The content of Wang Zengqi's prose creation can be roughly divided into two parts: remembering people, writing landscapes, talking about culture, telling anecdotes, interplanting plants, insects, fish, melons and fruits. Among them, his creative background is mostly related to his hometown Gaoyou, as well as Kunming and Beijing. Wang Zengqi, who grew up by Gaoyou Lake, was deeply impressed by water, which not only became his creative background unconsciously, but also influenced his creative style. Gaoyou's hometown, "usually soft, peaceful and quietly flowing water", flowed into his prose, nourishing a vibrant landscape, washing a healthy and beautiful human nature and cultivating a positive and harmonious aesthetic pursuit. The influence of this natural environment, to a certain extent, affects the writer's aesthetic taste, first of all, makes the creative object with the writer's aesthetic taste. Born in a gentry family, Wang Zengqi lived a carefree life since childhood. He often takes his children to "look around", sniffing out a kind of hardship, simplicity, ups and downs in the life of people in water towns, and picking fresh and elegant fruits in colorful nature. In his article "Garden", it vividly reflects his childhood feelings of pursuing nature, being close to nature and appreciating harmony. In the "garden", all kinds of small insects live leisurely, and all kinds of flowers and fruits are full of vitality: "A leaf that has been eaten for a long time is a little sweet and tender. The broom is so lively, there are so many bees! Bo-the goldfish spat out a bubble and it burst. In the afternoon, we went fishing for goldfish bugs ... "04 In this short and vivid description, the creatures described by the author seem to live vividly in a summer scenery with a touch of water vapor. In addition, the writer inadvertently brought this kind of water vapor into Rain in Kunming for rendering. Even the Miao girls wearing embroidered shoes shouted "selling bayberry", which seemed as clear as water. In My Hometown, Wang Zengqi focuses on the skyline, clouds and aquatic attractions in gaoyou lake, showing the charming scenery and homesickness of his hometown. Unexpectedly, he had a special liking for water, and he also infused language, emotion and thoughts into Wang Zengqi's prose, letting them quietly exude the water vapor of indifference to Ming Xiu, thus creating the long air and water rhyme of Wang Zengqi's prose.
First, the flow of vivid language beauty
All emotions and thoughts can't be expressed without language. Language is a bridge between readers and authors. Without language, all emotions and thoughts can't be expressed. Wang Zengqi paid special attention to the beauty of language and his views on language were accurate. The most important thing is that he requires vivid language. He said, "Language is like a tree. The juice inside the branches flows, one branch shakes, and a hundred branches shake. Language, like water, cannot be cut. The language of the work is an organic whole. " ○5 Here, he thinks that language is an organic whole and inseparable; At the same time, he also emphasized the flowing charm in the language of the article, such as "the old man takes care of his young grandchildren, looking forward to family ties and blood ties." 6 His prose language has such a lasting appeal. In the peaceful and simple language, there is either a tender feeling, a sympathetic whisper or a little humor. Chewing it carefully is like "new leek in early spring". For example, in recalling mr jin yuelin's article, there is such a passage:
..... Mr. Kim was once dragged. His topics are novels and philosophy. I didn't expect Mr. Jin to talk for a long time, and the conclusion was: novels have nothing to do with philosophy. Someone asked: What about A Dream of Red Mansions? Mr. Jin said: "The philosophy in A Dream of Red Mansions is not philosophy." Just then, he suddenly stopped: "Sorry, I have a small animal here." He put his right hand into his back neck and caught a flea in his finger. He is very proud. ○7
This passage is not long, but it is flowing, with a few strokes, and a "strange" professor comes to the fore. Here, the author writes Professor Jin's "knowledgeable" quality, and at the same time shows his simple, simple and funny personality with humorous style. He is a respectable and lovely scholar! Hunan critic Yu Ling once said: "Wang Zengqi's language is very strange. Taken apart, it's very common. Put it together and you will have a charm. " This should be an affirmation of the vivid charm of Wang Zengqi's prose, such as the beauty of water language. In addition, the "ordinary" here is about the civilian characteristics of Wang Zengqi's prose language. This feature is particularly prominent in Wang Zengqi's articles about eating and talking about flowers, plants, insects and fish. Wang Zengqi is an ordinary enjoyment who lives in the fireworks of the world. He likes food, reminisces about the past and likes traveling. Wherever he goes, he will like it. He eats all over the country. For example, he talks about eating sheep and shellfish in Inner Mongolia:
..... scallops are really tender. If they are cut across the board, blood will flow out. Some of the writers and directors in the same industry are daunting, while others dabble in it, but I enjoy it. The tender the mutton, the better. It is true that Mongolians think that mutton is not easy to digest when cooked for a long time. After eating mutton for half a lifetime, nothing happened. ...
