Feng Zikai

Life Philosophy

July

31.2018

2018 coincides with the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Feng Zikai. This accomplished man Painters, essayists, and many others may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to a piece of text that was popular before, everyone may have heard of it.

?"Don't be distracted by your heart, don't be trapped by your emotions.

Don't be afraid of the future, don't dwell on the past.

That's it, peace."

This sentence comes from Mr. Feng Zikai. His prose is both plain and simple, generous and meaningful, and childish and natural. It is highly praised in modern literature. His comics are humorous and full of philosophy, and are deeply loved by people. , competing for collection.

Reading it in your spare time, opening a chapter or a chapter at random, makes people feel quite enlightened. In those small everyday things that are peaceful and contain the philosophy of life, I suddenly get the true meaning of life.

Today, let us appreciate Mr. Feng Zikai’s prose comic work "All Flavors Are Life".

?Small table with friends sitting on three sides?

?Leave one side with plum blossoms?

?Zikai painting

There is a kind of chair , which makes it difficult for me to forget: There is a mold of a butt carved on the sitting place, and there is a protrusion in the middle. When sitting, the buttocks can be accurately placed into the mold, just like casting a plaster cast.

Most Chinese-style utensils are mainly about form, and the body is used to accommodate the form. Therefore, the backrest of the chair and the seat are at a ninety-degree angle, and the sleeves of the clothes are longer than the fingers. Western-style utensils are mainly based on the practicality of the body, and the form is derived from the practicality.

Therefore, when sewing a suit, you must measure your body, and the two holes on the handles of the scissors are made exactly according to the cross-sectional shape of your fingers. The chair with the butt mold is obviously a product of Western style.

But this has gone to the extreme of Western style and gone too far. Anything in excess will have its consequences. After all, a chair like this is impractical and unsightly. Every time I see it, I often mistake it for a torture device.

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I want to go up to the sky and embrace the bright moon

I opened a box of old things that were piled up ten years ago and examined them one by one. Everything tells me an old story. I felt like I was watching a movie in which I was the protagonist.

Finally, he took out a palette knife used for oil painting, sealed the rest as usual, and stuffed them under the bed. But I didn't take out this palette knife to paint an oil painting. It is used to cut taro and peel radish to eat.

I originally bought this at a garage sale in Tokyo more than ten years ago. It may have followed a famous painter, commanded high-priced oil paints, and produced works that won first prize in art exhibitions to win exciting honors.

Now I am asking it to cut taro and peel radishes, which is really unfair to it. But the taste of life contained in taro and radish may be richer than that in oil paintings, so give it a try.

I live in Xiyang Jiangshang Village,

A bend of flowing water surrounds Chaimen.

Plant pine trees higher than the house,

Borrow spring birds to raise children and grandchildren.

There was a period more than ten years ago when it was popular to write with purple water. If you buy three or five copper plates of purple water, you can soak it in a large bottle of purple water and pour it into the ink cartridge at any time, which will last for a long time.

I have also used it for a while and feel that it is certainly easier than grinding ink. But I stopped using it after a while. I thought the color was not good and it made me tired after looking at it for a long time.

Later, everyone gradually stopped using it, and soon the trend died down. After all, there are only two colors: black and blue: Orientals use black for writing. Black is made up of the three primary colors of red, yellow and blue mixed in equal amounts. When the three primary colors are present, it gives people a sense of stability and completeness.

Because all colors in the world are produced from the three primary colors, black contains all colors in the world. Westerners use blue for writing. Among the three primary colors, blue is the coldest color, less stimulating and calmer, and the most approachable. Therefore, it is used for writing so that people will not get tired of reading it.

Purple is a combination of red and blue. The three primary colors are neither sufficient nor irritating, so they are not suitable for common use. But this was the early days of promoting the vernacular, and purple was a symbol of exuberance, not by chance.

My disciples indulge in this pleasure,

It is a shame to waste heaven and earth and this sacred place!

Children are very interested in life. And this kid is special. When he is keen on a game, he will wait five or six times before coming to eat, and then leave after two or three mouthfuls. He has to go out to urinate during the game. He often plays for half a game, tightens his pants, and then comes back to join the game for a while. , and then play the second half.

When I found a question while reading, I immediately took the book and came to me, and I would also look for it in the latrines. After getting the answer, I would walk away, often leaving a slipper on the ground in front of me. It wasn't until I took seven or eight steps to remove my socks that I realized I had jumped back on one foot to get my shoes.

