Ba Jin
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I love the moonlit night, but I also love the starry sky. Once upon a time, in my hometown, when I was enjoying the cool in the yard at night in July and August, I loved to watch the dense stars in the sky. Looking at the stars, I will forget everything, as if I were back in my mother's arms.
Three years ago in Nanjing, there was a back door where I lived. Every night when I open the back door, I see a quiet night. Below is the vegetable garden, and above is the starry blue sky. Although starlight is tiny to our naked eyes, it makes us feel that light is everywhere.
At that time, I was reading some books on astronomy. I knew some stars, as if they were my friends. They always talked to me.
Now at sea, facing the stars every night, I know them very well. I lay on the deck and looked up at the sky. There are countless stars hanging in the dark blue sky. The ship is moving, and so are the stars. They're so low, they're really shaky! Gradually my eyes blurred, and I seemed to see countless fireflies flying around me.
The night at sea is soft, silent and dreamy. I look at many stars I know, and I seem to see them winking at me, and I seem to hear them whispering. And then forget everything. In the arms of the stars, I fell asleep laughing. I feel like a child, sleeping in my mother's arms now.
One night, the Englishman who got on the boat in Rumbo showed me the giants in the sky. He pointed out: those four bright stars are the head, the body below, these are hands, those are legs and feet, and the three stars are belts. After his guidance, I really saw the giants in the sky. Look, that giant is still running!
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The star's creative background:
This article was written at 1927 when the author was studying in France.
1923, 19-year-old Ba Jin and his third brother resolutely broke through the cage of feudal families, came to Shanghai and Nanjing, and were admitted to the cram school affiliated to Southeast University. During his study, he took part in some social activities. The famous May 30th Movement had a great influence on him, and his democratic thought was further developed.
1927 65438+1October 15 He left Shanghai for France on the French ship Anger, accompanied by Wei Huilin, and there were nine China students on board. He went to France to study economics, "seek truth from the West", further study the theory of anarchy, and inspect social activities in Europe.
France was not only the birthplace of anarchism, but also the refuge of political exiles in Europe at that time. On February 18, the ship Anger arrived in Marseille. Ba Jin arrived in Paris on 19. During the voyage of the mail ship, Ba Jin wrote 38 Miscellanies at Sea. Stars are one of the travel notes, written in 1927 65438+ October.
Brief introduction of the author of Stars:
Ba Jin, formerly known as Li Yaotang, was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, and his ancestral home was Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Modern writer, publisher, translator, well-known contemporary writer in China. From 65438 to 0929, he published his works in Novel Monthly for the first time under the pseudonym of "Ba Jin", which attracted wide attention both inside and outside the literary world.
Ba Jin created many works in his life, mainly including Death Day, Rebirth, Sardinia, Germination, Riptide Trilogy (Home, Spring and Autumn) and Love Trilogy (Fog, Rain and Electricity).
In his later years, he edited and published10000 representative works "Random Thoughts" and "Complete Works of Ba Jin" (26 volumes), among which "Home" is Ba Jin's representative work and one of the most outstanding works in the history of modern literature in China. In June 2003, China the State Council awarded Ba Jin the title of "People's Writer".
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