In Wang Zengqi's prose about eating, we can't see Liang Shiqiu's completely literate elegance. He pursues a kind of ordinary people's life fun, but the performance of this fun is not vulgar. It reflects a simple and carefree feeling and reveals the true and simple nature of an ordinary person. The transparent and simple language like water has made this feature of Wang Zengqi's prose.
Second, genuine concern.
The attitude towards life revealed in Wang Zengqi's prose is indifferent and detached. He talked about this attitude many times in his article: "Indifference is a character and a literary product. A writer who is willing to be indifferent can not grab the market and fight for seats; Only in this way can I write my feelings about life sincerely, instead of playing tricks or deceiving readers. " ○8 and said, "People should be a little self-aware. My temperament is probably a popular lyric poet. I will always be just a sketch writer, and everything I write is a sketch. " As he said, he pursues a plain and gentle ideal of life. He is "very talented, but weak in nature, lazy in politics, and just wants to be a handsome scholar." Even the theme that can write a magnificent realm, in his pen, also presents the softness of a small bridge and flowing water. When many writers write about Taishan grassland, they will describe a vast and magnificent momentum, but in Wang Zengqi's works, there is a leisurely and quiet beauty. He pays attention to the Bi Xia, Yuan Jun and Diamond Sutra in Mount Tai, the wild vegetables on the mountain, and the pole of the mountain bearer. In short, it is consistent with the plain and soft realm he has been pursuing. This indifferent and detached attitude towards life can be seen everywhere as a trickle in his prose.
However, saying that Wang Zengqi's prose is indifferent and detached does not mean that his prose is indifferent to the world and has no sense of social responsibility and concern for the world. His prose is always full of love and sincerity for life. This restrained emotion makes his prose have a gentle charm. Wang Zengqi pays attention to the inheritance and development of culture. In his article about eating, he not only talked about eating culture, but also suggested to readers (especially writers) skillfully and pertinently that we should pay extensive attention to the materials accumulated in life, "you can get used to works similar to bitter gourd and eat a little taste" ○ 10, expressing a dialectical view on new literature, and not across the board. He also called for protecting the balance of the natural environment. When talking about his past feelings about Cuihu, he suggested that attention should be paid to returning Cuihu to a "bright and quiet" environment in the development. Wang Zengqi also took this kind of love into account. All kinds of small life in nature, such as slugs, dragonflies, cicadas and so on. , often shows his vitality in his works. For a century-old willow, he wrote: scratching its trunk with your fingers is unresponsive. I'm old enough to be ticklish. The caress is clearly visible. Wang Zengqi expressed his concern for all things in the world and his love for life from an introverted but unobtrusive emotional angle, so he looked cold and detached, but his sincere feelings were so full of warmth.
Third, the idea of natural broadmindedness
Wang Zengqi's expression of this emotion is directly related to the philosophical thought of complementarity between Confucianism and Taoism. He claimed that he was "most influenced by Confucianism". He especially admired Ceng Dian's Confucianism: the man in late spring, the man in the crown of spring, the boy of sixty-six, bathing in the rain, dancing in the wind and singing back. Ceng Dian's ultra-utilitarian and casual thought is the ultimate beauty of life lamented by Wang Zengqi. This is reflected in literature, that is, the admiration for the style suitable for my temperament, the pursuit of concise and unique style, and the efforts to build a harmonious humanistic environment full of human beauty in the article. He always looks at the world with warm eyes and thinks and lives with a positive and philosophical attitude. He can read Rong Zhai Essays and Meng Qian Bi Tan in the Agricultural College with peace of mind after being designated as a rightist, and he can make up lessons for others carelessly after being accidentally hit by his teeth. This attitude of "being content with poverty and enjoying leisure" is a fine traditional virtue of China intellectuals. While inheriting traditional culture, he also actively faces modernization and is wary of its negative influence. In Hutong Culture, he viewed the development of modern civilization from the viewpoint of the development of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also questioned the alienation of people in modernization, thus calling on people's development to conform to the law of natural development, and not to force it, which led to misguided and lost the beauty of nature. Wang Zengqi's prose contains harmonious, warm and energetic thoughts, which creates a vast ideological space for modern people to accommodate all rivers like autumn water.
Wang Zengqi's prose has vivid language, sincere and caring language and natural and broad-minded thoughts, which together create a beautiful realm of ethereal water, bright and indifferent, broad and vivid. (Excerpted from Baidu Library)
The words are not sharp, but they are powerful. The words they write contain knowledge, interest and thoughts, which can be cordial and natural, stretch smoothly, and the feelings flow out with the prose. In seemingly casual narration, they reveal the taste of life and have a charming style.