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The Great Master's Anthology | Qian Zhongshu: Those who know words are not necessarily illiterate

Qian Zhongshu is one of the giants filmed in the second season of "One Hundred Years of Masters".

Qian Zhongshu (1910.11.21-1998.12.19), the character silently stored, the number of Huaiju. Modern Chinese writer and literary researcher. In 1929, he was admitted to the Department of Foreign Languages of Tsinghua University. He received his bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 1937. He was a member of the translation team for the English edition of The Selected Works of Mao Zedong. In his later years, he served as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Proficient in a variety of foreign languages, zhixue to connect The Chinese and Western, ancient and modern methods, integration of a variety of discipline knowledge, into the subtle, hook the outline, in the contemporary academic community of its own. Because of its multi-faceted achievements, it is known as "Cultural Kunlun" and is well-known at home and abroad. Representative works include "Siege of the City", "Compilation of Pipe Cones", "Tan Yi Lu" and so on.

The Great Master's Anthology | Qian Zhongshu: Those who know words are not necessarily illiterate

Finding a wonderful sentence with the meaning of an article in a non-literary book, just like sorting out old clothes, suddenly finding leftover banknotes and horns in the pocket; although it is a part of the book, there is indeed an unexpected joy.

For example, in the autumn of three years ago, I occasionally flipped through Nicolai Hartmann's masterpiece "Ethics" and saw a strange passage, which slightly said that there was a kind of person who did not know good from bad, did not distinguish between good and evil, as if the color blind were indiscriminate, and could be said to be a disease that harmed the value blind (Wertblindheit). At that time, I felt that this metaphor was clever and fresh, and I could not imagine that it would be introduced today.

Borrowing the great philosophers of the system (and being German) to make the opening of the sketch essay, of course, it is a bit of an overkill, like using an anti-aircraft cannon to fight mosquitoes. But if the small topic is not done, who will pay attention to it? The opening of small shops and primary schools also thought of inviting local chiefs to attend the ceremony, and the publication of small books also required the signatures of big celebrities, which is exactly the same reason.

A symbol of value blindness is the lack of beauty; there is no ability to appreciate literary and artistic works. This kind of disease, according to the example of color blindness, does not hinder the blindness of composition.

At this point, Su Dongpo completely agreed with me. Dongpo led the tribute and Li Fangshu fell in the exam, and Dongpo gave poetry to send clouds: "With Junxiang from not a day, the pen gesture is suspicious and recognizable; usually talk about the ancient battlefield, and the eyes will eventually be lost in the five colors." "You see, he has long compared the illiterate article to not having other colors.

Strangely enough, people who regard literature as a profession seem to be increasingly illiterate. Many literary researchers have no appreciation or discrimination for the beauty and ugliness of poetry. However, as long as we zoom in, we know that it is not worth the strangeness.

Reading literary books without understanding appreciation is exactly equivalent to the emperor's era, guarding the harem, and messing around in the pile of women at a daily price is a eunuch, although there is a chance, it is indeed incompetent! No mistakes, no words, no wrongdoers do not gather, how can there be a laugh of life if they are not so?

The Great Master's Anthology | Qian Zhongshu: Those who know words are not necessarily illiterate

The name illiterate is so good that we should ask the educators of the people to come over. Because those who know words are not necessarily illiterate.

For example, is there more literate people in the world than linguists and literary scholars? However, there are several language experts, when they look at literary works, they often can't help but look gray in front of the miasma.

There is a linguist Yun: "Literary criticism is all nonsense, only the shape and meaning of a word, the rhyme, can have certainty." "Listening, I can't help but think of the story of Gulliver in the kingdom of adults to pay homage to the queen's jade breasts, only to see the sweat pores and no skin.

If a fly could recognize a word—I think it was literate, as evidenced by the Jinshu Zhijian—if the fly recognized the word, I say, it was the same for literature as the linguist.

The eye holes are small, the horizon will not be far away, only see one word after another when looking at the poem, and only seeing the sweat pores of the characters.

I confess frankly that the cosmology of the fly is extremely poetic: in addition to Blake himself, the so-called "one flower, one world, one sand and one kingdom" mentality, flies have. It was able to find Treasure Island in a pile of flesh and bones, and when it flew from a handful of garbage to another handful of garbage, it could enjoy the pleasure of Eurasian long-distance aviation. As long as it doesn't think there is no promiscuity outside the flesh and bones, and no continents outside the garbage, we let this little thing hum smugly.

To exeget phonology is the most useful and interesting learning, but I am afraid that the minds of scholars are still relics of the Qing Dynasty's Puxue period, thinking that there is no learning in addition, or thinking that the study of literature is just a text or other examination.

