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"Life is Just Like This" is a collection of essays by Lin Yutang, which shows his various ways of thinking about life in a relatively concentrated manner. of certainty.
Lin Yutang is called Lin Yutang because he still has a childlike innocence!
His various ways of grasping life all come from this.
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Reading this book was an accident.
On the morning of the 27th, a cat published a list of three books on the public account "Morning Reading", one of which was this book.
Read three books, write three reading notes, and send them to the designated email address before 23:59 on May 2, and you will have a chance to get a bonus for buying books:
I decided at the right time. Give it a try.
Winning an award is great, otherwise, reading itself is the reward.
Uncle Cat knows the psychology of scholars very well.
I placed an order ten minutes after seeing the book list. Dangdang responded quickly and two copies arrived that afternoon.
Two days later today, the third copy arrived.
At the same time, I finished reading this first book.
——No matter in any era, the world is dominated by activists, don’t you think so?
The following are my notes from reading this book, the first one, to share with you.
Another article is to be submitted to Uncle Cat. Of course, it is written according to Uncle Cat’s request.
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(1) A poetic way of grasping life
The title of this article comes from a poem by Lin Yutang called "Autobiography of Forty". The last four lines of the poem are as follows:
Lin Yutang is a true poet!
It’s not because he wrote many masterpieces that have been handed down from generation to generation, but because he wrote life into a poem!
He described his writing in the language of poetry -
He also said:
This is a dynamic attitude and eclectic innovation Attitude.
Lin Yutang thinks——
Why is it inefficient?
Because it is the "country of poetry".
Poetry is a beautiful art, not practical.
China has had many poets throughout its history.
Poets are a type of people who do not seek efficiency but love beauty. Moreover, poets do not seek expansion and aggression, but seek harmony and tranquility.
This is the secret of the longevity of the Chinese nation.
Throughout his life, Lin Yutang loved Zhuangzi, Tao Yuanming, Su Dongpo, Yuan Zhonglang and other sages with strong poet temperament.
His own life was spent in a leisurely posture pursuing beauty and poetry.
Poetry comes from curiosity, that is, childlike innocence.
(2) A talented way to grasp life
The article "My Quit Smoking" in this book is the most talented work I have ever read about smoking cessation.
You see, he does not talk about the reasons why he quit smoking from a positive perspective. His argument is that he regards quitting smoking as "going astray" and focuses on the process and how to finally "wake up" and "repent of his past mistakes." ", and finally, I became a "believer in smoking" again
I talked about the process of quitting smoking, but I didn't talk about the harms of smoking, I just talked about——
How to——.
Smoking is beneficial to the body and mind. Therefore, quitting smoking is "coma", "cowardice" and "dirty thoughts."
How strange!
So, how does smoking benefit the body and mind?
The author believes that smoking greatly helps writing!
Lin Yutang's writing was aided by smoking, and he wrote with such talent that it is admirable.
A person is like his writing, and Lin Yutang also behaves with ease.
When someone he liked served in the National Government, he was happily invited to serve as Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
How cool it is to just walk away when you are tired of your career as a politician!
Teaching, running journals, and writing, Lin Yutang excelled in everything he did and showed his talents.
His talent comes from his childlike innocence that refuses to follow vulgarity and is frank!
(3) The humorous way to grasp life
The above mentioned talent, Lin Yutang’s talent is prominently displayed in his humorous articles.
Let’s take a look at the article "Face and the Rule of Law":
What kind of weird theory is this?
The author gives an example of taking a boat:
- If you don’t want to lose face, you will not abide by the law; if you want to rule by law, you must lose face!
Let’s look at "On Interpreting Mockery" again -
Lin Yutang’s articles have a consistent style of humor, and the relaxed writing contains insights into the world.
Only those with a blazing childish heart can achieve humorous samadhi!
(4) The wise way to grasp life
In the article "On Confucius' Humor", Lin Yutang showed great wisdom in interpreting human nature.
Confucius is also a human being, not a "sage".
Therefore, many difficult-to-understand Master’s words in The Analects can be easily solved when viewed from the perspective of ordinary human nature!
For example, the chapter "Composed after three sniffs" is considered by many scholars to be the most puzzling, but the author thinks it is nothing.
——It was just that Confucius smelled the unpleasant smell of pheasants, felt nauseated, and refused to eat them.
The author said: Zilu shot a pheasant for his teacher to eat——
It turns out that Master Confucius only paid attention to eating, "We don't need to find any big principles here."
< p> It is Lin Yutang's wisdom to look at things and people with a humane touch.He wrote in "The Death of Lu Xun":
He said:
——Lin Yutang looked at Lu Xun with his insightful wisdom into people's hearts, and he knew a lot about it. deep! It’s because they both have a childish heart!