"The Burmese osmanthus flowers with raindrops make my heart soft, not nostalgic, not homesick."
——Wang Zengqi
Wang Zengqi (March 5, 1920 – May 16, 1997) was a Native Gaoyou of Jiangsu Province, a contemporary Chinese writer, essayist, dramatist, and representative figure of the Beijing school of writers.
He was hailed as "a lyrical humanitarian, the last pure literati in China, and the last scholar in China." Wang Zengqi has achieved great success in the creation of short stories, and has also studied drama and folk art in depth. His works include "Ordination", "Supper Flower Collection", "Passing Water", "Evening Cuiwen Talk" and so on.
In the autumn of 1935, Wang Zengqi graduated from junior high school and was admitted to Nanjing Middle School in Jiangyin County to attend high school. In the summer of 1939, he went from Shanghai to Kunming via Hong Kong and Vietnam, and was admitted to the Department of Chinese Literature of Southwest United University as his first choice. In 1950, he was appointed as the editor of Beijing Literature and Art, sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Federation of Literature and Art. In the winter of 1961, he wrote "A Night in the Sheep House" with a brush.
In 1963, the publication of "The Night of the Sheep House" was officially published. In January 1981, "Different Bing" was published in "Rain And Flowers". In December 1996, he was elected as an advisor at the Fifth National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association.
At 10:30 a.m. on May 16, 1997, Wang Zengqi died at the age of 77 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Mountains and rivers of the past
This book is a complete collection of Wang Zengqi's nostalgic series of essays.
In the book, we will meet the author's childhood family members and school teachers, the streets and alleys of his hometown and the strange people in the streets, as well as the teachers and students of the former Southwest United University with different temperaments and the people who still lived interestingly during the war-torn years.
The book also includes a number of articles by the author on Shen Congwen, from which you can glimpse the deep and touching friendship between two Chinese literary masters in the 20th century...
It is mentioned in the book that Wang Zengqi himself longed for what Su Shi said: "Like the clouds and flowing water, there is no certainty at the beginning, but it is often done in what should be done, often stopped at what must be done, and the literature is natural, and the posture is full of vitality." ”
Human grass and trees
"Grass and Trees on Earth" (written by Wang Zengqi) is an excellent collection of essays by Wang Zengqi.
In the contemporary literary world, there are not many people who can operate in the two fields of fiction and prose at the same time, and they are self-contained, and Mr. Wang Zengqi is one of them. Mr. Wang Zengqi is a recognized stylist who can not only write excellent novels, but also beautiful prose.
"The dragonflies choose places one by one to rest, and it is almost late. There is a kind of iron-colored dragonfly with narrow wings called 'ghost dragonfly'. Watching it fly in the corner of the flower shade, there was an unspeakable sadness in my heart. ”
- "Grass and Trees on Earth"
Life is fun
The book is divided into three chapters: a broader interest in life; a grass and trees, all have fun in life; walk around, you will love the world.
The whole book uses personal and trivial themes to make "daily life aesthetic"; the food, grass, trees, insects, fish, birds and animals are all moving. He has experienced the complexity of the world, but he is naïve like a child, greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy,
Mortal trivia, city life, travel and news, one grass and one tree, one tea and one meal, one person and one thing, exude warm happiness and extraordinary fun under Wang Zengqi's pen. His words tell us: Walk slowly and appreciate yourself; walk slowly, taste tea, drink wine, listen to music, write and write. Life is less worry, save a little childlike heart, life is fun.
Fun is an experience of life, a kind of discovery and joy, and it stems from an incomparable love for life. Wang Zengqi said that when people are alive, they must be a little interested. Writing, painting, and cooking are obviously the most ordinary daily routines, but he is deeply happy.
Ordained
There is a water chestnut temple (actually "Bodhi An", which is called "Bodhi An", called Cheng Shui An), and the 13-year-old young monk Ming Hai was brought out of the family by his uncle because of the large number of people in the family.
His uncle was the head monk Renshan in the nunnery. The monks in the nunnery did not keep the precepts and lived the same earthly life. On her way to the temple for the first time, Minghai met Xiao Yingzi, whose family lived near the Water Chestnut Temple, and Ming Hai ran to her house.
Ming Hai can paint, and this skill makes Xiao Yingzi's sister who is about to marry really beautiful- the shoes embroidered by Da Ying Zi according to his paintings have spread all over the thirty miles. Minghai and Xiao Yingzi worked together to do knitting, one painting flowers, one embroidery; planting seedlings, grass, car water, cutting rice, and watching the scene together.
After four years, Ming Hai will be ordained, and after receiving the ordination, he will be able to become a "Shamiwei" and an abbot in the future. Xiao Ying Zi rowed a boat to take him to Zenin Temple to be ordained. A few days later, Xiao Yingzi rowed a boat to return minghai, who had received the ordination, to Zhao Zhuang.
On the way back, Xiao Yingzi asked Minghai not to be Shamiwei and not to be an abbot, and the naïve Minghai should all go down. When Xiao Yingzi asked him: "I will make you a wife, do you want to?" Minghai said loudly, "Yes! ”