"Red Claw Slush", by Wan Ping, Hong Kong Enlightened Bookstore, September 2021 edition.
Synopsis
The "Looking at the Red Chamber" section contains some of the author's articles on "Dream of the Red Chamber" written thirty years ago.
Starting from the relevant plot of silly big sister who only appears twice in "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Try to Talk About Silly Big Sister" discusses the role of the character in the artistic structure of the novel, revealing the connection between silly big sister's silly laughter and silly crying and the fate of the main characters in "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Starting from Jiao Da's drunken scolding, "Jiao Da's Theory" explains the special significance of Jiao Da's character image as the orthodox slave of Jia Fu by comparing the essential differences between Jiao Da and other slaves in Jia Fu, as well as the similarities and differences with the image of slaves in Chinese and foreign literature.
Through the analysis of the character, character, and ultimate fate of the Purple Crane, the Treatise on the Purple Crane points out the nature of the evils of feudal society.
"On Xiangling Xueshi" combines Xiangling's life experiences and the content of the poems he composed, and points out that the meaning of "Xiangling Xueshi" is to allude to Xiangling's deep inner homesickness.
"The Intention of Destiny and the Feelings of Lin Daiyu - A Commentary" analyzes Lin Daiyu from four famous women in the history of chanting to the image of the red breeze in the praise of literary works, points out the important role of "Five Beauty Yin" in deepening the image of Lin Daiyu's ideological awakener, and thus refutes the view of "how bad poetry is in "Dream of the Red Chamber".
"Interesting Talk of the Red Chamber" is the author's twenty-nine notes on "Dream of the Red Chamber".
"Motherland Series"
The "Distant View of Qianlong" section is some of the articles written by the author around the Qianlong Emperor when he wrote for the "Motherland Series" at the invitation of the Shanghai people's publishing agreement in 1985.
"Emperor Sun, Crown Prince" discusses the process of the Qianlong Emperor's transition from the status of emperor to the identity of the prince, and even to the identity of the prince.
"Pacifying the North and South of the Tianshan Mountains" details the historical facts of the Qianlong Emperor's pacification of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, ending the turbulent situation in the northwest over the past hundred years, and completing the unfinished business of Kangxi and Yongzheng.
"Qianlong's Favorite Subjects and Emperors" discusses the various acts of wanton corruption and perversion of the law under the umbrella of the Qianlong Emperor during the Qianlong Dynasty, and the end of Qianlong's death by the Jiaqing Emperor immediately.
Dictionary of Chinese Epic Poems
"Reading Poetry and Talking About History" are some of the articles written by the author when he collects, organizes, and studies epic poems. These articles take historical figures as the object of discourse, starting from the poetry of singing historical figures, and discuss the different understandings of the same historical figure by later generations.
"The Encounter Behind Lady Xi" is based on the poems of different literati in different periods inscribed "Lady Xi", and discusses the attitude of posterity to "Lady Xi".
"The Dispute of "Chicken Singing Dog Thief"" combines the different views on the character image of "Chicken Singing Dog Thief" and "Feng Yishiyi" in the Epic poem of Yong, as well as the evaluation of Meng Tianjun by Wang Anshi and Sima Qian, and discusses the controversial nature of Meng Tianjun's character image.
The "Two Questions of the Plains Jun yangshi" examines the inscription poems about the two things of the Plains Jun's "Self-Recommendation" and "Killing Concubines", and clarifies the truth that "deceitfulness and insincerity are impossible to obtain true talents".
"Beauty Xi Shi is right or wrong" is divided into "Woe to the water? "Different mentalities" "Where does the soul go?" The four parts of "An Ancillary Meeting" explain that the different views of later generations on the image of Xi Shi in their poems are "a side meeting", "In the earliest texts, Xi Shi was just a beautiful woman, and had nothing to do with political struggles"
"The Poetic Feelings of the Golden Platform" also explores the different views of different literati in different periods through poetry on "King Yan Zhao built the Golden Platform to extend the invitation to the talents", emphasizing that "epic poems are often inspired by the feeling of reality, not purely objective on history".
"The Family Tragedy of Han Gaozu" discusses Liu Bang's various bad behaviors in handling family affairs with two things: "Ding Shang Cup Soup Abandoning Weng Mu" and "Qi Ji's Burial Place Junzhi Or Not".
"The Death of Han Xin" is based on the literati singing Han Xin's poems, explaining the different views of different literati on Han Xin's death, believing that behind different views are the various complex emotions of the literati.
"Jia Yi's Luck and Misfortune" combs through the different understandings of Jia Yi's encounters by poets of past generations from the poems of Jia Yi.
"Hidden Typical Yan Ziling" explores the different reflections on the reclusive behavior of the literati revealed in the poems of Yan Ziling.
"Gathering Lawsuits and Disputes about Yang Guifei" analyzes the poetry of Yang Guifei and discusses the literary depiction and historical exploration of Yang Guifei made by later generations of literati from different angles.
