There are electric fans in summer, stoves in winter, cushions for sitting, newspapers; when there is nothing to do, smoke cigarettes, look at the road, listen to birds, smell the flowers, in the red dust, it is also a cool world. Among the characters who interacted with them were beauty, heroes and females, philosophers, and doctors. For the beauty and the heroes and heroines, although they are carefully scrutinized and full of food, no one asks them about the crime of insulting women, and for philosophers and doctors, they may as well use one of the five rights in the "Constitution", find some topics, and try it out. If the answer is not satisfactory, or the attitude is arrogant and the language is tasteless, they will raise their fists and teach the subject a solid lesson. If the subject could not eat this punch, at most he would only ask to stop, and there would be no rash move to return the fist.
Do you know what kind of profession this text describes? This description is excerpted from Liang Shiqiu's essay "The Ideal "Rice Bowl"" At the end of the article, the answer was revealed ~ the barber. Looking back, I can't help but smile at the funny language of his unique perspective.
As a famous modern and contemporary essayist, scholar, literary critic and translator, Liang Shiqiu has studied in both China and the West, not only leaving behind academic monographs on Shakespeare, but also appealing to the world and chai rice oil and salt, so that we can appreciate the humor and wisdom in the writings of literary masters.
"Better to be a cat and dog" has five series, namely: I am ashamed to be born as a human being; a basket of trivia, a bunch of joy; everything has a realm; first make a living, then make a living, and always remember something. A complete collection of classic articles such as "Lazy", "Fat", "Credit Card", "Remembering the Poet West Lake Recuperation", and especially adding precious articles such as "Diary", "Lottery Tickets", "Spending money and being angry", "Old Man Watching and Dancing", etc., showing in detail the plain side of a generation of people.
<h1>Knowledge in everyday perceptions</h1>
Even if you write about flowers and plants and common diseases of people, there is no shortage of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign poetry allusions in the text, which are interesting to read.
For example, in the article "Lazy", the first sentence is straight to the point: there is no one who is not lazy. Next, he talks about the poet Bai Juyi, as evidenced by his poem "The sun is high enough to sleep and rise, and the small pavilion is not afraid of the cold". Su Dongpo's "Old Pepsi Lazy, Dirty And Still Thinking of Bathing" and the historical figure Ji Kang's self-confession of "not involved in scripture, sexual laziness, slow muscles and flesh, head and face often do not wash for fifteen days..." have also been listed as evidence of "people are lazy".
Then back to reality, from the proverb "three lights in the morning, three panics in the evening" to the observation of life, their own experience. Finally, the story of the Tang Dynasty monk Baizhang Zen Master "Do not do a day, do not eat for a day", and the Qing Dynasty painter Shixi monk's inscription poem on the painting " If you don't know, lazy and unaware, what a different grass and tree!" " end. Like casual gossip, the beginning and the end of the transition embodies the vigilance of not accusing.
There is also an account of begonias, smiles, peonies, lotuses and other flowers in the "Qunfang Xiaoji" about loving flowers and flowers, and it is also a good sentence related to the chants of the past, and most of the ends of the text are attributed to a daily and rich end.
<h1>In a gentle way, there is a different insight from the vulgar</h1>
The influence of Western civilization has led him to write about men, women, children, occupations, and certain customs with a disapproving calmness from the beholder.
For example, in "Feng Shui", it is written:
I was passing through Xianyang, and the guide pointed to a tall mound and said, "That's the tomb of Qin Shi Huang." "Of course, I can't see anything unusual about the feng shui in that place, I only know that his emperor zuo is not eternal, and he is cut off in the second life." In recent years, his grave has also been excavated. The mausoleum has the best feng shui, but it is also difficult to protect itself, and it can also manage his filial piety and grandson to become a piaoping broken stem?
And for the average person who thinks that facing the west is not very good when setting up a bed, there is a taboo of "all the way back to the west", he said, "No matter where the bed is facing, people always go all the way to the west." ”
In "Couplets", he expressed his views on the Spring League:
It is said that the Spring League began with Ming Taizu: "The imperial capital Jinling, the Chinese New Year's Eve transmission of the will, the Gongqing Shishu family, the door must add a pair of Chunlian." "In a hurry, under orders to make a union, can there be good works?" Recently, only the Penghu Urn Mu House is keen to paste the Spring Festival. It is not impossible to add some spring color to the decadent chalk room. ...... The words and phrases of the Spring League are nothing more than some auspicious and praiseful prayers, even if Du Fu's sentences such as "in the smoke and clouds of the pavilion, in the splendid embroidery of mountains and rivers", or Meng Haoran's sentences such as "Xian Song Taiping Day, Happy Construction yin chun", are still not exempt from the vulgarity.
As a Chinese unique artwork that can decorate the lake and mountain and decorate the courtyard of the residence", a good couplet is not only a coordination of the work, but also a deep impression can be made by paying attention to the meaning and style.
This reminds me of more than twenty years ago, when I first went to The Guiyuan Temple in Wuhan and saw the couplet of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, "There is no law for outsiders, and then I know that the law is illegal; the world is still in trouble, why not get rid of it". When I was young, I would always ask about the end of things, and I was often confused because of the long time, and the sentence "Why can't I get it done" is like drinking with a stick, which is unforgettable.
There are quaint and city scenery in the bookstore, and reading Liang Shiqiu's prose often feels the old wisdom that flickers in the slow and rational.