Park Scholar's domineering is terrible. Sainte-Beuve said in the sixth book of the Nouveaux Lundis that he learned the language, could not appreciate literature, and specialized in philology, like courting a young lady, could only find a handmaiden to replace it. Unfortunately, the most annoying thing is the, as soon as you lift her, she wants to overshadow Miss Qianjin. How many girls don't want to learn to attack people?

Color blindness never learns to paint, but illiterate people sometimes talk about literature, and they talk about it with great vigor. Thus came the Impressionist literary criticism called self-expression or creation.

Of course, literary and art appreciation is inseparable from impressions, but why impressions are self-expression, we can't understand. According to common sense, the impression can only be said to be the expression of the work being appreciated, not the expression of the connoisseur's self, can only be regarded as the giving of the work, can not be regarded as the connoisseur's creation.

When the Impressionists talk about the text, that's the real buzz. Probably because of the lack of beauty, the article is particularly flowery; whether there is a so-called compensation knot of the psychoanalytics, I dare not judge.

He would shout, he would scream, he would even not say a word, he would faint - this is the realm of "wordless beauty". He didn't analyze it—who was impatient? He didn't judge—that was too turbaned. "Inspiration", "purity", "truth", "life", all kinds of nouns, all kinds of abuse. The abuse of big terms, as if at the expense of small money, all indicate the arrogance of the style.

There are also many "impressions", and there are a large number of stale to smelly metaphors. If he were to write an article about Shelley, you wouldn't find much Shelley in his article; you would only see a large section describing burning flames, another large section of whistling west wind, and a large number of skylarks that flew freely, and it is said that these three things that are not in the same category are Shelley.

Why? The wind will not blow out the fire, the fire will not roast the lark, it can only be regarded as a miracle. So, every time you see a sentence like "His life is simply a beautiful poem," you know that the prose that is not very beautiful is followed below.

This appreciation of literature and art, called "creative" or "impressionist" criticism, is still not relevant. We may wish to experiment with the means of turning iron into gold and change each word. "Created" was changed to "fabricated", taking the meaning of "pinching" the nose to dream and "creating" to the wall. As for the "Impressionists", of course we remember the story of the four blind men touching the white elephants, which was changed to "elephant touching". This is more in line with illiteracy.

The fabricators simply deny the identification of any value in literary and artistic appreciation. Even if it is good with his old man's spleen and stomach, otherwise it is bad. Illiteracy is a type of value blindness, which is more clearly expressed here.

A fashionable lady said to the great painter Whistler, "I don't know what good things are, I just know what I like." Westrough bowed and replied, "Dear lady, at this point the lady sees the same thing as the beast. ”

Really, the difference between civilized humans and savage beasts is that humans have a Transsubjective view. Thus, he is able to separate right from wrong from one's own interests, and good from evil from one's own love and hatred.

He is not inextricably bound to everyday life, but tries to judge himself by trying to jump out of his ordinary bones. Therefore, in addition to practical coping, he also knows that there is truth; in addition to teaching and submitting papers, he also knows that there is learning; in addition to watching movie stars' photos, he also knows that there is noble art; although he cherishes his life, he also understands the preciousness of martyrdom.

Born as a person, he is not allowed to do a few stupid things and wrong things, eat fruits that should not be eaten, and love things that are not worthy of love; but he has his own trade-offs in his heart, refuses to reverse right and wrong, and obliterates good and bad to defend himself. He understands that what should be done is not necessarily what love does.

This division of the self, the divergence of knowledge and action, produces tragedy when tense, and becomes irony when loose.

Only beasts and beasts are born with the unity of action and deeds, because they do not know that there is a higher ideal than their own lusts.

It is so easy to work hard, from monkeys to humans, but also to mix hobbies and values into one, into a human face beast heart, really a little bit of Darwin.

People who hate literature, not to mention: there are nails in the eyes, and Andrew is not blind. However, although there is something wrong with the eyes, the nose is extremely sharp; because they often say that they dislike the breath of the literati.

"Take away his horns with the foot, and take away his teeth with his wings"; we have nothing but restful praise for the fairness of creation.

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The Great Master's Anthology | Qian Zhongshu: Those who know words are not necessarily illiterate
The Great Master's Anthology | Qian Zhongshu: Those who know words are not necessarily illiterate
The Great Master's Anthology | Qian Zhongshu: Those who know words are not necessarily illiterate
The Great Master's Anthology | Qian Zhongshu: Those who know words are not necessarily illiterate

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