "knowing what is impossible but doing it", it is also a childish mockery of the publishing business model.
The famous writer Yue Nan believes that in the United States, the reasonable price of a book is equivalent to a pair of mid-range leather shoes; in China, a book should be sold for the corresponding price of about 200 yuan. However, the price of the book is only equivalent to a pair of Nike socks. Why have spiritual products become so cheap?
Because we have become insulated from noble quality. First of all, after the writer and the publisher made peace, they fully compromised on the market and gave up on spiritual quality, which can only make books a one-time consumption by readers like material goods. Readers who have been raised by consumer culture have become accustomed to the cheap taste. Their only ability to identify is to look for brands. As a result, they fall into the trap of books written by celebrities such as Dan Yi Zhongtian. Those writers who insist on noble spiritual qualities are obscured in the fog of cheap business, testing the ability and luck of a few outstanding readers to find gold in the sand.
The unit price is 100 yuan, and if 10,000 copies are printed, a poetry collection will sell for 1 million. He Sanpo's behavior seems a bit tragic in the context of cheap commercial culture. But I don't think so. I witnessed that the game of nobility and cheapness has begun. The challenger and Yanshan sat together, seemingly not worried about the outcome, and still admiring how the gray magpie "chirped" on the poplar tree full of eyes. The ground calls out a bird's nest.
1,000,000, the value of "The Gray Magpie" is not reflected in the high amount of money, but as a high-profile voice that makes a sharp mockery of the cheapness of the publishing business model. . The happy experience at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, the intoxication in the embrace of nature, and the noble quality of life carried by poetry are being destroyed by industrial civilization, thereby escaping the fate of being buried by cheap commodities.
One million is no longer important, what is important is 10,000 excellent readers
On a rainy night in midsummer, friends from all over the world came together for a gray magpie. They gathered happily at the "Three Guizhouese" restaurant in the Wangjing area and happily contributed to a million-dollar poetry collection. Selling a collection of poems for 1 million yuan by refusing commercial operations may seem impossible, but in the eyes of poets, it is as beautiful as a fairy tale.
The day after the news was announced, more than 30 netizens left messages on He Sanpo's blog, asking to order "Gray Magpie" by mail. This is how a small number of excellent readers are connected with spiritual products of noble quality. From this, I saw the significance of He Sanpo selling his collection of poems for a million dollars. One million is no longer important, what is important is 10,000 excellent readers, who will create a "myth": defeating the huge commercial machine in the form of direct communication between readers and poets, and defeating cheap consumer culture with noble reading quality.
As a collection of poems, "Gray Magpie" is not fashionable. It is just a poet living in the countryside telling how he "passes the idle time" and lets a cloud drift into the "beautiful scenery". Chinese". In an era where entertainment can lead to death and happiness can be produced by the production line, who would care about the bright moon in the mountains and the broken wood in the bird's beak? Monica, the most mysterious poet in China, lamented: My only worry is, Today's China no longer appreciates their state of mind and education.
Fortunately, there are still so many people with childlike innocence who still believe in things that seem impossible. They use 100 yuan to pick up a gray magpie and show their relaxed and stubborn attitude towards the strict business mechanism. of ridicule. I think Monica will feel relieved despite her worries, and people who really love poetry and reading, and long to get close to nature will feel relieved.
Let us wait and see how high He Sanpo's "Gray Magpie" can fly.
Comments and Appreciation The poetry collection "Gray Magpie" published in 2008 aroused heated discussions and was rated as "the best poetry collection in history" by the media. The author
graduated from the Literature Department of the People's Liberation Army Art Institute in 1991. In the same year, he served as the chief screenwriter and chief writer of the Art Troupe of the Armed Police Headquarters.
In March 2012, he served as a judge for the "Cui Yongyuan Emerging Director Project".
Founded Beijing Dream Alliance International Film and Television Media Company in August 2013. Serve as Chairman.
Author of poetry collections "Gray Magpie" and "Uran Grass". "Notes on Modern Art". Chief editor of "One Hundred Growth Classics for Teenagers" (100 volumes). Lives in Beijing. After 2008, he wrote a large number of effective critical texts in the fields of culture, art and other fields and accepted a large number of interviews, gaining widespread and intense attention.
Table of Contents
Fallen Leaves
Gray Magpie
Sparrow
Mid-Autumn to Cold Mountain
Swan
Moonlight
Leopard
Hills
Mangroves
Hungry Birds
Breeze
Passing Pudu Temple
At Shangyuan