Yuzhang Series
The "Collation Series" section includes the articles written by the author when sorting out and pointing out ancient books, including "Sorting Instructions", "Finishing Afterwords", "Point School Instructions", "Point School Instructions", "Point School Instructions". These articles examine the authors and versions of the ancient books that are sorted out and proofread, and explain the specific requirements for collation and proofreading. In addition, Mr. An Pingqiu's "Sorting Out the Preface" is attached.
"Xu Xia's Travels"
The "Tracking Xiake" part is some of the articles written by the author after his retirement and during his participation in the activities of the Jiangxi Tourism culture research Society, mainly the articles on the study of "Xu Xiake's Travels", and others.
Based on the newly discovered poem "Reading Xu Xiake's Travels" written by the newly discovered Qing ren Chen Wenshu, "A Newly Discovered Poem" verifies that Xu Xiake once visited the source of the Yellow River, and believes that there were two different versions of "Xu Xiake Travels": one is the "Travels of Xu Xiake" that can be seen today, and the other is the complete version of "Xu Xiake Travels", which should be the sixty volumes of Ye Tingjia's words.
"Hammer Plum and the Story Behind It" is based on the tortuous process of Xu Xiake obtaining the hammer plum contained in "Xu Xiake's Travels", which begins to sort out the multiple cultural connotations of the hammer plum, and then discusses Xu Xiake's deep understanding of the hammer plum.
"About Lushan "Bamboo Forest Illusion"" starts from the "Bamboo Forest Illusion" mentioned in Xu Xiake's "Diary of You Lushan Mountain", and discusses the Bamboo Forest Temple, Bamboo Forest Illusion and other contents. "Li Jieli's Interpretation" analyzes in detail Li Jieli's poem by Hanging Yu Ji, thus interpreting Li Jieli's progressive view of women and history.
"Two Texts of Zhao Yi's Poems and the Interaction between Ye Tingjia and Zhao Yi" discusses the differences between the two versions of Zhao Yi's "Title Xu Xia's Travels" on the basis of examining the historical facts of Ye Tingjia's and Zhao Yi's travels.
"Each Has Its Own Characteristics and Unique Colors- Xu Xiake and Zhu Youjia's Lushan Sandian Springs" compares Xu Xiake with the travel articles written by Li Huan of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Shimao and Cao Xueyou of the Ming Dynasty, Song Zhisheng and Huang Zongxi of the Qing Dynasty on the Three Stacks Springs of Lushan Mountain, and demonstrates the uniqueness of Xu Xiake's travel articles on the Three Stacks Springs of Lushan Mountain.
"The National Identification of Xu Xiake's New Theory of Jiangyuan" revolves around Xu Xiake's article "Tracing the Origin of the River", discusses Xu's refutation of the view that "the Yangtze River originated from Minshan", and examines the historical fact that Xu's "Jiangyuan New Theory" was recognized by the later Kangxi Emperor.
"Fan Zhongyan and Poyang Lake" examines Fan Zhongyan's main exploits in the Poyang area, discusses the relationship between the "Yueyang Louji" and Fan Zhongyan's experience in Poyang, and the praise of Fan Zhongyan by later generations.
Contents
Take a closer look at the Red Chamber
Talk about silly big sister
Scorched the Great Scattering Theory
Purple Crane Theory
About Xiangling xueshi
The Fate of "Wumei Yin" and Lin Daiyu's Feelings——Commenting on "Many Bad Poems"
Saying "Tea Tasting Chestnut Temple"
Red Chamber Fun Talk (Selection)
Overlooking Qianlong in the distance
Emperor Sun Crown Prince
Pingding Tianshan To the north and south
Qianlong favored the courtiers and Yan
Read poetry and talk about history
Mrs. Shi's death was behind her
The "Chicken Dog Thief" controversy
Plain Junyangshi II
Beauty Xi Shi is right and wrong
The poetry of the Golden Terrace
Henkel's family tragedy
Death of Han Xin
Jia Yi's good fortune and misfortune
Secluded typical Yan ZiLing
Gathering lawsuits against Yang Guifei
Organize the book series
Yuzhang series of books to organize the instructions
Lushan Chronicle Point School Instructions
Instructions for the School of Whisker Creek SetPoint
Explanation of the book of poems in the garden
Yu Zhang series of books to sort out the afterwords
[Attached] Yuzhang Series Of Books (An Pingqiu)
Track down Kasumi
A newly discovered poem "Reading Xu Xia's Travels"
Hammer plum and the story behind it
About Lushan "Bamboo Forest Illusion"
Li Jieli's interpretation of "Passing the Lingbi Hanging Yu Beauty Tomb"
Two texts of Zhao Yi's poem "Titled Xu Xia's Travels"
——Ye Tingjia's interaction with Zhao Yi
Each has its own characteristics
——Xu Xiake and Zhu Youjia's Lushan Sandian Spring
Xu Xiake Jiangyuan said the new national identification
Fan Zhong flooded with Poyang Lake
The inscription at the beginning of the volume
Anticipation makes time long; looking back, it suddenly feels like time flies. I moved forward in anticipation, and then I looked back, and the year was old. In addition to sighing and sighing, looking back at the road of governance, it was just a mess of footprints, like the slush of the claws in the vast wilderness.
