Appreciation of Preface to Lanting Collection

Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection is a preface written by Wang Xizhi for the poem collection Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection, but it is also a lyric prose with beautiful language and far-reaching artistic conception. In this article, we can see the author's joy when he feasts and enjoys the scenery; Perception of the changes of the world and the impermanence of life; And cherish the complex and changeable feelings such as the present. Preface to Lanting integrates narrative, scenery description, lyricism and discussion. The article has a good change and a clear structure. It is the author's need to express his feelings layer by layer. The first two paragraphs are about scenery, and the second two paragraphs are about lyricism.

In the article, the scenery of the venue described by the author is beautiful and moving-there are mountains, dense forests, tall bamboos and clear flowing streams. In such a beautiful environment, people wander around, chanting poems and writing poems, which is enough to "talk about love"; The weather is sunny and the wind is warm. When you look up, you can feel the vastness of the universe. Looking down, you can see many kinds of things, which are enough to be "extremely entertaining and believe in coke". The description of the scenery with the combination of dynamic and static, from far and near, from big to small, from near and far to infinite, makes people immersive. The artistic conception is fresh and elegant, broad and grand, cheerful and lively.

In interpersonal communication, a person's life passes quickly. Everyone has different ways of communication and emotional expression, but they feel the same about the things they touch-"What they like to see, between pitching, has become a thing of the past." Feelings change with things, which will make people feel impermanent. Behind this change, it is actually a short sigh of life and helplessness to the impermanence of life. The world is changing, and the only constant is people's feelings about things and the reasons that cause people's feelings. There is nothing we can do for future generations. We can only record current events in time, so that future generations can feel the same feelings as people in another time and space by reading articles. Since we know that it is not true to equate life and it is also false to equate longevity with short life, why don't we cherish the present? This reflects the author's affirmation of the value of life.

Scholars in the Eastern Jin Dynasty advocated metaphysics of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and advocated "governing by doing nothing". In this article, Wang Xizhi expressed his denial of this thought. He thought, since "the stadium is a thing of the past", why not make a positive contribution? The author advocates actively joining the WTO, but he is ambitious and has no way to serve the country. How can he not be emotional?

In Preface to Lanting Collection, the author writes about the scenery first, and then expresses his thoughts. In this process, the author's mood fluctuates, sometimes happy and sometimes sad, which makes the article ups and downs and emotional ups and downs. And the language of this article is fresh and simple, without modification. Sentences are neat and varied, mostly short sentences, and even sentences are added to scattered sentences, which is harmonious and pleasant to listen to. This language style is different from the gorgeous and complicated features of Wei and Jin prose, and it can also be seen that Wang Xizhi's unique way of doing things and ideological pursuit. This article is different from the characteristics of contemporary prose, giving people profound thinking and enlightenment.