In 212, Tao Feng came to teach at the School of Philosophy of Nankai University after graduation. In the Philosophy College of Nankai University, a strong man dragged a big suitcase into the classroom. There are all kinds of things in the suitcase, except computers, textbooks, reference books, poetry collections being edited, sportswear and protective gear, and even unfinished paintings, brushes and pigments. This is the true portrayal of Teacher Tao Feng in class.
Tao Feng, who stepped onto the podium, is still a newcomer as a teacher majoring in aesthetics. In the summer of 212, he studied under the famous aesthetic expert Mr. Xiao Ying, and obtained a Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University. After graduation, he came to teach at the School of Philosophy of Nankai University. It has been less than one year. However, in other fields, Tao Feng has become quite famous with some good achievements.
When he was studying, Tao Feng was called "the strongest doctor in China". In 211, he was selected as the first China Hercules national team as a non-sports special student, and once won the eighth place in the National Hercules Competition and the third place in the Beijing National Weightlifting Open.
In the humanities field, Tao Feng won more awards. His plays won the first prize of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's "Supporting Outstanding Youth Plays Program" for three times in succession, his poems won the Excellence Award of the National Quyuan Cup Poetry Competition and the nomination of the National Rougang Poetry Award for Poet Newcomer Award, and his paintings won the nomination award of the National Fine Arts Literature Exhibition, and were shortlisted for the 212 National College Fine Arts Exhibition.
Tao Feng said that he was very thin before high school, and his bare arm was broken three times, so he became angry and started physical exercise. When I was in high school, I got up at five o'clock every morning and ran for more than ten laps. It was during that time that my body showed the effect of exercise. Not only did people become strong, but in a year or two, my height also increased from 1.68 meters to 1.84 meters.
Since he started physical exercise, Tao Feng has "persisted until now". He believes that if you do everything that suits you, you must stick to it for a long time. You have been painting, writing and bodybuilding for more than ten years. He used the rickshaw pulling project in Hercules to illustrate his persistence. "For a person, only the finish line is your ultimate goal, and you can't end it without it."
In college, Tao Feng studied finance, and got a master's degree in western philosophy at Nankai University. From "hot" to "unpopular", Tao Feng went against the social "trend". Tao Feng said that he liked philosophy since he was a child. At that time, there were always many strange questions, such as "Is the world real or false" and so on. Tao Feng said with a smile, this may be due to his anemia. Seeing the world always feels "trance, not true enough".
"I wanted to solve all the problems in my mind once and for all, so I found the basic subject-philosophy", Tao Feng said. In his view, modern people, including himself, are more or less "split", often the same during the day and the same at night, with the same appearance on the outside and the same heart. Therefore, he yearns for the unification of everything in his heart.
Tao Feng is trying hard to achieve inner unity. He said, "The unity of my experience lies in the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor." He regards all sports and art as the promotion of life, especially like Nietzsche's saying that "all arts have the function of fitness".
While studying aesthetic theory, Tao Feng shows his own aesthetic ideas through oil painting. He said that although he is not mature enough in painting techniques, every painting is full of his own ideas and thoughts. He especially admired Popism, its rebellion and inheritance to classicism, and did not reject any form of cultural industry.
Tao Feng teaches two courses in the college, "Selected Readings of Original Works of Western Aesthetics" and "Research on Adorno's Aesthetic Thought". He said that Adorno is his favorite philosopher, and his thoughts can not only explain the art of modernism, but also inspire modern people by resisting oppression.
In class, Tao Feng can always combine aesthetic theory with artistic appreciation, "which can also make philosophy courses less boring". He always told everyone that he hoped the students would keep some emotional "kindling" in their hearts and some childlike innocence and ideals.
After class, this "big guy" teacher, weighing more than 1 kilograms, is willing to be the "intimate elder sister" of his classmates. No matter the philosophical problems or the confusion in life, he hopes that his classmates can communicate with him. The questions often asked are "What's the use of learning philosophy" and "How to coordinate time to do so many things" ...
There is an upward vitality flowing in Tao Feng. His bodybuilding gives people strength, painting gives people beauty, philosophy gives people thinking, and words give people comfort. He dabbled in a lot, but he can unify it into a concept of pursuing beauty, and eventually it will become the material he supported when explaining aesthetic theory in class.
Tao Feng always wears a pair of rimless glasses in physical exercise, writing and lecturing. Behind the glasses are a pair of dedicated eyes. These eyes are both "like a torch" in the competition of Hercules and "penetrating insight" in painting. The most affectionate eyes are revealed when facing a group of faces eager for knowledge in class. He said, "His students, whether boys or girls, are his' muses'".