On the soft slushy ground, a string of bird footprints, or wind and rain, or sunshine, or covered with flying snow, soon no trace. However, it is, after all, the imprint of my life, so I will make a little selection and show it in order to give an account to myself, to my relatives, and to my friends in the present moment (just in the present).
Wu Qingxia paints "Slush Claw"
End-of-volume testimonials
Examining the archives of ordinary life and governance, it is not complicated but not specialized, and it is not strong but not strong, which is inevitably tragic. However, after all, it is its own reading experience, and it also has its own writing characteristics, and miscellaneous and vines can also explain their academic vision, so they still talk about masturbation and self-appreciation. This is probably what the world says, "the article is your own good", in fact, it is not good, because you have paid hard work and feel good about yourself. Or is it more accurate to say that "we cherish ourselves".
However, masturbation, self-cherishing, self-appreciation, in the long river of history, it can only be a claw of slush, can not withstand the wind and waves of time. A philosopher once said, "Time can destroy everything." "This should be the truth.
As for the energetic, the best time to do learning, spent a lot of time to write some public manuscripts, but also worked part-time outside for twenty years, indeed has a greater impact on the depth of the profession, but the volume of books and periodicals that I contributed was large, I served more people, so I did not regret it; moreover, in the case of poor life at that time, I increased my income and improved my life, and I did not have to regret it.
And twice presided over the journal, a total of thirteen years, paid a lot, this is their own work, in its position, of course, have to seek their own government, so do not regret. In the past, editors often said that their work was to "marry people", most of which had a self-deprecating taste.
"Dream of the Red Chamber"
In fact, marrying a girl who dresses up beautifully is a good deed, a happy event, and a beautiful difference. With such a mentality, when the editor looks at other people's manuscripts, through their own efforts to become lead prints, public to the world, the process is quite enjoyable.
In the past few decades, he has had undergraduate teaching, postgraduate teaching, and has presided over many fields such as ancient poetry, ancient novels, ancient book collation, biographical writing, tourism culture, etc., presided over journals, presided over research institutes, and presided over the collation of ancient books in colleges and universities across the country, and his academic experience is rich.
Now that I am old, I know that I am not well educated and my quality is not sensitive, but I have not been able to concentrate on academics, and it is enough for academic life to have the length and breadth of today. I thank God!
However, in my old age, I am still looking forward to and looking back.
The so-called retrospective not only looks back at the road of governance, but also inevitably looks back at life. From childhood to twilight years, from hometown to other places, parents, relatives, teachers, friends; big and small storms, such and such events, one by one, rushed to the heart. The clouds that have been light and the wind is light (similar to the average person), the waves that have been endured (the waves that ordinary people cannot encounter), the experience of life, more abundant and more colorful than the academic experience, twice, it can also be said that it is the "exclusive" of life.
This is really a blessing in life! When all those occasions have come, what worries will there be in life? What else would there be to fear! Even thinking of this, I can't help but smile back! And there are gods three feet above, which is the right way in the world. I thank God!
The so-called expectation is not to look forward to any further academic progress, or to look forward to a true understanding of life. The ancients said, "Mourn the beard of my life, envy the infinity of the Yangtze River", which is indeed very undesirable. "Envy" is, of course, inevitable, and "mourning" is not necessary. Life has its own irresistible laws. Who can escape sunlight skew? Who can refuse the coming of twilight!
Or Su Dongpo replied well: "Between heaven and earth, everything has its own master, and it is not my own, although it is nothing to take." But the breeze on the river, and the bright moon in the mountains, the sound of the ear, the color of the eye, the forbidden, the inexhaustible use. It is the endless treasure of the Creator. ”
I know soberly that physiologically, eighty old men, and sick with evil diseases, of course, there are not many days to come; but psychologically, I always feel that today's sun is different from yesterday's, every day is fresh, and there are still poems and distant places in my heart.
Ignore the reputation, do not suffer from gains and losses, face the pain of the disease, and understand life and death. Let us all learn from Su Dongpo, go with the flow, enjoy the encounter, enjoy the high technology, enjoy the nature.
About the Author
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Wan Ping, male, professor. Originally from Nanchang, Jiangxi, he was born in 1941 in Pingxiang, Jiangxi. In 1964, he graduated from the department of Chinese of Jiangxi Normal University and stayed on to teach at the school, initially undergraduate teaching and later graduate teaching. He once served as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Jiangxi Normal University, the director of the Institute of Ancient Book Collation of Jiangxi Normal University, and the leader of the leading group for the collation of ancient books in Jiangxi Universities, and presided over the completion of the collation of the largest township document in Jiangxi, "Yuzhang Series".