Notes on Appreciation of Lu Xun's Epitaph (90)

One: The original text of Tombstone

I dreamed that I was facing the grave and reading the inscription on it. The tomb seems to be made of sand and stone, with a lot of peeling and moss, leaving only a few sentences-

"... fanaticism in the cold; See the abyss in the sky. In the eyes of everyone.

I saw nothing; Free from despair. ……

"... a lonely ghost, turned into a long snake with fangs. Don't bite, bite yourself.

It will eventually fall down. ……

"... leave! ……"

After walking around the village, I found the lonely grave, which had no vegetation and had been destroyed. That is, from the big bird's mouth, I saw a dead body with a broken chest and abdomen and no heart. On the other hand, there is no sadness or joy on the face, but it is misty.

I can't turn around in doubt, but I have seen the rest of the sentence on the front of the grave-

"... a hundred years of self-sufficiency, experience the original flavor. The wound is cruel, how can we know the original taste? ……

"... eat slowly after the painful decision. However, its heart is old, how can it know? ……

"... answer me. Otherwise, leave! ……"

I'm leaving. And the body of the dead has sat up in the grave, lips motionless, but said-

"When I turn to dust, you will see my smile!"

I hurried, afraid to look back, afraid to see him follow.

Two: the appreciation is as follows

This article is fascinating on the grounds of fantasy. In order to facilitate understanding, it is summarized from three aspects. It is true that for every sentence of Mr. Wang, I think every reader will have his own artistic aesthetic and interpretation method, because in the eyes of a thousand readers, there will be a thousand Hamlets.

1: In my dream, the author stood in front of a gravestone carved with gravel. The surface has been divided and peeled off, and the top surface is covered with moss. On the front, I can vaguely see some remaining inscriptions.

"... in the craze of a good song, I saw the abyss in the sky. People who can't see anything in the eyes of all people are saved in despair. ……"

"... a lonely ghost, turned into a long snake with fangs. Don't bite, bite your body and eventually fall down. ……"

"... leave ..."

The author uses "hot and cold", "up and down", "with and without" and "with and without". These opposing groups of words are what Buddhists call relative existence. Its true meaning lies in not being bound by the heart of separation, and only by letting go of greed can we be saved. It contains the author's best wishes for world peace. It shows the author's true consciousness of his own life and is the sublimation of deep life. It is poetry, philosophy and truth.

Such as Wandering Soul, The Long Snake, Fang and Bite Yourself, the author's beliefs wander between Chinese and Western cultures. He can't find a reliable attachment at the moment, so he can only wander in loneliness. Lu Xun was born a skeptic, and even suspected that his thoughts were poisonous, which would harm readers and follow youth. So he can do it confidently by biting himself with fangs, even if he is willing to give up his life. At least he did what a pioneer should do. This is where the spirit of sacrifice, one of Lu Xun's spirits, was summarized by Mao Zedong, a mentor.

There is a passage behind the tombstone, which is an important and key part of the whole poem.

"... a hundred years of self-sufficiency, experience the original flavor. The wound is cruel, how can we know the original taste? ……"

"... eat slowly after the painful decision. However, its heart is old, how can it know? ……"

"... answer me. Otherwise, leave! ……"

This passage warns everyone alive that it is inevitable to deeply examine the true meaning of their own lives. The purpose of reading such a poem is to remind readers to reflect on their own hearts and enter or realize the initial light. If you can't realize who you really are. You can't completely get rid of all kinds of pain caused by adversity. Otherwise, your heart will never be at ease and stable. It seems that the author has deeply explored the original meaning of life existence.

If the existence of the original flavor has not produced an extraordinary solution; Then you have to leave in disappointment!

At the end of the article, the writer is about to leave. "The unintentional dead body has sat up in the grave, his lips motionless, but he said-""What? "When I turn to dust, you will see my smile!"

Since the unintentional corpse, the lips do not move; So who can you talk to? In my opinion, the author is talking with the past "I" and the present "I" in his heart. Poets of the past look to the future; Now the poet has to flee as soon as possible.

Because the problem of "original flavor" is a huge and difficult problem to explore. Some people can only achieve it by faith and practice; Some people pretend to be deaf and dumb, muddle along and eventually die in Bu Jue Meng. But Mr. Lu Xun, who was naturally suspicious, could not do this. In order not to look back and struggle, we must find another way to create a new world of competition.