Some weeks he was keen on riding trains, some weeks he was keen on chess, some weeks he was keen on checking "Wang Yun's Five Dictionaries", and now he is keen on catching crickets.

But once the interest is over, just ignore it. When he has no enthusiasm, he will be listless all day, and his days will feel like years, shouting "come hungry! come hungry!" In fact, he does not want to eat.

"There are so many green mountains in front of me that the boat people would not live there."

Once I drew a man leading two sheep and two ropes. A gentleman taught me: "Just draw one rope. If you lead a sheep, the others will follow." I suddenly realized that I had too little experience.

Later, I observed carefully and saw that it was true: if a sheep was led away in front, dozens of sheep would follow. Even if it goes to the slaughterhouse, no sheep is willing to leave the masses and find another way to survive. Later I saw the duck doing the same thing. Duck drivers put hundreds of ducks in the river. They don't need to be tied up with ropes. The ducks can follow each other and gather together.

When landing, the duck chaser only needs to catch one or two, and the rest will follow. Even in a port that is connected in all directions, no duck is willing to go his own way away from the masses. Sheep herders and duck herders make use of their imitative nature to accomplish their own business.

Whenever a dose of Chinese medicine is redeemed, the children will definitely gather to watch it being opened. Every time a small package is opened, they will scream in surprise.

Sometimes they all shouted: "Ah! A bag of melon seeds!" Sometimes everyone laughed: "Haha! Four dice!" Sometimes they were surprised: "Hey! Is this Yang Nuan's hair? Sometimes he is startled: "Ah! Many old cicadas!"... The patient can turn his frown into a smile after hearing this cry.

Why should I eat melon seeds, dice, foreign hair, or cicadas when I am sick? Reading prescriptions is also a pastime during illness. The pulses at the front of the prescription are mostly boring, but the names at the back are weirdly interesting.

This time I was convinced that one was called "Anemarrhena" and the other was "Privet", both of which had unique names. There are also "Silver Flowers" and "Wild Rose", which seem to be the titles of newly published books.

Taking foreign medicine is not such fun. China has been a mysterious and elegant country in the world for thousands of years. This feature is also clearly reflected in a dose of medicine. Foreigners who come to China for inspection should take more doses of Chinese medicine before returning.

One night in midsummer, the weather was hot and very stuffy. People enjoying the cool air in the courtyard were separated by several feet and sat silently fanning themselves. There was no other sound except the faint sound of the fan and the occasional groan. Everyone was so oppressed by Yanwei that they could not move and were at a loss to understand what was being said.

The dull silence continued for about half an hour. A loud, clear and powerful cry from the alley outside the wall suddenly broke the silence: "It's so hot tonight! Ah eh - so hot!"

People in the yard followed him unexpectedly. : "It's so hot!" Then someone started to move, stand up, or stretch out, as if everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Yanwei also seemed to be a little bit shaken off by the shouts.

When Zigui cries for the fourth time,

he looks at the thick silkworms and is afraid of the thin leaves.

When distinguished guests come, it is often rude for me to accompany them to dinner. Some distinguished guests eat their food very slowly: they count the grains in their mouths one by one. It only takes me five or six minutes to eat two bowls of rice, so I can’t stay with you.

My habit of eating quickly was developed in boarding school when I was young. The school was very busy with homework, and I had to practice playing the piano after dinner. I only had ten minutes for each meal and bathroom break, and it became a habit. Now that I have already left school, I no longer need to do this, but I still have not changed this habit.

I often compare myself to the rumination of cows: cows forage freely in the mountains and fields to prevent predators from predators. They first swallow the grass whole into their stomachs, then spit it out and chew it carefully after returning to the burrow. Got used to it. Now that cattle are kept at home and fed, there is no need to do so, but this habit still remains.

According to my speculation, the cow may be yearning for the freedom of the wild days in the mountains, so it is unwilling to change its habits.

Guyun

Because I studied under Master Hongyi Li Shutong, I often feel that there is always a Buddhist connection in Feng Zikai’s writings.

The seemingly casual words and ordinary little things in life are full of philosophy in his writing, which makes people feel a lot of feelings and wisdom when reading.

He said that if your heart is small, all small things will become big.

When your heart is big, all big things become small.

If you can calm down and savor Feng Zikai's prose comic "All Flavors Are Life",

you will understand what he said " The comfort of looking down on the vicissitudes of the world and feeling at peace inside."

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