If you want to choose the books that people must read in their lifetime, "Mountain Moon" will definitely be on the list.
The book "Mountain Moon" is a collection of short stories by Japanese writer Atsushi Nakajima, and contains ten famous works exclusively. Every article can make people think deeply. Each article can make the reader feel like the protagonist in the book, with a common situation and state of mind.
"The Tale of the Mountain Moon" is the first novel in this book, which tells the story of Li Zheng of the Longxi people who disdained the toilet body and the barnyard official Yeshi and wanted to use poetry to resign his official and return to his hometown. A few years later, because of food and clothing, he went east again, became a local petty official, and had to bend his knees to be appointed to the person he despised in the past years, for which Li Zheng's self-esteem suffered a major trauma, and finally went crazy on the banks of the Rushui River.
Created in 1941, "The Tale of the Mountain Moon" has been around for more than 80 years and is still enduring. He was selected as one of the Chinese textbooks in Japanese high schools.
Although the book contains 10 novels, each one is not profound and difficult to understand the various life experiences, which can resonate with many people.
Li Zheng's life is worth pondering for each of us.
In a person's life, he must learn to reconcile with himself
The young Li Zheng, who was knowledgeable and talented, was honest and arrogant, clean and self-righteous, and disdained the barnyard officials and the like.
Li Zheng always wanted to be famous for his poetry, so he resigned from the government and joined the township, closed the door, and devoted himself to writing poetry.
But the ideal is very full, and the reality is very bone.
How easy is it to become famous for poetry?
Without financial resources, even the food and clothing of wives and children is a problem. At this time, Li Zheng was no longer the young man who was dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses. A few years later, in order to survive, Li Zheng had to give up his fame for poetry, go east again, become a local petty official, and bend his knees to be ordered to be a group of fools that he had despised before. The dream of becoming famous for poetry is also getting farther and farther away, and even disappearing. Under double pressure, Li Zheng eventually went crazy on the banks of the Rushui River.
In this life, one must learn to reconcile with oneself.
If Li Zheng reconciled with himself, then he would not end up like this in the end.
Li Zheng tied himself up, and he tied himself firmly with "fame for poetry".
The 4 words "famed by poetry" are like a cage, he is trapped in this cage made by himself, he can't get out, and he has created a tragic life.
Sometimes we are not like this, standing in a cage made by our own hands, reaching out to the people outside for help, but the key is always in our own hands, you can't get out, it's because you don't want to.
As long as you make up your mind to get out, it is easy for the people in the cage.
Once you step into "hell", the past will be extinct.
The first time Li Zheng became a tiger, he ate a rabbit. As soon as I saw the rabbit, there was no trace of humanity in the body. When he regained his humanity, he found that his mouth was stained with rabbit blood.
Regarding some unconscionable things, once they are done, they will be ruined.
As time passed, Li Zheng's time to restore his humanity became shorter and shorter. In the past, he would be amazed at what he had become, but now, he wondered that he had been a person.
In real life, many bad people are not a bad person in the first place. It's just that when bad things are done too much and bad people are done for a long time, they forget their past and forget their own hearts.
The good human nature is gradually overwhelmed by the ugly and cruel animal nature, just like the cornerstone of the old palace, which is gradually drowned by the mud and sand. Many years later, some people came here and saw only a piece of barren sand and could not imagine that there had ever been a luxurious and beautiful palace here.
Whether it is a beast or a human being, it is originally a different kind of object, and at first it remembers what it is, and then it gradually forgets and thinks that it has always been like this.
Cowardly self-esteem and self-esteem can ruin a person
I was deeply afraid that I was not a beautiful jade, so I did not dare to think about it hard, but I half believed that I was a piece of beautiful jade, so I refused to be mediocre and be with the rubble.
Li Zheng suffered this misfortune for no reason.
Because of the arrogance and shame in his heart, he tried to avoid interacting with people as much as possible. I want to become famous for my poetry, but I don't go to my teachers and friends, and I think with them. And the weak self-esteem in his heart made him disdainful of being with ordinary people. So gradually they were separated from the mortal dust and far away from the world, so that shame and hatred increasingly encouraged the cowardly self-esteem and the arrogance of shame, and finally destroyed themselves, hurt their wives and children, and hurt their friends.
In this materialistic society, as soon as you go out, you can see pearlescent noblewomen, fresh and capable white-collar workers, or young girls with collagen faces. Looking back at yourself, there are no gorgeous clothes, beautiful appearances, rich knowledge, and nothing compared to others. So self-esteem and shame make people stay at home all day, without exercise, without skin care, without reflection. After a long time, I was still like that, so I didn't dare to go out shopping, afraid that I would lose my color like an ugly duckling in front of others.
Because of shame, I dare not admit my shortcomings and correct them; because of my weak self-esteem, I do not want to humbly seek advice and work hard. Over time, it will eventually become the lowest level of this society, and there will be a lot of dissatisfaction in the heart.
Until you succeed, your face is worthless
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I decided not to think about anything anymore, and it would not help, it would be nothing more than to prolong the time.
- Haruki Murakami
A person only thinks out of thin air, has no action and experience, and will never know whether he is a beautiful jade or not.